PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 639, 16 October 1909, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

The Ecv. Dr. Clifford,'the"-eminent Baptist":- . minister and.religions leader, attains his 73rd ; ■ .■•■; .birthday to-day.- Ho; has been a pastor for Vmore than 60 years, and has oflato years been •■■ ' especially promiriehtas th'ole'adcr of the'''Pas-- : sivc- Keslstance" movement'' against tho' English ■•" Education-Ac't.""J{e viWd' ! AU"6tralia-"'a'nd A'ewi. 1 * : ..' " Zealand in -189?.'"An 5 infer'&tSnfen&fe'rcnce to."» , ■ his work at Wcstbournb Park Chapel appears,"', under the heading of v, -. < another, part pt this issuo'-i .V. ...'.'.; .•!' '";>}■' : - Mi-. Hamilton'' / H u^er,oDritish^Resident i .at..r Nukualofa! Tonga, wilL-bo' ,a .passcnßqrii,;for, ; !l', London by the 'I'ainiii! .which sails from Sy.el- v •;'' lington .•' , (n i ,; v 'i i ; ;' Mr.' Jamej{"KeiW,( who; has,'retired, from. 1 ' tho position of accountant •to the." firm,, of -;.- ■ Messrs. P.. Hayhiaii and Company; "after,' %1 '■'': years' service,, was .the;subject:of many, com*"--'; plimontary remarks at tho meeting of. the ~ . Now. Zoalaiid Shopkeepers' /Association..: on '.-<■; Thursday. It was decided to forward' him. a.',., letter thonking him r for his .courtesy to, mein- -■.'•>:■ bers of tho association^during.his long connec-• r '■ tiou with;tho;iirm.v ;.-./.'.■'',;■,'■,:.';.; ' <;'" '-. Lieutenants Antony Hormuzd Eossam', lato ■ '.. of tho,liritish Army;' who »sorved.through the !- ' South African campaign, has boon appointed ' ■'.' a' probationary ; acting-staff sergeant-major to the infantry of the Otago Defence District. Lieutenant Eassam is. a'son of Mr. Nornvazd Bassam, ■• formerly:.British Resident at Aden who' assisted Leyard.in .his: Assyrian explora- !'•: tions;' Ho succeeded Layard, subsequently discovering'tho palace' ; of..sardanapalus.- In 1864 .\ Mr.Kassam was sont by the British Govornv <.. morit to demand the release of Mr. Catuoron» . |! British Consul at Magdala, who had .beenom- -■"• '■•■■■■ prisoned. by! King' Theodore .of Abyssinia. , Hei , was w,ell received by the lung, and having, aa ' ho thought, accomplished the: object of' his ;' visit. Bet out/on the.return journey 'to .-tilt) coast. On'the first night out. the camp;, wbr..' '.' surrounded, and , tho members': of tho'party v ~ were, all made prisoners, .including- Mr. Kaseam,' : 'i '-'' ■ who was confined to in cageifdr three or four ' :; -v\ years. Those were thispre-cable days, and'tho V ' : news travelled slowly; -When:it reached Eng. ./. -.- land the Government, decided to 'dispatch an expedition under Lord Napier, in'whlch man- ■'' ner tho Abj'Binnjan; campaign;':was; initiated.. '< ).'" , Mr.'L.M; Spain's*'recont associates on the Wellington staff of'- th* Bank of. New' Zealand -v .':' will;, be'- interested (p' learn .that ■'; ho ..has, just won a diploma at Napier ns'n wool-c!aj«er'. He .' has entered'tho service' of "Messrs, Dilgcty. '' ' ' and Co.' y ;';:...':. .■'■■';■■■" :....■ ; ■;,■.-' ;'■■:;. Gratifying news;has been,received (says our ■'■ Palmcrston correspondent)-that Mr: Alfred Seifert, of -the (inn of Scifcrt Bros., flax, millers, who is now 'sojourning at Wentworth ■ ': Sanatorium, New South Wales,:. Is .improving ~''.. :■ in .-health.'- ■ ' : • .'.:;■' y- . y ;. lU y ; : - ; Mr. AV. M'Quarters, who recently retired from the charge of the:AVanganui branch of ■'-'•'. the* Labour Department,- .has-been'• presented'.><,'' with a gold medal by a number,of .his friends '. to mark their-sense 'of:: tho conciliatory: and ! painstaking manner in which he carried out ; ■ ; -' his:duties. ;.'.'• ■.;'•";'.'■''-. Our Christohurch correspondent wrltt«!—' : '-:' The "Boys' High School Magazine" states that '."-'•>': Mr. C. tfarsia, a former pupil; of tho school, .; ■-.>■ is now a.member.of the British Embassy, in. ; . •Tokio, Japan. ■' ,'...'''. '.'.'.-'-'..v','■■ .■;■''■'■ .V £".-.■'■''■ Mr. Alfred Hosking, headmaster of the ■ ! - '' Mount Eden Public School, Auckland, passed ■ ■•■■': away at his residence, rather suddenly on Thursday aftor a brief illness. Mr. Parr,. chulmian : of the Aucklnnd Education Board, in making reference to tho death' of'the' board's old ser- ; vant, remarked that he had.boon for nearly thirty years in the service of tho Auckland - Board,-and for 20 years as headmaster of Mount ■,'. ' Eden Schooh-. A man of a peculiarly gonial! '•' and kindly disposition, ho had endeared him- ''; ' .' self to the children under.his control, while he ■■■', was a. keen 'cducatiftnist and 'a. capable 'or- 1 ' ganiser and tcachor. Only,n few days ago Mr. '' Hoeking was taken so seriously .ill that ho wasgranted three months' leave of absence on full pay. -Tho board stood while a'vote of sympathy : \ was.passed to the Into headmaster's relatives.. , The docoased was 69 years of age, and loaves ' a grown-up. family to mourn him.