PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 418, 29 January 1909, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

; Tho Prime Minister (Sir Joseph Ward) ie on his way to Auckland, the Hon; J. A. Mil-, : lar As in : that-district, the Hon. D'r..Findlay-. .: is at Qhristchurch, the Hon. R. M'EenziVis at Nelson,, the.Bon. : T. Mackenzie is cruis?-,, : ; ingin theHinemoa,ithoßon;, A v T.- : Ngata .■■.}<; is in : the Gisborhe idistrict,; and 'the: other;.' .: , Ministers ■.. aro in /Wellington. ■:',. • ■-..', .-"■;\:"\.-; '■ >" ; ;■ ; '. ■-■'. ■: The Hon. ',Ti' .Mackenzie is gazetted; Com-- ; missibner. of State Forests..;: ; .''.';;i ; ;-V;; ?; l ">'- • ■'. ■■;'Mr! 'y. J. 'Eggleton is gazetted.a ;' 'man in the Weather and Dβ--.. .! ;Parteient. '~ / '-/■ -r-^-'l:;■;•.< \- : r ■'■/'.[ ; :.; : ' ■.'.■,."■.■..'.■■ 'Councillor Fletcher was last evening.'.ap-:? ... pointed to'the : Abattoirs, and ;Publio Health': Committee of the. City',Council.: r - ■■-.••.■ ■,-.:■,•,...;/-'- ■'■; ■ Mr. : John' Mexted- has :been: appointed'a , . trustee for the,Po'rirua' Public Cemetery, : ' Mr. J.AV'areham.(resigned). . ;.'■■ ,' i' , '■:'."■;,: .. 'Mr.Vand Mrs.'W.yCowern, of Haiyera, are' on -a visit to Wellington, and are staying at:' -■ ;the>Hotel>Cecil.v,;/;,-.;y- ; ': ; :. : lir. L/Do Groen,'conductor.of the 1 popular'-.. orchestral band in Sydney, leaves "Welling- .' ton; by the Mara"ma-torday. : ■'■~■: -..>,■■.■- •-.■;;. :-■■-'■' 'Mr. '..li; ;r - Ci' :Woolcott,: :: :of the :staff ; ;of ithe '' !• Sydney ."Daily Telegraph," returns ■ 'to; Syd-v■•:" ' ney : to-day, i; by;,the v Marapa;-.■■.. ,/,' ■ ; The Rev. Dr.Gibh is at present on a visit to Dunodiu.'.;• He is : expectea:backdn Sunday', l morning. : ' ; L ,:y -'-'^ : '-.-';<\- ; :-w-.C'% .Y-~r. :.■ .. Mr.' Manghaii Biirnetf has .been .engaged to . open the • new .organ the .Presbyterian Ohurch,': Maste'rton/ on 1 -.'Thursday.; oyening'; .•n«it'vi ; ';l;':^'.v : .'v : ':-v: : :.. : "\ ,:-■ ■''■■ ■':' ':.■.■ 'li '•''•' '. A Press Association cablegram from' London. ■■■'••. states that Madame.Melba will sail for.Aus-:; - ; tralia m the • .orient liner O.rbntes/. leaving■; : Naples ,31,: ; ; ;. V, '>~.;.;- •■ • -•■■:• -'k Y\ .'■ absence to ' : the ; fbllowingvteachi''rs:—Miss ". .■ .MerletjPonatahi; Miss'Ai'JKenzie; Newtownjv-.-' -' : Mr. Caigou,;Horbk'nvi.■■'■■■:••. '.■''■■ '__.;;•■ X; ; '■; . : .:vi>; • •' Mr. A. Fraser. has been' gazetted rotuming .; officer.for 'tho: first, eloctiou : of a member of;','.. the Foxtpn.Harbour Board;to.';rcnrescjitiitlie;-; '. borough Qi Foxtoh. ;.-■.■;;;■;;;::;':VV^':;,^''"'iV\ ; :-'^,:i'. .• .--.. Mri".-.''Ji 'A;'Macplwrson,lex-lt.P.;;Vas :en->','■" ■ tertained at a banquet at.Naseliy,.;onrWea-. .. nesday night, (states a PresSi Association telor ,' • gram), and presented .with a \ purse .of 105 ■ .sovereigns.'.. ■'■ ■■■■:■■ .•',. ■.-.. ~■■■' ;■ !.■.;.'.- .-.,•■,_;", •The-warrant, •■'--. Gilea, Patrick Hally,- and ■ James :IV. ■'■Triggs', V to be. Conciliation Comniissioiiers\uuder the" >; Indnstrial '■: Conciliation > and I:'.- Arbitration .v f' ■Amendment Act;. 1908,.'-,are'.-■■ gazetted -this.:. iwcek.v' , ' s '. 'i'". ■'- "'..'"■;.■■.•■"' ."■.';"■-. ■■-:..■,'" s .■■•'■'".'; ;'•■■■■' ;.; ■ '■ '■ ; At the Education ''-Board's''meeting' : ycster«'' :: 'V.'' day, the. llbbort .Uc) con-'.' gratulated the. Hoji...A.',W.,Hogg,..Minister '.. v:; for Labour,' oh his:elevation to" Cabinet Tank'/: : Tho Minister,:in ;returning"tha'nks'. for . tho": felicitations of his-'follow-ii:einbors, ' as ex- '''-.'.'■ pressed by. the clnivmanji-remarlcedithat hiS'/.f-V-' work'as-' , a'member of ' : the 'board' had, alwye'i:'' been a:pleasure to' Him;!.a circumstjn'cel due,' ,: ';- : in^-rio ; emall:degree, to tte pleasant'rela'tiona ; - :: which had always prevailed among the mom--bers. '.-■•■ ' . ;: '.- . " \/- -; •'-,.-. .■.-■-•; ..•■-.■:i-:. ~

Messrs, John Strauchon and David Barron (nominated by tho Minister for Lands), and tbo Hon. G. F. Richardson and Mr. C. H. Bridge (nominated by tho Council of tho Now Zealand Instituto of Surveyors) havo boon appointed members of tho Surveyors' Board. , , Tho following teachers have resigned fiom tho service ,ot the Wellington Education Board;— Miss Mead, Kohinui;- Mrs. Lock, Nikau; Miss Allen, Ihuraua; Miss Battorsby, Pongaroa; Miss Thwaitos, Gladstone; Miss Wilton, relieving teacher, Training College; and Mrs.Lindsoll, Shannon. Messrs!, T. J. M'lpern'cy, W. Bain, P. Stovcns, and S. C. G. Swincy have been granted an extension of their temporary employment as officers of the Electoral Department. Under tno Public Sen-ice Classification Act, the term of employment may be extended .should the exigencies of tho public interest require it. Mr. H. L. Fpwler, principal of the Nelson Boys' College, has been granted six months' leave'of absence,'and will leave for England in March next. It is understood that Mr. ,-G. Lancaster will be acting-principal during Mr Fowler's absence, and that Mr. and Hrs.'C. H, Broad will go into residence at tho college. Mrs: Fowler will accompany Mr. Fowler oh his trip. • With tho exception of Bishop Neligan, who has'not returned to the Dominion, all tho New Zealand Anglican bishops are at present in Wellington. ,Thcy have mot together to discuss several matters of importance, with Bpecial reference to the Mission of Help which they intend to initiate at the beginning of next year. They were in consultation yesterday and will be again to-day. Tho Primate,' Bishop Nevill, is tho guest of the Rev.,T. H. Sprptt and Mrs. Sprott. Tho Rev. Dr." Wilbur Chapman and Mr. Charles Alexander, who wore expected to hold a mission in New Zealand this year, have apparently decided to confine their efforts to the Commonwealth, where they will spend at least six months, commencing in April next. In a letter Dr, Chapman states: —"I presume it would be quite out of the question to go to New Zealand. I quite agree with you thut it'is hotter to do the work thoroughly in a few places than to mako so rapid a tour through the States and accomplish little beyond tho inspiration which naturally comes frora-such meetings." ' Mr. Bertram F. M'Kennal, the Australian sculptor, has (says a London Press Association cablegram received last evening) been elected an Associate of the Royal Academy. Mr. M'Kennal was born in Melbourne in 1865, He'studied chiefly in Paris, and has resided for some years in England, where has executed most of his memorable work. His special commissions include the war memorial at Islington; the great statue of Queen Victoria for the town of Blackburn, Lancashire; the monument to the lato Robert Landale at Working; and a bust of the late - Sir Edward Knox, of Sydney. He is an exhibitor at tlw Royal Acedamy, the New Gallery t and the Salon. He designed i the figures of the allegorical group for the'pedi--ment of the new, Government, Buildings at Westminster.