PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 946, 13 October 1910, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr.: Allan Thomson,, who is one of the. geologists of Captain Scott's Antarctic .Expedition,'■'•arrived by the Moeraki. from bydney-'yesterday,'.with Mrs. ..Thomson and child.; 'They, leave.to-day for. Duner din. ;.■ .Mr. .Thomson .was New ~Zealand's first.Rhodes-.scholar,, -won ! the scholarship in;-1904.-Mr, G. MiyThomsoh, M.P; , : for: \Qunedin North, is his .father.;

~ • Mr. Arthur Perry,:'who has been on a 'sis months' trip to; the Old< Country,returned: to Wellington, by the ; Moeraki. .yesterday.:,.: : "';,: :■■. ■..-, ■'■'■.■. ■.■■'.■.•: ■,; i ',•■;,-;..: ■.. .. ■ Mr.-Walter ,Tripe,' secretary of the Gear :Meat Company, returned from a. visit to Sydney by. the ;Moeraki : yesterday: I-γ,:^; , .: Mr. William Desmond,;; the -American actor who .succeeds Mr. Julius 'Knighi":as: co-star with , ' Miss' Katherine Grey, is to , make, his first"appearance, in Sydney on' Saturday evening in Eugene.Walter's play, "Paid-in;; Full." Mr."llesmond. 'married Miss' Lily O'Neil,. a sister of [MissNancp O'Neil, the American- tragedienne:wh6. is well known■.in.New Zealand; WV;': '. -Mr/iiL T.':Tayipr,' of is tobe entertained: by the .Old Navals' Association, on'his .return; from. England.;-'" ~; .^■■'Ampngst'the ..passengers'' to return 1 from'; .Australia , yesterday by' : the Mperaki were; Mr.' G. D. Greenwood, of Canterbury; Mr. and Mrs.iWilfred-Stead; of Christchurch, : Mr. andj Mrs; H. J. ,Duff, ■ of > ■ Kereru,. Hawke's' , ;Bay,iMr.:and. Mrs.-..Marks, ■••of D.unedin, Mr. :-F. X.; Moore, - solicitor. of' /Dunedin, and Mr.: arid'! Mrs;' Quanei ...of Christchurcli:;' v-- ■ :'.■.'•..;%.-.,::;> ■■■ : ''".- '.:;/.-■■'"' i

'■■'. A painful:'accident befell Archdeacon Willis.' at . Chinbridge, on'. Saturday. ;. He ■was standing "ori : 'a.;stool.in his.study,.for the ■ purpose7of^'.'getting, something down' from a: shelf. .(When he. qVerbalanced, and 'falling, heavily, : :broke;:dne .of. his. ribs; He was, in consequence, unable to fulfil'. Ms dutiesjat.St. Andrew's Church on Sunday;