PERSONAL ITEMS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2511, 30 April 1902, Page 56

PERSONAL ITEMS.

It is persistently rumoured in the Waihpmo district that Mr James Arkle, who opposed Mr T Mackenzie at the by-election for Waihemo, intends coming out at the forthcoming general election to again contest the seat with Mr Mackenzie, the sitting member. Mr Robert Ban-, a well and favourably known resident of the Taieri district, was on Wednesday night entertained at a social at Mosgiel, by residents, on the occasion of his leaving the district. ''The chair was occupied by Mr James Gow, and a very pleasant evening was spent with songs, mu.Nic, and toasts. In the course of the evening the chairman presented Mr Ban* with a handsome case of pipes, on behalf of the residents of the di=tri( t Mr G. Howell, M.A., German lecturer at the Otago University, ha? been selected, out of seven applicants, by the Na=eby School Committee for recommendation to the board as teacher of secondary subjects in the district high school about to be established at Naseby. At a special meeting of the Mornington School Committee on Thursday it was unanimously decided to recommend Miss M. Loan as fourth assistant. There was a full attendance of the committee. Mr E. G. Allen, M.H.R , returned from Wellington at the end of last week, where he had been on business connected with votes for the Waikouaiti electorate wlii-Mi appeared on last year's E'timates. and also to attend to certain matteie connected with the Otago Dock. The Rev. Dr "VVaddell conducted service in St. Andrew's Church on Sunday morning for the first time rince his le-turn from America. The church was crowded in every I part, and great interest displayed in the service by the congregation. Opinion was divided as to whether their revered pastor had benefited very largely by his holiday, and there is ground for believing that the strain of overwork which caused the brcakj down of his health has been more severe ' than was at first suspected. However, members of St. Andrew's were \ery glad to s'e Dr Waddell back in his old pulpit, and we are 6ure thai we voice their feelings in expressing the hope that he may long bo spared to occupy it. In consequence of information received by last mail from the New Zealand Coal and Oil Company, London, it is expected, we understand, that Mr Robert Lee, of this city, will assume control of the company's collieries as general manager. I Messrs Daniel M 'Curdy and John Riddell j have been elected without opposition a° ' members of the Peninsula Road Board, and Messrs Alexander Smail, John Mathieson, and Thomas Henderson, also without opposition, as members of the Tomahawk Road Board. At Naseby, Mr Ernest Cargill Cutfcen, being the only candidate nominated, was declared elected. The nominators were Messrs James Danrson and F. W. Inder. Mr John Dunne and Mr Daniel Stewart have been nominated for the Balclutha mayoralty. Mr A. A. Mac Gibbon, the present Mayor of Gore, has been nominated for a second term of ofiico. Mr Duncan M'Farlane has I also been nominated. i For the mayoralty of Mataura there are also two aspirants — namely, Mr T. MacGibbon and Mr Hugh Cameron. Mies Jane Campbell (Kaikorai School) wa« recommended to the Education Board for the position of mistress of Otepopo School. The friends of Mr James Wallace, ton of Mr W. H. Wallace, of this city, will be pleased to hear that he has passed his final examination in Glasgow for his captain's certificate of a foreign-going vessel. Mr Win. Nicolson has been elected Mayor of ffampden unopposed. Mr C. D. Moore has been re-elected without opposition Mayor of Winton. I Mr J C. Thomson, the present Mayor, and C'r Durbridge, an ex-Mayor, have boen I nominated for the Riverton mayoralty. Under the new police regulations Sergeantmajor Ramsay, officer in charge of the Palmers lon police district sent in his papers to the department on Friday. Sergeantmajoi Ramsay ioined the force at Christchurch in 1862, and since then has been stationed at Lyttelton, Invercargill, Dunodin, Wellington, and several of the j smaller towns. He has been in charge of Palmc-rston for the past three years, and possesses a unique record, in that during his 40 years' service he never had a day's leave ,of ab«ence for sickness or holidays. At present ho is physically and mentally J capable of carrying out his duties with distinction, and turprise is expressed at his ' retirement. Mr P. Toomey. of the Golden Fleece Hotel. Waikouaiti, after spending many yoprs m business in that di u trict, has dei ulod to pay a -\isit to the Home Country, end leaves to-day, en route for Wellington, to join the Paparoa. A marriage will take place in London ■ih( ut the end of May between Misi Florence S Watt, of Napier, and Mr Francis Smyth Baden-Powell, M.A., barrister atlaw. painter, sculptor, and brother of Majorger.riul Baden-Powell, the hero of Maffking. A pmatp cabin received states that Mr i M. L. Moii has been returned unopposed ] for his old =oat (VVest Province) in the Wes- ; ti.\l an Legislative Council. Mr Moss lfl an I old Dum»din boy. but has been practising | as a solicitor at Peith for a number of j years. A few of Con-table Leofc' 1 - fiiends ami ' well-wishers, on the oc^.T-ion of hi^ being , tiaiiifc-rred from (iropn IV.and (o Roxburgh, > met at his ie=irloiKe on Saturday uight for j the purpose of presenting Mr-, Lew c with 1 a memento of the regard :m<l mspet t in wl'uh hrr-,»>lf. liu ü band, and family have brpn held during their stay in flie^n Tt-land. Tlio prd-entation took the form of a Kaiapoi two,. Royal Stuart taitan on one side and khaki <"n the other Mr A Kane made the presentation, an<l Mr Lee-ec thanked the donoiß on bfhalf of Mr- Leece and family for thoir unlooked for present I Mr R H. Mohr. conductor of the Invoi - cargill City Band, lias been asked to act as musical j vcl f;e of the quickstep competition to bo held in connection with the Coroiia-