PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 847, 20 June 1910, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

All the Ministers of the Crown are in town to-day, with tho exception of the Hon. A. T. Ngat'a, who is at To AVanui, and the Hon. T. Mackenzie, who left on Saturday for the Taranaki district

Tho Hon. T. Mackenzie left on Saturday for Taranaki, on Ids way to open a new section of the Stratford-Ongaruo railway.

Mr. Davey, M.V.,. was a passenger by the Maori, which arrived from Lyttelton yesterday.

The Hon. D. Buddo, Minister for Internal Affairs, returned from tho south by the Maori yesterday morning.

Mr.H. G. Ell, M.P., will leave Christchurch for Wellington to-morrow night.

Mr. D. M'Laren, M.P., returned from Auckland on Saturday.

The Mayor (Mr. T. M. Wilford, M.l>.) is suffering from an ulcerated throat, and on that account he cancelled an engagement to be present at tho annual dinner of tho Wellington College Old Boys' Association on Saturday night.

Mr. Justice Sim left Christchurch for tho West Coast on Saturday morning, and will conduct a sitting of tho Supreme Court at Greymonth to-day. At the conclusion of the sitting he will at as a Judge of the Arbitration Court at Hokitika.

Mr. James Mackenzie, Commissioner of Crown Lands, who is at present in the" Mangaweka district, will return to Wellington to-morrow.

Mr. C. Bates, of Messrs. Bates and Greeling, who are growing copra at Manaue, a small island of the Cook group, arrived from Barotonga by tho Mokoia on Saturday.

Mr. L. Eoso Jogger, of Wellington, New Zealand General Manager for the Atlas Fire Office, having completed his engagement with the company, will leave shortly for England, where he will probably make his future home.

Mr. H. J. Greenslade, member for Waikato, returned north on Saturdav.

It is probable that the new Governor (Lord will not mako a tour of tho Dominion until after the session of Parliament.

Mr. H. N. Holmes, General Secretary of the Wellington Y.M.C.A., is expected back to-morrow from a brief visit to Christchurch.

At the Napier District School on Saturday, Mr. H. Hill, Inspector of Schools in Hawke's Bay, who, with Mis. and Miss Hill, is about to leave on a trip to the Old Country, was met by a large gathering of teachers from schools throughout tho district, and presented with a cheque for a considerable amount in token of the esteem and affection in which he is held.—Press Association.

Mr. W. Franklyn Barrett, expert kinematographist for Pathe Freres, of Paris, returned from a trip to Samoa, Tonga, Tahiti, and Rarotonga by tho Mokoia on Saturday. He succeeded in getting a splendcd lot of views which will be forwarded to Paris for reproduction. Mr. Barrett comments on the inconvenience' he was put to by the Customs authorities at Tahiti (a French possession) where, being the representative of a Parisian firm, he considered he should have received the greatest courtesy. He says that the views he took in New Zealand turned out. splendidly and should be seen hero before the end of tho year. He proceeds to Wanganui. to-morrow to do the river trip, and will afterwards "kinematograph" the Kimutaka incline and tb.6 flax industry.

Mr. James Y. Wilson, a well-known hide merchant, died suddenly at his residence, Moraington, Dunedin, yesterday. He had been complaining for two days of a cold in the head. His wife went to England recently on a holiday trip.—Press Association.

Mr. John W. Taylor, of Webb Street, who underwent an operation on Friday, passed away on Saturday afternoon. The deceased, who was 5S years of ago, was a son of the late Mr. J. M. Taylor, odo of Wellington's early residents. He was a native of this city, and was connected, with Messrs. Johnston and Co., and later joined Messrs. Bannatyne and Co.'s staff, subsequently returning to Messrs. Johivston and Co. as manager of that firm's wine and spirit business. The late Mr. Taylor was an enthusiastic cricketer and a member of the Midland Club for many years, subsequently acting as scorer for tho club. Many years ago Mr. Taylor was connected with the D Battery of Artillery, and was also a member of tho Wellington Racing Club. Over 20 years ago he married Mrs. Hickson, widow of Mr. Stanley Hickson, of Wellington. Tho deceased gentleman leaves two stepsous, Messrs. Stanley and Claude Hickson, who aro prominent cricketers. The latter is also a prominent player for the United Hockey Club, and representative full-back.

At the Canterbury College capping ceremony on Friday the Hon. C. C. Bowen, vice-chancellor of the university, spoke in terms of high praiso of the good work that had been done by Mr. J. YV. Joynt in the interests of the university. It was not generally recognised, ho said, how difficult it was to administer a university carried on in four centres, and he had no hesitation in saying that much of its success had been due to the studious care with which Mr. Joynt had discharged his duties. His departure from New Zealand was a matter for general regret, and all hoped that he would odjo.v a happy and successful lifo in England. In "the course of his reply. Mr. Joynt said he was pleased that his connection with the University of New Zealand was not being actually sovered, but merely transferred to another sphere, where ho hoped he would be able to give some •practical expression to the interest which he had always felt in the institution.