PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 653, 2 November 1909, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

His Excclloncy the Governor, Lord PlunkeV has intimated, ty. the lion, secretary of the Wellington Amateur Atblctic Club that ho will attend at the 1 Bilsin Reserve on November 9 (King's Birthday), and witneES the sports and the finish of. tlio Marathon Raws. , A handsome compliment'was paid to • Mr, Massey,; Leader of the lUform party, at tho old'identities' bauquot at .Blenheim yesterday. In proposing' tho toast of ."Parliament,'' 1 Mr. R;' M'Oallum described, llr. Mawey as 1 the .Cftmpbell-Banneriiiau. of New Zeaiaud politics. The'Opposition'party hiid, a hartl fight audio, good tight,-' and• although lie (the speaker) had oeen a Government supporter for twenty years, ho was now one of many people who would like to see Mr, Massey got into power far a term of office.'{Loud apr' plausc.) ; Tho Hon. T. Mackonzio and tho Misses Maov kenzie, who ■ remained at • t Picton •• yesterdays will return to town to-day.

Mr. F. Sockljy who'unsuccessfully! stood in! the Opposition interest, at tho recent by-eleo-, tion at Ilangitikei. will be banqueted at Huntervillo by his supporters onNovember 15. Sev-, eral prominent members of tho Opposition will, bo present, f . . ■ ' V '.. • . ■ Mr. J: C. Cooper, yico-prcslddnt of the Farmers' Union, has been called to- Hamilton, 1 whore his son lies seriously ill with an attack •of appendicitis.' ,' Vi Mr. W. H. Bennett (ohairman of the executive committee of tho New Zealand Federated Builders' and Contractors' Association), Mr. L, Humphreys (Wellington delegate), and Mr.' W. Grcnfell (secretary), left for Christchurch last evening to attend the annual ''-conference of the federation, whioh' opens this morning. llio seoond. Wellington .delegate, Mr. Donald M f Lean,; is already., in ,'tho south. D|\ Tudor Joi)Csi of the' Unitarian Glinroh, 'liigestre'Stfect, niid- Mrs/ Jones, intend leavv ing for the Old Country in March next. Mr. Jos. J. Franklyn, accompanied by! his ■ wife, left by the Tnkapuna yesterday,'.for. a brief farewell-.visit to Nelson.: - Mj'. Reuben Watts, a popular and talented memiwr of tho Wellington Savage. Club; has .disposed of hia business in Wellington, arid 'intends to leave shortly for Auckland. Mr. Waits is a black and white artist, whoso platform work is well known to Wellington audiences, and lio has musical gifts that will bo missed by the circle in'winch ho moved.

Jifr. Nelson Dyson, a talented pianist and- J composer, is known in Wellington >ns tho writer of an occasional, song or .two, his latest being the' nntriotio song, : "What Wo Hnvo : We'll -Hold. But Mr. Dyfori has'nleo ; vritten } a. good ileal of music,' includingla}V«mW of \ songs-'whieh W-cllington knowa .< little ' about. Miss Homo • Fordo,,awell-known 1 music-hall V . artist Home,' has accopted a song by. Mr. Dyson, and that gentleman has recently concluded an arrangement with RaraiorV (in America) an<l Iranois and Day (in England) for the publication of _his compositions, So great has.been tho encouragement Riven'to Mr. 1 Dyson that ha intends leaving for England nest month with the idea of seriously • taking ' up' as a'profession the Writing. of a popular class of music.. . ■ ■

Mr. W. H. Robortson, Itvlo of W, H. Morrah and Co., has joined;tho.Arm of Levien, Shallqrass, and Co., as auctioneer. ■