PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 922, 15 September 1910, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

; The Eev. G.P. Davys,.vicar of St.'Petetfs, who has resigned his charge in order to settle in England, has made! arrangements .to leave Wellington finally oh November 11-.... -.•;;•:.":,;,,' ..:"•'. ''". .: -.-v ' ...The "Eev." and Mrs. E; /S.-'.Gray, of Christchurch, _ have made arrangements to leave on a trip to England and 'the Continent in December.' ■'■'■ ■ Mr. A.'.Caselberg, of-Masterton, intends to make a trip to England early ; m the New . Ye'ai. . . Mr. Justice Chapman leaves for Gis- - borne to-day, to preside at the Supremo Court sittings in i that town." ■ The. Chief Justice (Sir Robert- Stout), returned from Auckland last Vnight,' and •is expected to sit in the Supreme Court to-daj , The Eev. Father > Peter Abouzaid, a priest of the Greek Church,' arrived in Wellington from Sydney yesterday. on a visit, it is understood, to his father, who is a resident of the Auckland district. Tho Eev. Mr. Rowland, who has been transferred from' Queensland to Dunedin, arrived from Sydney by the Moana yesterday.. .','" ' ';' . Mr. Leo do Chateau, who piloted the "Pete" Company .through. New Zealand,, returned to Wellington from Sydney jesterdav.'; .";. .- -.- '.-, • ': : Mr. Nat. Clifford, the well-known London comedian. : arrived' from Sydney .-by the Moana yesterday. Ho comes to New Zealand under engagement to • Messrs. Fuller and Sons. .., Mr. Wrightson,: of . Opaki, Masterton, returned .to Wellington yesterday by the Moana, after an tour .of the Old Country lasting . several months.". . During the sitting of the House of Representatives '■ yesterday . afternoon Mr.. Speaker announced that he had received from the Chairman of the Joint Library Committee a letter to the effect that Mr. R. D. G. M'Lean, of Napier, had presented a portrait'of Sir Donald M'Lean, with a. view to replacing the one that was destroyed by. the? fire .in the old Parliament buildings. On- the motion of the Prime' Minister, it was resolved to thank Mr.. M'Lean'for his gift. Mr. F. M; B. Fisher, M.P. for Wellington Central, is on. a visit to .Auckland. A Press Association telegram : states that Mr. W. A. Hawkins, who for two years and a half has filled'the position of Registrar of tho Supreme Court at Dunedin,. and who has been transferred to Christchurch, was accorded a farewell by the, Dunedin Law Society yesterday afternoon, and presented with a gold sovereign-case. Mr. W. Douglas, manager of His Majesty's Theatre, leaves for the south tomorrow. Ho is to be married •to Miss Eaeside, of Invercargill, on Wednesday next. - . The death occurred • yesterday of- Mr Richard Barber, ah old and at one tune a very well-knowjx resident.of Wellington The deceased was a, brother of the late Messrs. Jos. H: and Edward Barber, who oarried. on a large butchery business in AVellingfcon for many years. Mr. Barber,' who leaves a- widow and grown-up family,.was 70 years of age..