PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 567, 23 July 1909, Page 5

PERSONAL ITEMS.

AH 1 Ministers of the Crown will bo in town this morning with the exception of Dr. ' Findlay, who is at Dunedm, and the Hon. A. ,T. Ngata, who is at Huntly. ' / ] Mr. and Mrs.' W.-D. Lysnar, Of Gisborno, i are/ at present in town! \ Mr. C. B. Major, ex-M.P. for Hawera, is ' f ai present on a visit to ,Wellingtan. Mr. W. J. M'Gratli lias been appointed a member of'the Napier Licensing Committee Mr. B. E< Murphy has j been' appointed Registrar f or old Ago Pensions at lnvercargin. , , Dr. 1 ' Findlay (Acting-Postmaster-Goneral) will open tho new post office at Foxton on , August 2. Mt. J. Lomas, Chief Inspector of Factories, is expected back from the south this morning. The appointment 6f Mr. J. E.' Smith as Resident Commissioner at the Cook Islands is"gazetted,' , , ', Mr. R W. Percy is gazetted Deputy-Re-gistrar tof Births, Deaths, and .Marriages at ~ Kaiapoi. ' , i ' , Mr.'J. N. Grant, editor and proprietor "Examiner," is on a visit to Wellington, and is Btayiiig at tho Empire Hotel.' i Lieut. G. E. B. Mickle (of 'Wellington), of tho Royal New Zealand Artillery, - has been promoted to be captain as from' Decembor 15 last.' K _ Mr., E. Basil Jones, manager of tho \ Frimley' orchards, Mrs Basil Jones, and Mr.* S. Basil Jones aro~at present in town, Thoy aro staying at tho Grand r Hotel. , The Hon. O. Fowlds (Minister for Educa- _ tion), who opened the District High School at Pahiatua on 'Wednesday, returned to town last night. '» / ' SMr. T. W. Fisher, Under-Secretary for Native Affairs, is appointed-'president, and Messrs. H. M. Smith, of Hastings, and Ihaia Hutana, of Waipawa, members of tho Ikaroa Maori Land Board. A Dunedin Pross Association telegram states ( that tho caused by the death of Mr, James, S.M., will probably be filled on'the Hon. Dr. Findlay's return to Wellington, which ho expects to reach on Sunday noxt.^vMessrs. R. 'J.' Collins (Secretary to the Treasury); Donald .Robertson (Secretary, " Pos,tand Telegraph Department), W„ C. Kensington (Undor-Secretary for Lands), and Richard Carter (Seoretary for Customs) arc gazetted members of tho Civil' Service Offi- < cers' Guarantee Board Mr. Seymour, an' old' Wellington Collage boy, who served'his' time with Messrs. Cable and Co., is at'present third engineer of the Inveran, which vessel is now on a journey to Vladivostok, laden with railway iron from London for tho Russian Man'churian railway. In a letter to his parents at' Ekotahuna, Mr. Seymour mentions that while on the voyage through the Canal tho Inveran touched ground on three occa- , Bions, the last time for an hour.' The hoat was intense, tho thermometer standing at 120 degrees in tho engine-room. A pleasant little ''function took place at Barrett's Hotel last evening, when 1 the members of West's Pictures, No. 1 Company (inoluding the members of De Groen's Orchestra), presented the manager, Mr. A Miller, with an address and a gold sovereigncase; suitably inscribed. Tho presentation Mr. ( Geoff roy Nye, advance representative, who Voiced tho good feeling that had existed between the members of the company and Mr. Millet during the eighteen months' tour concluded on Wednesday evening. Mr.' Miller suitably responded. During . the evening the health of Air. and Mrs "West's" was drunk, with musical honours. Advantage was taken of the occasion by Mr., Young, an artist from Sydney and the fnend of all present, to present Mr Miller, with a" small oil painting .of one aspect of the Throe Kings group, off tho North Cape. The members of No. 1. company leave for Sydney by the Manuka to-day Mr.-H, Geo (a member of the firm of "Wests"), and Mr. Millor return to Sydney on Friday next. THE NAVY LEAO.UE, . ' -1 —' ♦— Always when one of his Majesty's ships visits the' port of Wellington, the local branch of the Navy, League is to the fore and doing, and to these movements tho Navy itself Teadilv responds, The present visit of HM S. Encounter furnishes no exception for, to-day, echool members of tho League attending the Te Aro, Mitehelltown, Brooklyn, and Thorndon schools are to visit the oiuiser by invitation of Captain Colurab. The visit takes place at 2 p.m., and Mr. C. W. Palmer (secretary of the-Wellington branoh) will accompany tho party. Also in connection with the branoh the Mountebank Dramatic Club has intimated that it is "prepared to give a throe nights' season 1 at the Opera House in did of the funds of tho league. This generous offer has been ac oeptcd, but the hon. secretary has suggested that'a fair portion of tho net proceeds of tho performance should po towards the work of extending the Victoria College buildings. It is hoped'that, with the promised Government subsidy, this wonld be the means of augmenting the funds available for the em-' ployment of people of the'building trade, that trade appearing to be the ono suffering roost from tho present dearth of cmplovment. The piece to be staged will be "Jane," an amusing three-act comedy, A strong cast Ims bVen arranged, and the piec» is now in active Tehcarsal. The past successes aohicvcd by tho "Mountebanks" gives even promise of a good season,' and it is fully anticipated that the coming performance of "Jane' will excel any of their pievious production* The theatre has been engaged for August 12, 13 niltl li \t least one-third of the net proceeds will be paid over to tho fund mentioned above. ' Commercial Travellers!— Make your trip successful by utilising tho New Zealand Express Co.'s services. They have sample rooms tinapproached for convenience, and con handlo your goods from end to end of Dominiou Office. 83 Customhouse Quay. CSH2