PERSONAL ITEMS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2561, 6 May 1903, Page 50

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Messrs Robert Glendming and James Hazlett have joined the board of directors of the Perpetual Trustees, Estate, and Agency Company of New Zealand.

Our Wellington correspondent teLegrap'hj that Captain Hurat, of the Castle Ho'.rne. who had a, narrow escape from drowning m the harbour on the 20ih, has gone in.o the hospital suffering from the effects of hip immersion in the sea. Tho official log and important documents belonging to the ship were lo^t when the boat sank.

On Sunday, on the occasion of her approacluiig marriage, Miss Wederell, superintendent of the- Sunday school connected with St. Andrew's Church, Tin-urn, was presented by the vicar and choir with a handsome chawing room clock as a toke-n of regard. On Wednesday, 22nd inst., ths Rev. Mr Catherwood, who received a unanimous call to the new parish of th© Waimatuku district, Southland, was ordained and inducted into the newly- formed chaige of Waima-tuku-Waianiwa.

On Monday evening on the occasion of his departure from Oamaru for Wsnganui Mr James Bennett was enteriain'Hl \ r a number of the cricketing and footballing fraternity, and presented with a goldmounted fcilk watchguard.

At the meeting of tho Oamaru Presbytery on Tuesday «i resolution deploring the death of the Rev. James S':iimer, inducted less than a ye?r ago into the r>ewly-formed chinch extension charge of Weston-Totara-Ardgowan. was pas=ed. Mention was made of his sterling qualities and blight pro mi-e.

ft i= stated that the Rev. Er Gibb has definitely declined the pastorship of Jit Anc'ivw's Presbyterian Church, Wellington, and that a call will now be rwj'o to the Re<-. Gibson Smith, of Inuicvgill. Tha pyition in regard to St. John'b is sti.l ll)>sCtt]pd

The Rev. Mr Watt, Pre.sbytemn mii'i^ter at Uienaw, is shoitly leading that district, and is to be entertained at a farewtll social by his friend 1 -

The following persons are gazetted deputy registrars of birth=. deaths, marriages, etc. For Kllesmere, Mr R. S. Skii'nor: for Manuhcnkia, Mr W. M'Niekle: for Bulk Mr A. Hawke; For Granity, Mr W. J. Warren: for Dunstan. Mr F. T. D. Jeffery.

Mr Frederick James Burp-p'-s S.M.. is gazetted chairman of the Licen-ing Committee for Tuapoka, ice- Mr G. Cruickshank, S.M.

Me^brs George Fro^Eatt ?nd Nicholas John=on are gazetted members of the As3e^ment Court for tho Borough of Invercargil! South ; Messrs George Lycll and John Mcc are similarly gazcttpd for the Boroujrli oi Timaru ; Mes-rs David Thomson and William Grey, for thp Boiough of Milton: and Messrs Matth« w Patterson and Robert (iii^oi, for the Borough of Balclutlia.

On Wednesday afternoon al,a 1 , a m'-rUnE <A the Mataura Presbytery Mr H T. Bla i was ordained a. member of tho Prci-bvfriaU miniftrv and inducted to the jw-tor.il chaigi of the 'Wi-iLr.ka Yu!le\ u_i. h.

Tho Rev. J. L. A. Kayll, formerly vicar of Winton, and new Anglican Church ministr-r at Gore, has just been presented with £60 by his pari=hioner3, to assist him in defraying the cost of an operation he is shortly to undergo for appendicitis.

Mr G. Wood, a popular resident of Wendon, has sold his farm, and is leaving the district to settle at Fcilding (N.1.). He was an enthusiastic Volunteer, and he and his wife took a leading part in all local social entertainments, whilst a splendid collection of stags' heads at his house prove him to be a good sportsman. Much regret is felt at his departure, and he and his family will be greatly miesed by a wide circle of friends.

Mr Duncan MacFarlane, stipendiary magistrate and warden for the Westland district for many years, has been retired by the department. Mr MacFarlane has not been in very good health for some time, and it is understood that ho has been retired on 'his own application..

On the occasion of their departure from Queenstown, after a re;idoncs of 18 years there, Captain and Mrs Wing and family, who have always been closely identified with the Church of England there, were entertained by the vicar and parishioners at tha Town Hall and presented with an illuminated addres'.

On Wednesday evening, it the Riverton vicarage, the Rev. G. W. Davidson was presented by the week-day morning class of children with a silver teapot and jellydish on hie departure from Riverton.

Mr H. W. Parsons, late manager of tho Pioneer dredge, and Mrs Parsons, on the occasion of their departure from Waikaka for New South Wales, were entertained on Friday at a valedictory social in the Public Hal' Ly some 50 or 60 friends representative of all parts of the district. Speeches highly eulogistic of the virtues of Mr Par.ois wcro de.'ivered, and he was Dreecnted with a, suitably engiaved gold sovereign purse by the re^dents a purse of sovereigns by the Phoenix Dredge- Co.. a case of dessert knives and forks by his lodge, and a silvertnounted dressing b*g>-by the crew on his dredge, 'wiril* «M^S'^fsons' received a gold pearl and ruby brooch. Miss Minnie Cain has carried the mails between Nascby ai>d Kyeburn Diggings for several years — indeed the mail contract has been in h^r fairly for 22 yeai*. She haK however, been obliged through ill-health to give it up, and on Friday, 17th ult.jvas entertained to a social at. the Kyeburn Diggings and presented with a j»ur?e of soverings a=. a mark of esteem by her many friends. Dancing was kept up well into tho small hours. Oil the occasion of tke departure of Mr J. Pi.. Michio, of the Gore staff of the New Zeal-ami Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, to Invercarg-ill, to take the position of bookkeeper there, ho was presented by the manager, on behalf of th© staff and num?ro'ii 'clients, with r handsome travel-ling-rug. He was al«o presented with a silver-mounted pocket-book- and walkingstick by br friend*. On Monday, at Mc^rs Schlaadt Bros, engineering works, Mr Enright, -who is leaving the finr's employ to take a position on a dradge, was presented with a gokljnounted greenstone pendant a-, -a token of esteem. Mr Tncrocci made tho presentation on behalf of the. employees. Mr Enright suitably responded. The resignation cf Lieutenant Matthew Muir from the. Clutha Pvifte Volunteers is gazetted. Tho Rev. William Hay. of the Baptist Church, is ga/.ettccl an officiating minister under " The Marriage Act. 18£0."_ Major Jam-as Allen i«, by notice in the Gazette, transferred from No. 2 Company, N.Z G.A.V. (Dunedin Naval Artillery Volunteer*) to the Dunedin Divisional Staff, with rank of lieutenant-colonel. Lieutenant William James Strong is likewise transferred to th.i staff ns adjutant, with rani: <>f can tain. Mi*s Ruby de Vere. a London actress, v,ho resi.les at 3 Gothio Villas. Lyveden road, Robni=in road, Tooting, S.W., London, is inquiring as to th« whereabouts of her father, William Rodford. ttho ir 1886 owned tho Young Australian mine, at Caruth Rafse, Cromwell, which he- subsequently sold, le-aving for Queensland or New South Wales. Mi«a d© Vere was only six months old v.hen her father left England for the. colonies, her mother being on'y 22 at the time.

Messrs A. E. Leatharn and A. D. Whatman, of Lord Ilawke's encket team, who remahie.l behind in New Zealand for th» deer-sla.king reason left Dunedin on the 29th ult. upon thfr return to England. Mr Lealhani contemplates another visit to the colony. Mes=rs H. Cowen, J. Fairbairn, and J. A. Reekie haves been elected without opposition to the Peninsula Road Board.

Messrs "\ v . Cowen, J. King, and A. Henderson have been elected unopposed to the Tomah?wlc Road Board. The funeral of the late Constable O'Sulhvan, of Ravensbourne. too'; place on ihe 28th ult., the cortege leaving St Jcsepb's Cathedral at 2 pm. for the Southern Cemetery. There \\.-<i a h'T^r- fo'.lo.vicg including the Mayor of \Vc«i Harbour (Mr F. G. Gay), Inspector O'Br en, ies:dents of West Harbour, and meml)pr? of th" police force. The service at the grave wr.^ ronductsd by Father Howard. On Satuiday, 25th, a number of friends met at the reEidepte'of Mi pnd Mrs S. Ellis, Sandymount, for the i.uip°a(! of pr-senting them with a I.air of armrhairs us a &ma!l token of esteem on the occasion of the.r leavirg the district to take up their residence in Dunedin. Mr Ruti'erfoid, in m.ikuig the presentation, referred to the length of time Mr and Mrs Ellis had redded in the district. Mr E'lis having suitably lcponded, games and dancing were indulged in. After tea and cakes had been band"d rou'id ar.d du'y appreciated, the singing of " Au'd larip; pyne." followed by three cheers for Mi and Mrs Elli=, brought a pleasant evening to a close.

Mr Robeit Murray, of Tokomairiro. ho'.ds a record ac .i school corcm.tt°enirn no doubt unequalled in the colony. His election to the Tokon-.Kiriro D .-'rict Ilifli School Committee on ths 27t!i vtt marked the fr,rty-=cventh timeof rcprp'-c-atation on that body. Mr Murray was first n member of committee in 1856, and bat omlv orce fcinco the.i missed being elected. m which occasion he forges the date oi the annual ti"ciin», and was not nomii'ated.

The f-.snds of Dr E. J. O'Neill, a graduate ci' the Ota;;o University, who held ai> a for a term as surpeon i:\ the Dunsdin Hospital and subseQUPnl'y obtained a commission in tht Sixth Xc.v Zealand Regiment, will be plonst-d to hear th?t he ha"s passed Ins e^aniiii.itir>;i for tlip qualification of F R C.8., Edin-1-i!^':. On the 21t'n ult. Dr O'Xeill resigned Ihp yicsikcn of t>uic;on to the Lock Hospital, 'Jol o, i i o'.ilcr io prorocd to Edinburgh for fli. 1 - cx2P.""ai:oi, for v,hich he sat on the 28th

Jfos'-io X ■Baun'o M.HH. William Chisho'm and Vi'eon M'Dowell have been elected if i-"iiP'"'it tip Aiukla: cl graduates on the ;r., Z".'.....d ITni.oie.ii- Senate.