PERSONAL items.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 405, 14 January 1909, Page 4

PERSONAL items.

Cabinet ; Ministers,in to.vn to-day are:' The: Hon; J. A. Millar, the, Hon. J. Carroll,'the: Hon. Dr. Findlay, .and the Hon. A. W. Hogg. The Prime. Minister is at" Timaru;;the Hon. G. Fowlds at Half Moon Bay, Stewart Island; the Hon. D. Buddo at Rangiora; the Hon. R. M'Kenzie at Takaka; the Hon. T. Mackenzie, in Otago,; and the Hon. A. T. Ngata at Gisborne. r Professor and Mrs. Adamson returned from, Australia by tho "Ulimaroa yesterday. ' .Captain Ferris was amongst the passengers : who returned from Sydney by tho Ulimaroa yesterday. Mr. D. M'Laren, M.P., who has been on a viait to Australia, returned to Wellington by the Ulimaroa yesterday.' . '- .. The Rev. J. J. Franklin, of the Church of' Christ,: Vivian Street, with -his.'wife and family,/is spending a short holiday, at . Day's - Bay. , , ,The Hon. R. M'Kenzie, Minister , for Pub- .• lib!" Works- is a passenger.by the Pateena,!due hero to-day from -Nelson. '' Mt. J. B. -Harcourt and the Misses Harcourt returned yesterday from, .a . trip, to America, England, and the Continent. ;: ' Colonel A'. W. Robin, C.8., Chief of the General . Staff, yis at present attending the jubilee of the volunteer corps at New Plymouth. y..!-' .The Prime Minister (Sir Joseph Ward) has for the'present abandoned his projected, holiday at Mount Cook, and will return to' Wellington on Sunday; morning. ; : : ' Professor and Mrs: Halsweil were passengers from Sydney, by the Ulimaroa yesterday. They are; to proceed to Lytcelton. by the same steamer to-day. !-■!,'■ ' Mr. ."Wv C. . Kensington,; Under-Secretary for Lands, is paying a Departmental visit to Blenheim and the Flaxbourne, Estate.- . He. isexpected back at the end of . the week. : Constable Lectio, who' has been attached "to'the Lambton Quay police station for a considerable time, has resigned from the service' to; enter upon other • ' Chief Judge Palmer, of the Native Land Court, left yesterday to preside at a sitting of the Validation Court, at Otaki. - From there he will go on to Rotorua.! „ ;, ; Mr. . Sutt-o, . representing- Patho Freres, manufacturers of kinematographic films, arrived -in: .Wellington yesterday 'by the Ulimaroa from Sydney. . .. Mr. Carl, late proprietor of the Empire Hotel, Christchurch, was a passenger by the Ulimaroa which reached Wellington from Sydney yesterday. : Captain : Brown, of the General Instructional Staff (mounted) of the Defence Forces of, New Zealand, is. at present in Palmerston.- He is expected to long stay there, extending over a month. -'Two members of the Queensland Upper, House, tho Hon. T. C. Beirna, M.L.C., and' 'the Hon. Poter Murphy, M.L.C.; with the daughter cf the latter, aro! through pas; senders by 'the Ulimaroa, ;which arrived yesterday from Sydney. - They will mako "the Sounds trip on the Waikare, and will. afterwards! visit Rotorua. ayd Auckland. ' Tho Rev. 0. E. Schafer, of Broken Hill, New. South Wales, arrived in Wellington from the south yesterday. Mr. Schafer is visiting the Dominion to study the effects of its'licensing legislation. Ho expressed himself highly gratified with what ,ho saw and hejird of the working of No-License ininvorcargill, OamarU; and Ashburtoh. Mr. E. P.', Mouiitfort, manager of'the Stratford/branch of the .Bank, of Now South Wales, anticipates leaving in a few days' time on a .six weeks' holiday,- which ho will spend in a tour of Australia and .Tasmania. During Mr. Mountfort's absence the bank's' I Stratford business' will bo conducted by Mr. E.'Horbort, of the-Wellington branch.

Mr. J; P. Firth, principal of Wellington College,'returnjd .frith _Mrs. Firth by :the Ulimaroa yesterday from -Sydney, where .a part bf the summer vacation has , been spent in.'a most enjoyablo holiday.V- ■■ . v'. ■ ' The Hon.: A.'W. Hogg, Minister for our, intends to retain' his present home, in Masterton,_ and -spend the week-ends .there, but ho anticipates that his Ministerial duties will keep him pretty constantly in. the capital, for. a. ; considerable time at any rate. , The. staff of the : City Corporation l yesterday presented the Mayor of DilnCdin (Mr. J. M'Donald) with-ia case of cutlery a 8 a marriago, gift. A Press" Association'message adds that the' City Councillors : last night presented his Worship with a tea and coffee service.. , At tlia Onslow Borough Conncil -meeting held last evening Mr. G. Clapcott, borough engineer, was made the. recipient of a marble clock to mark the; occasion of. his recent marriage./ The Mayor, ; Mr..J..- G. ;Harkness,. who made the presentation, spoke appreciatively of the able manner in which' the engineer . had .carried out his J duties, and councillors added a word or two in support of tho Mayor's remarks. • : V Mr. Boyne, postmaster , at Taihape, - was given a " .send-off " on Tuesday night, on the eve of his transfer to.. Woodviile.': Theresas a largo representative gathering - (states a Press ABsociatibn.telegram). : -The Mayor, pre--sided. Mr? Stevens/ Departmental inspector, was also present; . Reference was made to tho fact that when Mr.,Boyrie took charge of the staff it numbered only three ; .the number now reached seventeen.His.zeal-and efficiency were: highly eulogised,' andhe was (presented with a gold watch, Mrs. Boyne receiving asilver cake basket.