PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XX, Issue XII, 19 March 1898, Page 353

PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS

His Excellency the Governor has gone South, visiting many towns on his route, returning to Dunedin t.i time to cpen the Jubilee proceedings and where Lady Ranfurly meets him. The Ladies Constance and Eileen Knox, with atendants, have been es tab'.ished for a fortnight a; New Brighton, in Mr J. C. Marshal’s house, where they will get the real sea breeze as it faces the beach. Mrs Barry Goring (Wellington) is staying at Karori, and has greatly benefited by- the change. Mrs J. D. Hall has returned to Christchurch from New Brighton. Mr anti Mrs R. Brown have been at New Brighton for a fortnight for Mrs Brown’s health, and she returns this week very- greatly improved to Christchurch. Mr and Mrs E. Rutherford have returned to I’icton overland from Christchurch. Mrs Rutherford has been visiting about Canterbury for some months. Miss Ethel Carey (Blenheim) has been making a short visit to Picton, where she was staying with Mrs Fell. Mr James Mills returned to New Zealand by the Waikare on Wednesday last, and during his absence in Sydney- has secured new premises for the Union Steam Shipping Co. in the Equitable Insurance Company’s Buildings, near the General Post-office. Mr S. Clarke Johnson, Inspector of the Loan and Mercantile, left Munn House, North Shore, last week for the South. His son, Mr Harry Johnson, is still staying with Mrs Munn. Mrs 11. Dillon Bell, of Wellington, is in London, stay-ing at 11, Gledhow Gardens, South Kensington. The Right. Rev. Bishop Grimes, of Christchurch, is working hard in Dublin for money- to aid the Roman Catholic Mission in his New Zealand Diocese. The Rev. Sydney Hawthorne, Vicar of Devonport-cum-Takapuna, is to have a curate to reside at the latter place. The gentleman in question, the Rev. Frank Latter, comes from Selwyu College, Dunedin. He received a purse of sovereigns as an appreciative token of his work in the district of Dunedin. The Rev. — Evershed is to be the new clergyman at Mangawai. Miss Florence Browne has successfully- passed the recent junior civil service examination. She is a pupil of Mrs Young, Lower Glenside, Auckland. Mr Judkins, lecturer and secretary of the New Zealand Alliance, received a warm welcome from the prohibitionist party in Auckland. Mrs Judkins is with him. The chief reporter of the ‘New Zealand Times' has joined the staff of the ‘Christchurch Press.’ Prior to his departure he was presented with a gold-mounted fountain pen from the literary staff. Mr and Mrs Nolan went South last week. By- the Hauroto last week the Rev. J. E. Moulton. jun„ was a passenger from Tonga. Mr and Mrs Brown (Mt. Thomas, Canterbury) are at New Brighton for a month. Sir Henry Berkeley, Chief Justice of Fiji, arrived in Wellington by the Warrimoo to join Lady Berkeley, who has been some weeks in New Zealand, in order to escape the summer heat in Fiji. Miss Nellie Allen (Pieton) has returned to the Christchurch University. Dr. Wilson, the well-known medico of Palmerston North, who has been for a trip to Fiji, arrived in Wellington by the Vancouver liner Warrimoo on Tuesday last, and brought two Fijian attendants back with him, attired in native costume, whose appearance attracted considerable attention upon their arrival.

Mrs G. Gould and Mrs Boyle returned to Christchurch from the Hanmer Springs last week. Miss Burden, who is visiting Mrs Sturtevant in Blenheim, made a short visit to Pieton on Saturday, returning this morning. Whilst in" Picton she stayed with Mrs Allen. Mr Fox, Relieving Officer of the Railway Department, is in Picton just now. relieving Mr Dobbie, who is away on his annual leave. Mr and Mrs Harold Beauchamp, Wellington, leave shortly for a trip to Europe for the benefit of Mrs Beauchamp’s health, and intend being absent from the colony for about six mouths. Miss Easson, who has been the guest of Mrs B. Clouston. Blenheim, left for Wellington last week, where she will make a short visit before returning to Greymouth. Mr and Mrs T. H. Lance returned from England to Christchurch recently. Mrs Hinton (Christchurch) is in i’icton visiting Mrs Western at Mount Pleasant. The many friends of Mr W. McKenzie. one of the most prominent football players in Wellington, will regret to hear that he is very seriously ill with rheumatic fever. It will be remembered that Mr McKenzie captained the Wellington representative football team last season, and has always been one of the most enthusiastic advocates of football in New Zealand. The Honourable J. E. JenkinsonM.L.C., is at present in Wellington, arriving from the South on Wednesday last. Mrs Craddock Beauchamp has returned to Picton after visiting friends in Wellington and Nelson. Mr and Mrs Paul Hunter (porangahau. Hawke’s Bay-), who have been on a long visit to Wellington, have returned to Hawke’s Bay- with their family. The Hon. J. B. and Mrs Acland are the guests of Mrs Blakiston for a short time.

Miss S. Gard (Picton) is away- in Blenheim visiting her two sisters, Mrs J. Mowat and Mrs J. Conolly. Mr and Mrs Aleck Crawford are now residing at the homestead at Miramar (Wellington); Mr and Mrs Harry Crawford having decided to live in town. Miss Chaytor, who has been making a visit to Nelson, returned to Blenheim last Saturday. The many friends of Dr. France, of Wellington, will be glad to hear that he has sufficiently recovered from his late illness to be able to attend to business again. Miss Greensill (Picton) is in Blenheim for a short visit. Mr W. R. Cuthbertson, C.E., F.R.G.S., is one of the party who, in the overwhelming lust for gold, left Auckland last Saturday in the Cape Otway, to seek for the precious metal in Klondike. Mr Cuthbertson goes as the representative of a Sydney syndicate. The vessel carries 33 saloon and 176 steerage passengers for the Klondike. Dr. Talbot, resident surgeon of the Nelson Hospital, spent a few days in Wellington last week. The Venerable Archdeacon Fenton, the first clergyman of the Anglican Church in Otago, has published a sketch of the founding and progress of that, church, in pamphlet form, reprinted from the Jubilee number of the Dunedin ‘Evening Star.’ The sketch, which is exceedingly- interesting. can be obtained at Mr Upton’s, Auckland, and from other booksellers in the colony. Miss Monica Bunny has returned to Nelson after a long visit to friends in Wellington. Mr and Mrs S. Teed and child, from New Plymouth, are paying Auckland a visit.

,Mr C. Baker, son of the Rev. — Baker, of Brightwater, has been transferred by the Cable Company to Port Darwin. Mr Baker is a great favourite at the Bay, and will be much missed, though all congratulate him on his promotion. One of the directors of the Royal Oak Gold Mining Company, Mr G. H. Stayton, M.1.C.E., is inspecting some of the mines at the Thames and Coromandel in which he is interested. Judge Edwards, acompanied by his private secretary, arrived in Nelson by coach from Blenheim last week. The Misses Fookes, of New Plymouth, are on a visit to Auckland. Mrs Hales (Wellington) is in Auckland for a three weeks’ visit. She is staying with Mrs Lennox, of Remuera, Mr Fred Stuckey, of the Nelson Boys’ College, has been appointed junior master of King’s College, Auckland. Professor Brown, who has been visiting in the South, returned to Auckland yesterday. Miss G. Pitt, of Nelson, has gone to stay with Mrs Browning, Cable Bay. Sir Maurice O’Rorke is at present in Auckland. Miss Corrie Jones has returned to Nelson after spending several weeks with friends up the country. Lieut.-Colonel McDonnell is going to England next week. He will probably leave Wellington by the Ruahine. Mr Calders, Chief Postmaster of Nelson, returned last week after an •enjoyable holiday in the North Island. Mrs Renwick is spending a few weeks in Nelson. It is a disappointment to her many friends that she has decided to return to her run, near Blenheim, instead of residing at Newstead once more. Several young men passed through Nelson last week on their way to the much-talked-of Klondike goldfields. Do they know what they are undertaking? Miss Tomlinson has returned to Nelson after a pleasant visit to the Bluff. Miss Eva Rich left Auckland for England on Tuesday. Mr and Mrs L. D. Nathan, Miss Nathan, and Mr and Mrs Alfred Nathan, of Auckland, returned from their country residence, W hitford I’ark, last Thursday, where they have been spending the summer months. The Misses Ledger (2), of Nelson, have gone to Wellington for a few weeks. Mr S. Rennell, who has been on a visit to Dunedin, has returned to his home in New Plymouth. Mr Ashley Leggatt, youngest son of Dr. Leggatt. Nelson, has received an appointment from the Cable Company, and joined the staff at Cable Bay last week. Mr H. A. Gordon, of the Anglo-Con-tinental Syndicate, who has been on a visit of inspection to mining properties in the South, is again in Auckland. Mrs Drake and children, from Otaki, are on a visit to New Plymouth. Miss Edith Tanner of Otahuhu, Auckland, left last week for Dunedin, where she intends to spend a month or two with her friends. Mrs F. Humphries and her two little •children, who have been staying in Nelson for the summer, left last week for their home in Sydney. Miss Humphries, of Nelson, accompanied her sister-in-law as far as Wellington. Captain Anthony, late of the Dingadee. has been transferred to the I’ukaki, Captain A. Anderson, of the latter steamer, taking up the duties at Wellington formerly held by Captain Post. Mr and Mrs Parton (nee Miss Hill) have returned to Sydney, having spent their honeymoon in Auckland, New Zealand.

A number of ladies and gentlemen, who are staying at Mrs Lightband’s boardinghouse, Nelson, and their friends went for a picnic to Cable Bay, where a most pleasant time was spent. Some of those present were Mesdames Filleul, Pogson, Tully, the Misses Tully (2, Greytown), Lubecki, Filleul, Messrs Hoggins, Lubecki, Munn, Dr. Andrew, etc. Mrs Sowerby, from Hawera, is on a visit to her daughter in New Plymouth. Amongst the passengers from England by the P. and O. steamer Victoria was Mr Studholme, of Christchurch, whose son. Mr ‘Jack’ Studholme, some months back married the Archbishop of York’s daughter. Mr Studholme was unfortunate enough whilst at Port Said to lose a valuable opossum rug. Undoubtedly it must have been annexed by one of the native vendors of cigarettes, etc., who infest ships at this cosmopolitan gehenna. Mr Studholme, unfortunately, suspected the people on board, and nothing would satisfy him but to have the stewards’ and the men’s quarters overhauled. Of course nothing turned up, but the incident gave rise to a good deal of feeling, and for lhe rest of the voyage jokes and topical songs were not complete without allusive references to the lost opossum rug. That Mr Studholme will even now recover it seems unlikely. The Rev. E. and Mrs Scott( Sydenham) have returned from their trip Home. Mr and Mrs Charles Bidwill (Pahiatua) are paying a short visit to Wellington. Miss Annie Neville, of Blenheim, has won the drawing competition of the ‘Canterbury Times,’ and is delighted with the prize, which is a handsome book containing a large number of views of landscape and architectural beauties of Great Britain. Another prize in the same competition came to Blenheim, and was won by Mr M. Dalziel, who took second place. Mrs James Gammack (Springston) is taking another trip to England travelling by the Rimutaka. Mr and Mrs Geo. Watts, of Lansdowne, were in Blenheim last week on their way to Wellington, where they will make a flying visit, as they purpose returning to-morrow. Miss Ella Gibbons, Patea, is visiting her sister, Mrs John Thorpe, Paeroa. A portrait is given of Mr John Duthie, the successful candidate in the Wellington bye election. The Opposition are very jubilant over their very decisive victory, and Mr Duthie has received hundreds of letters and telegrams of congratulations from every part of the colony. The return of so able a financier and so sound a statesman will be warmly welcomed by the House, for it is an axiom of political science that a strong Opposition makes a good Government.

Mr A. S. Rathbone, London correspondent of several of the leading New Zealand and Australian journals, is at present on a visit to this colony, after an absence of seventeen years. Mr Rathbone, during his former residence in New Zealand, took an active part in journalism, and was the proprietor of two newspapers in the Auckland district. He arrived in Australia by the R.M.s. Victoria, and will probably leave New Zealand for England about the middle of May, after making an extended tour through the North and South Islands and Australia. Mrs H. Mackay, of Paeroa, has returned from her visit to Ashburton, looking much better for the change. She has brought her sister, Miss Orr, up on a visit. The many friends of Miss Queenie Beswick in New Zealand will be interested to hear that she has lately been married in England to Mr Williamson, and will remain in England or abroad permanently. It will be remembered that Miss Beswick was for some time nurse at the Wellington Hospital, and went to England to study hospital nursing, passing all her examinations most satisfactorily. Mrs J. H. Hall, Riccarton, and the Misses Hall (2) are going a trip to England, leaving by the Rimutaka next month. Mr and Mrs Bond, Pelorus Sound, who whilst in Blenheim were staying with Mrs Lucas, have gone to Wellington. Nurse Payne, formerly one of the most popular nurses in the Wellington Hospital, has been appointed Matron of the Christchurch Hospital. A cable message to Mr John Chambers, of Auckland, last week, conveyed the pleasing information that his daughter, Mrs Walstead, has presented her husband with a son. Both are doing well. Mr J. M. Chambers, of Auckland, leaves for Sydney on Monday next to meet his betrothed, a daughter of Sir Richard Tangve, head of the celebrated engineering firm. Miss Tangye is accompanied to the colonies by her mother, and the marriage will be celebrated on their arrival in Sydney. Lady Tangye accompanies the happy couple to Auckland, where they intend to take up housekeeping in the residence lately occupied by Mr Harrop in St. Stephen’s Avenue, Parnell. Miss Janet Smith (Christchurch) is taking a short trip Home in the Ruahine. but only purposes being absent about six months. Mrs Renwick has returned to Blenheim from her visit to Auckland. Mr and Mrs Duncan Cameron (Canterbury) are the guests of Sir J. B. and Miss Fraser-Tytler, Merivale, for a few days. Mr A. S. Rathbone, of London, who is visiting his brother. Mr Wilfrid Rathbone, of Auckland, will probably carry the latter off to Sydney to attend the Easter race meeting.

Professor and Mrs Cook (Christchurch) are at present staying with Mrs Sale (Dunedin). Dr. A. C. Purchas, of Auckland, went over to Sydney last week, en route for England. Miss Mac Lean (Sydney) is the guest of Mrs Gibson (Dunedin). Mr and Mrs Percy Dufaur, who have been renting the residence of Mrs Moss, in Parnell, Auckland, have now taken the house occupied by Mrs Lyons. It is probable that Mr and Mrs Moss will return to Auckland shortly. Two new honorary members of the Coolgardie Chamber of Mines are both well-known in Auckland. They are Mr E. Hooper (of the firm of Bewick, Moreing and Co.) and Dr. Scheidel (New Zealand Mines Trust)* Auckland. Mr and Mrs Hay (Temuka) are at. present in Dunedin, paying a visit to Mrs Michie. Mrs Prudee (Sydney) is paying a visit to Dunedin. The Primate and Mrs Cowie are at present staying with Mrs J. M. Ritchie (Dunedin). Mr W. J. Napier, solicitor, of Auckland, left for Wellington last week. Professor Carl Schmitt, who was unable—owing to relaxed throat—to deliver his promised musical lecture at the presentation of prizes to the successful Auckland School of Music scholars, will give the lecture at a future date. Mr and Mrs Rolleston (Canterbury) are the guests of Mrs Oliver (Dunedin).