PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 718, 18 January 1910, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Sir Joseph Ward his .ptistaiißa'. . proposed visit to open a post offioe at l ■ Woreroa next Friday. Ho will 'go■ to Hastings on Saturday-and open a nosl office there on Monday. - ■ The Hon. R. MUenzie, . Minister for Minea and Public Works, is expected back •' • from Nelsonto-day by tho' Patcena, - : - ' ■ Tho,Hon. D. Buddo, Minister for In-''— '■ tornal AJfairs,' is expected back to-mor-' row from Canterbury. , .The Rov. ; r. H. Bennett, xrhfl, waS'to'i: , r©pr©cnfc .tbo Maori -Mission at t&g gtfeat--meeting in. the Tcrem Hall'. 6n Thursday " oyemng next m connoetion vrith the Anghcan.Geiiohd Synodj has boon compelled ■' ';■ to cancel the engagement owmg to tha '- senons illness of his son. Tho Bev; Cahon - . ' Mac Murray, of St Mary's Cathedra], " Auckland, Ims .kindly; consented'st 'short - 1 notice to take his placo* 7", ■■■■■• A representative public meeting, held at Auckland yesterday, dodded to present Mr. H. W. Northeroft, SJM., on- the qtcasion.of his retirement, with a publifc • testimonial- in- recognition' of- the ability; uprightness, and • unwavering, integrity displayed-, by lum during the past fifty ' ■' years, ns soldier, gold-mines warden;- and - stipendiary-magistrate.—Press Association. • . On- Saturday tho staff of the Mfisterton branch of tho Now Zealand Loan and Mercantilo Agency . Company, Ltd., assembled in ths manager's room to bid fartwoll to ■ Mr. B. Jv Miratns, - *ho has been transferred -to tie Hamilton branch; ' of tho company; Mr. P. W. Caw*,- onbohalf of the Staff,/presented Mr. Miistaf • '' ■ with a handsome travelling . -bag. Vt, Mirame left-Mastertta yesttrthy. ■ Referring to the resignation of Mb D. T. Stuart, IM.AJKJS., who hadbocfl one of the Wellington- HitrbOur Board'! Sinking. Fund Commissioners ante: 1889, and'-wno' resigned'."lilsV.posiljni : ' ; as September 30, 1909,.the;board's scoretaiy. . . ' says in his annual roport:—"His resigna-: tion.was accepted with muck regret, and . the board placed ofi record its cordial'. atK? t-Bv'i-. ' preciation of 'his- long, and; highly, valuable " ' set-rices. .During Mr. Staart's long con-- '. ; ; nection. with' the board's Sinking Fond. >• hot a single bad'debt.'was-'iri&de,:nor' was; any intcrost: lost.. - In 1889,; .when Mr. ' . ■ Stuart bocamo felloH"-commis.sionor *itii . Mr. William' Ferguson, the fund stood at a Utile over' t J27jlCO,< ;on': 'tho-. day he resigned offitfe the fund amounted to consider- i ably over £100.000." Mr. J. B. Fielder,, Registra'. of . ths Diocese of Waiiipo, was • presented with ■' his portrait in oils yesterday in reSoghir . tion of his long.and faithful services;t6 * \- tho Anglican Church. .' Ho has consented to the picture.being hung ; in tho Cathedral / vostry.—Press ■: Association. ',v !:U:fcrv- ■■■ i'•

■ Members of ...the,. Harbour ,:Board':ift. formally tdeoided.tM othor.day ito fclio socrotaxy (Mr. H .E. Kicliolls) a fort- . night's leave df.ral)SOTiM, ; i;on-Jaocount ■of . his health.. Their. action endorsed at : Tmbetirig/:;: aiid: itlwaS'hiiahi-,;; : mously resolved, to oxtcnd the leave to : ono SeveraT membfu-S.. spoke ap- :i preciatively of the • energy ana ability ■ shown by >Mr. Nicholls' in. the discharge of/ his responsible duties. Mr. <R. - Fletcher said:. that ,;Mr.vNicholls had not- HadA'^ : ;' holiday for ten- years,"'and rwns go ran* - down that.hfl'iro'peratrrel/:needei'a iresti-j, . Tho' chairman (Mr; -T. M. ! Wilford, M.F.) wnd .tliiit.-in his opihinii. il responsible officer Mike -Mr.i-Nicholls r should-be? 6ii-'. s titled to" one month'sv holiday in; cack . year.;:';, . During tho twelve months •mded Sep. ' tembtir':3oj'-.jl90!)j: 74 board and committee, meetings ' of tho ' Wellington Harbonr . tdard' .'were'; held.''frMemborsattended. follows^Mri'Bolton,-45'out of a possible ...v. Co; Mr. Cohen, 32 out of 45; Mf. Dknicll, • 48 out of 50J Mr. Fletcher; G2.odt of 63; ■Mr. JVasor, :44' out .of'fiß).Mri.iHarkness,.:: . 49 out of 74; -ilr. Hislop, 1 16. out .of-84| . , Mr; Jone3, 51 out of 68; Mr. Macdonald; 32 out' of -39;■ Mr;. M^Ewan;; 50 ; out of 59; Df. NeWtttin, 12 out of 25; Mr. Wilford; -. , 62 out of 74.' In April: last Dr. A; K. ; Newihin, the MfcJW elect, filled the ex- >■ officio seat': vacated ..by the. Hon. ; ■ Hislop. Leave of Absence was granted to ' the Hon; T, Kennedy Macdonald, M.li.C.j for six : 'months;'to'-.enable;hid"tb.' visit Great Britain-and EurdpS.?; ■;• ■ : Ei Arnst,- the champion,: Mailer. of i; the - world, is at present on a visit to .. : Eotoniai accompanied by some, scullers, of nolo. The< party Will -be: entertained to. ■. night by . the members of;tho local rowing , clubs.-';,.,..-

' Tho Bov. Charles Lano; minis- r teri of I South' AustraliaV'dicd oil J&iiuafy aged--BG;'He ;V was-born^-m- .Englandi ; : aiid: wns ordamed iu ? 1856, in : wluch year he .. tyas 'sent,- with, niiie other ministers,': as a . missionary to- tho : "- ViCtdnflLii. goldfieldsi : • • Ho• rooaained in that; Stat- till, 1874, :whfefi . he. was transferred, .'to .-Albufy,; and sbme •:% years- later ..went to. Sotitii j ai'. He,; ' • •was' preMdent;of, tne.-c»nference ..m.v 18&\i