PERSONAL ITEMS.

Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14841, 5 December 1913, Page 7

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Colonel Hales and the Rev. Mr Hunt left last night for Wellington. Sir ' Prancis Prico :and Xa'dy Trice went North by the Wahine last night. The Mayor (Mr H. Holland) may return'froth Auckland to-day. Captain Williams arrived from Wellington yesterday. Sir George Clifford returned yesterday morning from Wellington. Captain Hatfield arrived from Wellington by yesterday morning's ferry steamer. _ ; - • Tho Hon. J. Barr, M.L.C., returned to Wellington, by the "Wahine last night. It is announced that a call has been addressed to Rev. T. Tait, M.A., 8.D., of St. Paul's Presbyterian church, Christchurch, inviting him to take charge of Chalmers Church, Adelaide. Mt is expected that Dr. Aver„l.,will assurae the Episcopate of Auckland early in February*. The date on which he will be enthroned has not yet been '„_ed. ';.'; • Mr E. J. Comer, of Te Awamutu, has been.appointed stationmaster at Lower Hutt, m succession to Mr J. R. Harte.; who retires shortly ou superannuation, . '; ~

n Bishop Grimes is expected in Christchurch next Thursday, but the date of his Lordship's, arrival will depend upon, when steamship communication with Australia is resumed.

, A New Zealand-Canadian wedding of much interest .to New Zealanders took place in London recently, when Mrs Frank Perry; daughter ■of Mr G. P. Donnelly, of Crissoge, was married to Mr Peter Lamorte, of Canada.

At the close of a series of winter entertainments for juveniles, Miss Calvert, mistress of the Governor's Bay School, was presented by tno young Ecople of the district with a handsome andbag and silver-mounted purse, as a token of their appreciation of her efforts to provide them with suitablo evening recreation.

It was stated in th© Hawke s Bay "newspapers a day or two ago that Mr H. M. Campbell, M.P. for Hawke's Bay, would not stand for re-election, and that Mr Mason Chambers would bo the "Reform" candidate at the next election. This statement has since been denied by Mr Campbell, who says he will stand against all comers.

Major Edgar Horapath. D.5.0., (retired) with Mrs Herapath. has returned to Wellington from tbe South, where he has been trout fishing at Temuka. He leaves Wellington for Sydney by the Tahiti to-morrow, en route to Java, China, and Japan. It is his intention to proceed Home from the East via the Trans-Siberian railway.

Arrivals in town yesterday included: —F. H. Ealey (Auckland), G. H. Neale (Wellington). J. Mollard (Wellington), W. Sherer (New York), Mr and Mrs Hanmer Atkinson (Amuri). A. M. Mowlem (Auckland), Dr. and Mrs Walker (Blenhejm), Messrs C P. Lindergreen (Wellington). Wm. McKay (Greymouth), J. A. Musson (Wellington), T. H. Lane (Hawarden), G. S. Hardy (Rakaia). S. H. Shaw (Sydney), H.. Duckworth (Sydney), J. W. G. Brodie (Wellington), Mr and Mrs McDouall (Oamaru), Captain C. E. Andrews (Timaru), Miss El Achard (Brussels), Miss K. Morton (Wellington), Miss I. Hughes, Messrs R. A. Duthio and Bafley. A number of change- have been made in th© managing staff of the Hayward Picture Theatres in the South Island and will take effect early this week. Mr J. Hounsell, manager of the Colosl scum, will take charge of the Sydenham Theatre, Mr J. Pattison, manager of "The Octagon" Theatre at Dunedin, will come to the Colosseum, Mrs Millington, manager of His Majesty's Theatre, will go to -Ashburton, Mr Rowley, of the Sydenham Theatre will take charge of. His Majesty's, Mr A. Shephard, manager of _ the Globe Theatre, will go to the Lyceum, Timaru, Mr W. Frazer, manager Timarn, will go to Dunedin, and Mr George Martinengo, of Ashburton, will tak© control of the Globe.