PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 559, 14 July 1909, Page 7

PERSONAL ITEMS.

With the exception of tho Hon. G. Fowlds, who is .at Auokland, and' the Hon. R. M'Kenzie. who is at Nelson, all the Ministers of- the Crown will bo in Wellington thie morningi ' Dr. "Unwin, of, Timaru, is proceeding to England as surgeon of tho New Zealand , Shipping Company's steamer Wakanui. A' Press (Association telegram states -that , tho Rev.' D. D. Scott, of Onthunga, has declined the , call to the Kolburno Presbyteiian Church, Wellington. The .Canterbury Cricket Association have appointed" C. Buckunham, of tho Ec&ex Cricket Club, as coach for next season.— Press Association. , His Excellency the Governor has accepted tho invitation -of tho Wellington Savagjj ; ,Olub to bo present at tho annual "Ladies' , Night," tO'take place.in the Town Hall, on Saturday, July 24. ' In recognition of tho heavy work imposed on tho chairman during tho present'rush of business, tho Auckland Stock Exchange has I voted Mr. G. A. Buttle, the chairman, two hundred guineas.—Press Association. ■ At last night's meeting of the Wellington Industrial Association, Mr. P«!ter Hutson, , ex : president ( - retired from active memberI ship, and was made a life member of the association. ; The Hon. D. Buddo, MiuisW for Internal Affaire, goes south this evening. To-moirow morning 'ho Mill meet a deputation from ( tho ■, Dtinedin Hospital Board, in, reference to a fover hospital. Hβ will also open tho j North Canterbury Winter Show at Rangiora, ; and will return hero on Friday morning. The engineer, who has been chosen by tho Lower Hutt Borough Council to supply the council with 'an estimate of the cost of performing tho tionching work in connection ' with the drainage (in view of contradictory reports from Messrs. Rix-Trott, and Mcason and Merchant), is Mr. R. L. Mestayor. Mr. and Mrs.'Charles H. Eastlakfl arrived by tho Athenic yesterday, with tho intention of romaininjj in New Zealaikl until the end of tho year. Both are artists of note, Mr. Eastlakc tains a successful Enslieh landscape painter, while his wife specialises in portraits and figures. Works by both artists havo been hung at the Royal Academy nnd tho Paris Salon. Mrs. Eaetlake is a Bister of Dr. Bell, tho New Zealand Government Geologist.