PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 486, 20 April 1909, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

With tho exceptions of tho Hon. J. Carroll d and the Hon. A. T. Ngata, who are at e Huntly, and tho Hon. D. Buddo, who is at 1 Rangiora. all the Ministers' of ..tho Crown c are in. Wellington.to-day.,' v v ; v ; Tho Hon.' J. Carroll, Native Minister, is 1 expected to arrive here to-day from' Auckland. ' The Hon. J: A. .Millar,"Ministor 'for Railways,'returned'from tho .north/yesterday. Mr. A. S. 'Adams, who has been in Wellington for a ; day/or two, - returns, to Dunedin to-day; s , i,. Oar ..Mastorten• correspondent-states that Mr. J.. Franklin, of Christchurch, : has boon' appointed OTaitegorl'^.thci^VH^ainfted 1 Bkotahuna Farmers' Co-operative 'Association.; ' Mr. Howard Carr, the able .musical direc- i -tor of. the. Royal',Comic Opera; .Company;, was , married;'to/ : Miss Trixie, Tracy,: , a 1 young .lady well known in tho world of Australian letters.;, Mrs. Carr is accompanying her husband on the present tour of the company;' /' ./,', ,7,', ; ' Commissioner M'Kio, head of the Salvation 1 Army's work in' Australasia, has been transferred to take .chargo of its operations in Sweden. The commissioner, has been in poor health for. some months past, and 'it is con- •, lectured that- the -liow command—which is loss important than thoGG of Germany and Australasia—jvhicli, lie lias already held, ! was probably chosen to relieve: tho strain upon hiin for a period, or else for a temporary appointment. / ' . /:', .' V The funeral of the late Mrs. Jas. M'Lellan took place at the Karori Cemetery yesterday afternoon. A servioe was oonducted at the residence'.in Abel Smith Street by' tho'Rev. Dr. Gibb, who also officiated at the graveside. A large number of people attendedthe funeral, included being the Mayor (Hon. T. W. Hislop), the iviiolo of_ the staff of Messrs. Lysaght, Ltd.', of which firm' Mr. M'Lellan is manager, and representatives of all tho hardware houses and foundries in the city. Many will regret,to learn that Mr. Alfred Hill,. tho talented musician, composer, and conductor, who has been seriously ill ; for 'some 'four months past, is now in, suiih serious'.condition that the;worst' is feared. ; Mr. Hill, who has been operated on twico lor empyema, suffered an attack'of" hemorrhage on Saturday. On Sunday night, it was, feared that ho would , not last through tho night, and tho family wore summoned to tho private hospital in which lib lies. He rallied slightly yesterday, and there is still faint hopo that he yet may pull through. ■ . A Christchurch Press Association telegram states that Constable S. Howell™, who has been connected with tho Christcliurcli police for many years, and who will retire this week, has had a long .and interesting career in tho force. In 18(33, when a young man ' 19 years of age, ho joined the Royal -Irish Constabulary, and remained 16 years, attaining tho rank! of sergeant. Ho wont through the Fenian campaign from 1864 to, 1869, and retired from tlio constabulary/ in order to com? to New Zealand. On arrival,hero ho joined the Now ; Zealand Police Force. • In : November, 1881,' lie was . transferred. .to Christchurch. : For more/.than" 13 years ho was stationed at' St. Albans, raid for tho paslj 14 years'has.'fceen.at Richmond.'- Ho has received several rewards for efTicient servicoi Tho following appointments of teachers J wero ratified; at a meeting of tho Hawke's [ Bay Education Board yesterday afternoon (writes our. Napier correspondent) i—Miss F. ; Cook; probationer, Waipawa; Miss I. M. ; Baldwin, probationer, Dannovirko' N.; Miss \ N. O'Brien, probationer, Woodvillo; Miss A. | P. Brogan, probationer, Mahoraj Mr. F. C. Palmer, probationer, Tipapakuku:' Miss K. ! I. Reid, Miss M, J. Campbell, Miss L. R. ; Anderson, pupil teachers,, Napier; Mr. B. Taylor, pupil teacher, Takapau; Miss . : M. ICoys', assistant, Dannovirko S. ; Miss 0; M. . Earl, assistant, Puketapu; Miss /H. Hogg, i assistant, Gisborno; Miss F. M. Baker, asslsr tant, WaipawaMr. W. H. Powell, assistant, , Port Ahuriri; Miss G. Y. M'Lellan, solo ; teacher, Lindsay. . 1 Jlr. T. H. Hamer, who is retiring from tlio 1 ofiico ot/Under-Sccrotarv for Mines to take tip 1 an official ]>osition in London, was enter- ! tained at dinner at the Grand Hotel , last '■ evening by a number of personal friends. ' Tho function,' which was presided over by " Mr. H. C. Towsloy, was purely a private ' affair. ' There wero present Sir Joseph 1 Ward, K.C.M.G., Colonels A. W. Robin, • C.8., and It. J. Collins, V.D., Dr. Fitchett, " and Messrs. H.' Beauchamp, W. J. M'Cabe, • H. J. H. Blow, W. J. Bridson, Allan : Maguire, J. W. Poyntoi:, W. R. .Morris, )'I. " Focko, Dr. W. A. ■■M'Artliur, W. C.'Gas- ■ quoino, R. W. M'Villy, C. ,E. Mitthows, ,T. ' Hislop, W. Callender, W. M'Cullough, P. " Heyes, P. T. Russell, F. Waldegravo, R. 'M.' Simpson, W. C. Kensington, H. Gilmer, - J. D. Ritchie, J. Henryn, W. Dinnio, J. K. i liOgan, T, Hamer, jun,, F. K.' l)o Castro, - T. Tliompson, Captain Seddon, Drs. Hay and | Gilmer. Earlier in tho day Mr. Hamer. was ' mot. by his follow officers of tho: Mines Department and presented, with a ohequo us " a token of tlio'esteem in which bo is held; j by those wlio have been associated' with biiii „ iii tlio service.' Mr. Hamor leaves to-morrow jjjy tho Corinthk. .....

Mr, and Mrs. G. Ward, of Calcutta, art visitors to Wellington; at; present. ; Mr. Wasnoy, accountant of tho National Dank, is recovering" slowly from his illness. ; Miss Mina Caldow, who is going to England ' to study singing, leaves by' tlio Corinthio on, Thursday, in company with her mother.. ' Mr, P. Dunne, for several years editor of, the "West Coast Times'," Hokitika, has . been appointed editor of the "Horowhenua Chronicle," at Levin. '. V. After the service at tlie Now Century Hall , on Sunday evening, Mr. Win. M'Lean, presi- ' dent of tho Wellington • Association of Spiritualists, was presented with a 'gold sovereign case,; suitably inscribed. He had previously rcceivod an oak writing desk and a gold fountain pen from members of the association. ' • Says our Palmerston correspondent:—Consequent upon his early departure for tho north, Mr. S. W. Luxford has resigned big position upon tho Palmerston A; and P. Association's general committee. Mr. Luxford was first elected to, the- committee in 1896, and has been continuously in offioci 'since. ' . • ' i. V. Tho Rev.' W. L. Gwynno.. of London, joined the Shaw-Savill liner Arawa at Cape Town, and made tho journey as far as Hobart.' Ho intends coming on to New Zealand, by l fcha same company's liner Tainui,- which ;is duo here about the middle of next .month, to conduct a series, of lccturea and make inquiries as to the prospects of immigrant* coming to tho Dominion, 1 ,