PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 890, 9 August 1910, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

.- The Prime Minister left for Christ church last night in order to lay the foundation-stone of a new poet:office at Addington. He is expected back in Wellington to-morrow. . The Hon. J. A.'Millar, who will be Minister in attendance on the Governor during his ExceHencj 's visit to Dunedin, left for the.south last night. ; The Hon. J. D. Ormoud was among the frassengers for Lyttelton by tho Maori ast night. ' ■ ' . ; Mr. Goring Johnston has gone to Christchurch for the race week. Mr. H. Nathan left-for the south last night. ' Yesterday Sir Joseph Ward dispatched a cable message to Sir. Wilfrid Laurier expressing his regret at tho injuries the Canadian Prime Minister had received in the railway accident last week. The Prime Minister has also cabled congratu- ■ lations to Lord Stmthcona on the achievement oFhis ninetieth birthday. Among the visitors to Wellington, and at present staying at the Occidental Hotel, are Mr. G. Nash, Mayor of I'alinerston North, Mr.Mailland, Mayor.of Picton, and Messrs. Mowlem, Malcolm, Edic, and Hundly, from Palmcrston North. Mr. H. N. Holmes, who is the Wellington representative for Dr. Henry, has received the following telegram from tho mission party at Gisborne, where a United Mission/was commenced last Saturday:— "Safe arrival, royal welcome, enormous meetings, and many decisions."