PERSONAL ITEMS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13829, 15 February 1909, Page 2

PERSONAL ITEMS.

' The dental examinations have just concluded, and of twelve candidates, the following eight passed (the names are stated alphabetically) :—Herbert J. Broad, Dunedin; Joseph H. Cat'o, Auckland; John George (Jlarkson, Christchurch; John Greaves, Dunedin; Edward Henry Hawken, Auckland; William Thomas Heaghan, Lyttelton; Clarence Edward Wooley, Wanganui; Sydney Herbert Willis, Tmianiv " Mr It. Urquhart, chief engineer of the s.s. Penguin, who lost his life in the disastrous wreck of Friday night last, was married to a daughter of the late Rev. William Gillies. Mr G. Hogben, M.A., InspectorGeneral of Schools, was in Timaru on Saturday. The Hon. T. Mackenzie was enter- I tamed at a banquet at Balclutha oil Friday night by his friends and sup- • porters, in honour of his accession to Cabinet rank. A number of complimentary speeches were made, and the gathering was a decided success. Among Timaru people who intend to leave shortly on a trip to England, are Mr, Mrs and Miss Grant, of Wai-iti road, Mr and Mrs K. McLennan, of Otipua road, and Mr and Mrs Costello. Mr and Mrs S. F. Smithson will return to Timaru from England this week. The maid referred to in the list of passengers on the Penguin, as ''Mrs Symons and maid," is Miss Jessie Rennie, whose parents reside at Winches; ter, and who has relatives and friends in Timaru, Mr Andrew Rennie, of Maori Hill, being her brother, and Mrs D. Guthrie, her sister.