PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 483, 16 April 1909, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

The members of the Government (A present In town aro tho Prime Minister (Sir Joseph \\ard), and the lions. Dr. Findliiy, G. Fowlde, J. Carroll, and D. Buddc-, Tho Hon. J. A. Milt&r is in. Anoklaod, tho Hon. A. W. Hose Iβ elill »t Mastorton. tlio Hon. A, T. Ngftia at Rotorua, Jj" l ft" %' T -. M «ckcn7.io at Dunodin. lho Hon. H. M'Kchao was at .Knikourn last night, and intended'to visit fieddoii today, whore ho will inspect railway works. Ho leaves to-inorrotf For Wellington, and Is oxpeoted to arrive on Sunday. - '

Dotectivo Cassclls loaves this morning tat a.week's deer-stalking in tkc/Martihborougli district. ..':..- . -...' , '.'■■..'.'.'. ■.■"

Mr. T. A. B. Bailey's appointment as a stipendiary magistrate is notified ,in thk deck's Gaaotte. •'•; ■■ ■. ; /. ■ •■. <

Mr, James Comesky has been appointed registrar of births and deaths for the TJppw Hutt district, , ■.■ ■' ■ ; ■;; . ''■■■;', .',■

Lieutenant Shacldeton' wad entertained at dinner by : tho members of. tho Wellington Club last oVoliing. , . '■'■■. : ' •••

The appointment of .Mr.' John Thomson ae Chief Clork of tli6 Lands DepaHnlWit at Napier ie gazetted.' ■ ■.'•'■■ , ~ ■ ■ The Rev. .Tohh facklo, : of the Jbniifciet Chttrth,. has been appoihted all ofUciating minister uudoif the Marriage Act. /..'.;;■, ': Mr. W. Smart, suhciinteiidiug .cßginecjf of the U|iion Comjwuy, will ledvo oil ft;bMeinos9 trip to London by the Oontitliic ,ott Thursday hext, ,'. . : : . , , -'. ■~:■

By notice in this \veek'ii Gasiette a porttoa of tho reservo in the Htltt district, , near Treiitham, ndtf Md for tho purpbeefl of h rifle rnilge, is set aside as a post office Bite.;

i Mossrs. A. J.AV. Johnston Mid H. H/Fori have been appointed tegietrare of mrtluu deaths; and marriage in the Naseby'and Waipara districts'itspootiyely.; ' ... .

• Lieut. Shaekleton and Liouti Adams, of the Antarctic,expodition, leave for Sydney te-day by tho ltivftfitin. Micro te connoot with tho B.M.S. Indii for Eugknd. . ,

■ Mr. : J. H. ! A. ladder, who was in tiie service of the Wellington City Council eight* eon months ago,, has been appointed; Town Clark of tho borough of:.; Moraington, Dunedin.,' , , . . . ,•..■'.,-.

Tho llovi Walter K, ' Poolo, of. Fiji, lirother of Mr. C. Hi.",Poolo, M.P., arrived in Wellington yostehkt as a deputation os the Methodist Foreign |MiSßidm Mr. Pbold will spend four or fivi daye in ' Wellington*

The ttfe\\ Robert Wilson, Methodist 'raxtH' sterof Potoue, has applied for admission to tlit Presbytism Church. application, in accordance with the l&w of that Church, has,been rtitttttcd to'& (J6toffiittt*, ■ ;

Mr. "John Murray lias been.; attpoktott Deputy Commissioner, of Stamps and Assißir. anWJcgistrat of Companies in tho head office of the Stamp• Department. • Mi\.,C. H.'W. Dixpn is also gazetted a Deputy Commissioner of Stamps,,. ~ '•' V'' ::' .: .it is understood that tlireo/ charges of betting with infants are to ba preferred' agaltfst two of tho bookmakers, who were doing business at , tho pony rnoee at Mir&nittr on Monday last.: The eases are set down tor hearing next Monday week. . '■'-'■'. Mr.'K. Saunders, tt meißbtr of tbo "Lyt-' telton Times" literary staff, was (says a Christohurch Press/Assoeifttiftn, message) tho recipient of a premutation ' from hie colleagues yesterday inorflingi dii'tno occ&siott of his leaving for Englana with Lieutenant Shaokleton to undertake Bocrfetarial duties in coniiectioii with the production of ti book by tho leader of tlw Antarctic, expoditidil. ;. At St. , Paul's Pro-Cathedral yesterday,' Mr. James Stephens, of Wellington, Was married to Mies Ada E.AttkinS,'eeooftd daughter of tho late Mr,: W. J. Attkine,'of Manor Park, ; Essex, 'i'he bftdo wore a, smart frook ■or white cloth nnd a blue hat, and Was attended by two-bridosmaids, Miss' Ethel- Stephens, the bridegroom's hiece, and Afiss, Nell Attkins, the brido's sister. Mr, Coated, general manager of the National; Bnnk,: .jjavo the bride awfey, Mr. Philip Way wa» gfoomematt, and Mr. Bramfill acted as best man. Afterwards a reception wafl held et Mr; Stephens 8 house in i'inakorilload. , v '•-.;. .