PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 793, 16 April 1910, Page 5

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Sir Joseph Ward and Lady Ward spent a quiet day in Gisborne yesterday and left by: the Tutanekai for.Napier last evening. Dr. Valintine was also with'the Premier's party.. The Hon. 3. Carroll remains at- Gisborne' for a. few days. The Hon. R; M'Kenzie is on • his way down from Opotiki, and is expected at Gisborne on Monday;— Press .Association.'" The Hon. D. Buddo (Minister for Internal Affairs) left for the south; last wglit. iHe will ■ return on Sunday morning. . • i v.;..-;-. ■ ■ The"Hon.-R. M'Kenzie, Minister for Public Works, left Opotilii-'at midday yesterday for Motu and Gisbprne. He expects -t-o reach the latter.', town.'by. Sunday. Mr. M'K.enzio will' probably remain at Gisborne all day Monday and . then,/proceed overland to Napier, via .Wairoa. ' Mr. John Roberts, the famous bil- ; Hard player, is-expected to arrive in ■ Australia'this month.; •Mr, Potts, the, choir leader and soloist of Dr. Henry's mission, is a naturalised .'American (states..the . "Southern Cross"). He. was bora at Southport, England, and went to America with his mother when very young. jHe fought . in. the Spanish-American ;,war,. and ran .. away from home. Converted about ten years ago, Mr. Potts spent four years m the Moody Bible" Institute and took the musical - as well' .'as the . . Biblical '" course. /Mrs. Ppttß is a graduate of the Chicago Conservatorium of Music, and is regarded as one of . the most brilliant, pianists wbo has ever graduated. from, there. ..

. The Rev. Father Kimbell left for Nelson ; yesterday, by the' Pateena.- .. ■. , ..Mr. W^:Pryor, secretary.of the New Zealand Employers , ' Federation, reiturried to • Wellington from the north yesterday.. ,:, . . ■ ■.':-. .. •■ The late! Mr. W.. Houghton, whosoi 'death took place on Sunday: last, was a valued , member of St., Paul's Pror Cathedral Choir, and.a memorial service will be held in the church' tomorrow evening. The music to be sung will .'include the quartet and chorus, "Blest are the Departed," from Spohr's oratoria,i "The , . Last Judgment''; and Sullivan's : .anthem, "Brother, ,thou art gone, before us. ,I .' Chopin's Funeral March wi11... be played' at .the . close of .the :service.' . /■:■•■ ' ■■■ ■'■[ "'. ] ■; . '.Many will regret to hear of the death yesterday afternoon of Mrl , Frederick G.. .Roach, head-of the firm of F. G. Boach and Co., manufacturers' agents, of, Harbour Street, Wellington, a genlieman"': well-known \in commercial tircles':. throughout New Zealand.... Mr. Roach, who was about.4s years of age, took ill about eighteen months ago, but was able to.get-about up till December last year, when he became a good deal worse. He was operated upon for dropsy oh' two occasions, and hopes were., entertained that; he ; would ultimately pull through, but for some days past he. had been , slowly sinking,: and the end caino peacefully at 3 p.m. yesterday. Mr. Roach, who was a widower, leaves one child, a daughter, and a sister, Miss Roach, who has always lived with'him; The deceased was a member. 6f the Commercial Travellers' and Central Clubs, and at one time was associated with tho Wellington Bowling Club. .: ■;•:,.■•. .-■'■■ - - Most of the members of the disbanded Pollard Opera Company left for Sydney by'the Mpana last evening. Mr. Tom Pollard remains in Christahurch, Mr. . A. '■ Moss, manager and proprietor, has returned to Dunedin, and Mr. Fred. Duval, advaaico; representative, is at present in Wellington. . '■■-..■ Mr. Jack Arnst,'brother of the champion sculler of'tho world, loft for Sydney'by the Moana last, evening. Ho intends to compote in tbo "Parramatta Hundred" (handicap),' and afterwards will accompany His, brothor to tho Zambesi. ' .■■;..' ....'•■