PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 441, 25 February 1909, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

-. 'vZ-'V Sir Joseph Ward, the, Hon. Dr. Findlay ( tho Hon. A. W.' Hogg, and-the Hon. T. Mackenzie arc in Wellington.. Tho Hon. J. Carroll is.'.at' Auckland, the Hon., J. A.;Millar ... v at DunediiiY the Hon. I?.. M'Kcnzie at' AVaipu, ana tho Hon. D. Buddo at Napier. The Hon. G. Fowlds returns"from the Itangitikei, and the. Hon. .A. T: Ngata -leave ■for ;.-. Auckland to^day. . Mr. T. Harlo Giles, Conciliation' Com- . missioner, leaves t-o-morrow for Auckland. Mr. 0. B.'Major, ox-M.P.'for Hawera, arrivod in Wellington- last- night. He leaves' ; . snortly on a-trip to tho Old Country. Inspector. Ellison,: who' has. ; .'Keen;on; three*-;'~l\ weeks'.:.holiday, leave, -returned "to town yes- ' . terday,. and ■ will; resume duty this morning. J Mr. E. Tregear, Secretary for Labour, who has been indisposed for somb days, rctuni'ed to the, offico yesterday. ' . .- ' Colonel Collins, Secretary,to the Treasury, has resumed' work .after; a-':holiday in Tara- ; - f .; naki: Y ...

■ Mr. T. 'E. Donne,.. Superintendent. of the . Department of Health and Tourist Resorts, is expected back to-night from llotorua. ■■'. Dr. Cowan (London) leaves to-morrow VVmorning on a tour ;of . the' 'Hot' Lakes' district. ; ' v ' . Mr. G. H. L. Cunningham and Mr. A. C. . M'Artnoy, of this city, will leave op.: a trip to.England by the lonic to-day. . " Mr. H. D. Bell, K.C., is to bo entertained at the Wellington Club on March, 9/ prior, to : his departure for London. ' '/■" --.\v' -JY. Mr. and Mrs. A. R.-Richardson, Mr. 0. P. ■Richardson,,'and Miss -IT; M.'Richardson, of; West Australia,, leave to-day for the Rotorua district,:via Napier and Wanganui. c: .- The Rev. C. E. Beecroft, president of the ■ Methodist', Conference,v has '.-arrived in Wei- ' lingtoh: to.; attend, theannual meetings of ministers and delegates. -' • .'"YY ■ Yi : Y , Mr. G. H. Lightfoot, former president of l O the Trades', and Labour /Council;'. joins, the : head office of the/Labour Department as from Monday next. . ' ..• ; " v

Mr. Vincent E. Rice, secretary , to tho Auckland Education Board,: who -has been granted six, irionths! , leave of absence, -.' arrived in town < by.- the- Waikare -. from: Auck- • land yesterday,'en route to England.. , ; Mr. Justice Cooper left yesterday for Pal-. merston.jNorth, where hewill:., hear. ; some.-; cases whtch could not be taken.,by Mr. Jus-,:: tied; Chapman, who has: returned to . Welling* ton to hear a case to-day. 1

The Hon. -T. -Mackenzie,: Minister .-for/Industries and Commerce,-arrived from the South 'yesterday 'morning,' arid-;afterwards wenti on to Levin in order to -be present/at the • visit of fruitgrowers;; to the Weraroa Experimental Station. "

-The Bon. Ai'-T. Ngata leaves for; Auckland by the 1 -through' express : 'to-diyWhila thero ho will meet the Hon. J. Carroll and discuss 'vwith:, hiriiVmatters' relating jib: the Maori Councils. He expects >to -be back again in tho.c&pital:next ; mbnday.afternoon.:; 1

• The Marquis and Marquise de Favernay, j from;. France,;; who. arrived £he ■Saturday,'^leave'-'t^mbrfow^morning-on'^a : tpu'ri .■;';: ,of ithe'-Hot returning'by the ' - .Wanganuiyßiver'.■'!; They .will be. about .a. fortnight.' , -'i; . -v;-;

Sir GTaham Hamond-Graeme, accompanied .by: Lady/ Hamond-Graomo, arrived, .in - :Aucklarid!'on Sunday ! ;.by;;the:'Victona'"_frbm : ;Syd-;:: '4 uey. Sir Graham, - whose: home - is'at Nor--..,. t ton, in. - the Isle of Wight; is on a health ; . trip.- Ho,-will spend most-of Mb . time _in the Dominion fishing and shooting, and will pro? . bably go lo Rotoma next week. : Sir Graham ; formerly- served--in-the- 16tK Lancers, and was engaged in the Abyssinian war of 1867-8., -:. ;

Mr.- George Benstead, -who -was recently apppinted'-direotor; of- the Kducaticli Depart* ment'g "special .school", for.. mentally --,deij- :. - ciont boys at Otokaike, is at present. ra ; Weh. , lington for tho purposes of examining candidates for admission to tho school. -He purposes atfdlltiipfrtho North (Island on a, similar;- .mission /shortly/--. /Mr.'/ - under-,-went SDebial-'trauiing'at .Home.to fit him-for his office. --'He- has 'made a< study;-or--- mental ■ ? scicncc for Ycars,'and has r|icld.various. .sOuOol-.-.-i appointments—headmaster and. ■■' supennten- , . dent of the lato Queen, Victoria School at . 0 Windsor,-': Culham Cbllegey Oxford,- and sub- • Bequeutly,.- amongc,other;-appointment?, _the, - superintendence: of ; tHe/' Chorlton;. and ;/Maxichester; Epileptic . Asylim at' Lancaster.^,. , - ij-.; ■ Mr. H. J. Bull, of Christiania, Norway, wbo arrived in. AucklaTid' on/.Sunday tnQ Sydaey boatphaß .had somo intercsting/'esr. ; the -Heralds" .' ; commercial loader of the Antarctic expedition - >? v : . of: 1893-95. •' Ho was -also - leader, and •••;. owner' in. oonnectiori with .the schooner Caw .... rine exiieditiori to the Crozet Islands, 190607; ia* search-;of; sea :elephants,. when that • vessel- was. wrecked on the Crozet group. Af- c fcer an experience of much hardship tor. ii weeks on fliese. lonely tn© party-,weTO. - ; rescued hv tho vs.s. Turakinai and-I^ded ; at ; , ; - Hobart; In 1907; and last'year Mr;-Bull cm"barked'on-. a-sea-elcphantihunting expedition r . in the s.si.'Solglint-(Sunbeam) ,to-.the Crozets. =; ;r and this . venture proved a ,very successful. one, over - 700 .tuns of oil..blubber, and; skins being' secured. Mr..-Bull's' mission > at pre- •- ,- sent is to see if .there,is any^possibility : of . / reviving tho old whaling trade in theso waters on modern lines.. /• .r;;.:';/