PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 576, 3 August 1909, Page 5

PERSONAL ITEMS.

' ». , ' * k 'Mr. G. H/Marriner, director of the Wanganui Museum, is in town A. B Wright, Inspecting Engineer, has returned from Auckland. Mr. Cyril Collins, Chief Audit Officer at Auckland, is paying a brief visit to Wel--lington. The Hon. D * Buddo, Minister for Internal Affairs, will arrive by the Pateena from the south this morning. /Mr A C. Remington, MP., is still too indisposed to attend to business, and is not hkely to leave his i room in Wellington for some little time to como Mr. Stuart Richardson, City Electrical Engineer, who has been' on the sick list for the past week, will probably be able to resume duty to-day or to-morrow. ' The condition of Mr. Wastney 1 , accountant to the National Bank, who is seriously''ill,' at his home 'at tho Hutt, remains unohange'd.' , Mr. Wastney has been confined to his bed for' some weeks. ' A Greymouth Press 'Association telegram' , states that at a meeting of the newlyappointed Harbour Board yesterday 'Mr. Felix Campbell was unanimously elected chairman. > < i Mr John R PalmeT, Town Clerk, who underwent an operation last week, is making excellent' progress towards recovery, and expects to be able to get down to his office before tho erid of the week. _ Tlie Napier Borough Council- last light appointed Mr.F, Black, of Wellington, as consulting engineer- for the construction of the electric tramway and lighting services.— Press Association. Arthur Baldwin had an apopletio seizure whilst attending a matinee performance at His Majesty's Theatre on Saturday after-' noon. He was conveyed to the! hospital, where ho died the same ovenmg. ' The deceased, who was 59 years of age, leaves a widow and son. Mr. P. W Robertsori, son of Mr. Donald Robertson, Scoretary of the Post and Telegraph , Department, and the first Rhodes scholar to go from Wellington, is to take np the position of lecturer on chemistry to the Rangoon branch of the Calcutta University on October 1. (Mr. "Robert S. M'Gowan, who is retiring owing to ill-health from the position of Otago manager,of the Goi eminent Life Insurance Department, m a brother of tho late Mr John M'Gowan, Commissioner of Taxes Ho joined the Department in 1878, and was appointed chief clerk m tho head office in 1886, and Otago manager in 1890. While m Avcllington Mr. M'Gowan was a leading member of the Star Boating Club and tho Wellington Football Club About threo r years ago he made a trip to England for tho benefit of his health His successor in tho Otago managership will be Mr. M. J. Heywoocl, son of Mr J B. Heywood, Assistant Auditor and Controller-General