PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 916, 8 September 1910, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

.The. Home for the Aged Needy was visited.;by- their. Excellencies '"the.-.Gov-erhof/.and Lady; ■; Islington , -yesterday :morning. ■•• They .'■were', received, by the chairman of.;the. trustees' (Mr:- , AY. Lan), and.Messrs.,: J; G. W.: Aitken; arid A. Lindsay (trustees), Mr: C. P. .Poiylea '(secretary), arid the : - superintendent; -of: -the' Home, arid were conducted through the' .building, - expressing" themselves, .greatly, "pleased with its: arrangements.' The chairman mentioned '.the absence of Mr. T. M'Kenzie, 'the oldest 1 qP the trustees, and his Excellency said '■ lie hoped to meet him some other timeir; , Mr.-.': justice' Edwards3has .returned irom ; Mastotori, .and will proceeU to New' Plymouth on Monday- to preside at\the sittings'of.;tho Supreme. Court.in that: town/.; : ■:. '■. v- ; Dr. Alexander. 'Graham.- Bell, ;.the notcfd < American sciuntist,' best -known as the iiiventor of the telephone, arrived in .Wellington yesterday, frbm.the. south, accompanied by Airs. Bell. They. leavo for Auckland by:- to-day's express. ; Mr; and Mrs.;! D , . N. ■ Baldwin, of .Canada, who have 'travelled -through the .South Island witL them,; are now visiting! Nelson, and: will,: come, on to. Wellington to-nioriw /or " Saturday. After .reuniting. in ■ Auckland,. the' party will visit Rbtorua, and will return;to Wellington _to spend about a week herb ■before . leaving,' on September.; 30,;.f0r Japan, via Sydney'..;-..':, '•"-,'■;. ~;. Mr. A.' Linley,-;a member, 'of "the management of the West's and Royal Pictures Proprietary, leaves; for Auck-: land by .the Mam;. Trunk, express, to-; day on busmesbi , : -. / ■■■;■•'"■ ■ : .: ; '■'; Mr. John Domeneoh, proprietor of the" Central Coffee Palat'e ; isreturning'by the; Moajia to Wellington: next week after an extended tour of his native country Spain, South America, and Aus-', ■'' '"." ; ■ ■< ' '■■'/■; ■;■[ ;'v.- : , Mr." Walter- Atkin, proprietor , of ..tho "Westport- News," ..arrived; fro'm. •. tho West Coast by thpArahura last evening. Mr. Atkin is on his : way to Sydney and':Molbourne, leaving, here by tho Matai to-morrow. -. -:j ; ,; At the meeting of the ' Wellington Philosophical .Socioty last night the president (Mr. A., Hamilton) alluded 'to tho death of. two of the. members, Mr. G. Denton, one of thu oldest members, and Mr. Alexander.Shajid,-of/the Chatham Islands, the great authority Pii thp Moriori race. Mr. T. King' spoko of the lato Mr. Denton, whom he ;!renienibored as an - actiyo .lueinbcr of tlte society for the'last 30'.years,: until .in-, firmitios prevented, : his -attendance at •; the meetings. Votes of-sympathy with the relatives pf Mr. Dentpii arid ■ Mr. Shand were passed by those •■■'.'present' standing in silence.,; ■■'. ■ '.; ■ ~....:;,■..]