PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 431, 13 February 1909, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

- ; The Prime Minister '■■ is" at Eotoriia, .the , Hona. D.Buddo, J.; Carroll, Dr. Findlay, and^(r. Fowlds are:in : Wellington; the-Hon'. : A. W. Hogg ; is. at Wanganui;'■;■;the ; ..Hon.. Thomas.Mackenzie'at;Dunedin:';'. the Hon. R. M'Kenzie 'at ■Auckland , ; .'and.' the .Hon.J. : . A. .Millar, ia en Wellington.-; ■.'.'' -0.'.-j'.. ,-,,■ ■:'■ ,:- -:■' V.' , .- :-'y-,-i,': ;>./ ;^:;--; :-Mv. James E:V Dykes 'will for. the. City '.Council in 'April.fi;.. j'y.[f,' : K :S? turned -to. Wellington: from Auckland yes'ter--' day.:mprning,.^; : ;: ;;.'■;;■;; / :::':t\:?'si:; :^:?>yV •.^^. v to the Dominion Museum;; is "now, dh'.the permanent staff .of'the .Library ;Mps-eunvV;;:>y.!'-i'r'■_'■■■■ .■;, .-.•" i""[';:■- ;,'r\.,/.J, v.-iY'.v'.,.' - .,;,' • Mr. Justice .Chapman leaves this afternoon', for ;P,almerston;.;Nbrth,-. where.; he; will..preside over; the "of the;: ; Supreme) ;which;bpen there oh Monday.;, :■.:,';;; -.v; i ; i';i■:■■Colonβl'■^G6i^ttn J '■^■of■^B^/^iTirllo■' : has! ; IJeen. seriously,:.ill,;, is: stillMnV.'ii .week estate iothealth^fithougli'.;he ■ .has;.recovered' from -the Effects,-of ..the operation.':performed .him :sdme;weeks,agp. ; v-/ .'■,■■'/..;■..:-;';;..;" v ';-' f v:'i: v3:.!;i;. : The Dunedin,"Competitions Society (says' • our 'special' correspondent);has' decided toi ap-' : point, _Mr. ■ J. : Howlett-:Ross; of .'elocutionary.;. judge, .'ahd' ;, Mr.- :r W.'-■:Arundel i Orchard,-or'Sydney; ;;judge'of'.;' instrumental', and: vocal .music/'.esceut; solo: wbrkj; of. which' Mr.;C:;:N.;>Baeyertz ; .has /been;appointed ar-:U;:!j^-"rVV^^:-vOHVfy*;;:? ', Earl';,Stanhopo,-; who has.'.been' staying" at Auckland; left thereba : .Wednesday•'forOSotb^' rua,: accompanied'by -Mr'/TViMilCarspnVl-The'' last-named; gentleman- is. accompanying yEarl | .Stanhope:; in-, his" tour, of .the,'. British; depon-: dencies.'.v;Mr: Carson; is- a.Momineniv golfer in Englandj ; .and"is-a" member;bf/;the':'Edin-' bu';gh'.Royal Burgess .Gqlf-'Society.J'.'-He'is: ■also, a-member,or'the/Imperial'LnitedSer-, ,yice Club,';;:;;:;.tt';v:;:. ' l 'V',H ; '-;'.VV'V'^K' : /-'U .' '-The following • changes among the \ Rbman' : .Catholic 'clergy of, Order: 'are'an-'. , nbunced:—Father ; Bowden, ■■' Thorndon;:': AVeliingt<)n,:;to? bo : ,Administrator '■! atv-■' BoulcbtV Street;.' Father' Herbert/''; Newtbwn/-'to..su'cj--oeed /Father ; Bowden; ,Father Macdonild, : Tei;- / m^ai--'.t6 , ;rep]^'-'Fatter-;Herbert'.;fFayier':li' : Tiiharu,'-: to"; go;;toi TemukaY '■■' Father; Smith jv.NelsonV'io'rep] ace'■ Jatn'fer-lie • -F!och; : . FatheivFiniicrty,'",Biickle:,Street,;: 'to,':proceed.-' to, Nelson, : v -At; present..nb changes take ■ place'.: amongst". thp '-'• secular :■< clergy: of;' tHe: archdiocese;-^;;^'A'-'V'^W'-'- '■'.'-■ "'-'fr'^:--' f ■ '■'■ ■■■ l 'The HoiLBD M'Kenzie;iMim3tor' for Piblib Works "-and- Minesj::arrived.;at:.Oh'akune.:last .night. en;rbute;;to the .matters - ceniected --'with ; his two , '--■'Depart-' mentg;--'-. Mr.';M'Kenzie; will;■ visit;-iWellsfordj' Paparoa,'- Mapiganni,;:and,, the" country■•' beyond ; the tofniinue 1 of (the- Dargaville-Kaihu' railway lino, and will inspect the Whangarei coal mines. Mr. M'Kcnzio will be away from Wellington for abbut'a""montfi,~and will probably return via Gisborno on • or about March 11. On -his preseiit tour the Minister is accompanied by Mrs. M'Kenzie Mr. and Mrs. M'Callum, of Blenheim, Mr. A N Poison, Mr. R. W. Holmes, engineer-in-chiof of the Public Works, Department, and Mr. C. E.' Matthews,' private secretary.

Tho following appointments to the Wellington Education Board have been confirmed by tho school committees concerned —Maranui. assistant mistress, Miss F. Roberts, 8.A.; Lansdowno, assistant-mistress. Miss I. lorns; Plimmerton, sole teacher, Miss E. Cooper, ICilbirnio, assistant-mistiess, Miss Enid Williams ; Ihuraua, sole teacher, Miss 0. Pattlo; Levin, assistant-mistress, secondary department, Miss P., Livingstone; Nikau, solo teacher, Mr J. Trainor, Korokoro North, assistant-mistress, Miss G. Gaudin, To Aro, assistant-mistress, Miss A. Barnett; South Wellington, assistant-mistress, Miss M. Hitchcock: Masterton, assistant-mistress, Miss E. Pinney, assistant-master, Mr. G. Macintosh, New town, assistant-master, Mr. G. Strack; Petene, assistant-mistresses, Misses F. Hunt and F. Ross; Clyde Quay assistant-mistrcßs, Miss H. Webb, Wainui-o-niata, assistant-mistress, Miss Nowton. At a special meeting of the Maranui school Comnutteo, held last evening, to consider further tho appointment of a headmaster for tho new school, it was decided, y , at votes to one, to recommend Mr. A. C. Blako (first assistant at To Aro School), ono of the selected candidates, to the board for appointment. Mr. Blake, who has been selected from a list of forty applicants, is a teacher of experience, and a successful record (' C certificate'). He entered tho profession as a pupil-teacher at Sydenham, Christchurch, m 1880, became fourth assistant master there mIBB4, nnd third tho following yeir. In 1887 ho was appointed first assistant at Waimato District High School, and first at Timaru Mam School in 1889. In 1899 ho came to Wellington as first assistant at Mount Cook 1 Boys' School, and was actmghcadmaster there during 1906 He was then transferred to Te Aro School, where he has been for tho last eighteen months, having been in ehargo of tho school for six'months of that period. As a teacher ho has been very favqurably reported upon by the inspectors, Becunng high percentages in his results, and obtaining to his credit a large number of scholarship winners nnder his tuition.