PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 7, 3 October 1907, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS

Mr. H. A. Anderson, of tho Vacation Department, and secretary jf the Wellington Swimming Club, who has been on a -tour of the world, returned to Wellington yesterday by the Maheno. He was accompanied on the tour by his sister, Miss A. C. / Anderson. . Mr. Kirkcaldie* (of the legal firm of Herdmau artl Kirkcaldie) and Mr. Stanloy Brown (of Messrs. Samuol Brown and Co.) returned from a holiday trip to Sydney by tho Maheno ' yesterday. Mr. Brown returned suffering from-an affection of the throat, with which ho is confined to his home. Dr. Makgill, Government Bacteriologist, has returned from a visit to Auckland, where : lie has been engaged in departmental business. Messrs. John Danks and David Robertson havo replaced TMessrs. R. i). • Wood and James Fleming on the Eastbourne Council. As there Avere only two nominations for tho two'vacancies no : election was Accessary. Dr. Clay was amongst the passengers from Sydney by the Maheno yesterday. ' . Mr. W; A. Kennedy, Wellington manager for the Union Steamship i Company, returned from a holidaytrip to Australia by the Maheno yes- ' torday. ' • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the famous novelist,, was to have married Miss Jean Leckie last month. Miss Leckio " is the younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leckie, of Glebe House, Blackheath and Monkstown' Cottage, Crowborough, England. The Rev. J. Kennedy' Elliott hai returned from his visit to Christchurch. The Rev; T. Tait, with whom ho has been exchanging pulpits, leaves for homo to-night. The Rev. Dr. Gibb, and Mrs. Gibb hope to leave -on their trip to England at the end of February. Tho Rev. I'. W. Fairclough is declining the presidency of the Frio • Church Council, to which he was elected' in his absence from tho annual meeting. Mr. Fairclough declined the same honour a year ngo. It is probable that another Methodi-it minister will now bo chosen, the annual meeting'having expressed itsplf fairly unanimously in favour of tk« principle of a different denomiiu-. tion holding the position cacli year. Tho following visitors are at present staying at the Grand Hotel: - Mrs. Hugh Williams, Wairarapi; - Mr. J. T. Best, England; Mr. F. Broad, Sydney; Mr. and Mrs.' Wingfield, New York ; Mr. R. Davies, Auckland ; Mr. and Mrs. P. Dawson, Glasgow; Mr. E. B. Henderson, Glasgow; Mr. and Mrs. Branson, Poverty Bay; Mr. Richard Dart, Napier; Mr. J. Martin, Martinborough ; Mr. Brightstone, England; and Mr. R. ! G. Ross, Sydney. Mr. Brittain, of Adelaide, is at present a visitor to Wellington. Mr. Andrew Black, .tlio famous Anglo-Scottish baritone vocalist, who is now resting" in Wellington, has an idea of visiting the West Coast in a few weeks' time. AVest Coasters may anticipate a vocal treat., Mr. A. C. Holmes, formerly of the Eketahuna "Express" staff, is leaving New Zealand this week to seek his fortune in Vancouver. , The steam trawler Nora' Nivon put in at Nelson on Tuesday night and landed Mr. L. F. Ayson, Chief Inspector of Fisheries, for medical attendance. A Press Association message states that Mr. Ayson, who was in charge of the trawling operations, met with an accident some weeks ago, from tho cffccts of which lie was still suffering. Tho troublo was aggravated by a fall on tho deck of the-vessel a day or two ago. He was attended by' a doctor in Nelson, and later he was able to continue the journey to Wellington in tho trawler. Prof. C. Edwards, examiner for tho Trinity College of Music, London, left for Picton, Nelson, and the West Coast yesterday in continuation of his tour through the Dominion. Mr. and Mrs. Joachim, of Dunedin, returned from a trip to the Islands and Sydney yesterday by tho Maheno, and proceed south by the same vessel to-day for Dunedin. At tlio annual meeting of parishioners of St. John's Church last evening. Miss Eva Rash, who has presided at the organ on several occasions when Mr. Maughan Barnett, the organist, has been unable, through illness, to attend, was presented with air inscribed gold bangle 'and a silver-backed brush and comb.