Personal Paragraphs.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXX, Issue XVIII, 2 May 1903, Page 1242

Personal Paragraphs.

Bishop Neligan will open the Maori Girls’ School on the 22nd of May.

It is Sir Joseph Ward’s intention to visit Auckland shortly.

Miss Gillies is champion of the Auckland Ladies’ Golf Club.

Mr and Mrs Percy Webster, of New Plymouth, are on a visit to Wellington. Mrs Dixon, of Fiji, is making a short stay in Auckland. Judge Conolly has returned to Auckland from Gisborne. The Rev. Mr Beecroft was a passenger for Napier last week by the Waikare.

Mr. and Mrs. Ritchie (Pahiatua) are paying a visit to Wellington. Mr Sydney Williamson is still staying in Auckland.

Messrs. C. and H. Horton left Naples recently for New Zealand by the Ophir. Mrs Stranehon and children, of Wellington, arc on a visit to New Plymouth. Mrs. Willie Maxwell has returned to Tauranga after a visit to Auckland. Mrs. H. F. Wigram, Christchurch, has gone on a visit to friends in Dimedin. Mr W. Thomson, of Auckland, is getting on very well in Johannesburg. Mrs. Rhodes and Mrs. Adams, of Wellington, are visiting in Christchurch. Miss Edith Bleazard-Brown is staying for a short while near Te Aroha. Mr Clem Lawford (Auckland) returns to South Africa this week.

Miss Bathgate (Dunedin) is the guest of Mrs. Hislop in Wellington.

The Hon. G. McLean arrived from the South by the Takapuna on Saturday. Miss Nora Gorrie, of Auckland, is at present staying in Christchurch. The Hon. George McLean (Dunedin) is visiting Wellington. Mr Chas. Purchas (Auckland) recently returned from a trip to New Plymouth.

Mrs and Miss Blaekett are back in Wellington after a visit to Hawera. Mrs, and Miss McLean (Dunedin), are visiting Wellington. Sirs Arthur Heather is at present slaying at Te Aroha.

Mrs H. Connell, of Auckland, is at present, in London.

Mr J. J. Craig left by the Ventura for Sydney last week. The engagement is announced of Miss Maud Reynolds, “Tricarne,” to Mr Clark, Cambridge.

Miss Williams (Cambridge) returned from Napier this week, and is making a short stay in Auckland.

Mrs. Gray (Port Chalmers) is staying in Wellington with her mother, Mrs. Mills.

Miss Babington (Wellington), has been recently the guest of Mrs J. Gould, Christdiurch.

Mrs. C. Munro, of Palmerston North, has been staying with Lady Hector at Pet one, Wellington. Mrs. Masefield, Manaroa, Pelorus Sound, has gone to Wellington for a change and rest. Mr and Mrs Henry Weston, of New Plymouth, have gone for a trip to Sydney. Mr H. Friedlander (Ashburton), has returned to the colony greatly improved in health.

Miss Beauchamp, “Anikiwa,” Queen Charlotte Sound, has gone to Dunedin to visit friends.

Mr and Mrs W. Thornton (Cambridge) caine to Auckland last week for a short stay.

Mrs. C. C. Howard, Pieton, has returned, home from a visit to the hot lakes at Rdtorua, much benefited by the change. Miss Hempton, has returned to New Plymouth after a pleasant trip to Wellington.

Miss R. Grcensill, Waikawa, Picton, has gone to stay with her cousin, Mrs. n. Greensill, at Mahau. Mrs Godfrey Pharazyn (Palmerston North) is spending a week or two in Wellington. Miss Minnie Sinclair, of Symondsstreet, Auckland, is on a holiday visit to Australia. . .

Mr G. Pott, of New Plymouth, with his son, has gone for a trip to the Old Country.

Miss D. Garrick, of “Elsinore,” Merivale, Christchurch, has gone to Suva for the winter.

Mr. Justice Cooper went South by the Ngapuhi, accompanied by Messrs. Brown and Slater.

Miss Theo Shapter (Wellington) has returned after a trip to Auckland and Rotorua.

Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Clark and Miss Agnes Duncan have left Christchurch for a trip to England. Miss Rattray, of Auckland, left for Australia last week, and will be absent from home some months.

Mr J. A. Park (Mayor of Dunedin) has returned home after a stay in Wellington.

Mr and Mrs Holdsworth, who have been visiting Auckland, have returned to New Plymouth.

Mr. Murray (Australia) is the guest of Mr. G. G. Stead at Strowan, Christchurch.

Miss Katie Nelson (Auckland) is staying in Wellington with her aunt Miss Coates.

Mr Duncan, manager for the Union Steamship Company in Suva, left by the Moura.

Dr. and Mrs Wilson, of Wanganui, were passengers by the Moura, en route for Vancouver.

Miss Marshall, of New Plymouth, has gone for a trip to England" on account of her health.

Viscount Borrington was a passenger to Suva by the Moura. From Suva he. proceeds to Sydney. Mrs H. S. Rosenthal, of Sydney, is at present on a visit to Mrs P. A. Edmiston, Symonds-street, Auckland. Mr and Mrs G. P. Donnelly, after a pleasant visit to Auckland, have returned to Ngatarawa, Hawke’s Bay. Miss E. Bayley, of New Plymouth, is visiting her sister, Mrs Christie, of Wanganui.

Mr F. Pickering, general manager of the Sun Insurance Co., left Auckland last week for Wellington. Mr Leo. Horrocks, who has been on a visit to Auckland, has returned to New Plymouth. Mr George Crosby has again entered into possession of the Royal Mail Hotel, Paeroa.

Miss Ada Hoskin, of New Plymouth, is visiting her sister, Mrs Jack Hill, of Christchurch. Mrs Henry Tiffen, of Gisborne, has been staying with Mrs Tiffen, of Napier.

Mrs Fox and her sister, Miss Russell (Hawke’s Bay), are in Wellington for a few days, en route to England. Mr T. E. Donne, head of the Tourist Department, has been visiting New Plymouth.

The Rev. J. C. Andrew has been appointed Chairman of the District Convocation of Victoria College, Wellington. Mr Charles Bright, whose death was

a few days ago announced, was for many years one of the foremost and ablest of the journalists of Australia.

Miss Norah O’Carroll, who is living with her brother, at Inglewood, paid New Plymouth a short visit, but has now returned.

Mr P. J. Martin, of Mackaytown, has been appointed inspector of the water supply services at Karangahake and Waitekauri.

W. Delaney, at one time a New Zealand leading pedestrian—he used to run ten miles within the hour —has become blind.

Mr. and Mrs. George Jamieson, of Springston, are removing to Christchurch for a few’months, and have taken “Fordell,” Papanui.

Miss Flossie Evans, of Miss Freeman’s School, Wellington, is spending her term holidays with her parents in New Plymouth.

The Rev. Mr. Spiers, Presbyterian minister, late of Inglewood, Taranaki, has arrived at Renwick, Marlborough, where he is stationed for the present. Mrs. Beauchamp, “Anikiwa,” has returned home from a visit to Mrs. Masefield at Manaroa, and Mrs. Stanley Beauchamp at Nopere, Pelorus Sound.

Miss Brown (matron of the New Plymouth Hospital), has been visiting her

relatives in Auckland, but has now returned.

Mrs Ralph ia leaving Auckland thia week for South Africa, where she is going to join her husband, who went there some time ago.

Mr Charles Duncan, of the Wellington Meat Export Company, has resigned his position in order to take up an appointment in the Argentine. Mr and Mrs Cowper, the former late sheriff of Sydney, are visiting the latter’s mother, Mrs Bramley, of New Plymouth.

Mrs Ching gave an afternoon tea for girls last week. The German band played at intervals, which added much to the enjoyment of the guests. Mr. and Mrs. Kight, who have been staying with Mr. and Mrs. W. R. E. Brown, in Wellington, have returned to their home in Napier.

Mr. Stuart Garrick left for his home in Sydney last week after several weeks’ visit to his mother, Mrs. F. J. Garrick, “Orwell,” Papanui road, Christchurch. Mrs. Logan (Dunedin) returned home last week after a pleasant trip to Christchurch, where she was the guest of Mrs. W. J. Bruce, Latimer Square. Mr. H. Campbell was appointed manager of the Norscwood (Hawke’s Bay) Dairy Company. There were thirty-six applicants for the position.

Mr. R. Pitcaithly, of Christchurch, has resigned the position of Consular Agent for the United States of America in Christchurch.

Mr and Mrs Jas. Hislop, of Dunedin, who have been on a trip to Australia, passed through Auckland last week on their way South.

Mr and Mrs Addison J. Newbold, of Hawke’s Bay, have been staying at Darlington, Yorkshire, and are now in London for the season.

The Hon. W. C. Smith, M.L.C., and Mrs. Smith (Waipawa) have gone to England for a holiday. They are passengers by the Tongariro.

The Premier will be in Auckland about the middle of May, and will probably be present at the opening of the "Waihi hospital.

Constable O’Sullivan, of Ravensbourne, who recently retired from the police force on a pension, died on Saturday afternoon.

Mr J. B. Taylor, of Oamaru, passed through Wellington lately to catch the Vancouver mail steamer, en route for Scotland.

English visitors to Wellington lately include Mr and Mrs George Musgrove (Cumberland), and Mr and Mrs E. Cardwell (Lancashire).

Miss Eva Callista (New York), and Mr Alexander Cameron (Richmond, Virginia), are among Americans who have been touring the colony.

Mrs. and Miss Nicholls, of “Rannerdale,” Papanui, with Miss Torlesse, Christchurch, have left on an extended tour through the North Island and to Fiji.

Dr. and Mrs. Redman are being warmly congratulated by everybody on the doctor having been chosen by the principal residents of Picton to be Mayor of the borough.

Constable Blake, of Thames, who was recently transferred to Thames from Auckland, and who has not been in good health, has been granted leave, and will proceed to Rotorua for treatment.

Among the Westralia’s passengers were Mr. John Marshall, who has returned from a visit to Sydney, and Mr. and Mrs. James Reid (Motutapu), who have been paying a short visit to Australia.

Mr. John Mill, the well-known shipping merchant of Dunedin, accompanied by Mrs. Mill and Misses J. and A. Mill, left for Ixmdon on Saturday by the Tongariro.

Mr. R. B. Ross, one of the unsuccessful candidates for Wakatipu at the late election, has left Riversdale to take up a position with the Colonial Life Assurance Company in the North Island. Mr J. P. Moore (Gloucester, England), who has been on a cycling tour of New Zealand, passed through Wellington lately on his way to Auckland, via Rotorua and Wanganui.

Miss Funston, who has for many years acted as organist of the Roman Cath-

olic Pro-Cathedral, Christchurch, was presented with a set of valuable books as an Easter gift, from the members of the choir.

Miss E. Good (Wellington) will be a passenger to England by the Athenic. Miss Good who will probably go in for vocal study while at Home, is a prominent member of the Wellington Amateur Operatic Society.

Mr J. W. Jago, business manager of the Dunedin “Evening Star,” passed through Auckland on his way South. lie spent some time at Rotorua, and was much benefited by the trip. Mrs Jago accompanied him.

Messrs Hayes (Government Mining Engineer) and Ryan (assistant Mining Inspector) have just concluded a tour of the goldfields. Mr Hayes will return to Thames in a few months to inspect the Te Aroha lead mines.

Sir Joseph Abbott has retired from the Board of Directors of the Australian Mutual Provident Society, on account of ill-health, and the vacancy has been filled by the appointment of Mr J. Burns, of Burns, Philp and Co.

Mrs. H. Wells is back in Christchurch from a trip to England and the Continent, whither she went to place her daughter at school for the study of music. Miss Wells is now hard at work at Leipsic.

Mr. G. Kettlewell (Melbourne), who has been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. R. Allan, “Abberley,” for some weeks, left last week on a business trip to England, leaving Mrs. Kettlewell and little daughter in Christchurch.

The Rev. J. C. Kirby (Port Adelaide, S.A.) and Mr John H. Jones (Liverpool), who arrived from America by the mailboat, broke their journey to make a visit to Rotorua, where Mr Kirby will take the waters for his health.

The late Mr William Kerr, of Newtonroad, leaves two daughters, namely, Mrs J. G. Vivian, of Mount Eden, and Mrs F. Mander, wife of Mr F. Mander, M.H.R. for Marsden, and three sons, one being at present in Scotland. Mr C. Hudson (one of the Victorian Railway Commissioners) is on a three weeks’ visit to New Zealand. Mr Hudson was formerly on the New Zealand Railway Department, but left for a better position under the Tasmanian Government, which he has only just resigned. At the annual meeting of St. Mark’s (Anglican) Church, Wellington, Mr Albert Staee was appointed vicar’s ehurch warden, and Mr Shirtcliffe, parishioners’ churchwarden. A notable' occurrence during the past year was the attendance of thirty Chinamen at St. Mark’s on Easter Sunday. Mrs Haselden is back in Wellington after a stay of six months in Auckland, where Mr Haselden has been acting as Stipendiary Magistrate. Mrs Harold Cooper (Palmerston North) is down on a visit to her parents, Mr and Mrs Haselden.

Mrs T. C. Schnackenberg, of Ellerslie, returned by the Ngapuhi from New Plymouth last .Saturday after spending a pleasant six weeks* holiday at Wanganui, where she stayed with her relatives, Mr and Mrs Allan Robinson, of Mangamahu.

Mr W. F. Flanagan (Chief Draughtsman of the New Zealand Survey Department) has just returned to Wellington after a holiday trip to Australia. His daughter, Miss Gwendoline Flanagan, is making good progress in her musical studies under the best teachers in Melbourne.

Miss Phoebe Parsons (Wellington) is shortly going to Christchurch in order to take the soprano part in the oratorio, “Judas Maecabaeus,” which is being given in the Cathedral city.

Mr Thomas Peacock, of Auckland, sailed from Bombay on March 7 by the steamer Caledonia for Brindisi, en route for England. Mr Peacock spent a couple of weeks in India, visiting ths principal places of interest.

Pastor Niquet died at Mount Gambier (South Australia) early this month, aged 02. He had been resident in Australia for sixty-six years continuously. He was the first pastor of the Lutheran Church in Ballarat (Victoria), having been inducted to that charge in 1858. Mr. T. E. Taylor, M.H.R., who has been confined to his home since his return

from the Chatham Islands, owing to a severe illness contracted during the trip, is progressing favourably, although it is expected that it will be some time before he will be out and about again.

Mr George Frederic Smith, AssistantSecretary to the Wellington Harbour Board, left by the last Vancouver mail steamer on a holiday visit of six months to Canada, where he has many relations. Before returning to New Zealand, Mr Smith will take a flying trip to England and the Continent.

The retirement of Mr S. Luke from the Auckland College and Grammar School Board is the subject of very general regret in educational circles. Mr Luke been an active and useful member of the Board for a period of twenty years; the gap he will leave will be difficult to fill.

A gilded bas-relief of the Premier (the Bight Hon. Mr. Seddon) has been placed in the Lyttelton Wharf Labourers’ Hall, alongside another representing a typical colonial trooper. They are the work of Mr. G. A. Storrar, a prize-medallist of the South Kensington School of Art. Among the visitors who called at the tourist agency in the last few days were Mr S. Brown, Miss A. Harvey, and Mr W. Emery Stark. Mr Stark, who is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, has just concluded with his party a three months’ tour of New Zealand, and is vastly pleased with what he has seen.

Mr. and Mrs. Wansbone, who are leaving the Tuakau district after four years’ work among the Presbtyerian congregation thereabouts, were tendered a farewell social a few days ago. An illuminated address was presented Mr. Wansbone and his wife, and much regret was expressed at their departure. The Barton family have had distinguished academic careers, and late Melbourne files announce that Sir Edmund’s second son, Wilfrid Alexander, has distinguished himself by gaining the university gold medal for classics. His father won a Cooper scholarship at the ’varsity in 1867, and thirty-four years later this same second son did the same.

Mr E. K. Mulgan, M.A., inspector of schools, has been approached by the Auckland University College Graduates’ Association, with a view to his being nominated for a seat on the New Zealand University Senate. Mr Mulgan, however, has been obliged to decline nomination, owing to his inability to absent himself from his duties for the time during which the Senate is in session. Our correspondent wires that the Rev. H. H. Roget, who is going to take a college course, was feted by the Coromandel congregation prior to his departure, and he was presented with a gold albert by his late parishioners. The opportunity was taken to welcome the incoming minister, the Rev. S. H. D. Perryman, and his family, among the Methodist congregation Some interest attaches to the departure of Miss Mabel Studholme (Waimate) for Durban (S.A.), for she is to be married on her arrival to Mr Moyston Jones, who went out with the Sixth Contingent, and was Appointed Commissioner of Lands for Zoutpansberg. This position he now holds, his headquarters being at Pietersberg.

The late Richard Westenra was one of the earliest settlers in Canterbury, where his father took up land in 1851. Deceased managed the farm after Ills death, and settled in Christchurch in 1880, where he identified himself with very nearly every public body. His eldest son is manager of the Bank of New Zealand at Tauranga, and a younger son is practising medicine at Hawera.

The Rev. W. Gray Dixon and tae Rev. W. K. Gillam left for Wellington by the Takapuna. At Wellington they will attend a conference of all Protestant Churches on the question of Bible teaching in public schools. It is understood that the adoption of the proposal to have Bible teaching included in the cur; riculum of the schools is a practical certainty. There is also a proposal for the compilation of a Bible text-book for the above object. Mrs Von Dadelzen has, owing to illhealth, resigned her position as librarian of the Napier Athenaeum. She will visit her friends in the country for three months, and will spend some time with Lady Whitmore, of the Marine Parade, before settling down again in Napier. Mrs Von Dadelzen has been 10 years at the Athenaeum, and will be greatly missed there.

Said a resident the other day: “I knew Dick Seddon before ever ha dreamed of becoming Premier of New Zealand, or a member of its Parliament. In those days he possessed a horse, which, while being shod, would always endeavour to lie down, and I have seen Dick, who used to bring in the horse to be shod, stoop, and, resting his hands on his knees, place himself under the horse’s stomach, then hold up the brute"until the last nail was driven in his shoes.”

Another public man who has given up New Zealand for South Africa is Mr J. A. Kinsella, Dairy Commissioner, who is leaving for the latter country in a few weeks’ time. Three years ago Mr Kinsella arrived in New Zealand from Canada, at the request of the Government of the former country, and since he took up his appointment in this colony, he has been energetic and assiduous in his duties. Mr Kinsella should prove a valuable acquisition to the Transvaal Government.

Mr G. A. Richardson (Wellington), who is shortly to be married, was presented with a aandsome marble clock by the New Zealand staff of the Mutual Life Association of Australasia, of which he is the local secretary. The Wellington Cricket Club presented Mr Richardson, who is their captain, with a valuable gift. On the occasion of the recent test match, New Zealand versus England, played at Wellington, Mr Richardson was elected captain of the All New Zealand team.

Mr Richard Hudson, who died at Dunedin, aged 61, was one of the most prominent of the millers down South. Born in the West of England, and serving as an apprentice to the Great Western Railway Works, he turned his attention »o bakery, and after a spell at golddigging in the Pelorus, in New Zealand, in the sixties, drifted to Dunedin, where he laid the foundations of one of the biggest milling and biscuit industries in the colony.

The Emperor of Japan has bestowed the Imperial Order of the Crown upon Miss Margaret Mcl-aan, the ‘'Lady aunt*’ to Japanese sailors in London, as a mark of his high appreciation, and in recognition of her services to Japanese bluejackets. According to a London paper, this order was created for women exclusively, and Miss McLean is the first European to receive this signal mark of the Mikado’s favour. There are only about 18 ladies in Japan who can boast of its possession.

The Hon. C. J. Moran, the West Australian M.L.A. who was with the Premier when he delivered his recent Canterbury speech, has been devoting a good deal of attention to the different works In the South, with particular attention to the Addington workshops, for his Government has entered upon an expenditure of a quarter of a million pounds for the equipment of similar works. Mr Moran is now on a trip to the West Coast, and proceeding by way of Picton and Blenheim to Wellington, passes through the Wanganui to Rotorua en route for Auckland, whence he probably sails for his own land. A banquet was given to Mr F. W. Lang, M.H.R., at Hamilton last week, when there was a laage and representative attendance. Mr G. Primrose presided. In replying to the toast of his health, Mr Lang thanked his supporters for returning him to Parliament for the fourth time, and said he had always belonged to the farmers' party. The new House had o'd and tried members and a large accession ot valuable new members. Mr Lang said the Government had neglected the back blocks, especial’^ 7 in the Auckland district, and had left Crown aud native lands unopcnee. Several other speeches were made.

Mr Herman B. Lange, whose portrait is given in this week’s issue, has been conductor of the Kauaeranga Orchestral Society, Thames, for the last five years. Under his directorship the Society gave some of the most successful concerts ever given on the Thames. For two years he was a member of the Thames Naval Band, while for the last twelve months’ he has been the principal trombone player in the Hauraki Band, and in this position he attended the last band contest held at Masterton. By private study and practice he gained a thorough knowledge of the tenor horn, and was selected as second horn player in the New Zealand Band, from among 400 applicants. Mr William Steele, who is paying his annual visit to New Zealand, and is now in the South, is one of the few friends that Australian literary men out here have in the publishing world in London. Mr Steele is the Melbourne manager for Ward, Lock and Co., and has been the means of introducing Ethel Turner (Mrs Curlewis) to England and fame. He also arranged a publication of Donald Macdonald’s “How We Kept the Flag Flying,” George Giffen’s “With. Bat and Ball,” and other works of Australian prominence. He has also befriended Mr William Satchell, described as “a coming novelist,” of Auckland, by forwarding and recommcndin; for publication a new novel called “Toll of the Bush,” whose author last year had published “The Land of the Lost.”

The funeral of the late Mr Oliver Mays on Wednesday last was one of the largest held in De▼onport, and was wholly representative of the city, there being present besides the Mayor of Auckland, Sir G. M. O’Rorke, Professor Brown and other leading people. The cortege also included carriages from the Waitemata County Council the Auckland College end Grammar School, the local school committee, and the Devonport Borough Council. The local cadets acted as pall - bearers. At the Holy Trinity Church the Rev. Canon Nelson and the Rev. H. Hawthorne (vicar) conducted the preliminary burial service, and the body was then interred at the O’Neil’s Point Cemetery, the final sentences being read by Canon Nelson. The Rev. E. Eykyn was also present at the grave side.

The guest list at the Star Hotel was again a lengthy one last week. Among those who registered were: From Sydney, Mr. and Mrs. George Nash, Miss Amy Nash, Miss Simpson, Mr. H. P. Esdaile, Mr. M. Gracewood, Mr. and Mrs. H. Heath Craike, Mr. Kettlewell, Mr. J. H. Witham, Mr. R. Kickham, Miss L. Pearson, Mr. and Mrs. L. Kelly, Master Kelly, Mr. George L. Stevenson, Mr. J. M. Watson, Mr. L. Burrett, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Fisher, Mr. Hudson; from Colombo, Mr. A. L. Prescott, Miss Amy Prescott; from Dunedin, Mr. Shepherd, Mr. R. Goyn, Mr. and Mrs. Bailey, Miss Bailey, Mr. and Mrs. Willis; from Tauranga, Mr. R. N. Westeura; from Levin, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. McDonald; from Palmerston North, Mr. Matthew Henry; from Queensland, Mr. and Mrs. Berry, Mr. L. E. Woodford, Mrs. Penton; from New York. Mr. A. Roundy, Mrs. Dyer, Mr. J. R. Stutt, Mr. E. C. Jenkins, Mr. E. J. Withy combe, Mr. J. Mott, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Wheelwright, Mr. S. H. Benton, Mr. and Mrs. John L. Cotter; from Sherwood, England, Mr. Holland; from Auckland, Mr. and Mrs. Bridson, Mr. and Mrs. B. Vaile, Mr. L. Mitford; from Adelaide, Mr. and Mrs. Simpson, Mr. Arthur L. Kennedy, Mr. F. L. Rutherford, Mr. J. L. Lyons; from Westralia, Mr. and Mrs. M. Henderson, Miss K. Henderson, Master J. Henderson, Mr. C. A. Piesse, Mr. A. Piesse, Mr. D. F. Piesse; from Ceylon, Mr. Arthur A. Caston, Mr. and Mrs. Freeman; from London, Mr. and Mrs. Mack Jorst, Mr. H. Lascelles, Mr. W. Stenson, Mr. Robert E. Turner, Mr. and Mrs. P. Hammond, Mr. Walter Campbell; from Melbourne, Mr. E. Tinssner, Mr. L. E. Smith, Miss F. Smith, Mr. Arnot, Miss Hurley, Mrs. Robinson; from Los Au gelcs, Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Kellam; from Armagh, Ireland, Mr. A. W. Kidd; from Dublin, Mr. Arthur J Inglis, Mr. R. L. Fitzgerald; from Durban, South Africa, Mr. J. Van Cooth; from Montreal, Canada, Mr. and Mrs. Macpherson, Miss L. Brown; from Germany, Mr. and Mrs. Eric Schwitzer, Dr. Schwarzbach; from Bristol, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Graham; from Glasgow, Mr. and Mrs. Holmes, Miss Melntosh; from Calcutta, Mr. and Mrs. Haig; from Christchurch, Mr. L. E. Christie, Mr. James L. Foster, Mr. L. Patterson; from Wellington, Mr. A. A. Bethune, Mr. R. Roths child, Mr. Wight Smith, Hon. James Carroll, Mr. N. Simra, Mr. D. Aiken, Mr. George Gore, Mr. U. M. Honey, Mr. and Mrs. Peterson.