Personal Paragraphs

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1, 6 July 1907, Page 45

Personal Paragraphs

AUCKLAND PROVINCE. Mr J. McCosh Clark went South by the RArawa on Sunday. Xfiss C. Willis has left Cambridge for Auckland, where she will spend the winter. Starf Nurse Hawken. of the Auckland Hospital. has been appointed charge nurse at the Stratford Hospital. Miss Esther Lewis left Auckland on Monday by the Zealandia on an extended visit to Sydney. Bishop Lenibau went South by the Rarawa on Sunday to attend the funeral of the late Father of Wellington. Mrs Chester, late of London, has leased "Laloina” from Mr W. Wright, and she and her family of two sons and a daughter take possession on the Ist July. Mr. H. Gully, of Wellington, one of the counsel for the Shaw, Savill Company in the Calliope Dock ease, returned South by the Pateena on Monday.

Mr. T. Clarkson, who has been engaged for several years on the literary staff of the "Canterbury Times," has accepted an appointment as managing editor of the "Gisborne Times,"

Mr. C. P. Skerrett, K.C„ who has been appearing for the Harbour Board in the Calliope Dock case,- returned to Wellington by the West Coast boat on Monday with Miss Skerrett.

Mr James Crabtree, of the Sydney Philharmonic Society, arrived by the Victoria on Sunday, under engagement to the St. Patrick's Operatic Society for their forthcoming production of "Maritana-”

Mr Percy R. Tudehope, late of the “Star” lithographic staff, left Auckland on Monday by the s-s. Zealandia, en route for England. He joins the White Star liner s.s. Persic, at Sydney, and expects to reach London about the beginning of September. He intends following up the further study of his business by attending the art classes in London and America and the Continent, and expects to be away from Auckland for a few years.

Mr. W. F. Forster, who for the past three years has occupied the post of night editor on the "New Zealand Herald,” was last week presented by the literary staff with a handsome souvenir of fraternal esteem, the occasion being Mr. Forster's departure from Auckland to a position on the editorial staff of the "Hobart Mercury.” Mr. Forster leaves for Hobart, via the South, bv the Tarawera.

Mr and Miss Wright left Cambridge on Monday for Auckland, but will return early in August for Miss Wright’s marriage, which is to take place from the residence of Dr. and Mrs Roberts. They will both be much missed. Mr Wright is president of the bowling club, and Miss Wright took part in alt social events.

The latest arrivals at the Central Hotel include Mr R. G. Black < Gisborne ). Mr L. B. Cussen (Melbourne). Mr and Mrs H. MeMurdo ( Whakapirau!, Mr B. Old i(Gisborne), Mr H. Patterson (M»l--boumci, Mr R. Bruce (Gisborne). Mr and Mrs Alex. McLean (Gisborne!, Mr J. S. McEwen (Hastings). Mr G. H. Stubbs (Waitara), Miss H. McDonnell (Kaipara). Mr S. Manning and Mias Manning (Christchurch). Mr G. Martin Christchurch i. Mr H. W. Bailey (Sydney), and Mr L. B. Briekhill (Sydney).

The latest guests at the Grand Hotel include Mr and Mrs F. Fairholm (London). Mr C. Maudsley. and Mr and Mrs S. J. Riddiford ' Wellington), Dr. and Mrs Moss (Melbourne), Mr W. T. S. Morton (Christchurch), Mr H. Evans (Dunedin). Dr. and Mrs Baxter (Whangarei t. Mr and Mrs T. Guthrie Bowie (Sydney). Dr. J. M. Bell (Wellington), Mr J. M. Clarke and Mr G. P. Crawford (Wellington!. Mr and Mrs W. Tripp (Portobello. Edinburgh), Mr G. H. H. Scott (Northumberland'. . Mr and Mrs G C. Herbert. Mr and Mrs T. W. Stringer (Christchurch!. Mrs Vine (London), Mr P. B. RnsseH (Gisborne), Mr Ernest C. Divan (Sydney). Count Tarnowski .(Fmwri. Mrs Hewlett (France), Mr and Mrs Barry and child (Waihl), Mr C. E. Pyrah (Wellington).

HAWKE'S BAY PROVINCE. Mrs C. Margoliouth, of Napier, has been spending some weeks st Ofcawa. Miss Hay, of Auckland, has been on a visit to Napier. Mrs R. Humphries, of Kereru, is in Wellington for a week. Mrs Abraham, of Wellington, has been spending a few days in Napier. Mias Thompson (Napier) is on a visit to Gisborne. Miss Louie Hoadley (Napier), is on s visit to Wellington. Mr and Mrs T. Baker, of Takepau. have been in Napier for a few days. Mrs Cranby, of Napier, is spending a holiday in the North. Miss Carter, of Gisborne, is on a visit to Napier. Miss Reid, of Auckland, has been in Napier for some weeks. Mr R. D. McLean has sailed for Napier. after spending a lengthy visit in London.

TARANAKI PROVINCE. Dr. Munro Home, of Liverpool, is at present visiting New Plymouth. Mr. H. P. Burry, of Wellington, is on a visit to New Plymouth. Miss T. Wordsworth, of Auckland, is paying Mrs. Standish, of New Plymouth, a visit. Mrs. A. L. Hemptan, whose husband has been transferred from Levuka to the Bank of New Zealand at Whangarei, is at present on a visit to her mother. Mrs. WHliam Bayly, Bell Block.

wixungtow province. Mr. and Mrs. Herries are in Wellington again for some months. Miss Keeling (Palmerston North) is visiting friends in Wellington. Mr. and Mrs. Oldham, of Taihape. have been staying with relations in Wanganui. Mrs. G. Pharazyn. of Feilding, has been in Wanganui on a visit. Mrs. and Miss Barnicoat, of Wanganui, has just paid a flying visit to Wellington. Miss Liffiton, Wanganui, has been the guest of Mrs. J. P. Innes, Palmerston. Mrs. E. J. Armstrong. Palmerston, has returned from Napier. Mr. and Mrs. Laey Peake, of Cambridge, who have been visting relations in Wanganui, have returned home. Mrs. R. K. Reed, Palmerston, is home again, after spending some weeks with friends in Hawke’s Bay. Mrs. A. D. Thompson and her sister. Miss Wilson (Palmerston), are visiting friends in Wellington. Mrs. and Miss Bremner. who have been staying in Wanganui for some weeks, are back in Wellington. Mrs. C. E. Waldegrave and her little son, Geoffrey, Palmerston, have gone on a short visit to Hawke’s Bay. Mias Myrtle Barber (Wellington) is going to England shortly for a holiday trip. Mrs. Corbett, who has been spending some weeks in Wellington, has returned to Sydney. Professor Starr-Jordan, a distinguished American citizen, is at present in Wellington giving a series of lectures. Miss Hilda McDonnell (Kaiparai. has been in Wellington lately, staying with Miss Harcourt. Mrs. Ziele (Christchurch) is in Wellington, staying with her parents, the Hon. H. and Mrs. Gilmer. Dr. and Mrs. Prendergast-Knight arc back in Wellington after a month or twj in Sydney. Mrs. and Miss Robertson have returned to Wellington after a short stay in Sydney. Mias Kerne Deaa, who has been spsnding six months or so in Sydney, is back in Wellington.

Miss Porter, who has been visiting relatives near Grey-mouth lor the past three months, has returned to her home in Palmerston. Mr. J. K. Logan has returned to Wellington after nearly a year’s absence in England and abroad. Mrs. and Miss Logan, who went with him. are coming out by way of South Africa. Mr. and Mrs. Pickering, who have been living in Wellington for some years, have returned to England for good. They are travelling by way of Sydney and Suez.

Dr. Bell, who has been in New Zealand for three years or so as Government Geologist. lias just left Wellington for a holiday trip to Canada. He is a native of that country by birth, and has many friends and relations there. During his stay he intends to lecture on New Zealand and its scenery. Dr. Bell leaves Auckland to catch the next Vancouver steamer at Fiji. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Izard returned to New Zealand by the Maheno after a trip to the Old Country. Mr. Izard, who travelled to England with Sir Joseph Ward, spent only three months there, and came out by the same boat as his chief, but Mrs. Izard had been in England over a year. They arc at present staying at a hotel until their house—now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. H. Bethune, is vacant again. Mr. G. F. Smith, who has just left Wellington to reside in Nova Scotia, was for many years assistant secretary to the Wellington Harbour Board. Some time ago he resigned his position, went to Canada to live, but had not been there long when he was cabled for to return in order to take the secretary's place while the latter was absent in England. Mr. Smith —who is a retired naval officer—travels to Nova Scotia via Australia and England. Considerable interest is taken by Wellington people in the case of Mr. Athole Beader, news of whose triumphant acquittal on charges of perjury has just reached us from London. Mr. Reader was born in Wellington, being the son of Colonel and Mrs. Reader, well-known residents. Ho left New Zealand-in his early twenties, since when he has seen a good deal of the world. His mother, who became the wife of Mr. N. W. Werrv, after the death of Colonel Reader, has been living in England for some years past. One sister is Mrs. Dernier, of Greytown. Wairarapa, and the other is Mrs. Hosking. of Dunedin, whose husband was lately made a K.C. His stepsister, Miss Daphne Werrv, hat attained honours in the scholastic world at Home. A short time ago information was received that Mr. N W. Merry had died of cholera while on a visit to India. Mrs. Webster (Wellington! has been staving with Mrs. Guy Palmerston!.

SOUTH ISLAND. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Harper returned to the West Coast last week. Mias Bathgate (Dunedin), is staying in Christchurch for a lengthened visit. Mr. Healey (Hororata> is the guest of Mrs. John Anderson, Armagfa-street, Christchurch. Miss Cowliahaw. who has l>een visiting friends in Dunedin, has returned to Christ church. Miss Wilson and Mi-s Madge Walker (Christchurch) have gone to Xapier for the winter. Mr. and Mrs. Bourne and family have left Christchurch fur Auckland, where they intend to reside. Mr. and Mrs. S. Williamson have returned to Gisborne, after visiting friends in Christchurch and Titnarti. Mr. and Mrs. George Rhodes. “ Meadowbank." are staying at " Elmwood. I‘apanui-road. during the winter months. Miss Cleveland, who has la-on on a visit to her sister. Mrs. H. Elworthy, (South Canterbury), has returned to Melbourne.

Spoonerisms. •t is rather striking how many of these slips have occurred in conversation* between mistresses and maids. Possibly the cares of housekeeping bring on lapses linguae. For instances A gentleman, having called to see Miss Smith, he’ maid went to her. and said: “Please, Miss, Mr. .tones has called, and I’ve shown him into the drawingrom. He said you were expecting him.” “Oh, Jane!” cried Miss Smith in a flutter of excitement. "go and fight the liar!" Jane's face was a picture, and itw as not till she was half-way down the passage that she realised that her mistress wanted the fire lighted. Another flurried mistress asked the cook, in all seriousness, if she had “kicked the coopers,” meaning, of course, 'cooked the kippers.” While a maidservant, on her mistress asking her fi anyone had called while she was out. remarked that "an insanitary spectre" had been A TERRIBLE ALTERNATIVE. At the dinner table, too. spoonerisms seem to be frequent. A nervous young lady convulsed the party by asking for the ‘'tickle pork,” while a pompous obi gentleman, at a restaurant, ordered “two bloaters’ toes on roast,” much to the waiter's amazement. The following is rathef amusing: A very shy man went to supper with his fiancee's parents for the first time, and taking his seat at table, eyed with pleased anticipation, the roast duck, and pigeon pie confronting him. Judge of his terror whent the host, anxious to impress his future son-in-law, grasped a huge carving knife, and said, with his most impressive air: “Mr. Blank, will you have puck or DIET’ SPOONER AND THE SOLDIERS. Professor Spooner is said to have once made a speech to some yeomanry men from an agricultural district. The men were leaving for the front, and after blandly referring to them as "tons of soil,” the professor began to enlarge upon the necessity of young men learning how to "shout and -coot." Tne speech reached its climax when Spooner reminded them how. when troops came home everybody “Hung out ail their hags" to welcome them. SLIPS BY CLERGYMEN. In church, too, these slips have occurred. and tickled the congregation. One vicar announced gravely that a tire in a neighbouring church had been caused by and “overhootede flea": while a curate referred to the bishop of the diocese as a "Shoving Leopard of the sheep in his charge." It was this same curate, who. at a bazaar, introduced a Miss Mildred Sutton to his friends as "Silly Mutton.” As may lx* suppos’d the young lady felt rather sheepish. THE MUZZLING ORDER. During the summer, when the muzzling order was in force, a tender-lieartei old lady noticed two little pug-dogs wearing these appendages, and turning to a friend, said in a voice i.uiverng with indignaton: "What a shame it is to mizzle the mugs!" On another occasion, asked if she patronised the local shops, she replied: “Oh, no! The shops here are so expensive, that I have to steal at the doors.” Apparently a tendency to spoonerisms runs in the family, for it was this lady’s son who one day said that be had been “boiling his icicle.”