PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 179, 24 April 1908, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

To-day the Prime Minister (Sir'.Joseph Ward) and all the members of the. Ministry '■ will be in Wellington, . with the exception of 1 the Hon. W. Hall-Jones, and tho-Hon., Dr. ; i, Findlay, t-lje former being at the head of the North Island Main. .Trunk line and the ! latter at Rotorua.. .. . .. " ; \ V The Hon. C. H, Mills arrived from Pictou . last night by the Patceua. • The Hon. James Carroll (Ndtive Minister) returned to Wellington ,last evening.. \ Mr. S. Stiinden, of ;Aorangi,'Feildiiigj who judged Ayrshire cattlo at, tlie Sydney-Show, ■ returned. to Wellington yestsrday. '' : '-. X Captain Willis, Lloyds surveyor- at Christ- • church, was a passenger. for Lyttelton last ; night by the Rotomahana. The Rev. Mr. PyijiiS l -wa's s&mei. steamer.' '' ' ''' ' '' ' ; Mr. S. G. Hewall (son of Colonel Newa.ll, . 0.1 i.), local manager of the Hong-Kong , branch of tho South British Insurance Com- ;' pany, arrived in Wellington by the Waik&re | yesterday, on. furlough. ,- 5 ; , Mr. Joseph .' Petrie, editor- of the " Grey- - mouth Star," who' has been laid up for . - some'days .as tho result of.au:accident,.-has . been.nominated for;the mayoralty pf'Grey- : mputh, which, position' he. occupied: for the t term just closed. ' • Major Head, of tho Royal Garrison Artil- . ! lery, • who has • been' appointed Director of ; • ' Ordnance and., Commandant of, ,the_.Perman-. 1 bnt Forces of New, Zealand,, .was to leave, I London, for Wellington by the. Atheuic on I Ajiril Ho, was .to be accompanied by, his j wifo and tbreo children.':... .' 3 . Mr.; Vincent - Ward (son of the Prime . . Minister), who is in- England, was - recently . B ; invited io accept a commission in tho. King's'/ 9 Colonials/ a. crack mounted regiment founded . - shortly, after the Boer'.war. , Mr. Ward de- - 6' clined the', invitation,, but :offered to join as e a - troopSr,- and was.. accepted. Afterwards s he lunched with the Right Hon. Mr. Hair s dane, Minister for War. ■ > The Wellington Trades' and Labour:Couni oil,'' at its meeting last evening,: passed a;'-'', i resolution of sympathy with Mr. R. Slater s (ex-member of 'tho Arbitration Court); in e connection" with '.his recent sad bereavement. Mr. Slater's .son-was among those who were in the collision between tho Lady t Roberts and. a launch ■in Dunedin Harbourx, during ; the Easter' manoeuvres; , ; ' r r r territorial copni&rider;.1 'of the: Salvation Army; in Australasia,-.is; to'', s roir.airi here for . another, .year (says' . the e " Sydney , Tefe&raph '.' of April 18). His nor?; ■" mal term of service has just'expirrf, 'in V; army circles tho name of,his successor. was; awaited with great . curiosity. , !' morning Commissioner M'Kie announced at s a 'council of' officers the receipt of a. cable e from General -Booth extending his term for K twelve months.' The council received, the ?' news with-enthusiasm,, and it is safeyto say ! l . that tho army (as 1 a whole - will welcome .the information;' Commissioner and 'Mrs. • M'Kie ' S" have firmly established ; themselves in -the • affections both of the officers - and of the :.. 1 rank and file. ; . 0 Mr. A.i M. Finlayson, of Dunedin. to whom tho ; University Senate recently awarded the Exhibition Science r ßosearch Scholarship of the year, is the second .son of ' ; , tho well-known Presbyterian minister at f Waitati. Tho chairman of the Professorial ,' Board'- of tho Otago University wrote of him: 3 —"All the members of our Board consider a Mr! Finlayson' a nian'of' altogether e'xeep-' ; . tional ability.' lu tho whole history of Otago , University, only two of our students, have fc graduated with double first-class honours, : - and Mr. Finlayson is one of tho two. "This r of itself ,is sufficient to stamp.him-as a man - of mark in tho academic, history of New t Zealand." During his University coursis ) (states tho "Outlook") Mr. Finlayeon ob- : 1 taincd twenty class certificates, and every. > .one is a first-class certificate. He won tho . Sir George/Grey .'scholarship and a Senior, i University'scholarship, graduated B.Sc. and i M.Sc., and now crowns his successes by i carrying olf the Exhibition scholarship of, tho : value of £150 per annum for two years.. Ic i terms of the scholarship, Mr. Finlayson must' ■ , study, abroad ' for. two years, and give his i whole time to some branch of science. And ! in tho events of his . satisfying the commis- ■ sioners as to the quality of his work, he may' , have his scholarship continued for a third year > i • .

•Mr. Norman Heath returned from, a visit to Sydney by tho Waikaro yesterday. , , v Mr. T. .C. Ormiston-Chant returned from ■-- 'Australia by the Waikare yosterday. -. .Mr.- H. C. Tewsley,.'Wellington- manager for Messrs. Sargood, Son and Ewen, ha 3 airived back from a visit to Nelson. Yesterday tho Minister for Public Works 1 (tho Hon. W. Hall-Jones) left on his first inspection ' since ; his return' from England of the North Island Main Trunk line. .... .-Recent .callers at tho High Commissioner's offico in London were Mr. A.; G. Smith . (Christchurch), Mr. D. B. Blair fWanganui), i , Mr.. G. H.. Elliott (Palmerston North), Mr.. W: Lancelot Mooro, and Mr. Thomas J. Stuart (Napier). A Press Association telegram, from Christchurch, stat«3 that Mr. Geo. G. Stead had a fairly good night, and his medical adviser on seeing'tim thought liis condition, , was slightly improved. . • . .- Mr. E. Herbert, manager of tho Bank of New South Wales, Bulls, Dr; Dawson, of i Pahiatua, and Professor .AY., G. Bnttan, pi Christehuroh, are booked to leavo for Lon-. ■.- don \by - the. Mamari,- .which sails, at daylight this moming. ._ . ~ ..... - Tho -Hon. R.-;M'Nab leaves on Monday next for Dannevirko. iHe will remain there ' two-.clear . returning on Friday, and during hik stay- will enquire .nto several matters >in Mr. Hall's electorate that; .are to bo-brought under his notice. ■ Mr. . Hawthorne Millar, eldest son of tho Honi^J/A.'Millar, who for some years has been • connected ■■ with tho ■ New Zealand Rail--ways,:- leaves' for 'England • and-*America .-.this. , iri'onthUto ■ ..electrical : engineering ;■ studiesi'*--; -.'-j.Mr."-- .Millar'ssiecdnd '■ coeds to England shortly: - It, is statod 'that' Sir. C. C. Kingston, V'-;.M.P.';;Vmay! I 'sHortiy/ , -send; in.- his' 'resignation as';a member ;of;thd Commoiiwealtli Honse of' Representatives, on the. grounds, of' ill-health; ■/ Mr!', Kingston "represents' Adelaide, but" has ndtf.b'een-.Jvell enough; to attend the sittings bf. tho-House or take part'in Federal'politics . for .'sonio .time past. ' - ' '- . , . ■. !/Mr.|}W^. ( .H.;;"\7estbrooke, secretary^-of - the, Wellington '.Trades': and Labour. Council, was. presented' last evening with a handsome, watci and-.:chain from the-members';'of the Manaivatu Flaxmill . Employees', Union,-..in token of their appreciation of the manner in which ho had conducted their case when it , was before the . Arbitration Court. Mr. Parlane, ;'delegat4 of tho,Union,*,made ~the ■ presentation. jit- is \ stated that * Madame Sarah Bernhardt, who is to-tour Australasia early next year under the direction of Mr. J. C. AVil- ' liamson, is to give 100 performances-during her, yisit, for which she 'will" receive tho princely sum. of £20,000. Madame -Bern- ; hardt made a tour: of Australia 18: years ■ ago, under-tho management of Messrs. Williamson, Garner, and Musgrove. , Sir James . Mills, , chairman and- managing 3irector of the Union jf -New, Zealand, Ltd., the largest shipping . concern ' in'; the,, British dependencies," arrived ■in Sydney from Melbourne last week. Sir ;■ James,!MillS'.has : spent seme'time. in ; Mel-' i bourne.. in • negotiation, with - tho ' Postmaster- . General', with' reference to the further, extension of; the contract from Vancouver with a new. and improved line of -steamers-at tho ; expiration -,of -;the prosent arrangement. 'So far, however, (says the Sydney " Telegraph"); , Cotliirig ; definite , 'ha'sbeendecided'iipon ! . : V : v.- ■■ Ifyiw. Zealander£,,,were, present rjn able force- at the Sydney Show, last week. . 'Among, the number were , Messrs. J. M. - Johnston and'S. -R. Lancaster (Palmerston North), - H. Booth. and Standen (Feildingj, Turnbull., (Colyton), Perry , (Kiwitea), and . • Coombe (Waitotara). , Sotno difiiculty was experienced in procuring accommodation, so great-was the • attendance m the city, c/no ; of the -f'New - Zealand - visitors, who ' returned' . yesterday, :':stated.' : thatthe 'gathering was spoiled-by -.thb: wet weather. The show, in' ■ his opinion, was essentially a townspeople's , function, run by people in tho city, the country... man figuring but- little in the man- , Sg'emeht;: , -. -i-. V- ■ ' The.. New Zealand Rhodes scholar, Colin Gilray,- .who is now' studying at University' College, Oxford,-was among the competitors / in: the 'Varsity sports last week (says the " British' Australasian " of: March -12). He took part m the long jump only,- and put up ■ i a very> fair -performance, clearing 5 20 ft. Bin. This,-however, was only good enough to-give him-third-place to Bloaden, of vßrasonoso, : ffho . jumped; 21ft;, lOin.y and Cresswell,' of : Pembroke, whose best leap-'was 21st] -,3Jin. ■ Gilray found some- consolation on tho morrow:.for his defeat in the ('Varsity long jump, -for he carried off a couple of events at his own, college sports. Penalised 18in., he won the long jump, though-he only cieai 7 -. Ed 19ft. 10in., and he also won the 120 yards hurdles'- after, a tough tussle - with W. ,;,Mii- . -ton/j whom .he beat'. b'y ; ,'a. foot in .'the,'very Jioor time of 20 2-ssec. , .: Mr... Cyril: I; Dasont, wto -has'-beon re- . . turned -unopposed as Mayor of Karon, is the eldest son of the Jate: Rev';-Mr. 1 : Dasenta . pioneer settler and Anglican ,- clergyman in Karori for many years. Mr. Dasent; lias • acted on, the Karori: Boroush .Coiiiioil al- , most"sihcb'its'inception up;till.the last,elecr tion, and has a wido knowledge, of the district .and .municipal business generally. :He . was the oflicer appointed by the Government to form the Borough, and it was he who superintended the -'first election fourteen years ago and installed the first Council. At that time, according to Mr. Dasent, Karori was. only a milk run, wjth, about 150 electors in all, Northland, and even Kolburne wore ; unborn places, , and Karori was ' a long way over, the hills from the city. - Not long after tho ifirst: Council was elected, a i vacancy occurred, and Mr. Dasent was elected to fill it. He has been .elected a Councillor seven times, extending over a poriod of -fourteen years, yet, strange to say,, was. rejected at the last poll. Ho..says, that the Karori Borough had no money to start with, but was handicapped with a, debt of; over . £200, and the first burning question that aroso was how to , pay the, three months' wages owing to tho solitary roadman the Borough 1 had taken over from the Makara lload Board.