PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 912, 3 September 1910, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

•The Hokifika Harbour Board yesterday appointed Captain Naylor, late of the steamer • Penguin, harbourmaster and .secretary.—Press Association. Tho memory of an honoured name was revived at. the Wellington Football Club's -.smoke concert. last night. Speaking of the noted players associated with ■'tho Wellington Club,' Mr. Galbraith referred to "ono of tho finest, if .not tho finest, footballer who ever donned a jorsey—poor Jop Warbriek, who lost his life whilo trying to save others at tho Waimangu Geyser." Warbrick, ho added, was a momber of tho first team which left New Zealand and played New South Wales. A Press.Association mossago from London states that tho estate of tho lato Mi\ Edward Pink, jam manufnc-. turor, has boon sworn at £261,677. Mr. S. I. Carman, ox-chairman of .the Kiwitea County Council, is seriously indisposed, suffering .from-'heart, lirouolo, - .' suporvouiug on influenza. ' i

Among the passengers to arrive back from America-.by the Mokoia yesterday was Mr. W. Farmer Whyte, formerly sul)-editor of the "Nefr Zealand ' Herald," who loft the Dominion as manager of a troupe of Maoris who had been engaged to appear at the New York Hippodrome. ; Mr. Whyte believes that the United States is. on the eve of a big revolution, in which money (as representing the trusts) and the people will be strongly contending factors. Mr. Justice Cooper left for I'alnierston North" yesterday afternoon, en route for Hamilton, where be will preside at the sittings . of the Supreme. Court. . " ; . .■■..:•■■■•' Mr. , ' Henry Plimmer, of' George Wellingtonj and youngest .'son of the late Mr. John Plimmer, died ata late hour on Thursday night after a month's illness. _Tho deceased, who was 60 years of age, was bom'in, Wellington.- As long ago as 1874 he entered the Post and Telegraph Department as an extra clerk, and tho following 'year was appointed record clerk, which office he held up to.the date of his retirement on October. 31, 1905. .He was noted in the service for a wonderful gift of memory, which her retained up till a-few years,before, he retired from active service. The cause of his death was jaundice and liver trouble. He leaves a widow, two sons—Mr. John Plimmer (engineer in! charge of the big dredge at Lyttelton) /and; Mr.' Harold •Plimmer—(the well-known ;- photographer)—and . . : daughtersMrs. Young, of Christehurch, and Mrs.' S.'W. Furkert"(wife of the District Engineer for, the Public Works Department at Dunedin). The late Mr. Plimmer was a member of the (Thorndon Bowling Club, and was a-player until his eyesight;became top poor. ■ ■ Sub-Inspector Wright, of the ''."Police. Department,- .who is being- temporarily transferred ,to the Thames, was; entertained by ;• tho residents of Seatoun on Thursday, evening. "As a mark iof'■ esteem the. Mayor • of. Miramar (Mr. John Brodie) presented Mrs. Wright with a pretty trinket and spoke in tho highest terms of the respect and favour in' - which Mr. Wright was held by all residents of "the bay.".* Songs were sung.,by Messrs. Richards, / Bowie, M'Oiellan,d, A. and E. Henderson,-Ken-nedy, Mackay, . Robin, Green, ■ . and Wyatt. The former-members, of. tho. police headquarters', staff .have, presented Mrs. Wright with a souvenir, of. their, .pleasant .association.-with, fc>nb--Inspector Wright. ~. . .;. ; ..,:' ' ■ , : '

Patrons■of the Theatre' Royal will all remember, the olever -Do-Re-Mi /Trio, who performed,:for; some. ; weeks under the;' management; of /Messrs.; Fuller and Soiis in Wellington not long ago. .They were Germans, who /played' a variety oi instruments, and appeared in bur T lesque. sketehes., one': favourite playlet being a .satire on a Spanish,bull-fight,' with a' :.number/ of dogs attired as' bulls.' "One of. the. trio,' Emile jandeschewski, recently; met his death in a tragic: manner; at /the Palace •Thqatrfe; Me'lboui-ne.;. He.'wfts just step-, ping iiitb;.the elevator,/on/.the - fourth floor when it:descended'sooner thati>e'x? pepted, knocked him/On the.jhe'a'd, which threw, the .'upper'half of : ,his' body into the lift, with the lower;half, : pfojecting, and. though he was able/to', shout out "UpI.TJpT" the lift' descended and:as ■the top of- the; door became' level with the, floor the body of; the-unfortunate man. was, fatally crushed.//. / ../ , ;' At a-, public meeting at/Ross yesterday the Mayor, presented the Humane' Society's bronze niedal to: Mr., .William De Bakker for ,• saving life.—Press Associations- ...'■- '■;.■■'"'■.;';//- '■ / ;■-■'.■?■■;