PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 395, 2 January 1909, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Ministers in Wellington to-day,are the Hbh. J. A. Millar and tho Hon. J; Carroll. Sir Joseph Ward is at the Bluff,- tho Hon, Dr. Finally in Canterbury,, tho Hon. ;J. M'Gowan at the Thames, and tho Hon. G. Fotvlds in the Auckland district. Dr. and Mrs. Buck passed through Wellington yesterday on their way south. > Among .the passengers: by ' the P. and 0. steamer India is Sir Henry Greaiie-Kclly, Chief Justice -of Nigeria,-whose, dostinatioii is Now Zealand. /"• ; The Town Clerk of Auckland (Mr. Wilson), who . has been spending'a few days' in: Wellington oil his way back from the couth, loaves to-night, for Auckland. : ; .Mr. Edward Reeves, elocutionist,, accompanied . by. Mrs. lleeves and his manager, for the present tour, Mr.: Frank Pullin/ ar-: rived in Wellington last evening. . , . The Roman Catholic Bishop of Duncdin, Dn Verden,, has—according to a Press Association ; message >. received, last night—arrived by tho Ormuz at Frentantlc. - Mr. A. P. 'Webster, of Melbourne, has been appointed general secretary 6f the! GislwrflO YM.O.k. Mr,' Wobster is expected to arrive ,in. the ' Dominion .in about : a .week's ::K,V ..■■■ Mr. A, Donald, of Wellington, is in charge of the Labour Department in Napier, during the absence of Mr. E. W. F. Gohns,; who has goiio : to 'Ohris'tishurch .for a'week in'.'conse-'. . ijuonce of .the death ,of his father.; •. . •' 1 Dr. Neligan, Anglican Bishop ofAuckland, will,: according - to- a Press Association cablegram received from.London last night, be a : passenger by tho ,: . Tongariro,which ' leaves Homo for New Zealand on January 4. We hear from what we.regard as a reliable sotiroo (says tho Waipawn "Mail'') that ,Mi*. Dillon, M.P., is, to bo oiferid a soat in tho.Legislative Couneikiiuorder ,that Mr.',, '11.. M'Nab may/ contest 'the Hawke's Bay seat. Sir James Fairfax, proprietor of .: ; the • Sydney '.'Morning -ECei'dld,who • hab been for livo years • president of tho _ Sydney , •Y.M.0.A.; has''resigned the.position,' ■ and was preseiited.at a recent valedictoryjmthering; with an illuminated i address. - ■ Bus successor is Mr. Hugh Dixon, a well-known Sydney merchant. a ... ...: The cars of the Kelburne Tramway Company were delayed for' a few minutes on Now ' Year's Eve, when the employees took the oppcrtunity/of testifying . their' appreciation of Mr. Messenger, atid to present him with a marble clock on the occasion of his leaving ; the service/, Mr. J. Darling; manager, made, the presentation ,on behalf of tho employee's, and.', ; Mr.-Messenger, prosperity,-.re- > marking that ho . darried with him the good wishes for his future wclfaro of every ono of 'the. company 's employees. Mr. Messenger very suitably replied.