PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 700, 28 December 1909, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

; In response to requests, Mr. W. P. Mttssey, Leader, .of • tho Opposition,, ha»' agreed to • deliver a political address U Wellington a few weeks hence.; Dr.. Tolhurst, son of Mr. G. Bi Tolhurst,, Wellington, arrived from London yesterday by tho Corinthic. Bishop Julius lias mado tho following appointments:—Yen, Archdeacon Charier 'Hilgroye Gossst, at present, archdeacon' lof Akaroa, to bo archdeacon, of Christ*; :thurch, in placo of the Ven. Archdeacon" ' Ayerill, bishop-elect 'of Waiapui Rev, . Harold Edward Ensor, at, present'; vicai;; of Phillipstown, to :bo archdeacon' of' Akaroa. The bishop, haying decided to attach an honorary' canonry of the. cathedral to, the office of head of ' th«' . upper department of Christ's ■ College, the; Rev. Charles Walter Carrington has been appointed an honorary canon of tho cathedral. Archdeacon Gossct, Aroh.. • deacon Ensor, and Canon will be instituted into their offices in;; tho ' ■ cathedral* at evensong on Thursday next. —Press Association. Mr. D. Lo Cren.iof Timaru, who has been on a visit to tho Old Country, returned yesterday, bj; the Corinthic.. Mr. 0. H. Franks, solioitor, of Christchurdi, and Mr. Rice, of Auckland; wero ; pas- f sengers from Cape Tpwn by tho same ve®<' tel. ■ ' V' 'r Passengers from London by the Corinthio included Dr. It. A. Cooper, son of • Mr. Justice Cooper, who' has- been.6tudy- ' ing medicine in London and Dublin. Mr. Cooper .is on a visit to. New Zealand, nnd will return, to England in about three months to tako up a position at' New. costlo-on-Tyno. Dr. H. J. M'Lcan, of Wellington, was also a passenger by thi, same 6t>amer, Regarding tho ohoss ohampwnßhip, .»'.■ Pres9 Association messago from DunedinJ states that Edwards will not take part in the tournament at Auckland.;. '.> The following Sfothodisfc ministers havo : been elected by thoir respective synods to accompany tho district chairmen aa representatives to tho Stationing Commit/ tee and Conference at. Uunedjn:—Auck< land district, tho!. Rev. William Ready) Wanganui district? the Rev. P. T, Road) Wellington districts tho Rev. W. J. ,WiW liamsi Nelson district, I thoßev.- T. W« Nowboldj Canterbury, district, , tho Rov<? H. E. Bollhouso; and the Otago district: tho- Rev. T. J. Wallis.

One of the oldest and most to. spected residents of To ilroha; died last week, iii tho person of Mr Francis Payitt, civil engineer, who had been ail-' ing for /some weeks.,/ Deceased.was fos',-. many ~y*ars/ engineer for j . the ; Piako f , County' > Counoil, Waitoa. Road Board, T« ' Arbha Borough Counoil,' and; other local, bodies,i.in, the Thames. Valley; -In th«i J course of his many years' residence in Te Aroha he had been / associated/ witlr. every local body, committee,; board,, or counoil set up for tho furtherance 6f the) town, while he was instrumental in, ini.' dating the volunteer movement;'.in • th«, . district. Mr. Pavitt was born in. Essexi ■ Engl and, in : 1834, served his appren tiooship as a civil, engineer, in London, and. came out to Now Zealand in : 1850,: land" lug' at 'Akaroa- in:; the-barqno ,Monarch, For!! ten years after..his. arrival in, th« . .Dominion ,he was engaged; in jiawmilling on the Akaroa. Peninsula, 1 but' in' 186S ( he removed to Christchurch, • whoro ha followed his profession till 1882. , In tho same - year, he arrived . ill Te '•> Aroha, where ho has resided almost .continu-,, ously ever since.

In view of , tho approaching departure of Archdeacon Averill, to take up hig duties as Bishop of Waiapu, several presentations. lmvo been made, v The St. Michael's Civil Servicoßifles, of whiuh he has been chaplain since tho establishment'of the cbtps,\presented.,him with a framed. photograph of tha corps, and /St. .'Miohael's Sunday -School yfeaohoni; and membors of the choir presented'him' ,'withVa handsome gold; watoa. ' The' Boys' .Guild presented : a gold sovereign //case, and the., pupils of St. Michael e ■ Day', Sobobr ail i'lnkstiind ¥ and a-. match-box holder/ On' December 30 the parishionor& ,ot St.vv entertaijv : the bishop-elect, a.presfcnfaiioij/of a.- purso ■ o£-' sovereigns. ' Archdeacon. Averill's connection' /with': St.-''Michael'*, officially 'closes'-'at' the'end ■ off-yeari but -ho 'does • not - leave Christchurch / till about January 12. '/-. ,

Mr.'W. Camphin, .ox-superintendent of the New South Wales Detective .Depart: ment, died on December .18, ■ at ,the rcsi-. dence of. his, son, Paddington, aged .74 yoars. Mr. Camphin joined the '.polio* about 1862, and was subsequently appointed to tho deteotivobranon, in,which he served with distinction under Inspcc. tor Wager, ; He reached responsible rank under Jnspeotor Fosbory;.', by ; whom, he was entrusted with a series of exciting and dangerous operations ngainst gangs of bushrang«rs then, v infesting -. the Australian bush.;'- Ho Maoiieo: tho rank of sub-inspeotor about 1860, and that'- of superintendent later, retiring frorn;_tho sorvioe a' littl6 oyer,,seven years ago, The deceased leaves two sons, Mr. AVilliam Camphin, acting-ohamber magistrate at the Sydney Water Police Ctovrt, and Mr. Otto Camphin, who is ,in ,ia Melbourne. Mr; \V. D. Campbell, Timaro, who ta 'studying for the'legal ■ profession, has r©ceived word that ho has passed'the first, section of tho salioitors' examination.Mr. Campbell has not yet been studying, luw for twelve months,: and ho has sno cceded in doing Wliat iv, groat many Students fail to do—namely, to pass this examination at the first sitting. Mr. CampbeH 'was a journalist, and Was' for 6ome yoare editor of the Timam "Post' ana the Timaru "Herald," rind was a candidate' for Timaru at tho-last general election. Ho is a Son of Mr. Ronald Campbell, of Chertsey, ...