PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 930, 24 September 1910, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

When the Legislative Council met . yesterday afternoon, the AttorneyGeneral (the Hon. Dr. Findlay) moved: "That this Council extends to Sir , Maurice O'Rorke its sincere sympathy in the irreparable loss he has sustained in the deatlrof lady O'Rorke.'" Dr. Findlay referred bliefly to the many estimable qualities of L 'the deceased lady. The Hon. Geo. Jones seconded, the motion, which was carried in silence. A similar motion was moved in the House of Representatves by the Primo Minister) who expressed his personal sense of sorrow at the loss Sir Maurice had sustained and the 6orrow of the House. The motion was seconded ' by the r Leader of the* Opposition, and carried. . , . Madamo Emma Calve, the famous operatic artist, who suffered a. slight heart seizure at the concert given in the Town Hall on Thursday evening, had lecoveied hex normal health Testerday. Together with Signor Gasparri, M. Pintel, and Mr. F. .Talbot (manager), she t left for Sydney yesterday by the Ulimaroa. Mr. Kempthorne, Wellington manager for the New Zealand Insurance Company, left for Sydney, en route for Calcutta, by the Ulimaroa last evening. He proceeds to India on the company's business., i 4 l The members of the Opposition met in tho Whips' room at the House of Representatives last night to wish their ' senior Whip (Mr. C. A. C. Hardy) every, happiness on the occasion of the anniversary of his birthday. The proceedings were of a very cordial nature, for Mr. Hardy is undoubtedly one'of the most popular .members in the House. The party sprang -a surprise upon their Leader (Mr. \V. F. Massey) by seizing the opportunity 'to present him with a very handsome portfolio for Parliamentary papers. At the offices of Mr. A. R. Hislop, Victoria Street, yesterday, Mr. C. E. Binning was tho recipient of a presentation oy his fellow employees on tho occasion of his approaching marriage. , Mr. Ales. Low, manager of ChemicaliCompany for eight years past, is "about to retire into private life: A supper is to be tendered him by those connected with 'the trade at the Hotel Windsor on Tuesday evening next. t Mr. William Whiteford, commercial traveller, 'pissed away this week at his residence, Kelburne, after a long illness. Deceased was a member of the Rechabite Order and a bowler, and took a keen interest in all bowling matters. He was also a member of the Mssonio Grand Lodge of Scotland. Mr. A. J. Merilees, chemist, of Johnsonville, has disposed of hir, business, and, is proceeding at an early date to Tauranga, where he has bought another business. ' Mr. Merilees was-re-cently presented by the Boys' Club with a silver-mounted umbrella by the Johnsonville Bowling Club, with a gold pert- . dant,' and - by the Johnsonville Territorials (late Rifles), in which he waa a lieutenant, with an sword. The parishioners of the Anglican Church; at Johnsonville presented Mis. Merilees with a tea and coffe service, and from the Territorials she receiv<d a pair of silver candlesticks. , I Mr. S. N. Ziman, the brilliant Auck-' lander and 1908 New Zealand Rhodes Scholar, -has passed the Indian Civil Service examination. This entitles him to a position in the Indian Service. Successful candidates, when found l medically -fit, are allowed by the Govi ernment about £200 for the following year to remain in England, and study tho language used in the district to • which they are appointed. Mr.,Ziman, who was 23 years of ago in November last, has been at Oxford for two years, and, this year, he has taken his B.A. degieo with first-class' honours in mathematics. So far he is the only one of the New Zealand Rhodes scholars who was young enough, at the time of his election, to compete for a position in the Indian Civil Service. He waa educated at the Auckland Grammar School, and at Auckland University, College.,' A Russian visitor, Mr. P. M. Koonin, - F.L.1., of St. Petersburg, who has'been travelling in the North Island, arrived back hero fiom Auckland by the Main Trunk train yesterday.