PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 533, 14 June 1909, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

It is understood {hat the Primo Minister/ accompanied by Lady, Ward and Miss Eileen Ward, willloavo for Sydney, en ronto far London, by tho Manuka on Friday next, connecting with the Ortona, which leavciSydnoy for London on Juno 26. ,>,,;' ; Captain W. E. JRubsoU, of tho Northamp tonshiro'Regiment, arrived 1 yesterday, and a staying at tho Grand Hotel. A Napier Press Association telegram' states that tho death occurred on Saturday of Captain Henry Kraeft, for many; yeare in: tho service, of tho Napier Harbour Board: . Mr. E. Coombcß, of the Sydney "Referee," will, arrive in Wellington by tho Moona on Wednesday, and will go on to Wnnganui to boo tho raoo for tko World's Scuffing Championship. . ' . :'. ' . .''. :'' Dr. J. Malcolm Mason, who •■ waa until lately presidont of tho CSvil Servioo Gob,, was presented by tbo members with a framoa photograph of the officers as a mark of Cβtoom. Tho presentation, woa mode by Mi. J» W; Kiuniburgh, chairman of tho committee." "■■.■'. > '■■■:■.'; :■.'■■ ■' ■'-•:■

Mr.,R. C. Hocking, a ranch-tfnyellod Lo»donor and a member of the British Esoonmtists' Association,'has taken up his roodenbo in Wellington. He is very interosted in propaganda work./andbaa definite ideas of,aiding the Esperanto movement, in this city. It may come as a surprise to many to learn how deep the roots of the' now language havo struck in England and on the Conlinr ent. At a recent coofcreaoe of Esperantists there;were enough Freemasons present toi Kork a lodge: (the third degree) an tho language. It has been indridod in tho Oxford local senior examination for ■ 1909, and is taught in the high schools of Germany. Ia Wellington there is a class < that etacGes under Mr. Epstein; and there aro claeecs a± Brooklyn and Potono. .Mr. Hocking intends starting an Esperanto class at tiio Y JU.CJL, and has in contemplktioa a class to bo eU tended by tibo ladies of Kolbnrne.,.' ;■