PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 881, 29 July 1910, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr: H. D. Bell, who has been in illhealth recently; will leave for Sydney this afternoon by the Jloana. ' '■'

Archbishop Redwood has received a cablegram from Dr. Cleary, 'the newlyappointed Eoman Catholic Bishop , ' of Auckland, who is now in Dublin, stating that his consecration will take place in Enuiscorthy Cathedral on August 21

Mr. A. S. Biss was a passenger for the south by the Ulimaroa yesterday evening. Mr W. Wallis, manager of the New Zealand and African Steamship Company, left, for Christchurch last night by the Uararoa.

When the Mokoia called at Earotonga on the return trip from Tahiti, Mr. J. ~man Smith, Resident Commissioner, was away on a visit to the outlying islands of the group. . / '

Among the passengers who arrived from Tahiti by the Mokoia yesterday was Count O. Von Stettin, who after a previous sojourn in New Zealand has been visiting the South Sea Islands.

The death is reported of Mr. William Beaglehole, an old resident of Wellington, who passed .away on- Wednesday. Deeetuwd, who was 76 years ol age, had been in indifferent health for some time past. ■ ■ ■

The Governor nas recognised provisionally the appointment by the Vice-Consul-Gcmeral ol the United States of America, at Auckland, of Mr. C. H. Turner as Consular Agent of the United States of. America at Wellington.'

The Eev. James Watson Shaw (Presbyterian) and Mr. Thomas William Graham (Baptist) are added to the list of officiating ministers under the Marriage Act.

A presentation was made to Mr. G. M. Thomson, member for Dunedin North, by the members of the Deposition last evening, on the. occasion of his marriage some eighteen mouths ago. Mr. Massey in making the presentation, said he had no hesitation in saying that the NewZealand House of Representatives was all the better for Mr. Thomson s presence in it. He presented Mr. Thomson with a cake-basket and' four Bower Tases in solid silver, which he asked him to hand to his wife as a small token ot esletin from the Opposition party. Mr. Thomson, in replying said he could not help remarking upon the extreme unanimity and good, feeling that always prevailed among the members of the Opposition party. They, were true gentlemen, in the real sense of the word, and their word was as good as their bond. The health of Mr. and Mrs. Thomson was tlien toasted with musical honours, and the meeting terminated with many good wishes for their future welfare.

The death of Mr. H. W. Eve. M.A., who his been for seventeen yars agent of the New Zealand University in London, was reported by cablegram yesterdav to the local office of the University. Mr. Eve was' about to retire from the position, and was to have vacated l.hi» office on November 1 next. He was a highlyaccomplished scholar, and had done valuable work in promoting the study of modern languages in England.- Mr. Eve li'ad also edited many French and German classics, and produced grammars in-these languages, which are in extensive use in this country. The appointment of Mr. 1. W.' Joynt to the position from which Mr. Eve' was retiring has already been announced.

Mr. W. Pryor, secretary of the New Zealand Employers' Federntiim. returns from tho south this moniinit.

In presenting to Mr. James Darling the gold emblem of the Marine Engineers' Institute, as a mark of appreciation o£ his services as president during five, ronsccutivo years, the Hon. C. M. Luke, M.L.C., said that Mr. Darling was ono of the oldest officers of tho institute, and had devoted much time and work to its interests. He had been indefatigable in his attention to his official duties, and he had, njoreover, mat modest and retiring disposition which frequently characterised the type of man that rendered the most valuable services to organisation of that character. It must be a matter of great satisfaction to Mr. Darling to know that the institute over which he had so long presided had contributed in no small measure to the well-being "of the travelling public nnd the. community in general. Mr. Luke's remarks, which were made at the institute's social on Wednesday night, were warmly applauded. Mr. Darling acknowledged the presentation in modest and appropriate terms, and expressed, his great pleasure in seeing the institute so splendidly housed in its new building.