Personal Items.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XXIX, Issue 5495, 27 November 1909, Page 2

Personal Items.

M. Paulhan has bsen offered £24,000 for six months’ airship flights in America.

Madame Melba will sail for Europe from Australia at the end of January. Mr J. H. Peters, who has purchased a business in Wanganui, leaves Waipawa by Monday’s express for his new home.

The Toronto Globe urges the appointment of the Duke of Connaught to sue oaed Earl Grey in the Governor-General ship of Canada.

The Napier Musical and Elocutionary Competition Sooiety has invited Mr O. M. Whittington to act as judge of the elooutionary competition, which is to take place in August next. Seeling, the well known All Black and Auokland representative forward, leaves Auckland on Monday next for England, where he has been engaged to play for the Wigan Northern Union Football Club, for whioh L B. Todd, an ex-Auck-lander, has been playiDg for the past oouple of seasons.

The Fost says:—“lt is currently reported that the wife of a wall-known journalist and many-time candidate for Parliamentary honours on this coast, has received news of the fact that a “windfall” amounting to something like £30,000 has fallen to her lot.” It is understood that Mrs R. E. Hornblow is the lady referred to. Mr Will Crooks, M.P, the British Labour leader, and Mrs Crooks, Mayoress of Poplar, were tendered a oivio welcome in the concert chamber of the Wellington Town Hall last night. There wbb a large audience. The Mayor of Wellington presided, and weloomed Mr Crooks and his wife to Wellington, speaking in appreciation of their humanitarian work in England. Mrs Newman and Mrs Crooks also spoke.—Press Association. The district officers of the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows have been paying official visits to the lodges in the district On Wednesday they visited the Loyal Ruahine Lodge, at Tikokino, where they were aooorded a warm welcome. On Thursday night the district officers, consisting of D.P.G.M. Bro. Pallet, G.M Bro. WilliamßOD, and Corresponding Secretary Bro. Fielder, were present at a meeting of the Loyal Abbotsford Lodge. The proposed insurance scheme or additional funeral benefit to be run in connection with the order was fully discussed. A Purple Degree was given after the usual lodge business.