PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 679, 2 December 1909, Page 7

PERSONAL ITEMS.

■■:; ; «'P;.- 1 - ::•;-.--:;•.. -v-B--;;., . .;, ~.f;,.,',: -. --1 ;::;>.",;.- ;.:■£ .SiV ■■?' •■'/-. The' Hohi-iR;": H:' I 'J. Reeves, .M.L.C.,' arrived from .Nelson by..the- Arahnw,last' night.;,; ; '•% : i' : . ''0i Mr^Getf.:JoachinC of :.cbming to Wellingtoii'.by. the .Warrimooi'.which; is 'due. to-- - ; ;A' j':v : ;J.; ; .; vV::.ii ioitp.! the deputy of the"Valuer-General.'.as from /'i.:':i';.;N6vember' ; 29, is:formally;notifiediin/a-.special. .:-V; : :i ! ]Usue;6f'\tbfi::GaMtte. ; ;s:M'.:-;i'.';;;' v /.'U; Je : ; : ; '■'. '.-'■> ! jy k -Jrtiivjhe Rev.; Jv'Dawson./general/secretary.of:the; -vS'V.'N j ;-: : " : .;',> ;;;..V-.':(Xnnc.iilorv:Geb ';:.."' '-i-JVellingtbh next'.Friday.week on'a':six', months'. -,V:i' ;^ S '/...,: -Home business 1 ., : : ''! : .';v-.':'-.'Me6srsji A.■.-S. i ; Paterson;.iml:';Co.;~hhd, will :pro-;-?'.;.<*ed:JFia 'Australia; leavihg : ;Adelaide:'j6h : :.;: '-ber; 16;-: by' thb;Orient..linef;p^yaK-';:;^,::.V; !■;'■';>•';•• ;af--h''■'.;;''vriyed'-frpm-. Sydney"Mr.)ij'Charles J.:Ca i rter,vthe: 'j ; ;'f-',"'iclever/^American:. conjurer and-.illnsibnist, ; '-who. a.-':;.v:'':.was here: twb;years;agplwith-'hiimystcries.'-Vln !&'. : 'A '.-.-tKe. interval.;Mr. r : Carter:- been-all' 'dver the - 'k ; : :, : globe,\fcbifbred ..something.: miles::in ; His:peregTJnatipns,iahd:;visited practicallycvery. i'-'f■',,'•':>.'.!cornerlof the world—civilised and.,uncivilised. ; :;W;-j,He,d3 ; ; accompanied ;;by:! eiglit'c ptliers;>and;;the '".vv-iV.-parjyj.with'lS; tons'-weight of-professional' mi-; .;.-.';;;; ' •.:pedimentaV:'iS''p'roc'ebding.-:direct-.tb:.lnvercar"ill, ;,::. ; ;:: December:-6.:;: They. ■-::'; ■'■:■ 'i: ;will:.be in'iWcllingtori' about the'second week in' ;sr:-.' -C Jaiitiary. ; . '■p : -p :jv ■ Ji .',-.;'';:•':'.-': •■',' 5 ■■fC'f: \ '"• ■: "Jri;: a;; letter 'to :a'; Lieut. :J.; '.;.'. .'Grants.':who v withi!-iie,uts;.- Willytenßarton,: -and• , ;:A'v.^."'' , Etibirispri';:i^^ ,j;--S;;.traihihg in-'Ehglahd, and:left'NeW Zealand.last :'■,:':;...•; May;. Ispeaks ;>very-.' enthusiastically' ; of-their': so-' I, 1 ;.,. ■:-:;-: joiirn'/so; far,'.;- He y.'.-'■:■■■ the,>time.p£:writing;attniched,to-tho staff 'of the' ./,\;.,-.:,Lancashu:p;.Fusiliers,';;in; tto'-''Nbr'therii:>Com-' t-,'-: ; and'Robinsoii were r..'in -Dublin,,' : ditncKed',to, the : Essex-and Berkshire expect -to/- go 'fl;:. :-.',;,tb 'Hythe, l :fpr;,tho;;musketry^course,-'next year; .•'>-.;::.-'During the.grand;manoeßvr,es"|iri*Erigland,.last' [:kj-; ::;i.Septemberv,vLieut,;;,Grah.t:;was,:attachbd'tovGeni: ''."•l:!: ■'■' *ral': and; experienced ;a'il ::'-i:'K.; : .':';..the'--,rigpttrs of'• active 'seryicp ponaitions, sleep',v-; V'J. .ing Out' inKthe'.o'peh .dufingJaspell 'of' ten. days :;;''i,':.^■:^wefcweather;;: ,^,-;;;^--;^'i',:-■-t■i^^':: fi(;■,-;^^^

v' 7 Writihg;to;Mr;::ME. v . ■: I^partoent,'YMr.VPoxrETgbrs,'\f6fmerlyYof; :the -l.'r.clcncal Ystaff.bf Ythe'Departmeriti' and now -in :!.: 'London,; ■ states /.thathe ■■ is", 'now: iin va fair./way, 7.0f accomplishing' the; object ■ of 'his .stay 'in'; Loh.7donK.whichYiß;tp';qualify'in:'the, artiof 'Sa'ndow' -Eogersftva's Yrecbg>7nised;here a'safet-class.accpuntant.'but''.when I .' 7. he ■Arrived; inYEohdbri;: andYset; abouf 'securing ' :Y-an-eEgu'gemerit .which"would'keep/him'in funds ..';. >hile•study.ihg,;the; : lute'st' methods'of the'. San-Y ;.:>.::yow. School;". he:;fouhd,''that"clerical : Y appoint- 1 .■,:.:ments;'were:hard; ; t6 i :'Ret,^an I d;!he';had. finallyto. YTbo: content/with'aYjbb::as a,-ps)inter'.'Y'He• siib-C "::;> requehtly'secured'a;;subordihatiipositioh' ; on tho .:7;staff' at:therSnri'dbw.!School/-arid isYnow making' :,Y::pcellontYprbgresS.rY;pri.v;obtaining'his; ■•'instruct ; will, in; all .'probability return: :7:YYOur ■ the' ::';;death. i 'occurfed;.yestcrday'rpfY'Jfrs;';.Br'ycP, : ;wife'' 7 of i thbYHoh7JbhnYßrycorY'oDeceased:::was'- 74 ?:-;^eors^pf'age7^:WY?:::YY77NY::'. : ':;; v .":::;^.:;7Y' r YY" ;Y7/;Mr.:'C. : •iY.'t on » ~a ' : , well-knCwniYm'cmber. .ibt tho .Wellington. ; ;Y:Bpwlmg;qub, : ;who i is : at;pfeSent i ih::Foxton:to, :.:,'.::6ec, ; , : the,,scullihg handicaps,-:claim's : thatiheYis,' ;Y7^?v?' dest .^ st^ilß .'Tesident;of-thatVplace, with? •.■;.. ;-the, exception 'of Cook,- of; Otaki'.' Mr; : '7 Brodio .(.was,, taken ■':7f rom'; ; ".Wellihgtoh';.-. to; -;:-Y.tpn '--iii.'-1817'-(vrhen.;b'u't six-weeks, old): bnihofse- - '.cback,, strapped:, to .the'- front v bf ft7saddle..' He; .•'•.'remained, there,.untilYlß6o;Ydistinguishing.hiih..YY6elf,;:inYhis, boyhbod7byY.ritting'.the..Y;winner,' ■■ ■■•!; Otewhiti,'.,in.,'..the;Foxton;'..'Cun, .then' rhri- on: a. .V'.::;flagged-,cdurse.■laid.'on I ?E6bertsohV:r v im;''iieiir:tho: .■•'.;■ .town;-.',: Mr;.. KonaldesjwasY'therowrier ; !of the ■Y: horse, ,andv:was: so Relighted l with Y. ..Yhe-gave ;young,'Brodio f£i, that: time ~.;.: he Ythought-would' keep.;him".: independent for; 7V:life.Y,ln..lß6o;Mr;Yßr6dioYleft iorYWellihgtoh,: the;first;pilcs.being driven :',. in; connectionV'withYth'e-r'orectibn'of ':>: the7old 77Queen's;.Wharf ;;7;7;^ •:; )r-. The;:Napier;Hbspitai ,Trusteeß- liave'' appointed .; V :- ;'. ,v succession: to Dr. ,who: has ,re-. ::',*.,(dgned.Ynrid-ileaves: : ofS'the 'year!— , :a<PreSsY Association.;;;?.;-/ 7?7;.?. - 77>.;- - ■:■ 7 ;■'-.;•'. 7Y i' .7"■ Colonel 'H...D.' Tusoh;' . VY'.of'ithe^lorces,Ywill.,;lenve,sfor 'Sydney-by:the-Y;.-Warrimoo:bri;Friday;r7'7.Yr;:-Y : ;'Y',.,-- 5 '7 •'■'■

i. MiyThomaa M'Neill t ' formerly one of , V"died;suddenly in Auckland;on Mondav, at the I warehouse ot Messrs. John Bums and Co., of • : whose,istaff he has b&Qn'a raember fdt' some yorup f :pnst.' /• ; M'Neill, ;. over .. seventy . . .- yearsofafjo, has; suffered; from heart; trouble ; for' some: trme past, ; ( md, only .returned to his : office -on ..-MondayV Rafter. ; four,- days' l ., absence, - ' when' ho. was suddenly taken'ill, and died .. . : invfivo niinuto?..:Mr. M'Neill '■wasfortnorly in' the hard-' . ;. r-ware firm of-Messrs:-Boss, and MXe|ih. i ; After-' ... iWafdS ;hu -joinedyhe^7M 11 Mcssri.',, Briscoe r ~ and .Cd. : Some - twenty years ago ;he removed. to . Wellington, and a-v representative of Messrs. . "Wilkins and J'iold.tlicn one of the re* -; aftertvards'of ; '' -'Messrs.; ' Briscoe' ami Co., he was for along period ' ' , one of the, mostpopular; men: "on the road." ' I'or the ..last- soven years he has been .resident ; .in Auckland.- .-■ Sir. iM'JJeill's family •of two S-ii sohS. :;dnuKhteMV.i\icludes :;Mrs..'r. -S. ■'•i.Vf.'Pdpe;^fe , ; , or'ths:-iUnder-Spcretaryi\bf' , 'tho ; -'Dfi-' ; Vpartinerit oh Agriculture.:. V >\-' ,•;, ■; 1 .Mr.-Duffer,e M'Carthy, of -the Tourist Diyi;sign, of'; tlie ;Agricultural ; l)opartinent, is no\v ..■\^;.'.'.'corr6sp6nden'co':plefk.'io'.';Mr; , ..'R;' , S>'.- l'ope,. head , ;V of the O'Brien; of' 1 .. - ; the■,.-tndustrle3 .I)ivif>ioni\ ; has l '.been to 'the Tourist Division of -the ;iaiue Depart: • merit. •;/ * v ";. ''' - U-, ; Ji. sO.. Fnld er^,; who .is / .well "''known -. in ;':.:ri;busines.s;cohhec£ed, : estate,; intends, to : go on the lniid. He lias been m chhrco of tho property.-; depart in^nti , ;; ;,Co^fof;-,the past;;fivo"years.;>; ' The flrVftiVti'iicl.-;his"':ihiny. : ;-rHs}t. liini* pros'i perity in his iiew. - undertaking. -.Mr. Fabler's ' .Vintention';'!s ;ito 'settle -in : ; the ■ .north early ill tho Now 1 Year. i