PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 432, 15 February 1909, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

His Excolloiicy the' Governor is'to open the Palmerstbn' North : Floral :.:Feto.- on. Wednesday, next j on -February;'24he.willbo present: .at tho Busli Districts Agricultural and Pas-' toral Association's: annual show- at: .Wood- ■ ville, arid.on February" 26-lio"-'.will bo in Wel-lington'to-.preside., at the./ Rhodes. Scholarship .Committee ; meeting, : , at:-, which, the -Rhodes; scholar for the year - will Bβ selected.' ;: During ;the latter part.of 'next -month' the Goyiernor will make a trip along tho East; Coast- , probably' atTupa'roa, or Waipiro Bayj' Waimatitini,, Te Araroa,' Te Kalia, Ohiwa. or\Vhakatane,! and fiuatoki. 5, '■:'..-. 7,' m Mr. W. J?. Massey, Xeader;.of;the : Opposition! returned, from Hawora ,to .Palmerston/. ■North.on Saturday.: //'.'V, .;'. ■'■■ i': '.'.-. V;": k, ;■ Sub -Inspector'M'6ratli; ; TPiincavb" Wellington S about Thursday, next to take'-up /his new duties. at:,Christclvur(A.:: ;■;:-;':; : : ;/.:-■ TJio.'.'.Bev;.'A. M.'Johnson, /vicar of ■ St; ■Mark's, lias been/confined-.lid, his'bed by. illness during thp'past fourdays. v Jle.:.ißnow progressing towards, recovery. ' . : ., '".; ;. . - : 'Mr.:G. V.Pearce, M.P. for Patea, : arrived in Wellington on Saturday,evening./ /He. is ■to, act-as one of tho.assessors in the compon-: ■sation case,'. Electric Light Company y./; the /Eltham Borough. : ;/ J ,; : ':•■:/ ■ S'.V' , '',■'.'''■'■ ■ andmile'championships at , the-New Zealand swimming : contests at Timaru,. returned, to ■Wellington yesterday./ He" will-bo tendered a i-wclcome. to-night ,by,'a-number ..of "Bwim-i ming' enthusiasts. r : .'■'' v-V , '■■'.[ ■ ..,.'■-/ /'■': ':. : / ,- The Hon.'/T. "Mackenzie 1 was entertained: at a : banquet at Balclutha'. on Friday night .by his friends and supporters,' in honour of his accession to, Cabinet rank (states a Press Association message).: A'nuniber of complimentary speeoheswe;rema.do,,and, , .the gather-. 'ing was a decided bucccss.',:;, \[ ~'.:..■.■ ■': Tho Minister.for Public : Work's. (the./Hon'. B. ; M'Kerizio) left Auckland:on Saturday for Wayb} , ! whence he willpo on to Wellsford , (states a':"Press Association message). /..The. party, -which consists of'!-.Mr;■.•■'■'and'" Mrs.' M'Kenzie,' , Messrs. E. ■ W;.'Holmes,; ■•'C.; E; ■Matthews; (secretary),,and JV-Ai Wilsons(dis-; triat:engineer), intend:. to, '.drivo; through Kaiwaka to'Maungaturoto,-' .inspecting, the country to' be• served by the-contralvlihe, and tho lino of theproposed'deyiation.-' ';'"' ';:■