PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 504, 11 May 1909, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

His' Excellency tho Governor, ntton'dod by Captain Shannon, A.D.C., was m town.yesterday., i They leave fonPalmerstoh North "to-day by. tho 11.'45'.a.m. express,i/»nd,' picking .'up Captain. Gatlibrne-Hardy and llr. .H. -.'C." Waterfield thero, will go on.'to' Waiouru, where they will break off and prooced across country ito- Lakoi.Taupo . for., a- week's .''sojourn 'at Tokaami; Following, that, • his ' Excellency will proceed to where", - on May; 19, he will open'tho Art Society's" show; On'the' :afternoon ; of May 20 ho will lay the founda-tion-stone of the new wing of St. John's College, and in tho". evening will attend a public meeting, jn connection with the Selwyn con-; tonary 'commemoration. On May, 21 Lord Pluiiket will open the new- building of the Jubiloo Institute for the Blind, and in tho ovening will present the certificates of tho St.' John Ambulance Association. Ho will preside at the opening of the Auckland A/i and P. Association's show, and attend otherengagements 'in oonnection with' Empire Day On; May 27, his Excolloncy. lyill leave for. the Cook Group in H.M.S. ,Challenger, probably : visiting Rarotonga,, Aitutaki;,: Mnngaia. eto., roturning to New Zealand- on June 17, in time for. the opening of Parliament. . The Hon. J. Carroll will bo in Gisborne to-day, the Hon. R. M'Ketkie at Motu, the Hon. J. t A. Millar oil his, way from Christchurch to;-the West Coast}. and the Prime Minister , and other Ministers in Wellington. : Mr., J., P. Luke, M.P., left on a visit to Auckland yesterday. . Sir...Herbert G. Chubb, of the famous firm of safe-makers, is again in Wellington. , Mr. William, Hobbs has returned to Wellington from a' visit to Rotorua and Auckland. . /; . Tho Hon. R.-M'Kenzio'lbft Opotiki yesterday on his way to. Motu, which he is expected to reach'this aftornoon. ■ ' . • Mr., Robert Parker has left on-a holiday trip to Rotorua, and will be absent from Wellington lor ten days. : -'V. ' Sir".George Clifford left for the south by the Maori last'night. Captain Bocowas also a passenger by tho. same vessel. The Hon; J. A. Millar, Minister for' Always- accompanied by tho General Manager of Railways, Air. T.'Ronayno,, left last night for Christchurch, on their way to Weatland to inspect this lines in that.province. Correspondence js passing., between > the Wellington and Wanganui liugby Union's relative to a representative match proposed to bo played in" Wellington on Thursday, June 3. So far the negotiations point, to a definite fixture. . ' •• . ' Mr. A. M. Burns. — sub-editor. , of the Christchurch :"Press," who' has been on a holiday visit to Auckland, arrived in Wellington by last night's express, and is to leave for Gisborno this, morning. Mr. Burns will roturn to Wellington on Friday.

. At a meeting of Jupp's Band last night, a presentation was made to Mr. D. Hamilton, a moinher of long standing, on tho occasion of his marriage. Tho presentation, which tool the form of a handsome'clock, was mado by Mr. W. Jupp, sen., conductor of the band, on behalf of .'the members. • .

Master Geo. M'Lean; Wilford, son of Mr. T..M. Wilford, MP., and at. present -a student at tho Wellington College, is leaving Wellington about the end of July for the Old Country, where he is going to study clectrical engineering. He is to remain in Scitlaiid for.fivo; years, spending six months of. each year at tho Glasgow Technical College, and the other half at tlio engineering works of Messrs. Denny Bros., of Dumbarton. At tlio end of tlio five years he will) put in another couplo of years at Pittsburg. Mrs. Wilford will accompany her son to Scotland, and will stay with liim for the first year.

Mr. , T. 11. Smith, who died 111 the Masterton Hospital on Sunday, aged 76 yoars, was well known for many years on tho West Coast of the Sonth Island, and also'in .Wellington and Wairarapa, as miner, journalist, fisherman, and politician. Mr. Smith saw much of the storm and stress of life. Ho mado'it his boast that ho was in the fight' at tho Eureka Stockado over half a century ago—"withi'otor Lalor, sir," and that ho was ono of the original members of the staff of a woll-known Sydney publication. His patriotic bias was pronounced, and among liisjnoßt treasured possessions were copios, of the London "Times" _ for Juno, 1815, announcing the Duko of Wellington's viotory at Watorloo. In politics ho took a keen intorest and once contested the Wairarapa Beat.