PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 877, 25 July 1910, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Ifis Excellency the Governor (Lord Islington) was thn guest of honour at a. private dinner which was given by Mr. ,1. J3. Ifarcourt at the Wellington Club on .Saturday evening. The Victoria. College Graduates' Association lias arranged to tender a farewell dinner lo Mr. .1. W. Juynt, M.A., j{<'Kis(var of the New Zealand IJuiversily, at Ihe Hotel Windsor on Saturday evening, August 13. A team from the Christchureh Sports Cluli arrived in Wellington by the Maori yesterday. (In Saturday morning Mr. A lex. Scrinigeoui', of .M.isterlou, received a telegram aiiiHHUicin:: the death at Waipukurau of hi.s brother-in-law, Mr. t'e'.er Gow. Tho lale II r. flow (says our Masterton correspondent) was one o!' the earliest settlers ii!' lhiulce's 13ay, arriving tliero I'roiii Auckland lifter serving in (lie Maori war. lie wa- manager of the first sawmill'put into the bu-di at Waipulmrmi, and ans afterwards engaged in farmin the I'Vrty-Mile Bush ami llawlie's Bay. Subsequently ho tool; up hotellcwping at w.-iipnlairau, but had been retired for some years. Deceased was 72 years of age, And was in tho best of health until quite roceutly.

Archdeacon Charles Coleridge Harper, well known as vicar of Palmerston North and Archdeacon of Rangitikei, has accepted the. position of Vicar of St. Peter's Parish, Wellington, rendered vacant by the resignation of the Rev. G. P. Davys, 11.A., who leaves for lingland in November next. Archdeacon Harper is a grandson of the lale lfishop of Christchurch, and was-edueated . Keeble College, Oxford, taking B.A. and M.A. degrees. He was ordained deacon in IS9O, and priest in 1891 by the Bishop of Kipon, ami held the assistant curacy of Chapel Allorton, Yorkshire, 1890-1893. He was vicar of Patea 1894-1900, and since then has held his present position at Palmerston North. He has a reputation 'as a preacher and organiser, and has taken a prominent part in the debates of both Diocesan and General Synods.

The American University football team'arrived from the south by the Tarawera yesterday afternoon.

Mr. David Finlayson, who was formerly general manager of the Union Bank in Australasia, and is now chairman of directors in London of the London Bank of Australia, and the Eight Honourable the Earl of I/eitrim have joined the London board of the Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society, Limited. The local board there now consists of the Right Honourable the Earl of Ranfurly, Mr. Ernest'Baggallay, J.P., and the two gentlemen raintioned.

Mr. E. K. Mulgan, recently appointed Chief Inspector of Schools for Auckland, was presented by the North Canterbury Education Institute on Saturday with a travelling rug, a case of pipes, a hand-somely-mounted fountain pen, and v a copy of' Chamberlain and Salisbury's work on geology. Mr. J. B. Mayne, in making the presentation on behalf of the members of the institute, said that Mr. Mulgan had proved no exception to the rule that Canterbury had lieen fortunate in having insnectors who were men of broad culture, anil who were in sympathy with teachers. Mr. Mulgan had satife&ed all demands which might be made on an inspector, and had left his mark on the district by the especial manner in which lip had fostered the natural sciences. He had also been of valuable -assistance in promoting the cause of technical education aud the cuusc of general educational progress. Mr. E. U. Just (president of the New.Zealand Institute), Mr. T. S. Foster (senior inspector), and Mr. H. C. Lane (secretary of the Education Board) also eulogised the work done by Mr. Mulgan, who, in acknowledging these expressions, regretted exceedingly having to leave the •wrviee of the No.-th Canterbury Board, for he could assure them that there was not a better servir.o in New Zealand,— Press Association.

Mr. P. G. Pryde, who. for over thirty years has occupied the position of secretary of the Otago Education Board, and lias been forty years in the board's service, retires from that position on superannuation. at the end of tke present month, says tho "Daily Times."

Mr. J. Horrax, who died suddenly at Nelson on Saturday afternoon from heart failure, was well known throughout the Dominion as a dog fancier and particularly as a successful' breeder of collies. He officiated as judge at many shows. Sir. Horrax, who was 59 years of age at the time of his death, was employed as a commercial traveller by Kempthorne, Prosser and Co., and was much esteemed by the travellers and others with whom he came in contact in his journeys, which usually took him down the "West Coast of the South Island. His home was at Karori. He leaves a widow, two sons, and a daughter. Of the sons, Mr. C. Horrax is a resident of Pahiatua. Another son, ,Mr. T. Horrax, is studying medicine at Edinburgh University. A daughter, Mrs. S. Gir'hvood, is at present on a trip Homo, and was due to leave London last Saturday on her return to New Zealand.

A petition is being circulated throughout the Wakefield (Nelson) district requesting the Prime Minister to appoint Jlr. Henry Baigent, the well-known timber merchant, as a member of the Legislative Council. Mr. Baigent was Mayor of Nelson for several terms, and held a prominent position in local affairs there. At the King's Theatre on Saturday evening, Mr. P. M. ' B Fisher, M.P., presented the gold 'watches given by Mr. H. Price, of Willis Street, and "tire gold-mounted whips given by Messrs. Duncan and Mlntosh, Manners Street, to Messrs. Gray and Julian, the most successful jockeys during the past racing season. Mr. Gray and Mr. Matthews (on behalf of Mr. Julian, who is at present laid up through accident) suitably replied. Messrs. Price and Duncan and M'Tntosh have again offered the same prizes for the most successful'riders during the forthcoming season.

Mr. Eobert Bell, proprietor of the "Ashburton Mail" and "Guardian," is in town.

Mr. William A. Beddoe, the nowiyappointed Canadian Trade -Commissioner to New Zealand, will arrive at Auckland by the Eakaia, the first boat of the line recently subsidised by the Canadian Govehiment from Montreal, to Australasia. It is a coiueidchcu 'states the "Herald") that the first steamer of the new line should carry the first appointed Trade Commissioner to the sister Dominion.

The late Mr. I'. H. Torster, whose death occurred on "Friday, arrived in the colony in 1874, and settled in the Manchester Block, Feilding, where he remained {or several years. He joined the defence forces about 1878, and was stationed 91 various stations on the West Coast. He went to South Africa with Major Soromerville's contingent, and was in receipt of a small Imperial pension. l''rom Africa he Went to England, returning to New Zealand after two years, and settling in Wanganui, later coming, to Wellington. He was accorded a military funeral, which was attended by a large number of veterans and friends. The Kev. Mr. Sprott conducted the burial service, and the Permanent Artillery furnished the firing party. Deceased was a brother of Major-General Forsler, who served throughout the Maori war. Among other activities, he took a great interest in Sunday school work, and for a long time was superintendent at the Berhanipore Sunday School. ■'