PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 934, 29 September 1910, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr. A. Macintosh, superintendent in New Zealand for Dalgety and Company, arrived from Sydney by the Manuka yesterday. • » . . Tlio nominators of St. Matthew's Church, Masterton, deny the report that the Rev. J. D. Russell, of Petone, lias been apnointed . vicar of that, church. The position" (says our Masterton correspondent)''was ottered to Mr. Russell, but lie declined. Mr. "William Jacques, of Motueka, late fruit-canning expert to the Government, is visiting Wellington. Mi'.- Clarence E. Bartholomew, of London, who is interested in the matchmanufacturing business in Wellington, arrived ; from Sydney by the Manuka yesterday: Mr. G. H. Scales, of the firm of G. H. Scales ■ and Company, returned from a trip. to' America and England by the Manuka yesterday. ' Among the arrivals from Sydney, yesterday was Mr. Paul Latham, stage : manager of the "Lover's Lane" Company, which commences a tour of New Zealand at .'Auckland 'on Monday . nest.' : Mr. Latham explains • that there is a ' very . pretty', children's scene - in "Lover's Lane," and it is essential for him to go ahead a few days to rehearse the local children, who are engaged to augment the half-dozen who travel with the company. Mr. Latham states - that the. Sydney season was a. brilliant success. : Mr. J. J. Virgo, national secretary to the Y.M.C.A., arrived trom Sydney yesterday- to attend the convention, to be held in Wellington on October 5. Accompanying Mr. Virgo is Mr. Samuel Morris, who is to take ' charge of .the Gisbome' Y;M.C.A., vice Mr. uebster. Other delegates to .the convention will' bo Mr. A. Jameson, formerly an associate with MrV A. Gillanders,- and for the last thirty months"in charge at Perth; Mr. H. Armstrong, for over six years with Mr. Virgo at. Sydney; and the Kev. J. H. Lang, of Otago. An attractive, programme; has been • arranged by Mr. H. N. Holmes, Wellington . secretary..'■ '■ Miss Lilian Delaney, the accomplished Sydney .vocalist, who gives promise of de-; veloping into a fine artist, arrived ;at Auckland on Sunday last by the'Maheho: She .is farewelling friends in this. couh-. try before leaving for Europe, via America. In Berlin she is.to.be takeii in hand' by Madame Teresa Carr'eno, who is to . settle in that, city to' teach pupils '.' of proniise. , Carreno, witli : Herr. .Benno Scherek, leaves Sydney for South Africa' on October 18. ' C: A gift •of X 1.0,000 towards the fund for the'erecting of a new building..for the; Children's, Hospital at Melbourne, oESOCO: at once and an additional <£5000 provided a like sum. be raised by. public subscription, has been made by the trustees of the late Mr. Edward Wilson, of tho Mel-, bourne "Argus" proprietary. Mr. J. H. A. Pike,-the young Australian 'wireless expert, of Arncliffe (Sydney), ivlio has on many .occasions ~ distinguished himself by establishing now, records, lias been, appointed to the posi-' tion of .wireless officer of the CanadianAustralian mail steamer Manuka., l '; He left Sydney -on his first trip te Vancouver on Monday last. Mr. Pike intends . to make a : . series of long-distance with stations at Eandwick and-Arricliffe ? and hopes to eclipse all his: previous, achievements. . ■; >Many will regret 'to hear of the death at Dunedin early on Monday of the Kev. J. Gordon M'Lcod, a Presbyterian minis-, ter, who had been, settled at. Pukerau, Weston, and .Cromwell. \Ho was recently supplying the pulpit of tho Glenomaru oharge..' On. 'Sunday, September 11, he preachcd at three stations; finishing, at Bomahapa, after which, when riding to where he waa residing, he met a violent hailstorm, which soaked and chilled him. Being weak, from influenza, and. cdmplica--tions. setting in, he had not; sufficient strength to fight against the illness. He is. survived by. a widow and two children —a girl of -five years andja-boy no,t yet two years.-i~"ptago Daily . Times." . . . . A Sydney cable, message states that' the - Rev. Mr. l Baker .has been elected president of the;Jßaptisti'.tUnion.'-, v. . s':i ,'ii .■« . • '; Canon Stephen, at' a special imeeting 'of the Chapter of; St. > Paul's : Cathedral, Melbourne, held, oh September 21, was elected dean, in place of the late. Dean Vance. Last evening (says a Association message from Wanganui) a. large gathering; of' Post and Telegraph officers, representing air grades of the. services,, enter-' tained Mr.' D. .Miller, chief;' postmaster,. who has been promoted; to the charge of -the Wellington office. Mr. Miller was pre- . sented with a gold chronometer, and Mrs. Miller with a gold muif chain.. j , The . death, .occurred, at a private •' Eos'' pital at Sydney last week of Mr. John Kerr Clark; one of the leading pastoralists; in New South Wales, anu owner of the Ghoolendaaddi; Station, Boggabri. He was. a .well-known, member of the Australian Club, but of late, years, took; ho pro-' ininent part in publio affairs. The late Mr. Clark, :who married a daughter of : the late Sir John Robertson, leaves;, a widow' and two sons and iour daughters. One son, Mr. Robertson Clark,-is private secretary to Lord Islington,. Governor of New Zealand, and formerly, filled.; a simi-; lar, position to' Sir Harry Kawson when Governor of New South Wales. The 6ec-: ond son is in the.' diplomatic • service abroad. : '-