PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 688, 13 December 1909, Page 7

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dr. Hay, Inspector or Prisons, arrived from the south yesterday morning. Mr. E. J. Foiton, general manager of tho Queensland Insurance Company, was a pas- ' senger by the Maori, which arrived from lyttolton yesterday/morning. ' Mr. J. Daniel, of the Union Company, arnved from" Westport by the Mapounka yesterday morning, i Mr. T. L. Cowhshaw, a director of the West-port-Stockton Coal Company, armed from \/ytteHon on Saturday morning, and left tho »ame day for the West Coast by the steamer Arahura, , , «,¥ r, ,.J*° Adi ""l is (according to tho Akaroa , Mail , ) collecting information with the oblect of writing a history of early Canterbury. Mr. Acliind visited Akaroa last week and interviewed some French settlers there. While at Home, Mr. William Crichton, of the firm of Crichton and M'Krt, architects, inherited from a relative a legacy running into four, figures. Mrs. H. Levick, of Nelson, returned to Wellington on Saturday after a pleasant tour of the Islands. , * Tho resignation of .the Rev. u Frank Waters Figott, vicar of 'St: )Thomas\ Auckland, has been accepted by the Bishop. Mr. Pigott is a ni&nbor of the Theosophical Society, and tho chief reason for his resignation was supposed to ,l)o his theosophical trend of thought, but Mr. Piggott (states the "Herald") has mado a statement that he is, and will always bo,'a loyal churchman. Mr, Pigott came out from England about Jifteon months ago, being one of the young clergymen chosen by Bishop Nehgan for the work of the diocese when in England. Mr. Kenneth Sisam, who has been chosen by the Professorial' Board as Auckland's cindi- , data f6r the Ehodcs Scholarship, was born at Opotiki, Bay of Plenty, in 1887. 'Ho received his pnmory education at, Whakatane and Opounao South publio schools. He entered tho Auckland Grammar School in 1901, ond.iri the year 1905 obtained a university scholarship Ho thon commenced a brilliant scholastic cjtfeer at the Auckland University, Becoming a HA. in 1908, and getting a Benior university scholarship in English. He was nearly always pw in his class, and held an "excellent place t in the. college examinations. His athletic rocord « also a good one. Hβ has been chosen in the leading university teams in cricket and football, and has always been prominont in sports Mr J. W. Tibbs, of the Keblo College, Oxford, has spoken vorj highly of Mr. Sieam'e literary abilities, The Auckland University Association recommended him as the Auckland candidate for the Ehodes Scholarship, and numerous testimonials were received from his masters and fellow-students The final selection for the New Zealand Rhodes Scholar will take place on March 1, at Wellington. Mr. William Hodgson Barnicoat, Wanganui's Bonior lawjcr, pushed away unexpectedly on Satnrdaj evening ' Deceased was 56 ) ears of age, and came to Wanganui thirty years a»o, becoming partner in the firm of Borlase and Barmooat. He, was a native of Nelson.—Pre<s Association. , ' The death occurred in Christchuroh on Saturday oi a very old lesident, m the person of Mr. ' T " A , . B ?, lhck ' at tho «K« of 73, after a fortnight illness, supervening upon a chill. Tho doceased gentleman, who vias born in Belfast, Ireland, came put to New Zealand in 1862, landing at Nelson (says the "JvSewe"). Hβ afterwards joined the, service of J. T l'eacook and Co., at Lyttelton, and subsequently entered tho employment of Sclanders and Co., first at their Nelson branch and afterwards at Christchurch. He was with the firm (for a considerable time as manager here) for upwards of thirty years, and then upon their f.omg out of , business he succeeded his old employers and carried on as a general merchant, until some ton years ago, when ho finally retired from eohve life. Surprise Island is lonely enough, according to a member ot tho crew of the barquo Durham, which arrived at the Bluff lroin the Irench possession somo few days ago. The total population when the vessel left was 02 and four whites, and thoy had anything but r rosy time of it. The vessel had to call at Noumea to report on the return journey, and tho trip from there to the Bluff '■was a glorious one us regards weather, but monotonous. "Not a sign of life the whole trip, tho member in question told a "Southland News" reporter, "until we reached the Straits and spotted,a gull." Hβ thought Odt the burpriso Inland trip on a wind-jammer was just about as lonoly as could be. Mr. M. Thomas, in replying to the toast of tho "Superannuation Board" at a railway gathering at Invercarnll, is reported by the "Otago Daily rimos" as saying that as a Bember of the A.S.U.S Board, ho was ono of Che fim in tho Dominion to push the amalgamation scheme after the original motion.had been thrown ont. Iho railway superannuation fund had saved many thousands of pounds to the Government in tho mattor of old ago ponmons, but if called upon the Government should make tho lund safe if necessary. Howevei, nt the present time there was no need for it. There should, in the speaker's opinion, be an occiuont as well as a superannuation fund. He would like to seo tho retiring ago of railway servants fixed at 55 yeais. Of course, it depended largely on what class of work a man was engaged in as to whether ho was constitutionally sound enough to reach tho present age limit. Lngine-dnvors, he considered, re coived such a jostling about in the course of their duty that they weie incapable of efficient service after, 53 years, especially at tho prosent time, when tho strnin upon their nerves was more intense. A REVOLUTION IN LOCOMOTION The Motosucuche weighs only "01 b It ootti A. per 101) mi)«i to run Spe«d from 4to )0 miles Comfort, Reliability, and Durability .Catalogue Afd Tntls, Cycle and Motor Sap jihts, Ltd., UelhngtDD.-Adn Cdia