PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 526, 5 June 1909, Page 5

PERSONAL ITEMS.

His Excellency the Governor is due back from the south this morning. , Mr. W. F. Jacob, of Kiwitea, Is leaving for , England by tho Tainui on June 17. ( The appointmont of v Mr. John Strauchan as Surveyor-General, as, from July 1, is gazetted. ' , , The Governor has accepted the resignation ( by Mr. J. B D Troudo (Wanganui) of hia appointment as a Justice of tho Peace. Mr. Alfred A Newman, representing Messrsi Raphael, Tuck and Sons, of London, u a visitor to Wellington. , With tbo arrival of the Hon. T. Maokonzie, j ■ irho is expected from tho south this morning, all the Ministers of the Crown will be s in Wellington. t The, appointment of Mr. W. P. James, S M., as ohairman of the Licensing Committees of Pahiatua, Masterton, and Wairarapa,' is gazetted. Messrs. H, A. Goudie and s R. G. Robinson have been appointed superintending nurserymen for the' North Island and South Island respectively. , t ' A Napier Press Association telegram states that Mr. W. Toffey, of Foildmg, has been ( appointed director, of the Napier Technical itSohool. jh,)/ U ~i \)A ,[„!,(,. ' Mr. J. J. Greahsh, oHheliterary'Vatf of the . ''Evening Pdst" was the recipient yesterday of a wedding gift from brother journalists on Tms DOMINION staff. Tho presentation, .was made 4V by tho editor of The Dominion. 1 *Mr. John Studholme.'of Coldetrcam, Can- » tei-bury, who was in Wellington this week, intends to leave shortly on y & visit to England Mr Studholme expects to be absent from New Zoaland till the end of tho jear. i ' 'Mr J K Logan (Superintendent of Eleotnc Lines) / »nd Mr. T." Buckley (Chief f ' Electrician of the Telegraph * Department) are at present in Timaru They leave for Invercargill to-day to install a new telephone Byslern. "■ Lieutenant-Colonel Kettle, who recently i retired from the p'osition of Officer-in-Charge of'the East Coast Battalion, took a formal ( farewell of tho Napier volunteers on Thursday evening Tho retiring officer in a neat spc«on hand.ed over the command of the battalion to Major Eislop, a capable officer who hae tasen , a keen and aotavo interest in volunteering matters here. , Mr. Harold Earlo, of the literary staff of ( The Dominion, severed his connootion with the paper yesterday, and left for Christchurch last night, his intention being to embark in another branch of business in tbo ' souths Previous to his departure, Mi. Earlo Was the recipient of a presentation of a travelling rug and case of pipes from tho members of the htorary stall of tho paper, > Mr. M. 0. Keane, associate editor, made tho presentation. On bohalt of the ataff, ho wished tho doparting comrado all prosperity. The twentieth appropriation by sale of ' £1000 by the United Building Society was hold last evening Mr. II P Ran son presided. .The appropriation -wentto Mr. 0. S. Watktns at 27 per cent. Attention is diawn in another column to a new weekly newspaper. It will be called ' "Daylight," and tho first issue is to be on , sale,next,Tuesday. Mr M. F. Barnett will be in control. ■ The Sunday tramway servico on the'WalStreet route is to be altered from to- , morrow onwards.* Tho cars will run between tho Town Hall , and Wallace Street every fif--1 teen minutes, instead of every ten minutes between Wallaci Street and Manners Street 8s at Tho first car from each terminus will leave at 1.48 p.m. Full particulars regarding tho Sunday services at the following churches will bo found on page 3 of this issue:—St. Paul's ProCathedral (Anglican), St. John's (Presbyterian)) Nowtown Congregational Church, Church of Christ (Riddiford Street), Church of Christ (Viviim Street), nnd.the Missions to Seamen Church and Institute; also tho / preaching engagements of tlio Rev. W. J. Mayors [Barnardo Homes). To-morrow, beJng Trinity Sunday, thero will bo two celebrations of tho Holy Communion at St. Paul's. At St. John's. Dr. Gibb will deal with i tho question <of Christian Prinoiplps in Businoss: Aro such principles possible 1 under' modern 'conditions." Anniversary services will bo held at Nowtown Congregational Church, with special preachers and appropriate mu<ic. The annual conversazione will bo held on Wednesday next. At tho Christian Chapel, Vivian Street, at 7 p.m. to-morrow/ Mr. J. J % Frunklyn will bcftin a short , sorios of addresses on questions put by" thoughtful persons. No. 1— "Why had Jesus to Die on tho Cross?" 'Aro railway men tiring of trade unionism? Ono might almost think so after perusing tho annual roport of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, just issued by Mr. Richard 8011, M.P., tho general secretary. From this is appears that tho membership of the society declined during tho yoar by 17,240, leaving n ship 'of 80.000. This is accounted for tin the roport by' tho formation of conciliation boards and arbitration, whereby thoso who joined durinn the national movomont'of 1907 I recognised that they would gain all they wanted without membership. London firemen waded wajst deep through a sea of oil and fat in their endeavours to qllenoh a fire which occurred in North Woot wich. Tho outbreak happened at tho works ' of a firm of otliblo oil refiners, and damage was done to tho extent of £40,000. Oil tanks containing 500 tuns of oil apiece, blazed in a ptronp west6rly breeze, and tho .premises of the firm roll, floor by floor, until tho whole pinco .was merely a smoking 'ruin.