PERSONAL ITEMS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2527, 20 August 1902, Page 54

PERSONAL ITEMS.

In connection with: the Waitaki Mounted Rifle Corps two appointments are officially announced — viz., Arthur Gethin Creagh to be captain and Wni. Hudson Scoon to bo lieutenant.

The appointment of Mr Frank Truman to be registrar of marriages, births, and deaths for the Pleasant Point district is gazetted. Two veterans, who both fought in the Crimean war, .met each other (says the Press) in Cathedral square on Saturday morning. Coe of the two, Thomas Weir, who was & private in the 17th Regiment, was wearing his medals — Crimea, Sevastopol, and Turkish. The other one, James Olding, who was of the 57th Regiment, was wearing the medal ribbons for Crimea, lekerraan, Sebastopol, Balaclava, Indian .Mutiny, Turkey, and New Zealand. The two had not met before, but through the medium of the medals a mutual introduction followed, and a wonderful number of reminiscences- were exchanged. At the social to Lance-corporal Welch at Woodside last Friday night Mr J. J. Ramsay drew attention to the fact that the occasion was somewhat unique. The school in which they had met was one of the first built in Otago. Corporal Welch had gone to school there, and got all his education iR that room. He had gone from amongst them to fight for the Empire, and come back to be honoured in the same * old school on the eve of the Coronation of the King for whose Empire he had fought so gallantly. Lieutenant T. Herd, bandmaster of the Wellington Garrison Band (the champion band of the colony), is to act as judge at the band contest to be held at Mosgiel at the end of October.

The Mayor made the announcement at the council meeting at Oamaru that Mr John

undo (Mr John MT-iean, of Redeastle), had <made the offer of £250, the full amount required to be paid by the council as its share of the cost of the Post Office clock. The tower ix being erected by the Government. The gift was highly appreciated by the council.

Ex-Police Inspector P-entltr wae presented at Wellington by the police of the colony with a piece of silver plate and a purse of sovereigns. The Nevis school, so long deserted, has (writes a correspondent) at last been opened again, Mrs P. Thoma3 having been appointed mistres?.

Mr John Donovan, of Patea, is a candidate for the Patea seat.

Lady Ranfurly is confined to her room at Christchurch, suffering from a severe chill. She could not attend the race 3on Thursday, and will be unable to take part in the sooi»l engagements for the remainder of the week.

Mr Rr-s'.oy. stationmsstor at Tinwald, Canterbury, who is uudcr notice of transfer to Woodlands, Southland, was entertained afc a social gathering at Tinwald on Wednesday eve-ning, when ha was presented with a handsome marble eight-day clock, and Mrs Heslop with a biscuit barrel and a child's chair.

Mr H. Thompson, who, with his family, is leaving Orepuki for South Afriba, was on Wednesday evening entertained at a smoke concert by his Orcpuki neighbours. Mr J. S. Lomas, a son of the organist at St. Andrew's, has been appointed organist of Morningt-on Presbyterian Church. Mr W. -F. Jarvie has been appointed deputy-registrar of marriages, etc., for tk« Kstitangata district.

Mr Sidney Wolf, a well-known musician, intends to take up his residence in Dunedin. At Timaru, where Mr Wolf has been for some years, ho was examiner in music for the South Canterbury Education Board, conductor of the Garrison Band, and choirmaster at St. Mary's Anglican Church. Mr Wolf intends to come to this city early in January next.

We have received a pamphlet in which ia set out particulars concerning the police scandal at Nelson, in which it is sought to make out that the Cabinet interfered with the Police Comnupsioner. The latter is a gentleman quit©