PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 937, 3 October 1910, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

•■■■ : " ■ :r~-—^--— — .-0': v*;^ . Their Exoellenoies,/the Governor 1 and Lady; Islington, entertained, the' following guests at dinner at Government Houso on batiirday night:—The Eight/ Hon.' the Prime Minister and Lady Ward, the Hon.J./ Carroll, the Hon. J. Millar and Miss; Millar,, the Hon., Dr- Findlav. and Mrs. Findlay,', the Hon. B. M'Kenzie and Mrs./M'Kenzie, the Hon. D: Buudo and Mrs. Buddo, the Hon. T. Mackenzie. and Mrs. Mackenzie, tho.Hon, A. T.. Ngata and Mrs. .Ngata, the Hon. Sir ; Charles Bowen,the Hon- A. R.' Guinness andl Mrs. Guinness, 'Colonel A. Eobin, C.8., and Miss Eobin, his Worship the Mayor of Wellington and Mrs. pWilford,■■ Miss Stapleton-Cotton, Captain G.C. Hamilton,; Captain/ Shannon, and Captain ■ Crichtpn-Maitland! : aides-de-camp., ■ . Repeating tho practice of 'last / year, business in the General Post Office during the summer months will begin on Saturday at 8 a.m. and end at noon; Dr. Blomfiold, a well-known medical praotitioner, died at Dunedin yesterday afternoon.—Press Association. ..: The' Rev. Dr.- Gibb, who is absent in the south, is expected baok ;in- Wellington' next Friday.- ■■■' Mr. J. Bollard, M.P. for Eden, who has been suffering from , a bronchial trouble, is now much better, and .hopes soon to be in his seat in the House once more. ' Mr. James Fletcher is severing his connection with the Mines Department, as, manager of the Seddonville State/Colliery to take over the management of the Huntly collieries, belonging to the Taupiri Company, Auckland. ," '• 'Reference to the intention of Mr. RobtKnowles, chairman of tho National Committee of the Y.M.C.A. in Australasia, to resign on account of ill-health, was made at tho meeting of thp convention on, Saturday. It was decided 'to accept with reluctance his. resignation of the office, which it was felt he had.so capably - tilled ' during tho past three years, In doing so the convention placed on record its indebtedness to Mr. Knowles for his soryicesi and expressed the hope that re'turning health would make it possible for Kim) though not on the committee, still to aid the movement by his continued hers and interest.