PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 810, 6 May 1910, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

The Hon. T. Mackenzie, Minister for Agriculture, left Waiapu yesterday for Auckland and will he in Eotorua on Saturday. It is probable that he will return to Wellington next Thursday. Major-Genoral Sir A. E. F. Dorward, K.C.li., D.5.0., who held prominent commands during the 1900 expedition against. the Boxers, is at present on a visit to Auckland. In 1900 he was in command of the British troops in China, until the arrival of the Indian Contingent. In July, 1900, he commanded the British, American, and Russian troopa in an action near Tientsin, and, subsequently, at the capture of that city, he controlled the British, American, and Austrian troops. He also commanded in other actions that took place before the allied army,' under the general command of the German General,. Count Von Waldersee, entered Peking, in August, 1900. Sir A. Dorward was also Commissioner at Britain's China leasehold, Wei-hai-Wei, and subsequently commnnded the troops at Shanghai and Straits Settlements. In his earlier career he served with distinction in the Afghan War (IS7S-80),.and in the Burmese Expedition OSBS-S8), during which latter he won his ij.b.O.

Mr. Blow, Undersecretary to the Public Works Department, leaves to-day on «n extended holiday to Sydney.

1.1. A A- J- G ear y. clerk in charge ,of the City Tramways Department, who has resigned his position owing to his having been appointed Town Clerk of Feilding, has been granted three leave of absence,- from June 1, his resignation to take effect at the termination of this period of leave.

Mr. Herbert Bloy, late of Auckland, has been appointed conductor of the Wellington Orchestral Society. Mr. Bloy, who is a professional musician, has now taken up his residence in Wellington, and, in view of the position in which the society is at present, he has agreed to accept the conductorship without any remuneration, the only condition he laid down beiag that he should take the pro. ceeds of one concert given during the year. ,

At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Dannevirke Publishing Company, held this week, Mr. Arch. M'Nicol waa appointed, out of thirty-five applications, to the position of managing editor of the TJannevirke Evening News," Mr. M'Nicol was recently chief reporter of the 'TNapier Daily Telegraph," and , joined the "Evening News" as sub-editor, but has been temporarily carrying out the editorial duties.

Mr. C. M. Montefiore (general manager for New Zealand for the Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation, Ltd.), who is about to leave on a visit to the Home Country, was the recipient of further presentations yesterday to mark the esteem in which he is held in Wellington. At midday members of the Underwriters' Association met to bid him a pleasant trip, and in the evening he was entertained by a large number of fellow members of the Central Club.

Mr. M. Clive, ledger-keeper in the Bank of New South Wales here, has been transferred to Alexandra South;

Mrs. Stone-Wigg, wife of Mr. A. J. Stone-Wigg, formerly of Rangitumati, near Masterton, died yesterday after an operation performed the day before. -The deceased was a daughter of Mre. Lowes, of Dunedin. -

Mr. Koy M. Muir, a son of Mr. James Muir, of Woolcombe Street, and on exWellington College student, has gained honours in experimental physiology and anatomj - , and first-class honours in practical anatomy.

The death is reported of Professor James C. Brown, a Liverpool scientist of eminence. He was one \>f the founders of the Liverpool University, where he occupied the chair of chemistry up till the date of his death. He was a brother-in-law, of Mr. J. A. Henderson, of. th« Agricultural Department. . . Dr. W. Hamilton Allen, who hae.beeh visiting New Zealand, has been signed on the Tnrakina's articles as surgeon for the trip to London. .

Mr. W. Wallis, ■ manager of the New Zealand and African Steamship Co., left for Christchurch on Wednesday night. He returns to Wellington to-day or tomorrow..-'.- ' .. .. . '■

The Kev. G. H. S. Walpole, DD., who, according to a cablegram published yesterday, has been elected Bishojp of Edinburgh, has won for ,; himself a high place among the ranij of the English clergy, both as an author and an organiser of parish work. He is well-known in New Zealand, having been for some years vicar of . St. Mary's Cathedral,- Auckland, and while he held that position the first portion of the present fine church was erected. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he had a distinguished oareer, and went to New Zealand in 1881 remaining till 1889. He was Professor of Dogmatic Theology in the . General Theological College, New York, from 1889. to 1896, when he became Principal of. Bede College, Durham, which position he held till 1903. He was appointed Examining Chaplain to the Archbishop of York, in that. year, and has been rector. of Lambeth since 1904. He was made an honorary Canon of Southwark in 1906. Dr. Walpole's publications include: "Vital Religion" (1902), "The People's Psalter" (1903), "Communion and Offering' (1904), "Mission of the Holy Ghost" (1905), "Personality and Power" (1906), co-editor with the E«v. J. Ellison of'

"Church and Empire" (1907), and "The Kingdom of Heaven"-(the Paddock Leo. tures for 1909). ■'