PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 984, 26 November 1910, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

———fr — : —-, . Their Excellencies, Lord and Lady Islington, have consented to be present at the annual prize-givin" ceremonies of the Wellington High Schools on December 9. The .Governor will present the prizes'at the, Boys' College at 3 p.m., while her' Excellency, Lady Islington, will present the prizes to the pupils of 'the Girls' -College, at tho Sydney Street Schoolroom, at 8 p.m. Mr. James B. Atholwpod, tho wellknown, aritor, who is leaving tho Nellie htevrart Company at the completion of its tour next .week, will: await in Wellington, the 'arrival of the Williamson .Dramatic Company, headed, by Miss •Katheriho Grey and MA AYilliam Desmond, which opens in Christcjnirch on ißoxiiig Night.' In the meantime, it is .Mr. v AthoHvbod's intention to keep himself .busy here by teaching the dramatic art. ■ . ... ... An, instance of the good feeling exist--ing.sbetweeri'Huo, second 'clerk assistant ,of i the House of Representatives, Mr. : Fi Low's;-.'Sid-the ; Committeo clerks of tho House, who. come immediately under his supervision, was given last, evenine, when the . Committee clerks took Mr. Lowe -by ' surprise and pro-, sented him with a case of pipes and a rose bowl. . ■ . Mr. George Flux, headmaster of the South 'Wellington, School, has been elected president of tho local branch of the Teachers' Institute, vice. Mr. J. A. Caugbley, who has taken up an appointment in the Hawke's- Bay district. . . Mr. G. Hill, of Laery and' Company, Ltd., who for tho past week has been relieving Mr. Burch, who was absent on "account of ill-health, is again pursuing his occupation as traveller for tho firm. ' ■ ■ • Mr. A. S. Henderson, of Seatoun, who is on the staff of the Railway .Department, 'left on a trip to Australia by the Manuka last evening.. . The Rev. H. : V. Stuart, of' tho Anglican General Mission, left for Australia en route for England by the Manuka yesterday. . .. The Chief Justice (Sir Robert' Stout) goes to Nelson nest Monday, to preside at the criminal sessions there, and afterwards proceeds to Blenheim, where the criminal sessions are to. open on December 7. The Hon. : G. Louisson, Canterbury, who ..has been on a visit to England, took his seat in the Legislative Council yesterday, after being sworn in: , Mr. William Henry, founder and secretary of the Royal Life-saving Society, left by the Manuka yesterday for Sydney. . ... • .. A ' Press Association message from London states that Anglo-Australians in London entertained Mr. Reginald C. Haro, who for some months acted as Agent-General for Western Australia, at luncheon at '■ the Trocadoro. Mr. Hare sailed for Perth on Thursday. At an installation meeting of Ngamotu Lodge of Freemasons on Friday night, Mr. F. P. Corkill, late provincial grand master, was presented by the Taranaki lodges with a chain of office and a breast jewel as a memento of his seveu years' work (says a Press Asso-. ciation telegram). Mrs. Corkill was also tho recipient of a cabinet of table silver in appreciation of 'the assistance in tho social features of Freemasonry. Our Palmerston correspondent states that Mr. Kissell,. the new postmaster, has arrived from Christc'hurch, aud takes charge of •' the Palmerston Post Office' immediately. The Rev. A. T. Thompson, 8.D., and Mrs. Thompson/ of Masterton, returned to New' Zealand by tho R.M.S. Mongolia on Wednesday last, after an absence of .nine months, spent chiefly in Europe.' Included among tho passengers- by the Mongolia, which arrived at Auckland from London, via way ports on Wednesday last, wero Messrs. J. 0. Buckingham and F. J. Dignan, of London, who intend spending some time in New Zealand trout fishing, arid Mr. E. Trelawny, superintendent for Australasia- for the P. and 0. Company. Tho Hon. F. E. Winchcombo. of Sydney, was also a passenger by the vessel._ . . • . :-.-.• Mr. Justice Russell, of the. Indian Judicature, who has been on a holiday visit to New Zealand, left Auckland on his Homeward journey by the Mongolia on Thursday last. Mr. A. J. Entrican, chairman of the' Aucklnnd Harbour Board, has decided to tako a trip to England next year. He will- leavo*in April next, being accompanied by his wifo and. son, and will bo absent from the Dominion for some seven or eight months. Sir. L. S. Benjamin, managing .director for Messrs. Kronhcimcr, Limited, Melbourne, was a passeuger by the Mongolia from Sydney to Auckland on Wednesday. Ho intends spending a • month in New Zealand, and will return, by the nost P. and 0. steamer-'