PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 207, 26 May 1908, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

: ' . The present locations of Ministers are as follow';— The Prime Minister at Eltliam and New Plymouth, the Hon. J. Carroll and the Hon. J.' M'Gowan en route to Gjsborne, the Hon. It: M'Nab is in Wellington until the afternoon, ; when he leaves for Feilding, the Hon. Dr. Findlay, the Hon. W, Hall-Jones, in 'Wellington, 'and the Hon. J. A. Millar en routo to Dunedin. Sir James Mills left for the South last night. . ; .. • ■ The Hon. Dr. Findlay returned from \VaJiganui last' ovening. . j ; j'. ■;; Sir Joseph 'Ward'left for Taranaki by yesterday's'express. ■; Tho - Horn 'R. M'Nab' leaVes^for''Feilding and.Oliingaiti ,this afternoon. - The Hpn. J. A. Millar was a passenger;for the/, South by; the I Maori last- evening. -.V Mr. Hamilton Hodges, tho well-known Auckland linger; spent; a day in -Wellington | yesterday, on his way. to Christchurch. ■ Station-Sergeant Pliair, of tho Larabton Quay Police Station, who has'been , laid aside by'illness for several days, left for Nelson yesterday on t-hrW'. weeks' siclt leave.. v The Hon. James Carroll (Natiyo Minister) proceeded to Gisborjie by boat yesterday afternoon. Though considerably ; improved, tlie Minister has not.yet recovered from his recent indisposition. \ .. 1 Mr.'D. Kenny,,the'well-known Wellington pianist, jumped from a runaway vehicle in Hawke's Bay a few days agb, and sustained injuries that, have confined him to his bed for a day or two ,aii the Masonic • Hotel," Napior.. Mr: S. Brown (Chairman of. the Wellington Rugby Union) and a member of the firm of S. Brown, Limited, is due back from Australia to-morrow. Mr. Brown'hasibeen visiting. Western Australia, in , the interests of his firm. ■ . .••• •Mr. A. Hi Vile, Editor of the "Farmers' Union Advocate," injured a kneecap m a fall on ins stairs last week, , and has since been laid up at his home at Lower Hutt. fle expects to be back at work in a few days' time. . 1 . At the annual meeting of the New Zealand Chess Association last evening, the resignation of the secretary (Mr. F. B. Sliarpo) was received with - great regret. The .'.Chairman (Mr. C. W. Tanner) and;' delegates: spoke eulogistically of Mr. Sharpe's' past services to the Association. Mr. A. G. Fell was appointed in his place. • The vacancy in the Coriipany Staff of the Post' and Telegraph Rifles created by'the transfer of Lieutenant. Roaclie to' thp staff of the Wellington Guards has been filled by ■tho election, as junior subaltern, of Mr. Frank Beamish, formerly of the Sixth New Zoalalid Contingent in South Africa. Lieuteitant Beamish' is at present engagod. upon a history of the' South African war, in. so far as the operations of the New Zealand troops wero concerned. Two new appointments, have been made on the staff of the Wellington Girls' College, the second term of which, begins to-day. Miss Rhoda Collins, 8.A., has been appointed junior assistant, in succession to Miss Tornlinson, resigned. Miss Collins lias had teaching experience at the; Dunedin'Training College and the Auckland Grammar School.' Miss Adcla Medley has been appointed teacher of class singing, in place of Mrs. Gjover Eaton. Miss Medley has had the highest tuition in the Old Country, and has had somo successful songs published. -i Writing of the exhibition of tho Fino Art Academy in Bristol tho art critic of tho "Bristol Observer" says:—"Much water has passed ujiderneath Bristol bridge sincc first I saw'and heard the minister of Highbury Chapel, the Rev. H. Arnold Thomas, M.A., and I was glad to got a glimpse nf his portrait, which I at oiico- decided was a capital likeness. I do not hesitate to say it is a striking portrait,, showing restraint and refinement,, so as to preserve the rare personality and character of tho sitter. The artist js Mr. G. E. Butler, a New Zealander, who r'finß upon inquiry has settled in Bristol." Other exhibitors wore such woll-known artists as J. S. Sargeant, It.A,, Alfred East, A.R.A., Arthur Hacker, A.R.A., John Hassell, R.l.i Frank Spenlove Spenlove, Tom Moßtyn, and Sigiamund Goetze.' .