PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 807, 3 May 1910, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

The Prime Minister (Sir Joseph Ward) left for the south last night. On Wednesday ha will attend the installation of Councillor W. A. Ott as the first Mayor of Greater Invercargill. Sir Joseph delivers an important policy speech at Winton on Thursday evening. Before leaving the south ho will make a tour of the Otago Central district. Sir Joseph expects to return to Wellington in about a fortnight. . , ■ /

Tho lion. T. Mackenzie, Minister for Agriculture, who has been investigating the kauri gum industry in the far north, is due at Auckland to-morroir night. Hβ will visit Eotorua before returning to Wellington.

The Hon. G. Minister for Education, loft on a visit to the Auckland district yesterday.

The Anglican Bishop of Wellington (Dr. Wallis) leaves this rooming for Wanganui, ; where he will license an.-.a?: sistant curate and attend a meeting' of. the Governors of the Wanganui Collegiate School. On Thursday he will consecrate a new ohurch (St. Peter's) at Palmerston, and will leave the same afternoon for Rotorua, where he will spend two or three weeks.

The Rev. J. W. Walker, who has resigned his position as vicar of St. Thomas's, Neivtown, ivill leave Wellington about the end of May. His successor is the Rev. E. T. W. Bond, vicar of Martinborough, and formerly ourate of St. Mark's, Wellington. Mr.'Bond will commence work at St. Thomas's about the- middle of July. . .

Mr. G.' N. Pierce,.for 35 years connected with the New Zealand Insurance Company, is retiring from the service to enter into business on his own account. Mr. Pierce, who ie a son of a former general manager of the company, has at different times been manager at Perth, Napier/and Auckland, and has also been stationed in AVellirigton.

At a meeting of the members o! theDunedin and Suburban Police Force last night, it was unanimously decided to nominate Chief Detcctivo Herbert for a scat - on the Public Service Superannuation Board, as representative of the police force.—Press Association.

Tho committee of Clyde Quay householders sot up to arrange for presentations to Mr. W. T. Grundy (headmaster) and Mr. David Robertson (chairman of committee), to mark their services to the Clyde Quay School during the past 21 years, met in the schoolroom last evening. Tho Hon. J. E. Jenkinson tho chair. It was decided that householders of the district shodld be canvassed for small subscriptions, and that the presentations be made at a function to be held during the first week in June.' A sub-committeo consisting , of Messrs. Forsrth, Sims, and Plimmer was appointed to arrange the programme for the evening, to which all contributors will be invited. ' ' . . -' "

' Mr. Ivor' Davey, of the Education Department, leaves on a trip to tho Home Country and the Continent on Friday.

Captain G. Hart, who is retiring from the looal shore service of the' Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company, was recently presented with a silver matchbox by the Harbour Board wharfmger's staff. Tho tally clerks in the service of the Shaw, Savill Company gavo Captain Hart a purse of sovereigns.

Cabinet decided yesterday to appoint Mr. H. H. Ostler, barrister and solicitor of Wellington, to the staff of tho Crown law Office. Mr. Ostler at present holds the important office of editor of the Ncv Zealand law reports. Mr. Charles Berkeley, of Mr. J. C. Williamson's' managerial staff, is expected to arrive here shortly from Sydney to make arrangements for the Wellington season of the Grand Opera Company, which is to open here, in Puccini's opera, "Madame Butterfly," on May 19.

Many New Zealand theatregoers have pleasant recollectious of "The Eose of the Eiviera," a musical comedy which toured Australasia about four years ago under tho direction of Mr. George Stophenson, with Miss May Beatty and Mr. Edward Lauri in leading parts. Similar' pleasure was enjoyed a few months later, when "Bill Adams" came through under tho same direction. Thn author of the libretto of both these musical comedies is Mr. E. Reginald Bacchus, who arrived from England yes-, tnrday by the Tongariro, to pay a long visit, largely for health reasons, to his brotlior at Mnnakau. He intends to lenxe New Zealand about a hrelvomonth hence, but before that ho will run over to Buenos Ayres to sec the Argentine Exhibition. Mr. Bacchus has been writing for Mr. K. Sievier's pappr, "The Winning Post," ever since its inception. One of. his tasks in New Zealand is to investigate our system of higher education on behalf of a well-known English magazine He also intends to complete the libretto of a new musical co|nedy entitled "M.'Dongal, V.C.," the music for which has been composed by Dr. 1" Osmond Carr, the composer; of "Morocco fecund," otc.

JfeiT Ueiino Scherpk writes to say that Cnrreno, the great pianist, will make her first appciuancp in Sydney on this tour in conjunction with thfs Sydney Orchestral Society- on liny 28. Tho visit to Mew Zealand, which follows the Melbourne season, will commence in Dunedin about inns 15.

Mr. Henry Geo, of West's Pictures l'roEriotary, is at present in Christchuu ch. [e will return to Wellington towards the end of the week.

The ship's doctor on the Tongariro, wliich reached Wellington yesterday, is l)r. Robert Lindsay, of Melbourne, father of the well-known artist, Mr. Norman Lindsay. The doctor reports that, when he left London, his son, who has beeu there since last November, was doing very well, and had prospects of important commissions from leading London publishers. One of Dr. Lindsay's daughters married Mr. Will Dyson, the caricaturist, who is also nourishing in London, while the signature of Mrs. Dyson ("Ruby Lindsay") is alto to bo seen attached to Homo attractive black-and-white work in London papers. Before tho Tongariro made Wellington, all the second-saloon passengers signed an address to Dr. Lindsay, thanking him for the courtesy and kindness with which ho had attended to their various ills, both grave and slight. "Those who have had to worry you a good deal," they assured him, "have special reason to bo grateful, but those whom illness has spared have always had the comfortable feeling . that, if they/ shonld be ill, very good hands were waiting to quickly put them right again." The third-class passengers made tho worthy doctor a similar presentation.

Mr. John Christopher, for many years connected with Mr. A. E. Kernofs mercantile and shipping staff, was presented by the firm and staff with a purso of sovereigns on Saturday on the occasion of his retirement. Hr. Kernot also announced that Mr. Christopher would be made a retiring allowance in recognition of his special services to the firm.

Cecil MTilly, -who won the Champion Sculls at tho Australasian champion regatta at Hobart on Saturday, is a nephew of Mr. R. W. chief clerk of the New Zealand Railway Department

Mr. A. B. Keyirorth, of Messrs. Kempthorne, Prosser, and Company's Wellington establishment, returned by the Tongariro yesterday from London, where he underwent a successful operation.' He was accompanied by Mrs. KeywOTth.

Sir. G. H. Scales is a passenger by the Mararoa, which left Lyttelton for Wellington last night.