PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 430, 12 February 1909, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

. To-day. the -Prime Minister will be in Rotorua; tho■ Hons.; D. - Buddo,-Dr. Findlay, ■ and G. Fowlds, in, Wellington; the Hon. J. Carroll in Otaki; .Hon. A. W. Hogg in Mas-' terton; Hon. T. Mackenzie in Duncain; Hon. R; M'Konzie, en route from Wellington to Auckland; Hon; J. A. Millar at Rotorua, and . tho Hon. A. T. Ngata at Gisborne: • ' •. '•• •' Mr. Justice Chapman leaves to-morrow for ':.:); Palmer ston North, to' take .'the'circuit' sit- : tings there on Monday. 7 "° ■'■■. . Tho Rev. F. \W: Chattcrton, principal-of To Rau: College, Gisborne, is at present in Wellington on a holiday trip. 77/. ..7/ Mr. Henare Kaihau, M.P. for the Western Maori.electprate, is at present .6eriously . .' v ill, and grave fears are entertained as to his >-.> recovery. ;' -•" '.; )■>,';77 . Tho Hon. G. Fowlds,- Minister fo'r':Mnc» .:■;• - ■ •tionj;will/leave■for '.Christchurch to-night"tc7-' unveil -.the'/Seddpn;, memorial, tablet!"on;tbe'7V Technical Collego hall, and distribute prizes and; certificates. Mr. Fowlds will be..in.. Christchurch until Tuesday. :. -./ : ....7' ; .7''7 ■ Archdeacon iFancourt' is not sufficiently ro-/: ; • covered. from _ his illness to preach- at tho. opening service of the now Wadestown Church to-morrow .arterndoni" .' The ; Rev. T. : 11. ■ Sprott. will act in his stead, and. the Archdeacon will probably, preach• at tho ser- ': vice on the following Wednesday evening. , . Mr.> W. H. Donftth, : who ; ,has been oon- . nected:;.with ..the' sales-' staff ;?of ; --Lindsay!B;',';':s Ltd., Lambton Quay, for ;some..time;, leaves Wellington'.about : the. 'second ..week., 'in, March. y v .j . for. tho United . States,' via iMelbpiune^: S\ih-;;.' Vsequently 'he will visit England and; the ]far. .! East.: i:. ~■'; ~ ■ '■-■': ■; Tho resignation of Mr. G. H. Light-foot' Aa *■' a _memberr.:of■;the '.Trades.;. Council' was .r&- ■ ' :ceiV(id at .last night's." iiieetragiM:'-Itcwasi'de^-:;>■■■'■ cided to Deceive,-the;resignation TOth/regret.V -i' and'*-to . fonvard .-Mr./;Lightfoot7a " letter' thanks for lus past services. - Several mem- "■ bers spoke in high terms, in appreciation of • his.work. > <?\7: >7'

Much regr'ot will be expressed: at - the news' of the death yesterday of ilr. Herbert' Bridge.:, eldest son'of Mr. 11, ,13. Bridge, of Oriental Bay. 7 The' deceased, who has been' in, failing ■' healtli: for. some" tiiiie past, : was .'well-known in hoclcey 'circles, ■ having for many yea:rs acted as a referee in all -the principal- matches played in' Wellington. • He was only 34 yeara of age.. 7- "77. "-' 7 - - Niiio. months'. leave of absence has. been granted to Mr. Gi L. Cook, district engineer. for '• the: Public ' Works .Department i,for. 1 ! ths Stratford.district.v.'Mr. Cook intends leaving on a trip to » England by tho. P., and 0. ste'amerTMalwa:;neH. Kis7'absence Jfr. C. J. M'Kenzie, who;has been; in' charge of the southern-section of' the. Main ; -Trnnk- line, will ; assume-Mr7 .Cook's' duties :in Taranaki. ./v : 7;"' ,77. : 7'.'77- '7v -The ifplloivirig public appointments ' llava . been gazetted :~Wm7Kerr, to be Stipendiary. Jlagistrato arid; Registrar of the • Supreme Court at-Wanganui, vice R: I/. Stanford, re- - tired; • John : Wood-.Burgess,, to: bo harbourmaster and pilot-,atTPictoh; Ivy Grant Russell, to be; Registrar of' Electors. for Awn.rua; Chas. jEvahs7Bennett; : to'.be ! chief7accbuhtant' in:;the Roads Department, Wellington;' and Constable Fras. Leonard: Holland, to be an inspector.under the Factories Act, 1903, and tho Food and Drugs Act-, 1808.

. .Mr. ;Ja'ck London, iriovelist;' ,/writing: from- Tasniania.- to. O'.fri.end in Christchurch, says'^Unfortunately: my" illness has 1 boen .more, serious..than at.first appeared,. Tho doctors 'don't know Vanishing about it, and frankly .'say so.'7 So.: senous is;it .that :I have cancelled .all : arranged,'; lectures'/in and have.declined to make .aiiy .public appearance whatever. : This illness has compelled' jne to ..abandon, the" 'voyage, of the Shark, so you .'seojit is'nolaughing, matter; Therefore, I shalljbe".uuable.to give/any ,lectures'in' New. Zealand*.' I expect to bo over there somewhere, iii' the: next -month' or. so 7 and to sail from there to tho United States." .Mri.'.B!. Campbell,!, who -has ; complained to' th©: Federated Trades Unions; against-his'dis-missal- from . Government works at ■ Domett, following/an-agitatioiv amorigst .thejworkiheu, has- been/prominentVin labour matters for some yeare past. \Ho took.a leading part.inaa agitation.' amongst the,''cooperative lahotiref a on':^tlfe : ';North;;'lsland\Main/'.Think'--.;riiilway'; works,- and later he was one of the speakers oa behalf of. the , unemployed deputation that waited;-upon .the., : Primo. Minister in Wellington. ,He formed.the union .amongst tho;co;' operative;workers at Domett. /He has taken ■ a.promirient part in Political Labour.League' matters in the North Island. Ho claims' to' bo ono of.the- originators of the New South Wales';- Labour /party, - and tho founder-'of..the. Labour, party in -Western Aus-; tralia. 7,' -/ v:.///,7

: The coming; of ago of Mr.-Wm. ; AVardrop Waddilovo, son of Captain AVm. Waddilove, of; ."Silverhope,'.' Roseneath,: was .made the occasion 'of a bright social gathering last evening. tThe.gnest of. tho ovcning, .who.'re-'-eeivt-d many tokens of; est«hr,tb taiirlv the occasion, will be remembered as one of tho 'survivors of tho' ill-fated barque Pitcairn Island,: which . was. burnt off Cape Horn: soma two years ago, when 1 thirteen persons lost ; their. lives.~ Those,-who, survived, including young Waddilove, 'suffered untold -hardships and privations during,a fourteen days' drift' 'off; the. coast of. South America;,.. They eventually picked up and taken to,' Valparaiso, and.'whilei .they ; , -.were/'^undergoing;'t.fe'atme'jit tliere the ; big-earthquakes 'occurred, demolishing the hospital.'";' The .authorities .transferred the; patientsJfrom the .ruiiis to the; gardens, where rou;;h : shelter was provided until such time as more substantial protection could be pro.vided. Since-then, Mr, has returned . to , Wellington,.-and-, regained his health. Among those present: last evening was Mr. Claude Lambert,-of lirooklvn, who is also a survivor of tho Pitcairn-Island and tho .subsequent troubles. v—