PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 820, 18 May 1910, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

— -4 His Excellency the Governor Has arranged to leave Wellington'at 9.10 a.m. on Saturday, passiug through Palmerston North and loilding, and arriving at Wanganui at 4.57, where ho Trill stay until Monday. Leaving Wanganui at 6.40 a in. on Monday, he.- will pass through Patea, Hawera, Eltham, and Stratford, returning to Stratford, after a run up the branch line to Huiroa, at 3.8 p.m., and then going on to New Plymouth, where he will arrive at 5.30. The following day his Excellency will return to Wellington, leave for the south on May 25, and on May 27 hold a levee at Dunedin. Next day he will return to Christchurch; on May 30 he will motor through the Ellesmere district, and on May 31 hold a levee at.Christchurch, leaving for Wellington the same evening. On June 2 Lord Plunket will hold a lovee at Wellington, and next day is to leave for Auckland, where he will hold a levee on June 4, sailing for Sydney, en route for the Old Country, on June 6. He intends spending a fortnight in Australia before finally leaving for England.Mr. "Robin Clark, whose appointment as private secretary to Baron Islington, New Zealand's new Governor, was announced some time ago, is well known in Svdney and Melbourne. Says a Sydney exchange:—The genial Governor, Sir -Harry Rawson, never appeared at any of our cup or steeplechase meetings without the asiistance of Mr. Clark. He will make' a useful secretary, being a graduate of the thoroughly sound WallingtouNovill diplomatic school. Incidentally, he should be of service to social climbers from the Commonwealth who trip to New Zealand, and who might in other circumstances have remained vice-regally unknown. None of the Ministers of the Crown will bo out of town to-day. The Hon. D. Buddo returned to Wellington from the south yesterday morning. Mr. Jas. Mackenzie, Commissioner for Crown Lands, left Wellington for Wanganui yesterday. The Hon. C. ,M. Luke, M.L.C., of Wellington, is at present on a visit to Auck- [ land. [ Mr. Chas. Izard received news by the last mail of the appointment of his i brother, the Rev.' Herbert Izard* as » Archdeacon of Singapore. » Mr. D. McLaren, M.P., leaves this mom-' 1 ing for Wanganui, where, he will deliver | 1 two addresses, and probably a third if • time will'allow. Mr. C. Mackay (Mayor 1 of Wanganui) 'will preside at these i meetings.. Mr." J. B. Lindsay, formerly inspector ! of factories in Invercargill, Dunedin, Wel- ' lington, and Auckland, has been appointed ; chief traffic inspector of the Auckland ' tramways. 5 Tho "Greymouth Star" reports that 1 Messrs. Bray and Pitts, who were injured 1 in the accident at the Bealey Hat, have e recovered sufficiently to bo able to leave . the Greymouth Hospital. Williamson's Grand Opeia Company is i due to arrive from Sydney by the Ulimaroa this morning. Tho New Zealand " tour of the company will be managed by . Mr. R. Stewart, who is coming to Wel- ' lington by way of Auckland. ; Mr. Fredrick Moorhouse, lately coni nected with tho Tourist Office in Wel- ; lington, has been transferred to Rotorua, ; of which district he becomes ranger. P Mr. George Tiller is tho only Wellington delegate to the general conference of , the Methodist Church of Australasia, o which opens in Adelaide on May 26. ; The Governor will pay his farewell 3 visit to Palmerston on Saturday next, \ spmWn* hfcK o*v lfc arrival he will be driven ta the band roe tuuda in the square, and will be pre,T* sented with an address. It is understood (says our Palmerston d correspondent) tthaht Sergeant Willis, of > Dunedin, will succeed the late Sergeant Maguire as police sergeant at Palmern ston. 5 " The. Rev. H. A. Kennedy, one of the V forerunners of the Anglican General * Mission, who has now completed his pre- ] paratory tour of New Zealand, will leave " Wellington for England by the Athenic a on Thursday.