PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 36, 6 November 1907, Page 7

PERSONAL ITEMS.

His. Excellency the GoVernor returned from Christchurch yesterday morning. ' Arrangei\ monts are now being made for the vice-regal party to leave for Auckland at'tho* end. of the .month. . Mr. D. Cuddie, Chief Dairy Commissioner, . left on a visit to New Plymouth yesterday. . -The health of Mr. Stuart' Richardson, Electrical. Engineer, is said to te much better, for .tho rest he is enjoying in Napier. Among the passengers who left'Dunedin • * "for,; .Wellingtoniiiby was V-Major-General;' Sir A. E. Dorwood, '■ E.C.M.G.'i .D.S.O. ; v • I.■ v ; Dr." ;Maspn (Chief Health . Officer) and Dr. ■j ''••.PomareV(Health'Officer to'the Maoris) went . . to; Taihapo" yesterday/' on. departmental "Bus- : . iness ;connMted v witK tho Natives. .. . i Messrs. G. H. Dixon and William Coffey ' left- for Christohurch. last night to attend the conference of Now Zealand sports • bodies, which is to commence to-day. \ ' Dr.; Frongloy, of the Health Department, \ . left for the Rangitikei district yesterday on departmental ■ business. He will return at the end of the week. : Mr. A. J. Petherick, of the City Council ;; - *%ff): .'has, been qppqinted '-treasurer- to tho Benevolent Trustees, at a salary of £50 per annum. • .There wore-••12 applicants for the j ( ;'• position. " v : , ■" ■ Mr. E. C. Harvie, manager of The Rouse ' and Hurrell Carriage' .Co., Ltd., left, last night for Christohurch to act as judge in the ' carnage section of tho Canterbury Agricult > tuial and Pastoral Show. ' t. . J.jicut en a n t~Gol on (il I.ovcduv, officer in charge of tho school , cadets of . the' Dominion, , .■.;? is at . present holding. inspections in tho Auckland district.' He is expccted back r.ext Monday. ;.•; ■•. , . . ' r.A Palmerstpn North Press Association, telegram staie?> that the Borough Council-. •^ ; has'appointed Mr. W..W. Smith, who'dc-' : signed the much-admired Asliburton Domain, ''td the charge of its reserves. • ' ■ \v- ■■~■''• ' ■ . i :„.. Mr., i E.-Clifton, Chief Stcck Inspector, _ left last- night -for Christchurch to attend ? ;^tho -..Canterbury A. and P.- Association's Show. , Mr. J.. D. Secretary for " Agriculture, is also in Christchurch for the •' Show. ' : \ • Messrs Alfred and Joseph Christmas, brothers, and members of the dairy produce ''firm- 'of " Lovell and Christmas , (who, have extensive dealings with New Zeaj' land,: and who have for years - been repre- r sisnted by Mr. Kowin) died in London" recently.. ! "''Mr.'S; P. Anderson,, manager for the past : : r ;;r two'.yeara' of-the Stato farm at Waoronga, • is relinquislling that position; to take up the duties'of .a fruit inspector in Auckland under .' ■ the Department. He will bo succeeded; by : Mr.'W. B. Rawson, well-known in agricultural matters' in Opotiki, and formerly in tho coastal district of Taranaki. Mrs, Christina Ballingall, old resident \ of Wellington, and a sister of Mr. Charles Stewart (of tho Stewart Timber Company) : ' died; at- h6r residenco, . Bidwill Street, on . Monday, at. the ago of G6 years. Sho leaves two sons. (Messrs Alex, and Charles Balling- ; all), •, arid three daughters. ■ Tho interment wijl . take placo at the Sydney Street Ccmetery this afternoon. The- following appointments by the Education' Board have been formally confirmed . . , by the respectivo school committees:—Mauricoville East, Mr. A. A. Turner (of Droyer's Rock), to be sole teacher; Levin, Miss K. Goldsmith, (of Clyde Quay), to be assistant; Scarborough, Miss A. H. Burge. (Training College student), to bo assistant mistross; . 'Waterfalls, Miss M. A. Johnson (of Pako- ;. wai), , to be . sole, teacher. : Two'other ap- : p'ointmonts havo been hold over till the next Board -meeting.