Personal Paragraphs

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIX, Issue VIII, 23 August 1902, Page 491

Personal Paragraphs

The Misses Randall-Johnson have returned to England. Miss Wigley( Canterbury) has been on a visit to Wellington. Miss Sutton (Napier) has gone* home after a lengthy visit to her sister, Mrs Ewen, in Wellington. Mrs H. Harding (Inglewood, Taranaki) is staying with relatives in Wellington. Miss Thyra Beetham (Wairarapa) came down to Wellington for the Government House ball. Mrs McTaggart (Taranaki) is on a visit to her daughter, Mrs Valintine, Lower Hutt, Wellington. Mrs and Miss Miles returned to Wellington by the Warrimoo after spending some weeks in Sydney. Mr and Mrs A. Rolleston and Miss Rolleston (Christchurch) passed through Wellington lately on thenway home after a visit to Sydney. Letters received in Gisborne from South Africa state that Mr. Edward Rees, solicitor, formerly of Gisborne, has been admitted to the bar at Pretoria. Misses Brandon, Harcourt and Higginson, of the Wellington Ladies’ Golf Club, have gone to Featherston, Wairarapa, for a tournament being held there. Mrs Lysaght, Mrs Moore and Mrs Atkinson, “Mokoia,” Taranaki, came down to Wellington in order to be present at the marriage of Mr Brian Lysaght to Miss M. Stowe. Wellington has lost a representative cricketer in Mr F. H. Robertson, whose departure to New Plymouth has been greatly regretted by his numerous friends. Mr J. H. W. Wardrop, of the Wellington District Lands and Survey Office, has been appointed to the post of Secretary to the Wellington School Commissaners, left vacant on the recent deatlFof Mr N. J. Tone. Mrs Abbot (Wanganui) has let her house, “Balgownie,” furnished, for a term, and intends to live in Wellington for some time. Miss Abbot is in Wellington after a long stay in Hawke’s Bay. Among passengers to England by the Gothic are Miss Ogden, who has been on a six months’ visit to her relatives, Mr and Mrs A. Crawford; Miss May Lingard, who is going Home to study art at the leading London schools. The Hon. Frank Dillingham, Mrs. Dillingham and family have returned to Auckland after an agreeable holiday in the States. They have been stopping temporarily at the Central Hotel, but move this week to the residence they have rented in Gladstone Road, Parnell.

Mr Leslie Reynolds, C.E., who has been on a business visit to Nelson, passed through Wellington last week on his way to Australia, via Dunedin. After a holiday visit of some weeks in Australia he intends to return to Nelson and reside there for some time, while superintending the carrying out of plans for harbour improvement.

Mr. Bullens, of Palmerston North, has just received word from Herr Lindauer to the effect that the celebrated artist will leave Austria in October for Auckland on account of having received (it is presumed from Buckingham Palace) orders for some important Maori paintings. Mrs. Dindauer will not accompany the artist in consequence of the two sons not yet having completed their education. One gives great promise as an artist, and the other as a musician.

Lieutenant-Commander A. R. Hislop, who was presented with the longservice decoration at Wellington on Saturday last, has completed over 30 years’ service as a volunteer in New Zealand. He joined the cadets as a scholar at. the William-street School, Dunedin, and in 1867 he transferred to the High School Artillery Cadets. He founded (ns a contingent of the Wellington company) the Petone Na-

val Artillery, which is now a separate battery.

Volunteer officers’ decorations were presented on Coronation Day to Lieut.-Colonel Collins and Lieut.Commander Hislop by His Excellency the Governor. Colonel Collins has been connected with the Defence Forces for over thirty years, and also holds the colonial long-service medal and the Imperial medal for long and efficient service. His strong and resonant voice is the pride of the battalion and the envy of all other officers. Lieut.-Commander Hislop lias been an active and enthusiastic volunteer since 1866, first in the artillery and lately in the naval branch.

Mr Diinot Sladden, secretary to the Wellington Meat Export Company, who left by the Gothic on a holiday trip Home, was given a great farewell by the staff of the company. Advantage was taken of the occasion to present Mr Sladden with a silver cigar ease, matchbox, and a pair of binoculars, all suitably inscribed, the gift of the whole of the employees. Mr J. Moore made a highly eulogistic speech, and Mr Sladden’s health was enthusiastically drunk. Songs and musical items were given by Messrs Moore, Devonport, Cameron and Platts. Proceedings were concluded with the National Anthem, and all those present gave three rousing cheers for the popular secretary, who shook hands with everyone on leaving amid heartiest wishes for a pleasant holiday and a safe return.

Amongst numerous visitors to the Central Hotel during the past week have been: Capt. and Mrs. Swindley, Coromandel; Mr. Allan C. Lees, Napier; Major Porritt, Mr. Walker. Mr. and Mrs. Delaney. Mr. Bush, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Mayer, Mr. Walker, Mr. Graham, Paeroa; Mr. and Mrs. Williams. Mr. R. Steele, Mr. Reed, Mrs. Scoch, Mr. Laurenson, Mrs. Wilson, Mr. Pyne. Mr. Budge, Mr. Potts, Wellington; Mr. Begg. Mr. Solomon. Mr. Ross, Mr. Ayre, Dunedin; Mr. Lewin, Scandinavia; Mr. Palmer. Mr. Hutton, London; Mr. and Mrs. Foote, Mr. and Mrs. Rawnsley, Mr. Owen, Whangarei; Mr. and Mrs. Mathews, Rotorua; Mr. Taylor, Scotland; Mr. and Mrs. Elliot, Te Kopuru; Mr. Grant, Hawke's Bay; Mr. Hoskins, Mr. Greenslade, Mr Gane. Mr Backett, Mr. and Mrs. Oates, Mr. and Mrs. Butcher, Waikato; Mr. Hogarth, San Francisco; Mr. Gillies, Canada; Mr. Fritz Lang, Vienna; Mr. Gibson. Kaipara; Mr. Dunlop, Thames; Captain Carle and child, Honolulu.

Amongst visitors at the Star Hotel (Auckland) during the past week were: Mr Matthew Henry, Palmerston North; Mr John H. Tait, Mr J. J. Clayton, Sydney; Mr and Mrs Jones and family, Mr and Mrs Woolmer, Mr

G. Lascelles, Mr Arthur Wilson, Mr James Thompson. Dr. W. T. Hill. Mr J. M. McDougal. London; Mr J. J. Roach. Mr C. M. Meeden, Mr Detmold, Melbourne; Mr and Miss Townsend, Mr J. Sliera. Miss Electa Giffaid, New York; Mr J. I’onsouby, Mr Hayner, Dunedin; Mr George Krafft. Levuka, Fiji; Mr Corrie, Wanganui; Mr R. N. England, Mr and Miss Stevens, Christchurch; Mr and Miss Mullens, New Plymouth; Mr J. Twiss, Mr Swarbriek, Dr. King. Wellington; Mr J. H. Clayton, Sydney; Mr A. Rowney. Mr R. Croon, San Francisco; Mr and Mrs Thornton, Cambridge (Waikato); Mr Newchamp. A meeting was held in the Ponsonby Club Hotel last week for the purpose of furthering the project to erect a suitable memorial to the late Trooper Stanley Rees Scott, who died in South Africa. The form of the memorial was left for futuro consideration. The following committee was formed for the purpose of collecting subscriptions:—Messrs A. Snedden (chairman), G. Main and L. Gannon (joint secretaries), B. R. Secats (treasurer), J. Baxter, G. and E. Oswald, M. and H. Cossar, A. Stephenson, W Haven, F. Stonex. W. Mason, F. Jackson, W. McLeay, J. A. Quinn and E. Kelly. Those present were all old friends of the late Mr Stanley Scott, and they have received from outside many promises of subscriptions towards the proposed monument or memorial tablet. The sum of £lO was raised in the room.

In the “Pall Mall Magaizne” for August an article, entitled, “Marconi’s Ambition,” gives us some interesting gtlimpses of the achievements and aims in wireless telegraphy of the wonderful young man whose name is inextricably associated with this latest development of electrical science. The number is a specially gtood one throughout, offering to the general reader a capital menu of varied literary and artistic contributions. Lady Jeune’s article on “The King’s Illness and the Coronation,” “First Impressions of Parliament.” “Our Forgotten Ancestors,” “Grouse Shooting in Yorkshire” (a lady’s account of her own •experiences ais a sportsman), may be recommended, among other articles, as well worth tasting. The serial story makes good progress, and is supplemented by a number of brightly - written short stories, nmlongst which is one by Gilbert Parker, the newly knighted novelist. There is a wealth of illustration In which a full-length portrait of His Britannic Mafestv nnd a caricature of Lord Kitchener occupy prominent places. The frontispiece is a pleasant coloured picture of a yromg rirl in dainty summer attire, rocking herself in a. swing.