PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 956, 25 October 1910, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

'. His Excellency the Governor arrived from Feathorston by train yesterday morning; Dui'ing'the morning be .attended a meeting' of the Executive .Council and left '.for>the, south by' l tho■ Moraroa last.'evening; 'nccdMpanicd ll 'by Captain Hamilton. A.D.C. Ha is tppay his first official visit ■ toTimaru and attend tho . Agricultural Show to be,heldthere..to-morrow. From Tima'ru • his Excellency will. return. to Christchurch and take up his residence at "Elm-wood""(lent'to.him by Mr. Heaton Rhodes) where ho will be joined at the end of tho week-by her Excellency. Lord Islington did'not put up at Government House :yesterday, owing to the drain-lay-ing operations that aro going on there; He stayed at the Wellington Club.'. The abovo arrangements are contingent upon no cabled instructions being received to observe official mourning for the late Prince Francis of Teck,' brother-in-law 'and.cousin'of his.Majesty the' King, Captain Scott, the leader of the Antarctic expedition,: who .arrives from Sydney by the Warritooo to-morrow,';will- to; Cnristchurch on Saturd ay '. nest.■ ■ • ', :: ■,' ■,' : Sir George M'Lean, and th©Hci./Gi: J. Smith, MIL.C's, aro among the passengers to arrive-.by the Mokaia from, the south this'morning. ; .' ; ■:'.".•; : Colonel • Chay tor', ..will , arrive '. by,, ■; the Mokoialfrom Ithe south- this morning. ... Mri G..E'Wyatt,'manager '--'id Captain Scott's' Antarctic expedition' while in New Zealand, ■ and .Lieutenant Gran,: of Nor-, wtiy, who is accompanying tho expedition ail' special instructor ,in ! the use" of ski (the Norwegian snow shoos),, arrived-at Auckland, by : the Maheno from Sydney/ on Sunday,- on their.way to Lyttelton, and left by lost night's train for; Wellington. Mrs. Wyatt accompanies her ' husband.— Press Association. : ■' ■ ';•',"."'"-•; ■'':■■'• r : ' A .large number of' friends assembled at the New Century Hall- on Thursday evening to be present at a complimentary' "social," tendered to Mr. Jaihes M'Cusker on the eve of his departure from Wellington for. Australia.- An -enjoyable dance, formed one.of,the features of the the M.C.'s . being, Messrs. ;W., Holloway and ; A. Waihwright, -.while the general arrangements -were; carried out by' a numerous committee. During the proceedings a presentation of a goldmounted fountain pen was made to Mr, M'Cusker by Mr. 0. M'Erleau,;' who re r ferred to tho respect in which the recipient was held by his many friends. Songs were rendertd by Messrs; Jeff.'Hill, ;J. Donaldson, G; Foote, A. Wainwright, A, Tiniinings, Mi Corliss,' and C. M'Erloan; also a step-dance by Mr. D. M'Carthy and a recitation by, Mr. J. M'Keowen. Mr. A. Timmings presided at the piano. News from tho Chathams reports tho death of Mr. J. .Engst, a., membur of the original Gorman mission to the group in 1542. rMr. Engst was born in Germany in 1819 (states a _Pross' Association' telegram). The mission settled' first on To Wakuro, in 1842, and moved, later to Waitangi. themombeis drifted into trade, soveral of them engaging.in transport trade between Chathams, New Zealand, and Australia..'At the time of the gold rushes the latovMr. Engst went into partnership with Mri Bauckc, another member of the mission,'and exported sheep and produce-to.'Australia and bought the Wharekauri run.. Mr, Baucke came to New Zealand in 1866 and Mr. Engst remained, at the Chathams, where .he latterly lived in retirement. - Acting-Lieutenant Dean, .of tho ' Victoria College Officers' Training Corps, has been attached to the commissioned staff of the Royal New Zealand Artillery for two months' training, a condition imposed upon candidates from the O.T.C. for examinations for commissions.. . Mr. G. E. Sykes has definitely decided to contest the . Masterton seat . against Mr. A. W. Hogg, in the Opposition interests.—Press ... ' Tho. departure of Mr. Geo. Dixon, who is to leavo Wellington early in Decemberto tako up; his residence in Auckland, will bo a serious loss to sport in .Wellington. 'Mr. Dixon, who, it will be recalled, was the manager of the All Black Rugby football team .which visited England, is chairman of the Management Committeo of the New Zealand Rugby Union, a trustee of the Athletic Parle, secretary of tho Northern Bowling Association, and a popular member of tho Thorndon Bowling Club. ~. Mr. Goo. M. Wilfortl, son of the Mayor of Wellington, has passed.with merit in tho following subjects at Glasgow Technical . Collego:—Chemistry, electricity,: dynamics, natural philosophy and mathe-; matics. 'In'-mechanical-drawing Mr.Wil,: ford headed tho list with 100 per ccnti: marks, He .is serving His time at, Messrs. Denny Bros.' shipbuilding works at Dumbarton, and, later, intends tojjain fur-l-*her experience at : £ittsburg, V.SJI