PERSONAL NOTES.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLIII, Issue 23, 8 December 1909, Page 6

PERSONAL NOTES.

Mr. .1. Vigor Brown, M.P. for Napier, has received news of the death of liia mother at Drysdale House, Punt Hui, Melbourne,,at: the age ’of 97 years. . The Napier; Hospital. Trustees last week appointed Dr. Jvan S. Wilson as senior medical officer, in succession to Dr. W. W. Moore, who has resigned and leaves at "the end of the year. — (Press Association.) A presentation is to be made, about the middle of this morith by Sir Joseph Ward, oh behalf of the liberal party of the Dominion,..to Air. E. Galliehan. organising secretary, in recognition of his ectyices to the party. | ;t Mr. I. AT. Shields, one ‘of the three general managers of the Pi and 0. Company, has arrived in Sydney’ on a rajit from London, and = will come toiNbw Zealand iff cpbnectioii with: the extension of thri company’s .service ’’to Aucklan 1. At a Greeting of the ! Hawke’s? Bay Presbytery, , hold last week, the Rev. IS. E. Hill, of Tafadali 1 , 'iiHinrated his acceptance of frpml Li.bcofn, in. Canterbury. The PreHbytmlv ’sustained the call of the Port Ahurtfb congregation to the Rev. Thomas Tait.' Ihte of Cromwell.— (Pycbs AsshejatitmA J » Mr. F. B. Bnrues. who has for the past thirty years been in the employ of the Union Company on the Auckland Whsirf,

was last week presented with a handsome piece of plate and a purse of sovereigns by his fellow-employees and friends on the wharf, as a token of their high esteem and goodwill upon the occasion of his retirement from the company's service. The Rev. Thomas Fisher, at present curate at St. Alary's Cathedral, Parnell, has been appointed by the Bishop vicar of Pokeno-cum-Bombay. Air. Fisher was admitted to deacon's orders by the Bishop of London in 1903, and to priest’s orders by the Bishop of Auckland in 1904. He was curate of Hamilton from 1904 to 190(1, when he was appointed vicar of Okato, Taranaki. He resigned that cure in 1908 and accepted the curacy of St. Alary’s Cathedral. He will move to his new cure in the first week in February. The death occurred on Friday at the early- age of 40 of Air. David Stewart, who was well known in Auckland and at the Thames. Deceased, who was a son of Air. D. Stewart, sen., resided for a number of years at the Thames, and was an ex-Bor-ough Councillor, and also a member of the committee of the Thames Jockey Club. He was a prominent figure in racing and athletic circles, and journeyed to England with the native team in 1888, and also represented Auckland in the football field in 1892-3. He raced a number of horses, the most important of which were Tingara, St. Crispin (which won the Great Northern Derby' of 1898), and Seotty (which carried his colours at Takapuna on Wednesday last). ■ About twelve months ago deceased developed Bright's disease, and visited Auckland to be medically treated, returning to the Thames, about a fortnight ago. He leaves a wife of high Afaori lineage and a large family to mourn their loss. The funeral takes place at the Thames on Sunday’. Air. Armin A. Sehmidt, a native of Auckland, is a passenger via Sydney >u the N.D. Lloyd steamer Friedrich Jer Grosse. He was. formerly one of the most promising pupils of Air. C. F, Goldie, of this city, and has for the last 4A years successfully pursued the study of his art at the Royal Bavarian Academy in Munich, and latterly under the celebrated Professor von Alaar in the Komponier Schule, a select class of the Academy, into which only the most talented and promising students of bhe Academy are admitted, and in this class Mr. •Schmidt gained the first honour. and. diploma. He is expected to arrive it Auckland about Christmas. Air. S. Carroll, secretary to the Wellington Chamber of Commerce, left for Auckland by Saturday's Alain Trunk train. A pleasant ceremony took place on Friday at the office of the Gas Works, when Air. H. Hood, the chief elerk, presented on behalf of the employees, a handsome sideboard, . suitably inscribed, to Air. G.' Lovett, the time-keeper, on the occasion of his marriage. Air. Arthur E. Wilson, lately organist at Devonport Afethodiist Church, has been appointed to a similar position at the Baptist Tabernacle, Auckland. A presentation of a dressing case was made to Air. Wilson by the choir at Devonport prior to severing his connection with that assembly, and the best of wishes were expressed for his future work. Mr. H. Isaacs, of Dunedin, is visiting Auckland, and staying at the Star Hotel. Mr. and Airs. A. de Latour, of Gisborne, are at present on a visit to Auckland, stopping at the Star Hotel. Mr. Arch. Campbell was given a welcome home on the Waitemata Bowling green on .Saturday from his trip to the East and Europe, Air. B. W. Alrljier, senior clerk of the Marine Department, left Wellington on Monday on a holiday, which lie will spend in Auckland. . Air. B. L. and the Misses. Arrow-smith, of Christchurch, came from the South by the Waikare on Saturday, and are staying at the Central Hotel for a few. days. Alias L. Grimstope, late of the Auckland Telephone Exchange, and now supervisor at Invercargill, who has been on. a brjef visit here, returned to Invercargill on Alonday. The Rev, P. T. Williams and Mrs. Williams, who leave been on a two, years’ visit to .the Old. Country, returned via Sydney, by th® Moheno op Sunday, and intend: settling in New, Zealand. They are at present -stopping at the .Grand Hotel. -1 i ..'--t. .Air. and Mrs. C. G. Hodgson, of Northcote, who left for Buenos Ayres, South America,, over a year ago, returned on Friday, having made the journey froiu

Wellington by rail, where they arrived this week by the Athenie, after visiting England. Air. Edgar W. Walker, manager of the Brisbane branch of the New Zealand Insurance Company, arrived by the Maheno from Australia on Sunday, to take charge of the Auckland office during the absence of Air. Buttle in the Old Country. Air. Walker is accompanied by Miss Walker, and is staying at present at the Grand Hotel. Air. and Airs. Crenshaw, of Atlanta City, Airs. L. S. Wilkinson, and Air. AV. B. Davenport, of New York, and Air. S. Haywood, of Boston, a party of American tourists, who are bent on seeing all the sights that Australasia has to show, arrived from Sydney by the Alaheno on Sunday, and are staying at the Grand Hotel for a few days. A Press Association telegram from Dunedin reports the death of Air. Andrew Hislop, father of the Private Secretary to the Prime Minister. Deceased arrived in the ship Philip Lang in 1858, and settled at Taieri. He was in the Gabriel’s Gully and Hokitika gold rushes', and joined the railway service in 1880, retiring six years ago, when he settled at Stirling. There was a very' pleasant family reunion at the residence of Air. J. Hare, Kaeo, on Thursday, when the various members of the family of Mr. J. Hare, senr., met; the occasion marked his 90th birthday, and 45th year in New Zealand. He was Congratulated by all in a most hearty manner, and all joined in the hope that he might be spared for m.afty more years. Mr. R. Hare, one of his sons, is on a visit from Australia,' and has been away for 20 years. A very hearty congratulatory telegram was received from Sir J. G. Ward, Prime Minister, asking that his best wishes might especially be conveyed to Mr. Hare, senr.