PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 411, 21 January 1909, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

"Sir Joseph Ward, the Hon. J. A. Millar, the Hon. J Carroll, the Hon. Dr. Findlay, the Hon. R. M'Kenzie, the Hon/ A. W. Hogg; and tho Hon. D. Buddo are in Wellington, The Hon. G. Fowlds is at Queenstown,, and the Hon. A. T. .Ngata. in the Gisi birne, district. The Hon. T. Mackenzie leaves I Diinedin to-day for the Bluff. ■'-...' ;- Drs.'Zeile' and' Deck arrived in Wellington by.the Moeraki yesterday. '. i.'.Sfir Joseph and Lady Ward and Miss Eileen Ward returned from the south day.Mr. and. Mrs. Leo.: Buckeridge returned from a .holiday visit to Napier yesterday morning. ."..-; : ,:. - ; ;.,' ... . ' Mr. F.-W.- Haybittle writes from' Sydney that he expects to return;tq ; Wellington:on or about February 1. ■ ~.- '-'-V , Mr -Martin Chapman, K. 0., returned yester;day.from"Australia,!where.he has been spending the' ; -■;■... ~•>.:-,::. .■-.;-. ..'■",' ■'-. Professor ■ Easterfield, •'■ of Victoria College, returned from a trip to Australia by the Moeraki'yesterday..' ■'■■ = Mr. George Toogood, of the legal firm of Messrs. Field, Luckie, and Toogood, 'returned from Sydney by the Moeraki yesterday.: ... Mr. P.. R. Climie, of the firm of Climie, Cpates, and Co., engineers_ and.patent atitorneys,' ..ttf .';Chnstchurch;':,is: on ■ a -business 'visiV to Wellington.v ,n ' ,ftr ' !- ""•; -.. j ; ''A r i>London;()PEess»«A^sociationiaiii«a.blegram, ■states'''tha : t; the Hem.' W; Hail-Jones has assumed ' office as. High. Commissioner for ;New:Zealand, in London.' : '\ •■' ; : ; -U ■:-Mr. u Seager, of,.the . staff .of 'the 1 ; Supreme Court; Christohu'rch, arrived'from' .'Sydney, yesterday.-. ■ He will leave 'for the south to-night. ■' ; ' :■■......:; A Press 'Association tolegram from Woodville states that Mr. R. E. Grinlinton, tho oldest business man there, died yesterday from a.severe;attack of pneumonia.. ; ; Mr. L. C. -Woolcott, of the literary stag of tho Sydney "Daily Telegraph," and formerly a New Zealand journalist, reached Wellington 'to-day by the Moeraki,:and will:spend about ten days in this city.. , Mr.' ■•" Archie," M'Minn, well-known.'in : Rugby football circles, has been appointed :editor'of the ; "Ohakune Times.";Mr.'M'Minn :was ■previously, engaged - in' newspaper work at .';'/.'. .':..'.' '.:; /Among those present at the Wellington Racing Club's meeting at Trentham yesterday were the Prime Minister, the Hon; Dr. Findlay, and' Mr. H.C. Waterfield, Private Secretary to his Excollency the Governor. ' The Hon. J. A. Millar, Minister for Railways, expects to begin his-tour of inspection on Thursday, or I .Friday of next week. He will go first to the Auckland district, .and will then work gradually, southward. 'Sir Charles and Lady Campbell, of Cheviot, with.-their two sons, i returned to.New.Zealand by the Moeraki yesterday, .after an absence :of about two years,: They will go on to, Lyttelton to-day. Cable news was received-yesterday by the Rev. D. C. Bates; Government meteorologist, of the death at Hahmer Grange, Spalding (England), of his mother. The deceased lady 60 years of age. She leaves a grown-up family, of whom the Rev. Mr,, Bates is the eldest. -■.•_.•'■-■;■ ■-..,;.■■ 'Adjutant and Mrs. Wilkinson, • of the Salvation .Army, and formerly stationed at Hastings, returned; to Wellington by the' Moeraki yesterday, and will go on to Gisborne. By the same'steamer came Captain .and Mrs. Botheras, lately, of Grafton, and who. are to'be stationed at Woodville. Ensign and Mrs.. Wellington, who;Wiirjoin the Army at AVellingtbn South, wore';also passengers by the Moeraki. They came from Litkgow,- in New South Wales. ii

Hon. R. M'Kenzie, Minister for Pub-lic-Works, leaves for Auckland : this morning, via the West Coast. While in the northern' city, ho will attend to various matters affecting the Public Works Department.-;' He will also visit Hamilton and Franktori, in order to decide on a site for public buildings, concerning which there is a conflict of. opinion between residents of the two places named, which are about a mile apart. Mr. •M'Kenzie may also visit the Thames to inspect the Thames-Hauraki pump and investigate other matters' in which ho is interested as Minister for Mines. He expects to ibe back in Wellington nest Thursday night. He will leave very shortly afterwards to keep 'engagements at Nelson and Collingwood. ;

• Sfews . was. received. from Masterton last evening of the death of Mrs. Mary Camphell Bennington, wife of Mr. George Christopher Bennington, at the Masterton Hospital, whither she had been conveyed for special treatment, as a "result of an apoplectic seizure on January 11. The late Mrs. Bennington was the eldest daughter of the late Mr. Alexander Campbell M'Kenzie, one of the early Victorian pioneer settlers, and was born at Jan Juc (near Geelong), fiftyfour years ago. She came to Now Zealand with her husband and eldest son (Mr. N. J. Bennington, of The Dominion staff) in the old Arawatta in 1878. Deceased leaves two sons, two daughters, and husband to mourn the loss of a good mother and kind-hearted friend..

The Victoria College Council, at its meeting last evening, accepted tho resignation of Mr."H. D. Bell, K.C., who is vacating his soat as representative of the Professorial Board. Mr. Bell will leave for England in March next, and as his absoncowill extend over'-the limit prescribodby statute, he has found it necessary to resign, '■ Members of the council were in their expressions of regret, it being generally admitted that much of tbo success of tho negotiations which had in the past, been opened up between the council and tho Government had been due to the tact and acumen displayed by Mr. Bell. Members placed on record their desire that Mt. Bell should see his- way to resume his connection, with the college on his return.