PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 874, 21 July 1910, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

•His Excellency tho Governor, Lord' Islington, is to visit, the Wellington Boys' Institute to-morrow evening. He will inspect the buildings and be shown the boys at work and play, and will subsequently address them. .. As the building is not over large,-the invitations have been restricted to the .mem-, hers of the Business Men's. Committee,of the institute. ' . . ' Messrs. W; H. Turnbull and Guy Johnston .returned yesfcrduy from a visit to Australia by the Manuka.At 1 the Anglican Chnrch; : " Hdmil'ton! on Sunday,-the Rev. E. M. Cowio (son of the late Bishop Cowie) referred to the resy-rnatiou of Bishop Neligan, which, he said, could not be looked' upon as other than a calamity to the diocese. ' Tho work done by the Bishop had been enormous, and the' Maori Mission l)ad been so improved by him that it now obtained, as a model for other dioceses. "Mr. W. Pryor, secretary of tho New Zealand Employers' Federation, arrived from the south yesterday • morning. A private cable' message has. been received in Wellington announcing that Mr: R. M. Muir, ,who is taking his medical course at the Edinburgh University, has passed and has completed his second professional year. ... Mr. J. W. Joynt, M.A., of .Wellington,' who is shortly leaving the Dominion to take up the office of representative of the University of' New Zealand in London, was entertained at'lunch by the Profes-, sorial. Board of the Otago University on' Friday last. Practically the whole university staff were present. In proposing the toast of thu giu»t, Dr. . Marshull 6poke of the skill aiid clear-headed wisdom with which Mr. .bad managed the affairs of a' complicated' university system for eleven years. The speaker said that not only officially but personally was Mr. Joyiit's departure a great loss to the professors,- as to many of them he was a personal friend. In acknowledging the toast, Mr. Joynt said that he keenly appreciated the kindly thought which had brought so many busy and distinguished men together to do him. honour. Perhaps the feature of his work which had afforded him most gratification was the friendly and relations which had always prevailed between the leaching staffs of the affiliated colleges and himself. Mr. 'Joynt paid a warm tribute to the ability and interest in'the. New Zealand University displayed by Mr. Eva, the retiring English agent. He also touched on the present mow meut lor university reform, jmd said that lie hoped- reform would be. cautious and gradual, not violent and 'revolutionary. A private cablo message Was received from Sydney yesterday announcing the death of Mr/David Jacobs, formerly .in business in Manners Wellington. Deceased (some members of whose fainiiy reside in New Zealand) was a native-of Hungary, and came out here in the same ship as Mr.. Joseph Mandel, of Wellington,. and the late Mr. Jacob Leitchandel, who was a well-known resident of AVellington twenty years ago, but afterwards took up residenco in Sydney. It is understood that Mr. Stubbs, of the staff of tho Wellington Supreme Court, -will be appointed , registrar of the Christchurch Supreme Court in succession to Mr. King, who is vacating the position. The Canterbury Education Board yesterday appointed Mr. C. D. Hardie, headmaster o£ the West Christchurch District High School, inspector, in place of Mr. E. K. Mulgan, resigned. There were eleven applicants.—Press Association. Mr. S. ICirkpatrick, ot Nelson, who nas been on a visit to Australia, returned by the direct boat which arrived here yesterday. Mt. W.. G. Bascett, accompanied by his daughter, Miss M. Bassett, of Wansanui, returned from a visit to Australia by the Manuka yesterday. Mr. Bassett was a delegate to tho recent Meihodist Conference held in Adelaide, but was detained iir Melbourne on. the way back through the illness of Miss Bassett.. Mr. F. M. B s Fisher', M.P. for Wellington Central, intends to address . his constituents whilst the Financial Debate is in progress in the House. Mr, F. G. Bolton, of the legal firm of Bolton and. Organ, returned yesterday from a visit to America. Mr. and Mrs. A. ,E. Elworthy, ol Tunaru, who have beer, on a holiday tour of the South Sea Islands, returned to Wellington from Sydney by the Manuka yesterday. Tho following are at present staying at the Occidental Hotel Messrs, Burdekin and Currio (Napier), Hume and Scott (Blenheim), C. O'Connor (Auckland), . Dillon (Waipawa), B. Ling (Otaki), J. R.. M'Donald (Levin), H. Muller (Palinerston North), Maunsell (Wairarapa), D. Fuller (Seddon), Emlerhy (Wangnmii), Campion and Fenwick (Auckland), and Dr. M'Kenae (Levin).