PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 440, 24 February 1909, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

| The Ministers in Wellington, to-day are Sir 'Joseph Ward, tho lion. Dr. Findlay, the Hon. A. W. Hogg, und tho Hon. A. T. Ngata. Tho Hon.; J. .Carroll is at Kaikoho, the Hon. J. A. Millar at Dunedin, the Hon. R. M kenzio at Waipu, tho Hon. T. MaoI kenzio at. Christchurch, and. tho Hon. D. Buddo at: Napier. Tho Hon. G. Fowlds goes to Taihape to-day. . •'• • ' : Mr. J. R. Kirk,' solicitor, of Gisborne, is staying at the Empire Hotel. : Dr. Arnold A. Izard will tail for. England oil Friday next. Ho purposes making an extended tour, of the Old Country and the Continent, remaining, away upwards of a year. •" ; K : r. Yesterday Mr. Orlando Nathaniel Collina Pragnell, of Mastorton, was admitted as a solicitor of tho Supreme Court by. Mr. 'Jus-, tico Cooper, on the motion of Mr. A. R. Atkinson. •-■: Mr. A. MacDougall,' the Victoria College candidate for the Rhodes; Scholarship, has received unofficial cabled'advice from England that he has passed the section of tho LL.B. degree for . which ho sat at tho recent examinations. , "'.Pi' Valintine, . Inspector-General of Hospitals, arrived in l'almerston North yes■terday from Hawke's, Bay and ;Pahiatua,- and . proceeded:: to ' the . New llymouth district/wliore ho will foniain for some aayß.- • ' • .v •; , v.. y: ? • E. Parry, of tho inspector's office of the Lmon Bank of Australian Ltd., who has been promoted-to the., accountancy of tho Gisborne branch, left for'that . town on Awnday. Before his. departure, his follow-' officers., presented him' with a"* handsome travelling rug. ,

'R«c<fflt caJters at the Tourist Office include Mr. AY..P. Squire (London), Mr. C. H. J. Schmidt (Queensland),; Mr. E. Best (Sydney). :iie Rev. W. A. AVilliamson (Bedford, Eng. land), Mr. Ernest Toy (Brisbane), Mr. Leslie D. Millar. (Melbourne); and Mr. 1 0. 'Oi Halritt (Bath, England). j) /: : ; Mr. J. Croshy Smith,, F.I-.5., of Inver- vV cargill, leaves ..to-day for Rotorua, via the Main Trunk line.. From Rotorua'he-will go : to Auckland,"and 'frorii that 'port to Great \ •Britain and.Europe. ■ Mr/Smith, who is well- , known as a botanist, will lecture on New Z-Da-land in Great Britain. .., • . ' ,v . ••

Mr. J. hutting, who has boon for the last nine years in tho Public Works Department at Gisborno, is to be transferred to the Dnnedin office. Mr.; Hannah, who was a clerk on the Main Trunk line,: is- being sent to Gisborno, whilst Mr. E. E. White; of the I '-- Wellington. office, goes to Gisborhe as assi>i ;• tant Clerk.;; ;. :t. Upon Sir Joseph Ward's return from tlie , north,: the newly-arrived. Chinese" ■ Cor.sol- : General .officially called: upon. him. Tho Prime- Minister returned the call in person" yesterday afternoon at the GrandJEotel, andspent some time .in; conversation with: Mr. - Hwang Yung Liang.. He describes tho ro:preservative of..China;as-an experienced man of wide culture, and a . very... interesting personality. ••

-_Tho Rev. J. W. Mackenzie, D.D;, a New Hebrides, missionary,; is; at present in' Wei- ■ Mgton .on furlough. Dr. Mackenzie has : been suffering from bronchitis in 'the; , and was attracted to New Zealand by reports i of its healthful climate. His original' homeia' Nova Scotia. ;; He' will remain about a, fortnight in Wellington,, after which, he will pay' a .visit to Dimedin, where llis soir lias been receiving his education , during-the : past two years.' : '. : v- -

, The .first young New ZeaJander to leavo. the Dominion in order to tako ud studies in TOtormary soignee, pathology; etc.,.' : under ; -Gilruth.'a<t theMeiibourao TJniverfitj'.wm be Mr. Hv R. Seddon, who leaves ;for, Melbourne .via Sydney„by the, Warri'mro .' on in day. Mr. ; Seddon has .for, five 'years . been in the, service of the < Agricultural De- ; paiiment,;;the-.laist .three •of which , ho, haa •• spent_in the. Pathological Laboratory at Walla cevule under Mr. Gilruth, late Pathologist ; ' and, thief so that 'he 'already ■ " has a , good grounding, .in : practical laboratory work. Mr. Seddon . has also . passed l '; his .. -meclical-prelimin-ary examination,, and .'may-.-;.be relied upon tefmake. the most 6f::hisWc3fent op- -' portimitios..':,professor;.; Gilruthdoubtless. .: will be _much'gratified.at so .soon having one ;of. his . late' laboratory hands joihuig him. as. his student at Melbourne. University.

. . Last_ night at the Sydney : Street- Primitive- Methodist -Church a. large number of members gathered to: bid farewell . to the Kev. B. Metson,: who. is on this, eve of his 1 de-' parture. for and rlso to. convey best wishes: on thj3 occasion of Ill's approach•mg marriage, Congratulatory reference was made to the, work done by Mr. "Metson in Wellington I Circuit.' During, an interval the guest of the evening was-presented, on behalf of. the _ Sydney. Street': and Northland Churches,/with' a handsome, silver tea senvice. The opportunity was also taken to ao. cord, a, hearty welcome to the Rot: G. Knowlos-Smith, from Scotland,- who is proceeding to the Dnnedin Circuit. During the evening Misses Embury; and Elsie Florence contributed .songs, whilst : addresses -''were delivered by Itov. J. Dumbell (chairman), J v Nixon, rJ.; Cocker, G. KuowlosSmith, and C. E. Ward, Councillor M. Mu> doch, and Messrs. I. Clark and J. Cable.

' Mr. Andrew j late ■-stationmaster ■ ft Timaru, has had a varied career. ; The, - Herald . states that lie was brought up on • the Ivoya Scotia,: Ming- grounds, and he has ever since taken an interest in the'.fishing industry.: . As a lad he, reduced fishing to a science, and through practical "investigation • as .to the. localities - in ' which different fish' were to be found at' varying- seasons of tho •. year, and the feed which they inost relished i: in . their different quarters; he : was-. always : successful with net nnd line. ;He had-found *- Now Zealand there were ■ fishermen '■ who made no study whateyer.:of their-call-rng, but simply, fished in a haphazard -way knowing nothings;about' the habits of fish lushing in such a. manner, could not produce -U the best .results. Since coming to the Do* minion, he lias not engaged in fishing: as", a means of hvehhood, hut at one time .he and : . : •ms owned a little vessel ili which' they, carried timber along tho coast of the South Island,, and he is convinced from the iish he usea to cat'ch for personal use when .7' on his little craft- that ; the "fishing 'industry could. - be' very' profitably carried out 'in the vicinity of. aimaru. , Mr. Graham first went to iimaru forty: years ago, when he brought a load of timber .to be used in the erection of a woolshed for Captain: Cain. ' Ho anchored his hoat where the .Ayestland ; Timber Com- - pan}* s ; buildings now stand. .

, A-number'of friends of Inspector - Dwyer and ,Mrs. ; Dwyer assembled in the . Chamber • ot Commerce hall, ; Christchurchy' oh Monday / morning, for,the purpose of making a presen™tlol},.to tho latter (states the "Evening • * < r " P-■ B'stop,,'who presided, - said; that- .taose present desired to 1 extend their, heartiest congratulations to -Inspector lJwyer on his recent? promotion. - Inspector Dwyer himself could not attend; that, day, for, thtf. police: regulations: wero;bf a : very stringent character, and perhaps it was as j well that that" was so. ■ That, however, did.not.make the fact any the less, that in' honouriiig Mrs. Dwyer. they .were'honouring In- ■ * spector, Dwyer as well.'. (Applause.) They •wished Inspector and Mrs. Dwyer happiness and success in tho new city, to which thev were going, and they could not allow the opportunity to pass w-ithout giving soma little - souvenir of Mr. and Mrs, Dwyor's residence ' in Christchurch. They . desired to express through Mrs. Dwyer, ? the, high :.est«m in -which her husband was held by his -Christ^: church friends, and their heartiest coneratulations_upon. his promotion. (Applause} Mr Bishop ; tiiou presented Mrs with a' tea-caddy- filled with what ho termed ."golden tips.". The caddy bore the following inscription: ■ "Presented to: Mrs. John Dwyer by a few j Christchurch friends on the. occasion of the departure of Inbpoctor : Dwyer and herself from Christchurch to Na- • pier,-22nd February, 1909." y r W War ward briefly responded ' on v behalf of Mr!" Dwyer.