PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 684, 8 December 1909, Page 7

PERSONAL ITEMS.

His Exoollenoy the, Governor will preside this evening at tho distnbution of prizes won by scholars attending St. Patricks College.' The death qcourred on Sunday of Mrs. Eliraboth Ann Arthur, wife qf Mr. John Ar&ur, of the Union Company's staff, in Wellington. The deceased lady, who was. a Bister of tho , Revv H. B. Redstone and Mr. W. E. Redstone, of tins city, was born in Devonshire, England, and oame out to Wellington with her husband 20 years ago. Tho funeral took place yesterday, the service at the graveside at Karon being conduotcd by tho Rev. S. J, Serpell. The Rev. A. C. W. Standago, of Noaeby, has accoptcd the call from tho Presbyterian congregation at Kolburnc. Lawson, thojNolton Soulier, who showed ] cuch piomise in the Manawatu handicap, j though he had never sat a wager boat a fort- i night before the event, has decided to take i .up sculling seriously. In tho reoent race ** ho rowed in one of'Arnst's. bdats; now he in. tonds to order ono for himself from G. Towns. Our Fcildmg correspondent slates that the condition of Colonel Gorton, who has been very ill at* his residence at Bulls for some time, is causing grave anxiety to relatives. < It is interesting to note that the Right Hon. Richard Robert Cherry, K.C., LL.D., Attorney- ] General for Ireland, who succeeds tho lato Lord Fitzgibbon, as LoTd Justice of Appeal for Ireland, 'was unole to the late Mr. Edward Villiers Bnscoe, C.E), of Wellington. '

Concerning Captain Sealby, once well known on this toast as commander of the Corinthic, an informant supplies the following note to a Home paper!—A report , from jAnn Arbor, Michigan, declares that Captain William tinman Sealby, commander of the steamship Republic, which was sunk in'February-by the steamer Florida, has entered Michigan University as a law student. t Many newspapers herer soize upon this news as an opportunity to point'out that' if mOro qf tho Admiralty lawyers had had practical experience at sea, ' as m the case of Captain Sealby, tho Admiralty Courts would bo all" the better for it. As an example I quote part of an editorial from , the "New York World," wliich says: "Captain bcalby has sot a good example to mariners. A man need not rust in inaotion because he loses a ship through no fault, or is invalided ashore. Arid what an admirable speoialrst m nautical ■ cases an "old sea captain should make I Ho is tho natural.advisor upon tho law of the sea. He knows before reaching tho university more practical Admiralty law than most of the law, yors ever learn, Ho knows about- tides, currents, storms, signals, fogs, icebergs, and tho ways of seafaring men. He can cross-examine a navigating oibcer and dig facts out of the most reticent old shellback. His experience wgnld be impressive to a jury."

The complaint about the shortage of water in certain parts of Kolhnrne whioh has come for- , ward with a, monotonous regularity for years ■past has received its-death-blow. The storage '- u va l th ! V>P of * ha Botanical Gardens wnich has been in course of construction for some time past, was .completed last week, and was filled for the hrst time on Monday night. hL? bT 11 : Tesi( l ont s of Botanical Gardens Road, Salamanca Road, and Kolhurno Parade Sad ah improved water supply yesteruay, and it is anticipated that thero will he no further complaint from these quarters, The storage resorvoir, wilt bo filled up every night, A bfZIP""' 11 ! t0 *>? ° na at Kelburne is to bo erected m the vie nh- of Bidwill Street Wate?LoanCsion b1 is passed by Parliament, a start will ho made 'n, M„„nf C v S t rU i :tio i n ° f a slora E e "servoir > ' this ?,» ft"* 0 "! 1 tQ s , upp 'y Boseneath. la ' this case tho .water will bo pumped up to " P assi «? of tho P Bill Newtown PnrV 6 h ,'S h , CoV,ntv y a? the back of ivowtown Park will nl so receive attention. Bit D v r 'ffi? JJ arri ? 9 '' 0 ' l V> Ottawa OniverA n' n „flv .J' 2 v " hoso «Pect«d arrival in Dunedin early in tho week was being 'looked forEf/l'l lth a "MiclQmble amount of interest, is coming to tha Dominion to make Sd n frth n . t3 J 0r t*«K *™* '""""I to bo «0 a™ T) n ll,°nv- bl? i att S <s in ? 9 ». the voleof <rf the w T 7S h,,ndred P iokcd Cho?r will Zv Sbe ? <!ld (England) Festival 'd foL? ,^ oq!er I'TP* l between the Harris, hence- o \fs with th'e^L^/ ! ™L'i. ,ne a ti ? B ., °! d fJ°Mks to tho United Friendly Societies' Hospital Demonstration Committee (writes our Napier eonwwndenH a Sscs km wrsj-3E*ni faKcjnneoHon With fdKfftt decided to postpone tho function until SmirW January.!), and to hold ttW.'MoTM! 8 S« da .y-. Th; refusal of the Minister to g-rant permission for thn running 5 a Sunday train is taken Strong ™SA t the committee, who point out that itcan hard y W argued that the iPrvico does ™ ITS Department, as for ,thii past tw ,eS?J hro trams were run on the Sandal where.-, * only ' SS f °J' Th(! fomniitteo decided o to ™^ a l"ft r t0 rC l ons,(lor his «■«'■««'>». and Hawkes Bay, to interview him on the subreligion havo taken a hand in the matter, and that as a result of thoir action the service is being discontinued: hut the theory is not sunported by one of thn rev. gentlemen spoken to on the subject, . We certainly ohiect in Sunday trains,'*, he said, "hut we topk no action In this matter. We cannot attend the fnr.otin„ S I ;' c 'f a K, ,r ;{ h °, u '' B( rvlc«s. Why should they not hold the demonstration on n fiatnrday. Surely thw would gain Rr enier support. ;nd 'there would then be no talk of breaking (tho Sabbath." Q. B, and C,-Tho quickest, beet, and cheapest method of sending Chriibnaa and ' New lear, Mementos to friends across the sea b through the New Zealand Brpresa Co,, Ltd. All parcels packed in caseo and sent direct bj eteamer. Offloo: S9 Custom House Quay. Cl2Bl