PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 635, 12 October 1909, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

nntJ Af ?". sa 8 e from AuckknaV announces the death of, tho Vcn. Archdeacoa . ■' Floyd, at Suva. The message adds that the body is being conveyed from Suva to Lcvuka.. i M i r, J" ° f ■' Northland, leaves for Eng. land by tho Orniuz, from Sydney, on October Mrs. E. Hudson, juu,, who is toeing tht solo part in "The Song of Miriam" with the > Wellington Choral Society on Friday, evening, nas arrived,hero, from Duhodin. Tho Hon. J. A. Millar has accepted an invi* tetiori to attend the Social gathering of th» Painters' and Docorators'. Union, to bo held u the Alexandra Hall on Friday night. ' - ; Dr. Bell, Director of the Geological Surrey, will pay a short visit to Taranakf next week., Dr. Ogstoh (states a Dunedin tclegTam) rtv tires voluntarily at tho end of the year front the position of district health officer forOtagf and Southland, on'tho ground that he "did. , no! care to face another winter of arduous c6un« ' •' try .work with both inspectors cut off. •■.'".-■ I Mr.i Edward. Marsh.Williams died at Pukehou yesterday at the age of 91, says a Presl , Association message from Napier. Ho was oni ' of thoso who witnessed the. Treaty of Wat, : tangi, and he- was employed to- obtain the ■ signatures of the Maoris to it. Hβ was, for > . many yoars, rtsidont magistrate at the Bay. of Islands anU afterwards judge of tho Nativf : Land, Court. On his rotiroment ho resideo at Auckland; but eventually gettlcd in Hawkc'i Bay.'. ■■.;•■ .. . '..- ~'.-.:.:" • Mr. H. A. Wild, 'shipping clerk in tho local i Customs office, is. under - ordors to transfer to . Auckland; and his place'will bo filled by Mr. : , J. H. Chapman, of the local Longrobm staff. .; ;' ■At the meeting of the Kastbourne,Borough ;".'. Council held on Saturday evening a resolution of , sympathy was passed with Jin and ,Mrs, ; ; Frank Wills, .who recently had tho misfortune,,.■: . to loso their daughter '(lire. E. Dodd), ". •-,'; : • Messrs. Richard and Hubert Spiers, sons.,'of ' ',-.> ono of the oldest Karori Bettlers, aro to be tendered a farewell at'tho Parochial Hall. Karori, .:■■': this evening, oh the ove of their ,departurf : ..: from the,,distrjc(;>:;lh6i/MessrsiiiSpiers intend.i,. '■ to follow farming pursuitsTat*l'o Uotp. ■ .'.' '■ '• 'Mr; H: CaTey, formerly £ecretaw'o(,tn<i : W«l;' lingtoti Publishing Company, who;has- acceßttO; , ,a position in-.,Melbourne,..was.-, entertained'.« /.' ithe Grand Hotel.last iVcning,' prior. W his de-i,' .' ■ parture for. Australia: Mr: A:':.S. MontcatV i ' presided over a gathering which paid cnthiu - siastic tribute to the estimable personal, quail- ;, tics of-.the'guest of the evcuing. . M«sstß;'Gto. Siwld and Geo. Wilkes, two old. -.-. ' members" of tho - Wellington: Swimming Club,. . ,were elected life members, of the club at thi! .annual meeting last night, in recognition o) : services rendered in ; tho past. . . >, .- ; Mr. of tho.Daimler Motor Co., - arrived'in .-.Wellington last evening, trow: >■: Auckland, and is staying at the Grand, Hotel, Mr. Cocil A; Whitney,. of tho Colonial Ammunition Company, Auckland, arriyod.ih Wtsl- . liiigton by yesterday " express. ■ ~ Mr. Francis E. N. Crombio, a welUknowir resident of Auckland, died , there on Thursday ~'', test, from heart disease. Mr.' Crombie, who ■ was the eldest soil of tho late Mr. J. Nicol- .' Crombie, was only 42 yearf of age; -He war : 'born at the North Shore, but went to Eng<; laud at an. early, age. Seventeen years, ago,-'- '• however, , he returned to Auckland. The'deceased had been unwell for'soir.e months, and ■ ' about a month ago he was induced to take to his bed at the Northern Club, which place ha hadmado his home. The late Mr. Crombie took a great interest.in sport and chanties. At ■;,' 'one time he was secretary of the Auckland Golf Club, and at the time of his death ho \vas'* : vice-commodore of the Auckland Rowing, Club. ' He also presented a competition cup to, the' Auckland.division of the New Zealand Garri-' son Artillery last April. '■•■.-. ■'