PERSONAL ITEMS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2481, 2 October 1901, Page 20

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr Justice Williams made an order on Wednesday afternoon authorising the Registrar to amend the roll of barristers and solicitors of the Supreme Court by altering tho name of Henry Aklborough Stratford to Augustus Henry Stratford-Henniker. A congregational meeting was held in the Inch-Clutha Presbyterian Church on Wednesday evening (says the Clutha Leader) to moderate in a call with a view io filling the vacancy in the pa-tovaje. The nanifs of the llov. Mr Ramsay, of Challon, ar,f! ihe Rev. Mr \\'< -c v.-cie subia.tied. a;- J a \oto showing a majority hi laviur of Mr Eamsay, iliac gentleman's name v.as Inserted in the eali. An Auckland telegram cays :—": — " Among the pasicr^ers by the Sonoma from Sydney was the Rev. James Graham Pstr^r-

* s ".on, a well known Presbyterian mi^ior.ary. . During the past *0 yeais ho has vitited n . near^- even- country on the face of the h, ' earth. Mr Patterson comes fiorn Scotland st by way of Siberia and Australia, and leaves l * s ;at once for the touth." [jj ! Miss V. X Fvrcis.tt }as been i-pco^i-m mended for the position, of mistress of the r- , Taumata (A<-M<y Down?) School. j n i r Thomas Fall has been appointed a. »v , vac ?inator inspector for the Heriot district. '■ Mr Henry Delargy has been appointed a, 5 : trustee for the Hakataramea Public Ccme- , tcry, vice Mr James Barclay, resigned. Leo ' o Mpssrs Wm - Cull^n fCrookston) and James jj btrvpn iChnton) hai.e been appointed ranH?T3 under the Animals Protection Acr, and > ofneers under tho Fisheries Conservation Act )3 for the Orago district. ,j Mr E. Axelsen. homo missionary aj Tahakopa, who has accepted a position as assistant to Mr Torranc?. gaol and hospital chap5) ' iam, was accorded a f.i.cw-eJI social on the i, ' 18th insr. Ccn-ni' re-iet is felt at Mr Axe-sen's departure frori Tahakopa. ■c Prior to Sergeant Eo-,.-m;ui's dcuarture >f from Clyde to take charge of the LaVrf-aee f district, his wife was presented by a renrea seutative gathering of Clytlv: iQsidcn'-s with c a purse of sovereigns. '» Mr A. E. Gye. of Clyde, ■•vac irot by a large number of friends on Saturday ercning. prior to his departure for Oollia'gwood, • and presented with ? purse of sovereigns as ' a token of esteem. Kegret was freely expressed at his departure from Clyde, where s he had taken an active interest in sports , and athletics. The very many friends in Otago of the I Rev. Father Donnelly, late rector of Palt i merston South parish, will be delighted to r hear of tho esteem in which he is held as . army chaplain in .South Africa. The folj lowing is taken from the Durban Daily ; Advertiser, Natal, of the J3th August, 1901: . i " riio Rev. Edward Donnelly, the highly s I eisteemed chaplain-, celebrated mass and | preached at Pinetown Bridge military camp |on isimdav. He paid a flying visit to Dur- ; baa during the week, and held service in , th© Catholic Church, West street The rev I gentleman has since left for Pretoria." • ' At the City Council Chambers. Clirist- , church, on Tuesday last, Dr Morkane as- ; sistant house surgeon at the Christchurch I .Hospital, was presented by the nursing class , ot tne bt. John Ambulance Association with , a silver-mounted walking- stick, suitably en- , graved. Mr Burns, in making the piesentation. referred to the time and attention Ut Moncane had given in lecturing to the class. Dr nlorkane gratefully acknowledged I the gift. ! Mr E. Cameron, who has been station- , master at Riversdale for the past 15 months ! was entertained by a number of re=idents ; of the township at a smoke concert on Tues- , day evening, prior to his departure for Dunedm to take up a position in the Traffic | Superintendent's Office. During the evening | Mr Cameron was presented, with a handsome travelling bag. j Miss Thompson, who has resigned her i position as matron at the Rotoraa Sanat tonum in order to take charge of the home , ior female inebriates at Blueskin, was pre- ! sented with a handsome gold watch on behalf of the members of St. Luke's Church, . ivotorua, and the members of the community.