PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 585, 13 August 1909, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Ministers of the -.Crown.' who will' be out of town 1 to-day; are the Hon. J. CarroU, who will.'bo eli route for Gisborne; ■ Hon; ; T.Mackenzie, who .is ; en;route-for Southland:' Hon. R; M'Kcnzie, who 'is in Southland;, and Hon. J> A; Millar, who is at Dune'din. '. Mr,:J. H\-barker, and Miss Barker, oi Hastiligs, leavo on a trip to Australia by tho Moana to-day. ■ Father V. Geaney, of Mepanee College,, Hawko's Bay, will leave •Wellington on Au-. , gust' 27: en route'for Home, where he is ' to completo liis theological studies. -.'-J Messrs. C. H. I'oolo. H; Poland, and R. B. RosvM.P.'s, are iu town. ' 'Mr/-Poole leaves on Saturday moiiiing 'on his return to Auckland, and Mr. Poland will go north to-day. . Councillor M'Laren, who is laid aside with a. cold; and Councillor Trevor, who iniet with \an ! accident recently;.were' granted' leave of absonoe. at last night's meeting of .the City Council. .;,., Mr. and Mi's. J. H. Bradley, of Pahiatua,will leave for Sydney,/en route to England, by tho Manuka on August 27. At Sydney they will_ connect with the Afric, which proceeds to ; London via Cape Town. Commander C. R. W. Brewis, of the Royal Navy, arrived from ,Hobart by tho Corinthic oii' Wednesday, and left- for London by. the Athenio yesterday. Ho is at present on furlough., . Captain A. Anderson, who/has been promoted from, Wellington to. bo acting-super-, intendent for tlio Union Company at Sydney, leaves for that; port by the Moana to-day. Ho is being succeeded hero by Captain E. Stutt. Among thoso diwncd near Table Day in the wreck of the. Shaw, Savill and Albion steamer .Maori '.-was Mr. H. Hutchison, chief-,refrigerating engineer. He had beon.in tho service of tlio company for j 20 years. .- .' ' ■' ' '. ilr. Peter Thompson, of t-hb head offico staff of the Bank of New Zealand, If,is boon promoted to an inspectorship in the South island. Last evening lie was cntertaiucd by a'fow of his Khamlallah friends at the residence of Mr. W. R. Plimmer, and during the evening was presented, with a oase of lioowo pipes, as a token of the affection and eatoem in which he is held in the pioturesque northern suburb. . On Friday, August 20, a meeting is to'be held in Auckland for tho purpose of making a presentation to Mr. W. F. Masseyj M.P., on behalf of his supporters throughout tho Dominion. Mr, James Allen, M.P. for Bruco, will mako tho presentation, which ! will tako tho form of a handsome memento to tho Leader of tho Opposition, ■ and his wife, and also tho presentation or a chcqtio 'running into four figures.—Press Association. Tho Hon. James - Carroll, Acting-Primo Minister i who arrives at Giabomeon Satur- : day, will bo present at the official taking 6ver of the Tuahino' lighthouse. Ho.; is to bo entertained at u "social"' next Tuesday evening, and will then bo presented with an illuminated address, congratulating , him upon his accession to the Aotiiig-Premier-ship. All the local bodies of the district aro combining to mako the function a success.— Prcsß Association. , Mr. E. L. Burgess, who has been for 17 or 18 years a ■ helpful arid • regular' member'' of the Wesloy Church Literary and.Debating fkioioty, Mid' who is about to toko up-work in tho Waitotara district wider tho Church of Eugliindj was "fareWclled": by th 6 society at a well-attended mooting last evening. Tho bresident (tho Rev. S. J. Sorpell); Messrs.. J. H. Hell 1 well, J. W. Black, duller, Keiu, dail ( and R; B ; Williams paid tributes to, Mr. Burgess's services and character, and a handsome travelling rug wos presented to Mr. Burgess. Several songs and recitations were givon. ■