PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 415, 26 January 1909, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

His Excellency.the Governor has..intimated h'is intention of coming to town' to-day in order to bo present at the' farewell lecture to bo given by Lieutenant.Knox, of the Navy' League, tins evening! : . / ■' '

To-day the Primp Minister will bo on his way to Hastings, the.Hon, R, M'Kenzie" is in tlio Auckland district, the Hon. G. Fowlds is at Christchurch, the Hon. A- T; Ngatri is in the Gisborne district) and the lion. T. Mackenzie is cruising jn the Hinemoa.

' The Prime Minister leaveß for Hastings, via Palmerston'North, this morning. He will open the new. post office at Hastings tomorrow, and will spend Thursday at Napier, going oii to Auckland by boat .on Friday. .

". All the Ministers of the Crown who are at present in . Wellington will accompany tlic Prime Minister as far as Palmerston North to-day, for thepurpose of holding a Cabinet' mooting in the train.

Dr. J. M. Mason, Chief Health Officer, who is. at present in Christchurch, - is expected back .in Wellington on Saturday.

Mr. John Mihya.rd, the Pacific Cable Board's manager in the Pacific, is visiting Wellington in the interests'of the'cable. He leaves on Friday for his -headquarters'." at Sydney.

_ Mr, Justice Cooper, who has been spending the vacation at Auckland, will return to Wellington on Saturday evening. " .

The Wanganui Education Board has ap. ■pointed Mr. C. :J. Gii], : : of ■ Palmerston North, assistant woodwork instructor. :..--■

.Mr. G...M. Burlinson, manager of tho Woraroa Industrial School, arrived yesterday on a short visit to' Wellington. •

Dr. Pomare, who is; at present in Christchurch, after an official tour of the West Coast of the South Island, i 3 expected "to-re-turn to Wellington at the end. of this week.

Mr. E. B. Vance, hon. secretary, of tho Wellington Cricket Association, who; has been' on a business .visit to Auckland since December, will probably return to Wellington about the end of tho month.'. - • >'■■

. The Hon, A. W. Hogg is to be banqueted by the settlers of Hukanui on Friday, February. 5. '. Masterton residents will entertain hiin at', a garden party on February 11, : and at a. banquet tho same eveniDg... .

The Anglican Bishop of Auckland (Dr. Neligau) is expected to reach Wellington on February 17, .He will go right on to',Auckland, and steps are being taken to fittingly welcome him there. ..; ...:.'....;.

• •' Tho death took place at Wellington Hospital yesterday of Mrs. Ross, relict of .the late baptam Daniel Ross, of Perthshire.' The deceased lady, who was' in her -fifty-ninth year, was a daughter of the late Captain Jchn liame, pilot-in-ohief of Glasgow.

The. Wmton District High School Com. mitteo has recommended for appointment as headmaster Mr. Donald M'Caskill.B/A., who is at present'headmaster of .Fairlie School. Mr; M'Caski!}- graduated, at Tcmuka High School, wherp he,was^first assistant for four years. His classification is: 81, and he is spoken of as an able exponent.of field sports.

' Mr. G. : J,; Anderson, M.Pi for Mataura,' was entertained (says a Press Association .telegram.from Gore) at a social last night, attended,by representatives from all parts; or the constituency, and was' presented, with'.a 1 purse for, Mrs. Anderson, containing a cheque for £150, as' a ; token of the esteem of pis .supporters.- ".'.':•".■;■• ./;:' . '.."

A pleasant little'social, gathering of. membars of- the' Ancient prder of Foresters was held at St. Peter's last evening, when Brother A, Wkiteford, who had: com-• pleted thirty-three years' .'work in tjie service - of the_ Order, seventeen as district, treasurer, and sixteen' r.s .district, secretary, v was ' presented with'--a'.handsome' gold watch, chain, and pendant, by Past District. Cluef Ranger Brother G, Key, on iehalf. of: the "distrwtf courts in the Wellington provincial district. About 150 members' of the Order were presenji. .-': .'■' .".'"..•"": /'/

A Christehnrch Press Association telegram .sates, that the -Board of v Governors of Canterbury College" yesterday resolved that ia consideration of his long, continuous; and distinguished'service, Professor C. ; H. H. Copk be, 'during the pleasure of the board, appointed an Emeritus. Professor of Mathematics. .The board adopted' the recommendation of'a special committee declining to appoint Professor Bickerton Emeritus' Professor of Professor Bickerton's tenacity of 'purpose in . advpcating.'his theory xs* garding partial impact was recognised....- / •

The Rev. Thomas Perkins, formerly -of New "and Nottingham' Colleges.':lias' been unanimously' nominated by the 'executive:.of the Colonial' Missionary: Society t.Q-the charge of the_ Congregational Church .aV.St/.Cjair, Duncdin. He hopes to: enter upon .his minis-try-.on tlio first in March/ The Key.' Dr. Garvie (chairman of: tho society), "tha Rev. Principal Ritchie, and",.others * regard Mr. Perkins as a preacher of-unusual promise; . Mr. Perkins, who is 30 year? of age, is unmarried,' and is a native of tjie:County .of Carmarthen- ; ' '.-..■■" ■■■i'_"-.-\ : '.:'- : --/'

/The "Hawke's Bay Herald": records.' the death:'of Captain Keiirick Hill, which took placo . at :his:. residence, .. Poraite, en. Sunday,.., at ■ the age of 79..years.' The' deceased was. born in, the,. North of Ireland, and ps a'son of Mr. John. .Hill,,' of. Bellagby. Castle, for oyer : ;fifty' -years-magistrate for the counties of Derry and Antrim. Captain Hill was educated at the Grace/Hill. .Academy,; .and joined' Lord 'Donegal's .Regiment'' In/1855:; he was 'gazetted- to tho./31st , Regiment, served;, in the Crimea for six months,/and' afterwards accompanied his regiment to Malta,; Gibraltar, arid otlier posts. . He exchanged to the 14th Regiment in 1857, and came' -to/New Zealand; ju 1860,, and. -went through a five years' campaign in thp.'-Maori Wars.: He then ; sold' out of the armyy- and ■settled down as. a' sheepfarmer-'in. this .province. For twenty years Captain, Hill; in partnership with Captain Gordon, had a run. on tho Heretaunga Plains. In 1893 Captain Hill purchased his'partner's interest in the latter property, and leased it to his son, Mr. Dudley Hill, and purchased the- property where be resided till his death. -He married a daughter/of the latp"Mr. Charles-French, of Dublin, and is siirviyed by his wife and two children, the latter being Mr.' Dudley Hill, of Fernhill, and Mrs* A. S. G; Carlyon, of Gwavas.; //// ;