PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 68, 13 December 1907, Page 5

PERSONAL ITEMS.

. Detective Lewis ~is to commence three ■weeks' holiday leave on Saturday, The Kev. Hoani Parata is gazetted an officiating minister., tinder the Marriage Act. Mr. arid Mrs;.Alleii Strong, of Palmerston Northj wort passengers from Sydney terday.--Mr. John Cotter, of Groytown, returned from a (rip to England by the Maheno yos- ' .' terday. • . Mrs Walter <3ohn«toii and Mrs Percy Baldwin returned from Sydney by the , Mahoho. T " Mr. H. J. W. Blow, (Under-Secretary for Public Works, returned from a visit to Auckland yesterday. . Mrs; Fitchett", wife of the SolioitOf-Gen-eral (Dr. Fitcliott), returned from a visit «, to England yestorday. Mr. G. A. Troup, whcf has been ill for gome months past; is now making very good > progress towards recovery. 'Mr.■•■ Louis Blnndell, son of Mis. Henry Blundell, of . Wellington, arrived by the v Mabeno from Sydney yesterday. \ Mr. A/Hamilton, Curator of tho National Museumj returned yesterday from a visit to the north J Wellington district. Mr.,'4nd Mrs. Rattray; well -known Dunedin residents, wild have been visiting Great Britain; returned by the Maheno. Chief Detective Herbert, of Dunediil, left for;KotoruaP yesterday on a month's holiday leave. Ho'is accompanied by Mi's. Herbert. 'l'ha Revl Father Mac Donald, .of Sydney, son. .of the . late Mr. Aloysius Mac Donald, will remaiif in Wellington until afte'f Christ-.' . mds. v - • . ■ . • :■• >>; • ■'.•>.• •. .•"•■•,..• . Among, tho MahenoY, passengerswas Mr, Coleman Phillips, of the Wairarapa, i who has been spending a holiday in Australia.': Colonel Robin and Captaiii Trask, of. the Defence Department, who have been visiting the Wfest Coastj returned to Wellington yes- ■• ' terday. ■ . Mr.! J; Lomas, Chief Inspector of Factories,;. is visiting the Labour Department's agehcies in Nelson and Wesitlanti. He will bo. absont about a week. . Mrf Harold'Jarvia has been appointed, und ■,Messrs. John'G. Johnston, Alfred A. V Mitchell, Charles Collis, and Daniel Prouse elected,' to membership in the Aoraigi Drain- • agd Board. - .1 The Hon. Dr. Findlay left for Wanganui t ,■ yesterday morning. Last evening he' presented prices it tho Wangandi Girls' College, and will perform a similar fiinctiori at the High School, Paimorstori North, to- ' night. ■' . Tho Wellington Education Board has formally'approved of the appointment of Captain F.' A.. Hempleman, No'. 1 m" Company Mount, Cook School Cadets, as ' Major Commanding No. 1 Battalion Wellington School; Cadets. ..'■■_ Tho, Wellington Education Board, at its meeting yesterday, accepted the resignations the, following teachers i—Miss N. Bullock, relieving teacher; Mjss J. Mouhtfortj solo <' teacher, at Lime Hills, "and Mr! J. M. 6rant, teaclielr at Akitio. ■ . . . Mr.; A. J.-^entice,.. who .has, occupied the position of electrician at tho Opera Housj for the: past eighteen years t ' has. just been, piesented .with a soilVenir. by the working staff of :'"thß ' theatre to > commemorate his silver wedding. . 1 " Mr. Heiiry Bracy, who is at present re- ; cuperating at Rotirua, will, according to a ! private message,' arrive in Wellington on .December '20 to make arrangements for tho J. C; Williamson Opera Company, which is to open at the Opera House >'on Bovting Night. ,■ . > . ' Mr/.. F. J. Barnett, Deputy-Commissioner at Solomon. Islands, and i soil of Mr. A. A. Barnett, "arrived in Wellington oil furlough' by the Maheno yesterday. It is twelve years since Mi'; Barnett was in Wellingtdn, ■and ho expresses amazement at the progress the city has. made. i At , a meeting of the Victoria Colloge Graduates' Association held last .evening, ;it frag rOSolved to iujiport the candidature of ' Profes'sbr Eastorfield for the viicaricy on the Now Zealand University Seriate, caused by Professor Maciaurin's departure for America. The election takes place on January 7. i Mr. F. H. Chamberlain, engineer to the Christchurch Tramway Board, was in' Wellington yesterday in the course of a round trip from Christehurch overland to tho West Coast and back by sea. Ho left for Lyttelton last night. Mr. Chamberlain proposes ' gsng to,.the Jnited States next March to visit the principal eleotrical factories. Mr. C. Colebrook, landing surveyor in the loca!. Customs Department, who has been appointed Collector of Customs at Timaru, was the recipient of. a presentation from the local staff yesterday afternoon. The presentation was made by the Collector of Customs, Mr. D. Johnston. Mr. Colebrook will leave to-day to take up his new duties. ; Leave of absence has been granted by the Education Board to Mr. J. S.i Edie,« assis-tant-master at tho Training' Collcgo—twohours a day during the University Session; Miss J. |iutchen, assistant at Newtown— eight'months as frc/m March 1, 1908; and Miss Duncan, of Wallaceville—two months loave on full pay. (Miss Duncan has completed thirty-one years' service with tho Board.) ' y Mr. G. S. Munro, genoral managor of the Christchureh Exhibition, is again in Wellington. Ho told a reporter that the final auction sale of Exhibition l effects takes place next Wednesday. Ho will leave Christchurch "for good" on Friday, Deccmbor 21, and, after spending Christmas on tho West Coast, will como back to Woliington somo time in January. His iater movements are not Quite settled, but he expects to go to ' London* '.

The question of tho establishment of a now school at Eastern Hutt was considered by tho Education Board yesterday. The truant officer reported that he had mado a canvass of tho district, and had roportod that there were 315 children in tho' area which would bo sorved by tho now school. Of this number about sixty were under five years of ago; 156 were attending tho Hutt District High School; 32 at Epuni; 29 at the Roman Catholio School; 19 at a private school; 5 at the Wellington Girls' High School, and 2 at tho Terrace School, Wellington. It was ostimated that four rooms would bo required, and tho quostion at issue Was, whothcr the new building should be classed as a separate school, or a side department of tho main school. iY was finally decided to hold over the matter until tho next moeting, and ill tho meantime a sub-committee, consisting of tho Chairman (Mr. Loe), Captain M'Donald, Messrs. Ai H. Vili, and William Allin would go into the whole question and nrepare a report.