PERSONAL.

Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12410, 27 November 1908, Page 2

PERSONAL.

Mr J. McEnnis, Stipendiary . Magistrate for tbe Mt. Ida, district, will retire from the nfigistracy on March 31st next (ssys a Duntdin telegiam). He has been in tbe Public Service tor 1G yenvs. lie served >" «»■■"- iico for«e for fes years, as clßrk of toe Magistrate's Court iv Westlnnd for 27 years, and was appain tsd a magistrate in 1900. " A Fres3 Association message from New Plymouth Btates that the Taranaki "Daily News," voicing the generally expressed opinion throjghoufc Taraoaki, anticipates the selection of Mr W. J. Jennings, M.P. fcr Taumaranui.'as the new Minister tif Lands. A Press Association telegram states that the totil of the presentation fund to Mr K. J. Wallace, tnfl' noted retiring footballer, is £320. A PVess Association message states "that ilr Hanan, M.P., denies the ! ruTour tnat be intends resigning the : Invorcargill saat in favour of the j Hon. R. McNab. ! A Press AssociHtion message says ! that Mr W. IJ. Field, M.f for OUki^ is likely to have a potitnn lodged against his election The ground is "tnnt sufficient secrery waa not observed at ona of the polling booths. " ". It is rumoured iv legal' circles in ■ Wellington that Dr. A. MpArthur, S.M., will -be offered the commissionership of one of the new councils of conciliation to he constituted under last session's Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act. Dr. McArthur, it will be remembered,, was the arbitrator in the Auckland tramways dispute,. Miss Gladys Stoneham, of Dunedin, has been awarded the Plunket medal. This medal, it may be mentioned, is each/year given to the : musical student who riot only scores the highest marks in New Zealandy but who ex--■hibits temperament and musical understanding above the usual promise.