PERSONAL NOTES.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLII, Issue 2, 13 January 1909, Page 9

PERSONAL NOTES.

Mr. \V. Kinross White, of Napier, has been on a visit to Wellington. Captain J. Robertson ha< resumed command of the s.s. Rotoiti. Dr. Plummer, of H.M.c.s. Iris, is at present on a visit to Rotorua. Captain Brown, of the General Instructional Stall*, is shortly to leave Wellington for Auckland. Colonel Sir Theodore IL Brinckmami, of England, is at present visiting RotoJudge MatUorniick. of t h»» Native Land Court, was a passenger for the South by the Takapuna last week. Dr. Thonuis Hodgkin, a prominent member of the Society of Friends, will probably visit New Zealand within the next few months. Air. E. R. Thompson (purser of the Monowai), and Mr. P. Wallis (purser of the Penguin), have exchanged positions. Lieutenant W. J. Shannon, of the 16th Lancers, will succeed Captain Lyon as second aide-de-camp to his Excellency the Governor. Mr Jack Quick, of the Waihi Company’s Silverton battery, has (says our correspondent ) received an important appointment at Kalgoorlie, W.A. Captain J. W. Burgess, late of the Union Steamship Company’s service, has been appointed harbourmaster, pilot, and collector of Customs at Pieton. Mr. J. B. Kirk. Gisborne, who was offered th? appointment of Stipendiary Magistrate, has notified the Premier that he cannot see his way to accept. Mr. W. Fraser, ALP. for Wakatipu, who has been laid aside by illness for some weeks, is now able to take outdoor Mr. Peter (Jordon, son of Mr. P. Gordon. Masterton, left last week, en route to Glasgow, where he intends to study medicine at the university. Captain Tra<k, staff officer to the Chief of Stall', has been on sick leave for some months, bin has sufficiently recovered to resume office duties. Captain Jordan has taken over the command of the Navua, in place of Captain Lacy, who transfers to the Han roto. Mr. IT. Pearse was last week elected chairman of th? Christchurch Tramway Board, vice Mr W. Bpaven. resigned, while Mr G. T. Booth was elected deputy chairman. The friends of Mr. Haselden, who recently contested the Ohinemuri seat in the Opposition interest, will (says our Waihi correspondent) accord him a complimentary social on Friday night next. ..•r. C. A. Pownall. solicitor, of Masterton. who has been spending the long vacation at Rona Bay. recovering from the effects of bronchitis, is now quite well, and returned to Masterton. It is the intention of Messrs. Arnst, Fogwell ami Floyd to- undertake a bicycle tour of the North Island in a few weeks’ time, which will include a visit to Rotorua. Mr. G. F. Bridie, on leaving the “Evening Post” staff to take up duties of sub-editor of the “Taranaki Herald,” received a token of regard from his fellow workers. Mr. R. 11. Rohjohns. formerly director of the Napier Technical School, has been appointed lay assistant in the parish of Havelock ami Clive preparatory to taking Holy Orders. Tim Misses Amy ami Duhie Murphy, of Hie “Blue Moon” ('umpnnv, have completed their ••ngugement.s with Mr J.

Williamson, and intend to return to Dunedin shortly. Mr. Harold Abraham has been appointed to take charge of Messrs Abraham and Williams’s business in Wellington, in th.- place of Mr. K. Wilson, y ho has resigned. Mr. Frank O’Reilly, son of Mr. and Mrs. I>. O’Reilly, of Hastings, Hawkes Bay. leaves this week for Edinburgh, where lie intends to pursue his studies for the medical profession. At the office of the New Zealand Dairy 'Association. Auckland, Mr. W. Westwater was, on the eve of his approaching marriage, presented by the city staff with y bronze clock suitably inscribed. Mr. C. A. Mathieson, of the Auckland Post Office, was last week presented j>y the stall with a handsome gold watch on the eve of his departure for Wellington. ... A memorial service in connect ion. with the death of the late Captain Stein, of s.s. Ngat.iawa, was held in SI. Stephen’s Presbyterian Church, Auckland, on Sunday. ' Ten (Irerewra Natives. usm/ machines, shore 2051 sheep at Te Hau. Mangatu, Gisborne, <»>!«• day last week, giving an average 205 sheep per man for n.ne hours’ work. Miss McDonnell, who has been acting matron at the Auckland police station during the illness of her mother, the late Mrs. has been permanently appointed to the position. Mr Geo. Milos and family, residents of Pirongia for 30 years, were the guests at a valedictory social, ami were presented with a dock by residents on the eve of their departure from i.li«» district. Mr. I’. M. Wilford, M.?’., chairman of the Wellington Harbour Board, who is in Auckland on a visit, is taking the opportunity of inspecting the ferro-concrete works at present in progress at this port. Mr. Clement WTagge, the well-known meteorologist, who has been visiting Auckland, left by the s.s. Aparirna for Wellington. He returns to give a aeries of lectures * in this city about March next. • Mr. Alfred Hill, the well known musician, who has been seriously ill, is now able to leave his bed for a. tew hours daily, but so tai’ has not. lelt equal to the journey from his suburban home at island Bay to Wellington. At the Dental Conference, which concluded i.ts sitting at Wellington last week, Mr. Monk Armstrong was elected president. Mr. Hay vicfi-presidcn.t,, and Mr. Davies treasurer. Professor Pickorill will be asked to be secretary. Air I B. Macfarlane, wiio has represented the Auckland Chamber of Com merce on the Harbour Board for a considerable period, has again consented to nomination at the instance of a large proportion of the mercantile < omni unity. Heaving Wellington for Lu udon by the Tiaiiiui on January 28, are Lieutenant H. S. (.’. Knox (the Navy League lecturer) , Lieutenant-(‘olonel I/ainbton, and Captain Pakenhani, of the Imperial Army, and Dr. Ross and family, ui Masterton. The remains of the late Captain P. A. Stein, who was drowned after the Ngutiawa went, aground on the (Jpotiki bar, were brought to Auckland ami i?terred at the Waikumet;- cemetery, the funeral being largely attended by representative men. His Excellency the Governor will, on the 19th instant, preside at the laying of ihe foundation stone of Hie Nazareth Hospital at Christchurch, the next, day lie will attend a Masonic meet ing at Dunedin. and on the 23rd he will preside at a meeting of the Caledonian Society at Wanganui. The At torney General says it is not hi tended to appoint an Acting Judge dur ing Sir Robert Stout’s absence from the Dominion. While the Chief Justice has been engaged during the past twelve months on the Native Land Commission all the Supreme Court work has been Cl 1 t ended to Mr. J. G. Ball An! (Inspector of 'Telegraph Olliers L who has been in poor health f< >r some time past, and incapacitated, ha> recovered sufficiently to resume his duties. Mr. Harrington, who has hern acting for him, will now resume hi- regular position as officer in Chai go of telegraphs at Wellington. Three ministers of the Primitive Methodist Church of New Zetland arc passengers b\ (he Atlienic. which left London last week. One, tie Rev. Knowles Smith, of Paisley, will be stationed nt Dunedin, while another vacancy to be filled is the charge of the (liurch nt Forirua. now being supplied by the Rev. J. Nixon, of Christchurch.

On resuming work for the New Year, the employees of the firm of E, T. Taylor ami Company, of Christchurch, waited upon the head. Mr. F. T. Taylor, and presented him with a token of goodwill in the form of a handsome silver-mounted oak and cut-glass combination inkstand, suitably inscribed. Amongst the visitors during the week at the Government Tourist Bureau in Auckland have been: Mr J. McCree (Paisley, Scotland), Mr P. A. Myers (Brisbane), Mr F. (Melbourne), Messrs W. 11. and M. P. Bannister (Collar, N.S.W.), Mr F. C. Renouf (Sydney), Mr M. M. Bullock (Brisbane), Mr C. F. T. Peters (Hamburg, Germany) Captain L. Austin (second son of Captain Austin, for many years in the service of the Northern Company) arrived last week in Auckland from England, after an absence* of ten years. Captain Austin proceeds to Suva to visit his parents, after which he will return to England. Mr. and Mrs. Eastlake, well-known British artists, who have exhibited at the. Royal Academy, will (says the Otago •‘'Times”) pay an extended visit to New Zealand. Mrs. Eastlake is a sister of Dr. Bell, director of the N.Z. Geological Survey. Dr. Bell’s father and mother, who live in (’anada, will also probably visit New Zealand in September next. A presentation was made last Saturday (says our Paeroa correspondent) to Mr. David Potts, who is taking over the Te Arolia agency of the Northern Steamship Company, by Ihe employees of the company at Paeroa. The pi esen tat ion, which took the form of a handsome dressing case, was made by Mr. C. Brunskell. Mr. A. Donald Paterson, the retiring engineer of the Sclwyn County Council, Canterbury, was presented by the Council employees and a number of friends with a splendid silver tea service. Messrs. Hutchinson and Dunlop, on behalf of a number of farmers inthe county, expressed regret that a man of Mr. Paterson’s abilities shou.d leave the district. Mr. G. Billing, who lor many years has been in charge of the stereo, department of the Auckland ‘'Star,” is leaving to take a similar appointment in the Napier “Telegraph.” lie was presented last week by his feelow employees with a gold albert. Mr. Arthur Brett made the presentation, and on his own behalf, presented Mr. Bili’ru with a g ’ld.watch. Mr T. Ronayiie (General Manager for Railways), Mr J. Burnett (Chief Railway Engineer).,; and Mr R. \V. Holmes (Engineer-in-Chief, Public Works Department) have commenced an inspection of the Main Trunk line, with a view to ascertaining when the last remaining section can be taken over by the Railway Department from the Public Works Depart n.ent. The “New Zealand Tablet,” quoting from the journal “Rome,” states that his Eminence Cardinal Merry del Vai, secretary of state to his Holiness the Pope, received in private audience the Right Rev. Dr. Lenihan, Bishop of Auckland, graciously listening io his story of the Church i” New Zealand, and expressing his pleasure at the development of God’s work in that far-distant country. The Rev. Guy Thornton and Mrs. Thornton, of Sydenham Baptist Church, are about to leave Christchurch to take up evangelistic work in the North Island, at Ohakune (says the “Christchuc-h Press”). During the three and a-half vears Mr. 'Thornton has occupied his present pulpit his work has been attended with marked success. He is president, for this year of the Canterbury and Westland Baptist Association. Mr. R. A. Forrester, who died at Hurunui, was a native of Kilsyth. Stirlingshire, Scotland, lie came to Lyttelton in ship Chrysolite, in 1882. For some yP’.irs In* was a shepherd at I ekoa and Montreal stations, and eventually acquired a farm at Black Hills. He was for some years a member of the Arnuri County Council, the Wainara Road Board, and the llurunui School Corni m it tee. A very enjoyable gathering took place at the Tiffin Auckland, when Miss Mabel Syms. late secretary of the Waitemata Ladies* Swimming Club, was entertained by the commit too on the eve of her departure for Wellington. On behalf of the members of the club, Miss Svms was presented with a handsome silver manicure set as a slight recognition for the valuable assistance she has rendered the club in her capacity as seereAn old Hawke’s Bay identity, in the ]»orson of Mr JamcH Collins, passed away last week. Deceased, who was 73 years of age, resided in Hawke’s Bay (for 50 years, nearly the whole of whica

time Tie spent in the Kaikora district. Deceased, who was a native of Huntingdon, England, commenced life in Hawke’s Bay as a carrier, and. by energy' and ability, he gradually improved his position until he ultimately took his place amongst the wealthy landowners of the province.

Secretarial arrangements for the new Ministers are now completed. Mr. O. W. Mewhinney, formerly private secretary to the Hon. T. Y. Dunean, and for a few months in a similar capacity with the late Minister for Lands, will be attached to the Hon. A. W. Hogg. Mr. J. W. Black, ex-secretary to the Hon. R. McNab, will take that position with the Hon. D. Buddo; Mr. L. E. Johnson is associated with the Hon. T. MacKenzie, and Mr. C. E. Matthews will become private secretary to the Hon. R, McKenzie.

Another of our old residents passed away rather suddenly from heart failure at his residence, Ponsonby, on Sunday, in the person of Mr. Robert Cecil Taylor, who arrived in New Zealand as early as 1838. His father (the late Reverend Richard Taylor, M.A.) was one of the early missionaries of the Church Missionary Society in New Zealand, whose work on Maori customs, etc., “Te Ika a Maui,” is well known. The deceased had been engaged in the farming occupation the greater part of his life, and had experienced the many ups and downs of colonial life. He leaves five daughters, one of whom is married to the vicar of St. Barnabas*. Mt. Eden, to mourn their loss, his wife having predeceased him in May last year.