PERSONAL 'ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 682, 6 December 1909, Page 6

PERSONAL 'ITEMS

'His.-Excellency the Governor, who is at -pr* v .■', ■. sent in town, witnessed the performance of "The. ■,;: .Sacrament' of Judns" and "Tho Englishman's: > '■■;■; Home" by tho Julius Knight Company' at the :;,; Opera House on Saturday evening. ~-' . ' ■'. iv; Tho Prime* Minister '''.-. was■ entertained 'at.',.', luncheon by the members of the Legislative 1 : : :; Council on Saturday,' at Bellamy's, ■ in ! recog- ■/.:';■'' nition of his action in connection with the V gift of a Dreadnought and'his services to Im- .. •■ perial defence. His Excellency the Governor .'' was present. The Hon. J. Paul was tho■■'■■•.•'• only member of the Council who declined to , . attend. ''■', '.•"■"'' ■ , '■ ■ • . ■. • ••.'■■;::■. ■'.'■■'},'■. The Hon. A. T. Nanta arrived from the south. ,> by the Maori yesterday morning. Mr. T, -.-..'• Parato,' M.P., - was a passenger by the. same .;. rtoaraeiv. '■„: -\' 1 '■'■'. ■.'...,■ ' ■ ■ .-j''.?' , ':■•) Owing to his Parliamentary duties, the Hon. J. A. .Millar (Minister for Railways) had to':':.',.'. decline an invitation. to be' present at' the ~' I opening of tho Honipapa section of thoCatlins- . Tahakopa line, and in consequence the func- ■- tion has been postponed. ■ : ; .■..;:. Mr. J, H. N. A. Burnos, manager of tho Now;.; ■■'•'.- Zealand Shipping' Company will -. leave on a trip to England in February next. , •;■ ' Mr. justice Cooper left forLyttelton by ta»',. : ; ; Mararoa on Saturday night,' ~ , . '.;■;.;;..; The: Sohool Committoo at Mitohelltown has ' endorsed the appointnjent of Miss Bieset, of' v Christchurch, as assistant .mistress' t,t-tb« . . school..' ■■■;.'■ -.-. ■'■•■'•:•;.■.-.•■•'■' ■'•■■ 'i':'' : ~~\-f<:':.' On-Friday afternoon the members of the'*; teaching staff at tho To Aro State School faro-;: welled the second assistant master, Mr.".fl.vM,;-'; >' Henderson, who ie taking up his new appoint- ; . ment'as headmaster of tSo Ohau School to-daj , .':;; Mr; Henderson was made the recipient of Vea; '•', oak-dock of tho "grandfather" type.'.'"•"•! ~-".'.

Mr. Frank Kennedy, : manager for Messrs. Williams and Kettle, of Gieborne, and a cousin of Mr. W; A. Konnedy, manager of the Union S.S. Company, here, is visiting ■Wellington..

.Mrs. 1 Adonia Banks, ynti of the late Paj- ~ . master Peter 1. Banks, of the 92nd (Gordon) ■■■.]■■■ Highlanders,' died' at her residenco, Bridge ' Street,. Lower Hutt, on Friday.: The deceased < ; ; lady, who had reached the ago of 71,'was'a < daughter of. Mr. G.B. Tnpland, grandmaster of freemasons, Gibraltar. Mr. G. \V. Morgan, representative for ' Messrs, Lovin and Co., at'Foiton, whose health is run down, is spending a holiday in Wellington.

At the conclusion of Saturday night s per.formanoe of "An Englishinan'B Home at the,.'; Opera. House, Mr. Eichsrd .Stewart. business manager "of -the 'company,' presented. Mr.: S. ... Brothorion with . a. liqueur. stand;' a sot of , razors. /snd' a set of hair brushes, to .mark' the occasion,, of his. marriage , with Mies Peel, an'other member of .the company. In making , the presentation on behalf i of tne male meni. bers ..of the company and, of the managerialstaff, Mr. Stewart spoke in high terms of Mr. „ Brotherson's popularity," and wished him long ~ life and: pecsperity. .Miss. Peol was also- the recipient-of :■ a>. presentation f rofti. the lady ..■ members; of tho company, y. ~'.■.' y \:

Mr. H. H; Travers asks us to state that \h« is not a F.E.S., as , , pot .in our isaue of DecemHβ is • a Follow of ,'■ the Liiuiean Society \ of London. / ■'■■' :-.'iV'. ■.'■'■).'■■ :-y; ; " - ; - :; : •. ~ : \;-■■■■>.

- 'MriiA..:!. D; Fraser, Sx-M.P. for.Napier,, h y..'-! at, present on: 'a..'visit '.to .Wellington. ~.-...,; y