PERSONAL ITEMS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14523, 19 August 1911, Page 5

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Bishop Grimes, who reaches Sydney" nest week, has been much improved in health by his South Seas trip. The death is announced of the Bishop of Salisbury aged 68 years He visited New Zealand in 1894. Mrs A. S. Elworthy was yesterday elected president of the newly-formed ladies' branch of the Navy League. Mr \V. J. Martyn, of Victoria College, has been appointed Mathematical Master at the Dunedm Boys' High School, Dick Arnst states that he is going into business as soon as he can. He ' might take up a few hundred acres I on the halves system for wheat grow- ' ing. The Ruzpehu, with Sir Joseph Ward on board is due at Hobart to-aay, and will probably leave for Wellington tomorrow. Lieut. Cyril Hayter, of the Timaru | City Rious, has been transferred to the Bth Regiment, Mounted Rifles, and at- j tached to the A Squadron (S.C.M.R.). I The Rev. J. D. RusselL. organising | secretary to the Church of England Young Men's Society, who has been in Timaru Hks week, left by the first express for the South yesterday. The Rev. Father Tubman has invited His Excellency the GovOer to be present at tho opening of the new Catholic Church in October next. When in Wellington this week the Rev. Father was met by Mr Craigie M.P., who showed him. over both Houses or Parliament. The Directors of the Tenmka Terminating BuJclmg Society yesterday maue a presentation to Air jonn Hoiweil, one of tho Directors, who js leaving for the North Island. Mr U. Jlanccx presided, and" on behalf of the Directors 'nai'<ied to .Mr iiolwell n Kaiapoi travelling rug, with monogram worked on. Mr Han cox referred to the many estimable qualities of Mr Molweil, and expressed the regret they ad leit at ins ueparture, an<t other directors and the enuorsed the ; chairman's regrets anu good wishes. The speakers all made reference to the sterling work clone by Mr Hoiweil as a member of the Borough Oouneil, a director of the Buiid,ng Society, and on behalf of the Horticultural Society, i Mr Holwell, who was deeply affected, said he was not leaving Teniuka without a wrench, and he thanked' them all for their kind expressions towards h.mself and family. He was sorry to j leave Temuka, but of late his health ! had uot been of tho best, and he hoped the chango would do him good. Mr Hohveil is going to settle at Cambridge, Y>"aikato.