PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 983, 25 November 1910, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

The following were present at a dinner party given by their Excellencies Lord ami Lady Islington to meet his Excellency Vice-Admiral Sir Richard la l'oore, on Wednesday evening:—His Exeellcncy the Admiral, the Bishop of Wei- , ' li.ngton and Mrs. Wallis, Lady Ward and D 1 Miss Ward, Captain Frowse, R.N., Cap- sc tain .Wemyss, 8.N.,' and Mrs. Wemyss, la Lieutenant Fisher, R.N., Hon. Dr. Find- Cl lay, M.L.C., and Mrs. Findlav, Mr. W. j] F. Massey, M.P., Mr. W. li. Hcrrics, w 11.P., and Mrs. Hcrrics, Mr. and Mrs. y Elgar, Mr. and Mrs. A. Pcarce, Miss a] I'earce, Mr. and Mrs. Y. Riddiford, and n Mr. and Mrs. J. Duncan. 0 The following letter from Sir Maurice O'Rorke was read by tho Speaker in the a j House ot Bcproseirtatitvos yesterday, awl 01 ordered to be recorded in the journals-.— ™ 'I beg to tender you my very sincere thanks for the great sympathy you have shown towards me by the resolution you b have passad condoling with me on the sad loss of my beloved wife. For fifty years we lived' together without the breach in our mutual affection. S( In ISG2 Lady O'Rorke accompanied me for the first session held in Wellington —tlireo years before' tho removal of tho seat of Government from' Auckland. The J l , holding of that session was mado memor- . able by the Ministers of the day, and '' all the Auckland members, myself and J Lady O'Rorke among' the number, being & wrecked in the White Swan. My wito ;) accompanied me to nearly all the sessions that have sines been held in - Wellington. Many expressions ol regret at her death have reached me from her private ® friends in this city, and' the condolence . of tho HOUS2 of Representatives upon my sad bereavement will ever bo treasured ~ in the memory of your affectionate , friend, G. Maurice O'Korke." j Mr. R. Kerr Clark, private secretary f to Iris Excellency tho Governor, arrived r back from Sydney, via Auckland, yesterday. Oil arrival; llr. Kerr Clark received t a cablc message reporting ' that Lady i Beatrice Clark,, who has been ill in Syd- c ney, is recovering satisfactorily. .. An old. New Zealander, named William Farquliar Paterson, aged Si,.died ot the Tumut Hospital, New South Wales, on s November 7. Idr. Paterson, a son. of the j late Rev. Mr. Paterson, of Wellington, came to Wellington when about fifteen years old. Contracting the "gold fever" in early manlood, he followed tho avocation of a. miner during the greater part of his life, and with at times a good deal of succcss. On leaving New Zealand he went to Sail Francisco, and later to Victoria, settling finallv in New South Wales. The 'Mayor (Mr. T. M. Wilford) j received news of Mr. Paterson's death in' a recent letter from Mr. J. H. Macdonald, | of Ravine, near Tumut. The Hon. 0. Louisson, M.L.C., of 1 Christchurch, and Mrs.;. Louisson arrived j in Wellington yesterday afternoon from England. They woro passengers by the - Mongolia, which arrived in Auckland .on ' Wednesday morning. Confirmation has been received by tho last English mail of the appointment of Mr. R.. E. Wood, lately Wellington manager for tho New Zealand Drug Company, to the position of manager of the well-known business of Messrs. Felton, Grimwade and Co., of Melbourne. The many friends of Mr. Wood will be interested to know that he had very encouraging prospects in England, but the offer of the important appointment referred to having been made to him by . cablo, he decided to accept same. Mr. Wood left London for Melbourne ljy the s.s. Mooltan on November 4. Mr. R. M'Nab arrived in Wellington ; from Palmerstoii North last evening. Mr. Frederick Smith, one of Sydney's best-known accountants and assignees, ' arrived in Wellington on a holiday trip 1 yesterday. , As from Friday .last, Lieut.-Colonel~ A. . H. Russell, E. Basil Jones, J. D. Rivers, 1 and G. Land <aro appointed to act as trus--1 tees for the; Fernliill Rifle Range Reserve (Hawke's Bay). Mr. J. E. Espie, of Gisljorne, .has been . appointed a licensed' Native interpreter of the second grade. 1, Mr; David .Henry,.-of tho'Mechanicians' branch of the General Post Office, died last night at the residence of his brother-in-law, Mr. C. H. Dement; Home Street. Mr. Henry was . formerly .employed in the electric light .room at Parliament Buildings, but for some years past lie has been on tho G.P.O. staff, and was working until a week ago, when ha had a ■ heart seizure, which ultimately brought i about, his death. Deceased was a vrcll- ■ known member of the Victoria Bowling ; Club. > ' , Constable James Thompson, of the . Wanganui police force, has been appointt ed to succeed Constable M'Cormack at [ Palmerston North. . [ Mr. -Cecil Caiman, son of Mr. G. Cal- ! man, of Wanganui,' has been appointed engineer to the Occidcntal Gold Mining Company at Cobar, 'New South Wales. s ' Mr. Caiman is but twenty years of ago. . Before leaving school at Wanganui he t gained a proficiency certificate in elec- » tricity under the City and Guilds of 3 London Institute, and for the last five years has closely applied himself to 1 study. " Included in the passengers who an'ivcd ?' by the/Maheno at Anckland from Sydney „ on Monday were: Mr. C. H. Singleton, Johannesburg; Mr; H. Hall, Bradford; • Mr. G. D. M'llwraith, Hong-Kong; and .' r Mr. A. G. Wood, London. e .Mr. Wm., and Clara, Lady Fitzgerald -1 wero'passengers to Auckland by the Matt lieno on' Monday from Sydney. They are i about to visit , the Taupo district, and in--0 tend to indulge, in a little fishing. 0 Mr. Henry Green, well known inAuckJ land mining circles, and formerly, a | member of the Thames Drainage Board, returned to Auckland by tho Maliono on s Monday. Mr. Green has been abroad for r several months, visiting England and 0 various parts of the Continent.., n Mr. R. H. Dalliousie, president of the t, Flaxmill Employees' Union, informs our it Palmerston correspondent that there is d no truth in the statement that he will il be a candidate for the Otaki seat at tho lx next general election. ' The Hon. W. W.. M'Cardle, M.L.C., has been granted leave of absence from ;e his legislative duties for tho remainder ;s of the session, on account 1 of ill-health. 5. Leave of absence for thrco days has also a been granted to the Hon. C. H. Mills. , a Tho death-is announced by Press Association message of Mr. John Munro, J" a leading resident of Wcstport for many : , s years. The deceased was born in Glas--1 gow in 1839, and cainc out to Dunedin in 1862. Settling .in Invercargill, he ?! began business as a bookseller and sta- ' tioner, and two years. later he started 'j there as an auctioneer. In 1867 lie removed to Westport, where he remained 1 6 until his death. In addition to being Mayor of Wcstport for several terms, '{1 secretary to the first Hospital Board, and a member of tho Inangahua County Council, he occupied a seat in Parliament from ISBI until ISSLas the repreventative of tho Buller district. 16 Mr. T. S.- Andrews,, a prominent s ' American sporting journalist, arrived from Sydney by the Marama on Wed,6 nesday, and has gone south 011 a visit 11 to Dnncdin. Mr. Andrews had : rather an exciting experience when bathing at Coogee (Sydney) last week. He, with others, was sporting in the surf, when the cry of "Sharks 1 ." was raised. There s, was immediately a bolt for the beach, r. but after getting into shallow water Mr. c- Andrews turned round to see if there was 1- anything in the alarm, when he distinctly ly saw two huge sharks swimming:about 1- in the breakers about thirty yards from s- the beach, in comparatively shallow :1- water. The old idea that sharks will 11 not venture into broken water was dispelled by tho experience. ir Mr. Ernest. H. Gardner, of Sydney, a has been appointed a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand. '1 Mr. L. Campbell-Forgie, of the accountants' branch of the General Post Office, '; Wellington, who is to bo married at I Timaru 011 November 30, leaves for tho I south this evening. il Mr. Thomas AV. Lluft" vras unanimously elected chairman of the Westland County t Council yesterday.—Press Association. ■d 1- Why do Customs' work when for a :r small outlay you can got us to do *1 tho work? Leading firms employ us. It 10 pays them. Try us, and see how prompt 3t wo are in clearing and delivering goods. The N.Z. Exjjress Co- Ltd.—Advt,