PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 784, 6 April 1910, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

A Press- Association'; message states that his Excellency'the Governor '■ paid his'first and farewell visit to the Gore; district to-day," .'visiting; Riversdale,. Waikaia, "Waikaka, arid Gore. ' Ad T dresses of 'welcome were presented, "at each place. In the evening'he.was-ten-dered a' panqiiet" by the* Gore municipality. • '/.;''' ■■'■;•'■'■

The Hon..R. M'Kenzie, Minister for Public ' "Works, returned'' to' Auckland: last night from Wharigarei.To-day, he will receive a deputation with reference to'' the North Auckland .Main Trunk Railway,' and "on Thursday he will pro? ba j]ly ; visit "the goldfields,'arid go "on to the Bay '.of. Plenty ."district.—Press Assooia'tiqn.";: '.'...■, Y-- -,■'', Mr. F. M. B. Fisher,- M.P;, wfll opent the' Levin■'.'"Horticultural v Society's; antr nual show at-Levin to-day. -': Mt. Malcoljn D'Arey-Irvine,/of/.tihe Grown LW, "Department,. Sydney, is on. a holiday.'visit to Jjew. Zealand, arid is staying 'with' his: sister, Mrs. E. R. yickerman, at,the "Onion Bank, Lyfcteiv tqn.\>. ; ' : '-*: •'•; ■■■::':■:. •'-:■"''■"'■ The ' "Church News" states' thai Canon Pascbe, whose health has broken. down I ,' will leavo Wellington, to-morrow by the: Rimutaka for London., During his abscri&froni: the''."Dominion, tho Rot.' Otho Fitzgerald.' will''"'be 'actingvicar aVAypn'sick:.'..',' -~>:,. •/'■'■.'. "''■:."'.■■ '.: At.the end of his. leave of absence Mr. L. Stowe,ckrk of Parliament, clerk of the Legislative Council, and exariiirier' of 'Standing Orders upon; Privato Bills, will retire on pension.

. The" Hon. D. Buddo, Minister for. Li-, south laiji? nigKtr He'has ' promised'to. open the Oxford AT and-P. Show.? It is probable that Mt?.Buddo? will.return to WelHngtori'riext Tuesday. .??■?. '.'"..■■;

■': "During'the, year;", says the annual report'"of"the Boys' institute,'"a'me-: momj tablet was unveiled by the presiderit in .the presence of 'a large gathering of boy's' ana "friends to''commemorate, -the .services; of Mr. : ' Harry pftmmond iii.connection with .the'.institute. .'Ail enlarged, photograph ;of-Mr. 'Driinimona was 'unveiled 'at; the-same. time. ■ These are fitting•tabutcsito'.o'ho \vho, was in-' tiiriately connected.; with? the? institutethe'last!,ten/ years of fis.'life,. and'who spared not himself on behalf of the' boys'.?? Mr. 'Drummqiid; was -a good' athlete, of " : a'-.'very.:happy dispoj sitipri, full '6f life and fun; all of which, made'hini'very popular with' the boys. . "•'■'.'.'.'.'' His memoiy? will' be'.' revered by boys' arid men alike,? by ail the' institute' who' were? 'privileged to.'- work with him?. The institute'.owes' ;'hlhj much."? . ■.;•''. '■: ; ;.<

.On Saturday evening the>Kterary,i arid mechanical staffs of the Taranaki "Daily; Times" met": together, to celebrate, several events. These were, firstly,' to 'farewell Mr.. James ■ M'Leod; sub-editor, and Mr: George,Slade, .the job printer;. who'havo ; acquired, an. in-; torcst in the firm of: Messrs. J. Hooker and Co.; • to extend good .': wishes.to Mr. C. M. Hill, head of the; "bushes* end" of the"establishment,, upon? the near approach of his marriage;.to .'wel-. coriie three new. members of' the staff; and to celebrate the paper's; fifty-third birthday. Mr.'-T.'-C. List, the proprietor and editor, presided; Plantations, were made on behalf of • the firm and staff, to Mr? M'Leod, a.handsome 40*. day?clock'; to Mr. Slado'; a ohased silver match-box; arid to. Mr.?HilT a' large oil painting' of "Dusky Sound." Mr: List made the presentations. ?: . Mr. John' Maguire,, whp?leaves fotf England iii coiripany with his 'father, Mr.'.' Allan 'Maguire, next ■ week, is -vto study "medicine in. the Old Country.. ■• •Police Sergeant Smart, of Hastings, who is. retiring on superannuation; haa been presented witli an illuminated aqV dress. and .'a purse of guineas by the townspeople, and a marble clock by. the members of the police' force.—Press, Association. ' ~,-,; Mr. John I. Philips, ■■■ formerly of Aiicklarid, is revisiting 'New Zealand, after' an absence of eleven' years] "and is now in Wellington. Mrs? Philips aid family are staying .with her. father, Mr? AV. P.. Bucklarid, at, Cambridge, : Waikato. Mr. Philips' will shortly : rejoin them, and they will probably winter in Auckland. Later on, they will-most likely reside in Europe.. .'Mr." Philips, who, by the way, is a brother of Mr. M. A. Philips; of Wellington, is largely. ;in : forested in the rubber industry in thV Federated Malay States. '-_ ; ■-'.' Mr. Carl 1 Klotte, ■ late Acting-Consul for Austria-Hungary, in.New Zealand, lias arrived hero from Auckland, and is proceeding on to Buenos Ayrcs by, the Rimutaka to-morrow. ', On reaching South America Mr.'Klottp intends to torir the Argentine, .Paraguay,' Uruguay,: Chile, ':■ and Brazil, after. whioh he will proceed on to London.? ■; ?