PERSONAL ITEMS.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16157, 11 March 1918, Page 7

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr LoUis Bliipdell, of tho Wellington ■hvening Post" proprietary, i s at "prosent on a visit to Christchurch. W. H. Haggef, Conciliation Commissioner. roturned from Dunedin bv baturdajrs express. _Sir Joseph Ward, Minister of ijmaface, arrived from Wellington 0 n Saturday. Ho returns by to-night's ferry steamer. It is reported that Mr M. C. Corliss, late Superintendent for tho Post andv ■lelegiaph Department at Wanganui, is seriously indispose 1, and his condition is giving his friends great concern. .Captain Pettitt, Rev. F. J. Usher, -Jf "•.J- Dougall Dr. Menzies, Father O Sullivan, and Captain Munro, Were S&nebgers from Wellington by Siitur- j ay's ferry steamer, _ I 'Captain J. B. Hine, M.P. for Stratford, who was wounded some timo ago, Wites that ho will be leaving England shortly in chargo of a draft, and will j uavo a month's leave in New Zealand. ! Mr John Farrell, of the J. C. Will!$ msor > managerial staff, has left on a, brief visit to Sydney. He will rett(rr. as manager of tho Royal vomic Opera Company for the N«iw «aland tour. . F. W. Furkert, Inspecting En-" 1 ginoer (South Island), Public Works ■department, arrived on Saturday evening fpom Otira by the Arthur's Pass express, and went on by tho forry steamer the same day to Wellington. r±f SC r^i! fcddor V of tl,e Nativo tinn has received intimaSLKI, J* , England that ho jassod tho degree of Bachelor of Arts at tbo November examinations nf th<» New Zealand University. ° f h ® Tha "Ix>yß of the Second Cadet Hnt tehon gathered in the Kin e Edw a rd arracks, on Saturday evening to say fweweH to their adjutant, Lieutenant A. Hawkins, who has severed his connexion with the Cadets, aa h 0 Wine shortly on active service anfci- Chaffey ' Maior Conway, and othe r officers, wero present, and «n j °t - the Colonel Chaffey proiule:iant Hawkins with a framed enlargement of the battalion, jn doinp so, Colonel Chaffe v referred I® capabilities as .mJ his efficient handling of tue Cadots with whom he was deservedHnn.K P r " In , , Lieutenant aan Kins expressed his regret at having to gi<*e up his connoxion with the Caaefej, who. ho hoped, would work as "ell for their new officer as they had done for him.