PERSONAL ITEMS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2623, 22 June 1904, Page 30

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Messrs Alexander Marshall, Robert • Peattie, and James Sim are the members of the Education Board who retire this t year. Nominations of candidates for the ! yacancy close on Monday, July 4. On Wednesday, »tn mst., Sir and Mrs . ■M'Tainsn, of Sandymount, entertained over j 3.00 of their friends at the marriage of their ', daughter Christina to Mr John Weir, ton fof Mr dochrane Weir, o£ Glenweir, >Seal jflPoint. The Rev. Mr Cameron was the ['■officiating minister. The "bride was attended iby Misses Dickson and Niell, while Mr jiDan Weir supported his brother as best man. The bridal group made a very pi'&tty picture, tli© snug and pretty house and 'grounds making a nice setting to the whole, tt&t the breakfast," the health of the happy ■couple was proposed by Mr Cameron in tf6liott<ms terms, as -was also tbe health of fffcho 'bfidesmauis and fche parents of both contracting parties. The bride was tha .recipient of a. large number of useful and Lvaluabia presents. If good wishes go for pan^rfclang... the path of the newly-wedded j -{paif should be Bright end prosperous. ] The Rev. J. A. Will, of Lawrence, who j fcas been in indifferent health, is at present in ' Dunedin -under medical care. aA&Jb- \ "Captain M. Slatteiy, of Norl-hcot-e, Auck- , land, has received notification from the British War Oflfce- to the effect that his ■Majesty has been pleased to approve of his receiving an sllowance of £50 per annum j from the grant for distinguished and meritorious services. The Rev. R. M'Cully, Presbyterian minister at Riverton, is, it Is stated, to receive j a call to t-he Turalana congregation, near j iWanganui. The call will be considered by ; the Southland Presbytery u-t a special meet- j i&g x <o bo held this month. j Sir J. T. M. JSornsb-y, ex-M.H.R., in ' jtespense to request to reconsider his determination to withdraw from politics, has iniformed a Carterton deputation -that he j might consider whether he would become a j candidate if it were shown that the action ] of the delegates was endorsed by the i liberals in every part of tha electorate. ! The Mataura Ensign understands that the Rev. J. L. A. Ka7/11, who has resigned I tL*& Anglican pastorate of Gore, has been j ©ppodnSed to take charge of Eltham (North I Island) parish for six months. j On Wednesday evening last Mr Cse:l Brannijran wa3 enterta-med at a valedictory | smoke ctfnee>rt in Milton prior to his removal to Ashburton. During the evening he was presented -with a silver-mounted ca-se oi pipes and tobacco poueli, with inscription. ■ Sir Brannigan has aoted as rabbit agent in j JBruoe County for some time. A very j pleasant social evening was spent, the pro- j d&edings lasting till midnight. I Mr Colin Mac Gibbon, of the Bank of New South. W.ales in Gore, who is being transferred to Oamaru, was entertained by the Gore Bowling Club on Wednesday, and presented with a case of silver-mounted pipes. ' Mr J. A. Thomson, the holder of the Ehodes scholarship for this colony, returned to Dunedin on the 14th It is probable that Mr Thomson will spend five or six weeks f here bef ors leaving to conimenco- his studies in England. A Christchurch telegram states that Mr Geo. Fisher, M.H.R., who has been in Christchurch since leaving the Waitati Home, is in a very far from satisfactory" state of health. D.r Charles M. Begg has received the appoint- ; went -of senior house surgeou and medical j superintendent of the hospital at Birkenhead. Mr George E. Fenwick, M.R.C.S.. L.E.C.P., , of Dunedin, has received an appointment on the ; staff of the Horton Asylum, Epsom. A Wellington telegram states that new 3 has been received that Dr "William Creser will visit JJew Zealand and Tasmania this year as examiner for Trindty College, London, in the j practice of music (pianofoit-e, organ, violin, j and singing). Dr Creser is a Fellow of the , .Royal College of Organists, and a member oi Faculty of Music in the Cnivei silly of London. The Rev. T. G. Brooke, chairman of the i Otago District Methodist Church, who has been j attending the General Conference held ft Mcl- J bourne, returned to Dunedin on Thursday by the express train from the north A Christchurch telegram reports the death .3* Mr J. J. Milner, of the finn of Milner and '.■Thompson, best known as an enthusiastic chess | player. ' A Hobart message advises that the Premier of Tasmania, and a number o: represcutotlve it en welcomed Lord Plunket, the new Governor oi New Zealand, on his arrival. Lord Plunket was the gv.est of the Governor during his brief stay. Mr T. "W. Lewis, solicitor, Hastings, has declined the oft'er of a seat en the Native Laud Court Bench. The Hon. Hall-Jor^, rxcoitlirg to üb'e adTj'ces, leaves for 2\ew Zealand by the Oiontes.

1 Our Auckland correspondent telegraphs that private advice has been received of the death of Dr Goldie at Colombo Dr Goldie was a son of Mr David G-oldie. ex-Mayor of Auckland and ex-M.H.R. He was just 32 years of age ; and was an exceedingly promising medical man. He was educated at Auckland Gramma-: School, Prince Albert College, Auckland and Sydney Universities, and filially at Edinburgh University, where lie had a distinguished career, taking the Buchanan scholarship for passing highest in diseases of women among the graduates of his year, as well as firpt class honours in several important medical subjects, and honours for a thesis on the medical ' customs and diseases of the Polynesian, Maori, , and Australian races. The study of the mythology, religious science, and witchcraft of the Polynesian, Melanesian, and Australian races , was- a, hobby of Dr Goldie's. After graduating , in Edinburgh Dr Goldie practised for a time i in the Old Country, but came back to Auck- | land some (Eour or five years ago, and was establishing a large practice when his health j broke down. Ho was returning from a health I trip^on the Elinganiite when she went ashore, ' ana was one of ihose on the small raft which. I reached the Thiee Kings. He practised for 1 some little time after that, bixt his health I did not improve, and he was travelling for | health reasons at ihe time of his death. In i hia school and university days Dr Goldie was [ a well known football player and lunner. } The Board of Trinity College, London, as 1 mentioned on Thursday, announce the appoint- . jnent of Dr William Creser, Mus. D. Oxon., | F<R.CO., late organist and composer to His i Majesty's Chapels Royal, as the examiner foi- '. the college in New Zealand and Tasmania this I year (190-1) in practical subjects — pianoforte, s organ, violin, and singing. Dr Creser received j his early musical training in York Cathedral, j and afterwards under Sir Joseph Barnby and j Sir George Macfarren. He became known as a cc-inrooser of chamber and orchestial music j by his string quartet in A minor and his . dramatic cantata " Freia," the latter being produced at the Leeds musical festival. Dr Creser is a member of the Faculty of Jlusic in the University of London. For some years now he S has identified himself closely with" Trinity College as professor and examiner, and In 1932 h? was elected a member of the College- Board. Other appointments of examiners for the colonies are: — Australia, Mr Charles Edwards, L.Mus., T.C.L.; South Africa, Mr Myles B. Foster, F.T.C.L., F.R.A.M.; India, Mr Alfred Mistawski, Mus. Bac, Oxen. Mr Justica Denniston left Dunedin on Friday morning for Chriatchmch. Mr Justice Williams left Dunedin on Saturday for Wellington, whero he will next ! wek swear in the colony's i>ew Governor. j Lord Plunket. His Honor will remain in Wellington for the sitting of the Couit of Appeal, which commences on the 27th mst. j Dr Trilby King, medical superintendent of SeacliS Asylum, and Mrs King intend to • proceed to Japan shortly for a brief holiday. j The Rev. C. H. Laws, 8.A., of Tiinity j Methodist Church, who has bean atteneli'iig the General Conference held 'at Mdbomnc in his official capacity as secretary of the } New Zealand Conference, returned *to Dun- ; cclin on Friday by the north express. ', At Friday's meeting of tha Roslyn ! Borough Council, the Mayor (Mr T. Mac- | kenzie, M.H.1?.), was granted leave of absence : for the parliamentaiy session, and the ques- , tion of appointing a deputy-mayor foe the ! interval was left over until next meeting, j Mr Mackenzie stated that he hoped to be ' ; piesenfc at the meeting of the council in i August, and if at any time during the session , the council considered his attendance necesj sory he would) endeavour to attend. Cr Begg wa-s granted leave of abstnee for two months. • Mr R. H. Webb, solicitor, son of Mr I.Herbert Webb, solicitor "of this city, has left •' for "Wellington, where ho II 11I 1 as bceii -sthnitted / into partnership with Mr R. C. Ilamertoa, barrister and solicitor. Mr Webb takes up ibe work of the lato Mr Andrew, who lost his life in. the busth l?=t Easier, and the firm ■ will be known aa IlAmerton, Andrew, and Webb. I The engineer to the Rcslyn Borough Council i (Mr C. Wedge) was paid a high compliment at i the meeting of the council on Friday for the i ir-sruier in which he had carried out bi,s du+i.es ■ in connection with the erection of the Mill | road bridge. The Mayor said he was sure the i council must be gratified at the manner in which the work had been done from beginning to end, and his statement was heartily endorsed by the other members of the council. ! Our Wellington correspondent wires : —News j has been received by Miss F. 2£. Hodgkins, | the well-kiiown artist, formerly of Dunedin, I that one of her pictures has been accepted for 1 the Eoyal Academy this year, j Intimation has been received by Messrs Chas. i Begg and Co. that Herr Albert Friedenthal'a i pianoforte recitals in Sydney have been most j successful. I A Thames wire says : The death is announced i of Mrs Kitching, relict of Mr Valentine Kitchii;g, aged S7 years. The deceased was one ot the oldest residents in the Thames, and was highly respected. A London cable advises the death of General Sir J. A. Ewart, in his eighty-third year. Captaiin Johnston, who is to succeed Major i Moore in command of ths Defence Staff, J reached Wellington on Monday by the Gothic. • There is no foundation for the report that Dr Gault has tendered his resignation as manpger of the Waiteti Inebriates' Home.