PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 35, 5 November 1907, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Taking advantage of a lull in parliamentary matters, Mr. TV. F. Massey yesterday visited Hayvko's Bay. Ho will return to ' Wellington tliia evening. ," : . Mr. A. Trimble', Clerk of the Court at Hawera, will succeed the lato Mr. R. B. Mathias, as Clerk of the Court at Napier. Mr. F. Y. Lethbridge, M.H.R., who was' prostrated last week by illness, was able to tako his seat in the House last night. The Y.M.C.A. throughout Now Zealand will'hold a .special day of thanksgiving on Sunday week, for the result of the recent financial campaigns. ~.,- .... , ..,.-. The Hon. George M'Lean, M.L.G., with his wife and .daughter, have hooked to leave " for Homo by the Gorman liner Bremen, which leaves Sydney on November 24. The Mayor of Wellington and Mrs.' T.' W. : . ■ JJTslop are issuing invitations to an "Af Homo" Ho bo hold in the Mayor's room tomorrow 'afternoon "to meet : the Rev. .T. ' > , Mr. J. Derirsley, senior clerk in the Christchurch telegraph office, retired,from the'ser- ' vice on Saturday, after 'serving' 40J years, of which only two years hare! been spent out of Christchurch. . . .' . , . : ; . Lieutenant T. Herd left Wellington yesterday to adjudicate, at the ' band * contest which is to bo held at' tho Thames on' Friday and Saturday next. Mrp. Herd is ac-. \ companyiug him. ' ' Mr. E.- Clifton, chief stock inspector, returned lnet evening fr,om' a visit of inspection : to the northern experimental farms. Hβ enjoyed good weather, and found the Waikuto farms recovering well from tho late floods. . ..,.;■■.■■■ ; . ~. Mrs. Mills, wife of tho late Mr., E. W; ■;. Mills, formerly head of the firm of E. W. Mills and Co., of this city, died at her. rosi- , ~. (jenco, ;Sayos Court, Aurora Terrace, on Sunday, after a long illness. The deceased, : lady, who was in her eighty-sixth year,, leaves two sons, Messrs. ,E. C. E. Mills and J., Mills. •■■ ■ -.: '■: ■, ■•■' ■■■■■ '■■ ■ Mr. James Smith has resigned the posi-■ v tion of Wellington representative for Messrs Pitcaithly and Co., of Christchurch, to take over the Commercial Hotel at Waverley. Mrl Smith, who is a member of the Wellington Rugby Union, has received presentations from his lato omployers, and tho Wellington / stair. , '.••,'■■■• ■'■ Tho Bishop of Wellington directs in tho November number' of the diocesan " Chronicle " that the word Dominion shall bo substituted for the word colony in future in certain prayers for the Governor, tho General Assembly, and the Royal Family, sanctioned for uso by tho bishops of this Province. Mr. A; M. Myers (Mayor-of Auckland) and Mr. L. J. Bagnnll (a member of tho Auckland City Council, and chairman of ' tho Auckland Education Board) arrived in Wellington from, tlic North last evening. : The principal object of .their visit is to interview, tho Acting-Minister for Public Works in regard to the Tramways Bill. Mr. T. Coverda'lo, who had been for n number of years closely identified with tho proprietary of Strange and Co., draper?, of Christchurch, of which firm ho is managing director, is about to relinquish tho active control of the house', having made arrange--lnonts to quit New Zealand for some timo to come, his health being in a very unsatisfactory condition. Ho retains a large monetary interest in tho business, and now :. becomes a permanent director of the concern. Mr. W. S. Short, chief- clerk of the Roado Department, left yesterday for Napior on his \.-,. wny to hold the following commissions:—Tomorrow, at Wairoa, in respect of a .dispute butweon tho Clyde Town Board and Wairoa County Council, under the Town Districts Act, lOOG; Thursday, at Wairoa, commission to allot proportions of the cost of maintenance of tho Wairoa .bridge at • Clyde, among tho Clydo Town Board, and- Hawkc's Hay, Wairoa, Cook, and . Waiapii County Councils; November' 10, at Cambridge, in respect of a dispute botwoen the . South Hautapu Drainage Board and the Cambridge Town Board regarding tho location. of n drain. Captain Barclay has taken up Mr. Short's usual departmental duties. . I