Personal Paragraphs.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXI, Issue XIII, 26 September 1903, Page 909

Personal Paragraphs.

llis Excellency the Governor, accompanied by Lord Northland, arrived in Auckland on September 18 on business connected with the Veterans’ Home. He piesided over a large meeting of those who are organising the bazaar to lie held at Government House at the end of the year, and received most encouraging reports of the work that is being done. His Excellency has been out to Mt. Koskill several times to inspect the Home, which is rapidly approaching completion. His Excellency and Lord Northland return to Wellington this week.

Mr. Corns, Mayor of Whangarei, has been spending a few days in Auckland. Dr. lorhes. of Hokianga, is paying a visit to Auckland nt present. Mr and Mrs Walter Johnstone, of Waihi, are at present in Auckland. Miss Rattray, of Dunedin, is visiting in Christchurch. Mr C. H. Izard has returned to Wellington after a holiday in Sydney. Mrs Lovett (Bulls) was recently in Wellington for a flying visit. Dr. and Mrs Parkin left for Sydney in the Waikare on Tue-day. Miss Large has returned to Napier after a short visit to Gisborne. Mrs Skemia-n (Marton) recently spent a few days an Wellington. Mr Breen has joined the Waikare as purser. Mr J. G. Stevens (Wellington) is shortly leaving on a round the world trip. Dr. and Mrs Ilosking (Masterton) have been on a visit to Wellington. Mrs W. E. Hutchison, of Bayfield, Auckland, is on a visit to Wanganui. Mr and Mrs Standish (New Plymouth) have beeu visiting Wellington. Miss Thomas, of Waitotara, is the guest of Mrs Fairburn, Wanganui. Mr Mareus Marks (Wellington) is going to England on six months’ leave of absence at the close of the session. Mr and Mrs Standish (New Plymouth) have been paying a visit to Wellington. •Mrs Turnbull (Dunedin) is visiting her daughter-in-law. Mrs Willie Turnbull, in Wellington. Miss Wray, of Timaru. is spending a few weeks with her sister-in-law. Mrs C. Wray, of Duric Vale, Wanganui. Mrs. Henry "Wood lias returned to Christchurch after "two months’ visit to Sydney. Miss Newall (Wellington) who aeeompaiitied her brother to Sydney, is back again in Wellington. Mr and Mi’s Herbert Dobson, who have been visiting Airs Dobson, in Blenheim, have returned to Gisborne. Mr and Mrs 11. I>. Lusk have returned to Napier after a pleasant trip to Auckland and Rotorua. Mis AWbot and Miss Laurie Daniell are back in Wellington after a trip to Wanganui. Judge Gill, of Parnell, left by the e.s. Tarawera on Saturday last for Gisborne. Miss Hewlings (Christehurch) has been staying with Mrs. F. W. Williams, of Napier. Miss L. Gibson. Christehurch, has been spending a few weeks visiting in Ashbnr--1 on. Miss E. Sealey (Nelson) has beeu visiting her sister, Mrs Sedgwick, at the Vicarage. Pieton. Mrs. Wnleot Wood, of ( hristchurch, aeconipanied by her little daughter, is in Auckland on a visit to her parents. Mrs Woodhouse paid a flying visit to Auckland last week, but returned to the Thames on Saturday last. Mr. and Mrs. C. Sabino (Chi istehurcli) have sailed for England, via Sydney, where they join (he India. Mrs. Wallace and Miss Carruth, of Papatoetoe, arc at present staying with Mrs. W. Carruth, Whangarei. Lieutenant 11. C. Collett has been gazetted Captain of the Waipawt Hille A Hl un leers. Mrs Tomlinson, of Nelson, is the guest of Mrs Andrew Turnbull, Bliiff Hill, Napier.

Miss Denniston has returned to Christchurch from Sydney. She has almost recovered from her recent illness. Colonel Wales, who has been staying at the Kamo Springs Hotel, has left on his return to his home, Dunedin. Mr and Mrs W. Rennell are spending a few weeks with their daughter, Mrs Harry Bayly, of Gisborne. Mr A. von Tiedinan, of Sydney, is now on a visit to New Zealand. At present he is en route to the Hut Lakes. Miss May Whitelaw, of Ponsonby, Auckland, left by the Ngapuhi last Sunday for Wellington. Mr AfoLennon, of the head office staff of the Union Steamship Co., returned from the Islands by the Moura. Misses K. and G- Hold worth, w?to have been visiting Wellington, have now returned to New Plymouth. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Mackie have returned home to Whangarei after a short holiday spent in Auckland. Mr and Mrs Henry Gray, of New Plymouth, have gone for a trip to Wanganui on account of the former's health. Mr David, late chief officer of the Go. i*i>c, is now master of the White Star liner Runic. Miss Turnbull, who has been staying at the Kamo Springs Hotel, has left for Auckland. Major Purnell and Captain and Adjutant Mill have been granted the colonial officers’ decoration. Miss Burdett and Miss Read (England) have been staying with Mr and Mrs Dalrymple. Bulls. Mi'S Olive Lusk, of Parnell, has gone on a visit to fhe Thames. She is to be the guest of Mrs Lawlor while there. Miss Totsic Bush was in Auckland last week, but returned to the Thames last Saturday. Among the chief prizewinners at the Perone Bulb Show were Misses Foster. Fi’.zherbert, Hector and Kirk. Mr Mclvor, of the Bank of Australasia. Waipawa. who has been away on leave, has returned home. Mr 11. H- Seed (Wellington) has been appointed an Associate of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem. Alias Colegrove, who has been spending her holidays with Mrs. Lockhart, Whangarei, has returned to Auckland. Mr. and Mrs. Davidson (nee Thierens). ■who have been in Christchurch for some months, have left again for England, via Australia. Mr F. L. Kenriek has left Westport for Wellington, having been promoted to the head office of the Bank of New Zealand. Miss Williams is staying with Mrs Collins in Wellington. Miss Eila Williams has gone to Hawke’s Bay for a trip. Mr and Mrs Rhodes (Christchurch), who have been touring in the Marlborough district, stayed while in Pieton at Oxley’s Hotel. Mr James Hislop (formerly of Dunedin) has taken up his residence in Wellington, and is building a large house in Hobson-street. Among passengers by the Gothic were Dr. and Mrs Williams, for Dunedin, whose marriage was celebrated in England shortly before the Gothic left. Mr F. Bull, of Napier, who left there several months ago for a visit to England. is now on his way home to New Zealand by the Omrah. Mrs Cecil Cornford, who has been spending several weeks in Wellington, has returned to Napier, accompanied by her sister. Miss Bendail. Mr Edwin Hall, secretary to the Agricultural Association, returned by the Talune from a visit to England on Monday. Dr. and Mrs Ronald, of Napier, are passengers for New Zealand by the Aorangi. which has arrived at Brisbane from Vancouver. The many Auckland friends of Mr Innes, late of Parnell, will be pleased to hear that he has obtained a permanent appointment in Wellington. Mr and Mrs Wigram (Christchurch) were the guests <?f His Excellencv the Governor and Lady Ranfurly during their stay in Wellington. Major T.oveday, officer commanding the Second Wellington Mounted Rifles, baa been promoted tfl the rank of lieujfc. eoioneL

Lord Northland and h» sister, Lady Constance Knox, were recently on • short rant to Mr and Mrs J. G. Wilson, ‘•Lethenty,” Bulls. Colonel Radford, of the Imperial army, and Mrs Radford, arrived in Auckland by the a.s. Hauroto last Saturday. Missee F. and L. Brandon (Wellington) have returned from Palmerston North, where they have been competing at tha golf tournamentMiss Julius, who has been paying a visit to Mrs Towle, at Epsom, returned to the South by the Tarawera on Saturday last. Miss Sewell Read and Miss Burdett, who have been staying with Lord and Lady Ranfurly, in Wellington, have returned to Auckland. Miss Amy Holland, of Auckland, has gone to Dunedin on a visit to Mrs E. G. Allen, wife of the member for Port Chalmers. Mr H. N. Watson, one of the bestknown pastoralists of Poverty Bay, intends leaving that district for the West Coast in about six months’ time. Mrs Stanley Ortell, who has been spending some months with her mother, Mrs Dacre. in Park Avenue, returned last week to her home in Inglewood, Taranaki. Mr Elsdon Best, of Ruatahuna, has become a member of the Matatua Maori Council, in piaee of Mr J. T. Wainhouse, resigned. Captain Chatfield has rejoined the Moeraki, and Captain Gibb has gone back to the Mokoia. The former was ashore a: Melbourne on sick leave. Messrs Carriek and Johnston, of the Wellington branch of the South British Insurance Company, have been transferred to the company’s branch office in Capetown. South Africa. Mr W. G. Rae, proprietor of the Whatawhata Hotel, has disposed of his interest to Mr E. Fairweather, of Taranaki, who will take possession about the middle of October. Among over-sea visitors to Wellington are Mr Robert Dennis (Rhodesia), Mrs W. Thurman (Sydney). Mr W. B. Pack (England), Mr N. W. Nicholls (England). Mr C. H. Gossett (Christchurch) came up to Wellington to meet Miss Gossett. who was a passenger by the Gothic after a year and a-iralf spent in EnglandMr and Mrs Harold Johnston. Air and Mrs Arthur Duncan, and Miss Z. Johnston. have returned to Wellington after a trip to Napier and Palmerston North for tiw various golf meetings. Mr Jarman, assistant inspector of abattoirs in Wellington, has been elevated to inspectorship at the Thames, in the place of Mr Sutton, who has been promoted to Gisborne. A presentation of a handsome afternoon tea service has been made by the Pehautanui Tennis Club to two of’their members. Miss C. Jones and Mr H. Liggins, who are shortly to be married. Mr R. R. Hutcheson, of the Masonic Hotel, Cambridge, has sold the house to Mr Walker, of Northern Wairoa, who will take over the well-known hostelry shortly. Air W. Dittmer, whose sketches of New Zealand subjects have been familiar to artists in the colony during the last year or two, intends to ‘leave for England about December next. Captain Rolls, late of the Alokoia, is to take command of the Alararoa while she is in the ferry service. Captain Crawshaw will join the Waikare. Captain Smith is now on the Talune. The Rev. W. Ready was recommended ’• 1 >•> -a! i-.lvis.r to take a holiday in the Waikato and Rotorua for the ... , •. r ms lieahh. and be is now doing so for a few weeks. Mr Price, traffic manager of the Union Steamship Co. at Wellington, arrived in Auckland by the Aloura from the Islands, and he will go on to Rotorua before returning to Wellington. Mr and Mrs Caplen. wfco arrived from Sydney by the Inlands steamer on Sunday. went on to Hawera by tibe Takapuna on Monday. Mr Caplen is a solicitor in Hawera. Mr John Black, late engineer of the Lake County Council (Southland), reached Paeroa on September 17 to take up his duties as engineer to the Ohinenun County Council.

The Rev. Fr. Rougier, who figured prominently in the controversy on the alleged Bible-burning at A’allilili, has been in hospital at Suva for some time, but is now making rapid recovery. Mr Edward Alurphy returned to Gisborne last week by the Westralia after a very enjoyable holiday of three months spent in travelling through America.

Mr A. Thompson, the secretary of the Ponsonby Cruising Club, was presented with a gold chain and pendant on September 17 in recognition of his untiring efforts to further the interests of the club.

Mr. F. W. Nolan, who has been appointed associate to Judge Chapman, went South by the Tarawera to take over his new duties. Afr. Nolan held a similar position under Justice Conolly.

A tablet is to be erected in St Benedict’s Church to the memory of LieuLColonel du Moulin, who was killed at Abraham’s Kraal in 1901. The deceased officer, who was born in Auckland, was the son of Air J P. du Moulin Sisters Francis and Howard left last week for Rotorua, where they intend spending a short holiday, after which they will go on to Whakatane to conduct special evangelical services in connection with the Presbyterian Church.

Mr L. S. Dudley, who has resigned from the staff of the National Bank (Wellington), in order to take up a position with a South African banking house, was a passenger to Capetown last week.

Mr Hobb, Bank of Australasia, Nelson, has been spending a few days in Auckland. He left for New Plymouth at the end of last week, but will return at once, having been transferred to the Auckland branch.

Miss A- Bennett (Rangitikei), who has been away for about 18 months on a visit to England, returned by the Gothic, and has been staying for a few days with her aster, Airs A. Crawford, in Wellington, before going home. Mr and Airs Vinson are leaving Otahuhu after living there many years, and by way of farewell a social was given in their honour on September 18. On Wednesday Air Vinson was presented with an address by his fellow-employees in Air John Hall’s business-

Air T. W. Collins, who is leaving Wellington for Johannesburg, was given a farewell social by the Wellington Obese Club, of which he has been for many years a prominent and enthusiastic member.

A Wellington paper thinks that Lieut. Robinson, an Imperial officer, who is on his way to the colony, will probably succeed Alajor Coyle in the command of the Wellington and Auckland submarine mining stations.

Mr J. J. Holland, president of the Federated Council of Builders of New Zealand, left by the Rotoiti last week to attend the annual meeting at Dunedin. He was accompanied by Afiss Holland.

Air J. A- Minnett, manager of the New; Zealand Hie and Marine Insurance Company at Sydney, and well-known in yachting circles, now occupies the position of ehairman of the Sydney Marine Underwriters’ and Salvage Association.

Dr. Ada Wilkinson, who was educated at Canterbury College and went to Edinburgh, where she took very high honours, was married at Capetown on July 15th to Dr. Thos. D. AlcLaren, of Edinburgh. The Rev. H. T. Dudley, rector of Whitfield, Derbyshire, eldest son of the Archdeacon of Rangiora, is contemplating an early visit to Canterbury. He has beer, absent from the eolonv since 1864.

Colonel and Mrs Radford and their son reached Auckland from the Islands by the Hauroto. Colonel Radford belongs to the Royal Artillery (of the Imperial Army), and he and his family are travelling round the colonies on a holiday tour. < Mr J. B. West, who Is leaving the Thames to take charge of the Auckland Freezing Works of the New Zealand Loan and Alercantile Co., has been succeeded by Mr J. Braid as manager of the Panawai saleyards.

His Excellency the Governor has presented a silver spirit flask to Mr Alatheson, manager of the “Claremont” Estate, near Timaru. The gift was accompanied by autograph photographs of himself and Lady Ranfurly, framed in silver.

The new vicar of St. John's Church, the Rev. A. S. Buckland, has made a happy start in his local ministrations (writes our Waihi correspondent), and is evidently a hard worker. The Bishop whilst in Waihi spoke in the highest terms of him, and the church now bids fair to make up for lost time. The pupils of the Paterangi School and their parents gathered together recently to say farewell to Afiss Davis, who has taken another school in the North, and to welcome the new teacher, Miss Bright. An address and a writingdesk were given Afiss Davis on the occasion.

suss jirignc. ah auaress ana a writingdesk were given Afiss Davis on the occasion. Air H. Travers Twiss, son of Afr G. H. Twiss, of Khandallah. who had been absent from New Zealand for nearly six years, is at present ->n a visit to" Wellington, and will probably settle there again. Mr Twiss, who arrived from San Francisco by the last mail boat, spent the last few years in th* United States of America. Air Seddon, the New Zealand Premier (says the “Literary World”), is evidently not greatly offended with his portrait as “Sir Dickon Seddon,” in Afr F. C. Gould's “Modern Chronicles of Froissart” (1902), for he has just sent Mr -Fisher Unwin, the publisher of th* book, an order for some copies. His Excellency the Governor is to b* present at the spring meeting of the Wanganui Jockey Club, and in celebration of his visit the Wanganui people are moving in the direction of giving

him and Lady Ranfurly a farewell. The function, by the way, may be made a means of raising funds for the Veterans’ Home.

An Australian temperance journal •ays th it Mr P. F. Warner, who is now organising an English cricketing team for Australia, is a total abstainer, "and. ’ asserts the journal, “adds one more to the many proofs that athletic efficiency is always promoted by abstinence from the use of intoxicating liquors.”

The following appointments in the New Zealand Militia are gazetted:—P. Halpin (Ninth Contingent) to be captain; A. R. Falconer (late Surgeon-Cap-tain Ninth Contingent) to be SurgeonCaptain; Rev. J. A. Luxford to be Hon. Chaplain; Dr. P. Baldwin, Surgeon-Cap-tain.

Dr. Marsack, whose health necessitated his taking a lengthened holiday from his professional work, returned to Auckland by the Mararoa from Sydney on Sunday. His friends will b« glad to hear that his health has been restored by the spell. Mrs H. R. Webb and Miss Webb have returned to Christchurch after spending the winter in Sydney. They are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. McDougall, as their old home has been purchased by Mrs. Buckham, who removes there the end of this month.

The point-to-point steeplechase held in connection with the Poverty Bay Hunt Club took place on Wednesday, the 16th, and after an exceedingly close finish resulted in a win for F. Rhodes’ Mangamanaki. ridden by Mr Oliver Evans. Miss Reynolds’ Sandy, with Mr A. McKenzie up, being second.

The first meeting of the Hawke’s Bay Lawn Tennis Association was held at Napier last week, and the following officers were elected: President, Mr F. Logan; vice-presidents, Sir William Russell (Hastings). Mr £?. McLernon (Napier): delegates, Messrs Bradley and Din .viddie ( Napier), Stuart and Margoliouth (Hastings); secretary, Mr B. Keesing: treasurer, Mr A. J. Dixon.

Mr Peter Parfitt (Melbourne), who has just retired on pension from the service of the Bank of New Zealand, was well-known in Wellington, where he was manager for many years. Up tiH a year or two ago he was -travelling inspector for New Zealand, and was universally popular and respected. It is not yet decided whether Mr and Mrs Parfitt will continue to live in Melbourne, or if they will return to New Zealand, where their many friends would welcome them back.

M. Alexander Vaschenko, lecturer on natural history and geography at the Imperial Alexander and Ksenia Institute. in St. Petersburg, is travelling through Australia with a view to studying its geography and natural history. M. Vaschenko has spent come months in South and Central Australia. After leaving Victoria he will proceed to Sydney. Brisbane and the Gulf of Carpentaria.

To have belonged for 42 consecutive years to one choir is certainly no small record, and tflie owner of tiiat honour is Mrs J. C. Morrin, of St. Matthew’s ohoir. To her tlte members of the choir last Sunday presented a trio of finelybound books—a Bible, a hymnal and a cathedral psalter—with the monogram of Mrs Morrin stamped on each. The Rev. Mi- Gillam made the presentation. Mr Samuel Brown, employers’ representative in the Arbitration Court, returned to New Zealand on Sunday from e round trip between Wellington, Sydney and tlie Islands. He is much the better for his holiday, which he took for the restoration of his health. He is staying at the Central Hotel, and proposes to leave Auckland for Wellington t-hi.s week, in order to be present at the opening of the Arbitration Court. Miss Lilian Edger, M.A., well known to New Zealanders, and a leading worker in India for the Theosophical Society, is now in Auckland, where, after a brief rest, she will commence an Australas-

ian lecturing tour. She will probably visit Wellington, Dunedin, and other

New Zealand cities at the end of October or early in November. In Australia she will visit Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and Brisbane.

Mr. Watken, formerly on the staff of the Waihi G.M. Co., has returned from a trip Home. On the return voyage Mr Watken called at Tuscany for the purpose of seeing Mr John McConnell, wellknown in local mining circles, and who

now is superintendent of the Etruscan mines, a big copper, lead and zinc mine of 2000 acres. Mr. Watken, when in London, also met Dr. and Mrs V right, formerly of Waihi. The doctor has a lucrative practice in South London. Among other friends they met Mr and Mrs N. Hazard (surveyor), of Waihi, who are making a temporary stay in the Big Smoke.—(Waihi correspondent ).

Should Lord Roamead be offered and accept the Governorship of this colony on the departure of Lord Ranfurly, 4110 appointment will be a popular one. The sun of a former Governor of New Zealand (Sir Hercules Robinson), Lord Rosmead would be oue. if not the youngest Governor we have had, as he is now 37 years of age. He distinguished himself highly during the Boer war, when he was A.D.C. to Major-General Hutton, being mentioned in the despatches. If he comes he will make hunting extremely fashionable, for he is an enthusiastic huntsman, likewise an enthusiastic fisherman, and, indeed, a keen all-round sportsman. He is wealthy, and is married to a beautiful wife, the third daughter of Lord Castlemaine.

A pleasant ceremony was performed at Devonport public school on Sept. 18. When the first assistant teacher, Mr S. H. Macky, arrived, he found the cadet corps in uniform, and drawn up on parade, with Mr Buddle (chairman) and several members of the School Committee in attendance. Sergeant Ralfe handed to Mr Buddle a handsomelyilluminated address, which that gentleman presented to Captain Macky on behalf of the corps. The address was signed by about 50 cadets, and expressed the gratitude of the corps to its captain for his careful instruction and attention to drill, which had done so much to raise the standard of excellence. Mr Armstrong (headmaster) and the chairman both referred to the value of the services rendered, after which Mr Macky suitably replied.

The latest “Era” to hand devotes about a column to the return of Mr Clifford Walker, who made himself so popular in New Zealand when he was here. Mr Walker's tour is described in extenso. His Indian experiences will interest his friends here: “In a tour commencing in the north-west provinces, Mr Walker met with many interesting and unusual experiences. It was a place with tha imposing name of Allahabad that ha played on the first of a long series of extraordinary pianos. It was very large, square, and possessed only one pedal. At the next town, Jubbulpore, the impossibility of the piano was equalled by the silent amazement of the audience, for ‘chee-chees’ —in other words, Eurasians —and a few eoolies were hardly able to grasp the meaning of an entertainment a la Corner Grain. At Cawnpore he gave three performances, and the same number at Lucknow, making friends everywhere, and accompanied by his three Indian servants, only one of whom ever gave an opinion of the Sahib’s entertainment, and then he suggested that there should be some dancing introduced. After Delhi, he appeared in Mooltan, Jullundur, Amritzar, Rawal Pindi. Peshawar —where he made an expedition, under escort, through the Khyber Pass— Quetta, Kurachce, and many other towns, finishing his eventful tour in Bombay. Not the least persistent of the eternal beggars for ‘backsheesh’ in India are the Conjurors. Mr Walker gives an amusing description of the number of

times he was asked to read letters of recommendation supposed to have been given by Mr Charles Bertram, for they all seemed to possess a note from their well-known English confrere. True, the most flattering letters would often be written by somebody whose knowledge of English was very slight indeed, and the signature was utterly unlike Mr Bertram’s own, but they evidently considered the mere name literally a name to conjure by. On one occasion, when Mr

Walker was asked to endorse a recommendation given to one of these eastern wizards, he at once recognised the signature of an American magician, who had recently loured in India. It simply stated the fact that ‘this fellow was no good at all,' and the guileless Indian, not being able to read a word of English. proudly showed it to everybody aa a tribute to his art."