PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 950, 18 October 1910, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

■;.[.-''■■':'»— l~— :'>;. .-''.'■ '";':[ "• A Press Association telegram states [that. Lord Islington'is expected to arrive at Hastings, to-day to attend. the Hawke's Bay:A. and P. show,- which opens- on Wednesday. D uriug his -.stay ;at Hast-, ihgs. .he, will'j.be- the guest.of Mr.- -A.--['-H. Russell,- president ;pf the A. and P.i Society;. .;. :''J ,; '>;'. : b: ■' "' 'V' '■•'■.' Sir Joseph -Ward-is:.among "the passengers from,the[; south; vby;: the. Mokoia which 'will',arrive this morning. •';.-■-,. ;;.:' ':..' The' Hon.. A. R. Guinhe;S6, M.P.,;. is. a passenger by the Mokoia,: which, is to arrive this'morning: ■-,'■ ::::;,-•-/.;[ .;'.:Among; Hie passengers to arrive by: the Mokoia .from ;the south this morning are the Hon. E.-'C.-J. Stevens, the Hon. G. Jj Smith, and: the Hon. 1 J. Barr, M.L.C.'s, and -Messrs.\G. W Russell, G. Witty, G.J. : Anderson,' and'Fraser'.M-.P.'s.: ';.

-vMr.'[Kerr'[Clark' and '-Lady Kerr -Clark' are passengers by, the.Mokoia, which will arrive from,' the south: this morning.

.'Word-has been received -by cablevthat Mr:; Frank , C.. Greig,■'■ formerly of - ptago University, Dunedin, has passed the ]jon(lon examinations for .the' diplomas of .m.k'.'g.s.,:l.e.c.p. .-:■;:':':.:; ...;

;A ; 'petition : is in circulation: in' Masterton . (says oui local .correspondent) tasking the government to,. appoint Mr..; Richard Brown,: for: many; years' town clerk,at Masterton, to, one of; the vacancies [in ? the .Legislative'^Council.'''::.; V ;S ; ;.-'

i. Mr.''J.:H. N.,i.; Burries,■;local : manager •of -the New- Zealand : Shipping C 0.," Ltd., who witk'-M'rs. and Missßurnes' has been, spending'■ a 'holiday ,in the Old Country, 'returned : .to Wellington by the Ruahine ycsterda^.;:^;';''-'.■•,■',■" ;'; :; ;V '■} ,<y-:v\ :" : v : v 'Mr.. : W...Barclay,.chairman of the Dunedin' Harbour: Board,-.ivho' has ;been on ;a'. six months' holiday trip.-ab / road,.retuf ned ■to the. Dominion' by; the Eiiahine' yester-. day.■'■ Though.,principally bent on 'Tc- ' ouperatingi his- health, Mr. Barclay .found time'to'lobk'-into the.syst«nis of some of the- great' Shipping ports, -with special..reference" to•;'.docks. ' ,'He' visited Glasgow, 'Leith.'.'andyAberdeenV'boing',specially in-terested-in the fbrro-concrete work" at the 'last-named port. ~ His-observations;.will. he subsequently embodied in a report to the Dunedin Harbour Board.: ~■ '■:■'

7 ; Mr. George Buller, the : theatrical touring manager, has arrived in Wellington'.to ■ 'make arrangements "for 7 the season here of..the Hamilto'n : PlimmerDenniston Dramatic . Company, whioh opens' at the!: Opera ,House: on., .Thursday, of next-week in Jerome, K.. Jerome's. remarkable play, "The 'Passing 'of the Third floor, Back."- ,w ; ;;;-■': : -.'--. l '

ilr..'.'Vinceht', Assistant Secretary.itpithe Treasury, is at.present too indisposed -to attend to"bis,duties, i ';■;':;.' :■:;-', : V:-/

';'■■ Mr.-James-' Putter,' ■•'- of Ngahaurangn, ■Who' i.'died'-on -Saturdajy-was .78 years of age'.' Ho 'came to- Wellington.in- tho.ship' 'Lady'Nugent/in-. 1841,' and' with .the -.'-.0x7. ceptibn of an, experience, on the' Victorian goldfields he has livedo in: the .Wellingtondistrict.' Mr.. Futtor is Survived by." a family of- f our. .', The three sons-are:. Messrs. - Charlie, and Walter. Putter, , who' manage' their,'.father's property.Vnnd -Mr, Fred Putter, of Lower Hutt.- \ The-only daughter' is 'Mrs;, Walter Tait, of. Ccro■mandel..;.-'-.' •.''"-.". :, - : . "; : .^.-v':-'-'- .: ■' : : v -■- :