PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1050, 13 February 1911, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

To-day the' Prime Minister ■ (Sir Joseph Ward), the Hon. G. Fowlds, the Hon. R. M'Kcnzie, the Hon. Dr. Findlay, and the Hon. D. Biuldo will bo in town. The Hon. T. Mackenzie will be with the Scottish Commissioners,'the Hon. J. A. Millar in Dunedin, nnd the Hons. J. Car-, roll and A. T. Ngata on the East Coast. • The Hon. G.Fowlds 'arrived from Auckland'on .Saturday. He w,ill nrocced to Wanganui and Palmorston North early, this week in connection with school.func- , tions '• at each town. , ■ ■ Mr. R. Kerr Clark , has resigned his appointment ns secretary to His Excellency the Governor. Ho has Inken this course for family rea6ons, ; as it.is necessary for mnr to proceed to Australia to look after the affairs of his late father. MrrClark', accompanied by Lady Beatrice Clark, will leave for Australia immediately, and'later oil will visit the Old Country. Mr. Arthur Guise is now carrying out the'duties of Snvate secretary to His Excellency with tr. A. Cecil- Day as assistant private secretary. • .:...■..: ......•, ■ .■ ■ «t is .understood. , that Sub-Inspector Shcehah.' of Newton. Auckland, will succeed Sub-Inspector'Norwood , in Wellington. -The latter-officer .has been" transferred to Paltnerston North: ', ■ ' Dr. Moore and Mr. Quick were passengers to Now Zealand by the. Tongariro, which arrived on Saturday, from London'. They joined.tho vessel at Hobart. 5 "Captain W. H. Doig, of the 6th Bat tahon, Seaforth Highlanders, is nt'pre-' sent'on furlough, nnd arrived at; Wellington on' Saturday by tho Tongarirfc. Captain Doig is travelling for the benefit of his healtn. .. . . Mr.'Norman' M. Kcanc, who is interested,in the Mulliiigar mine, Salisbury district, South Ehodesia, South Africa, was a passenger to Wellington by tho Tongariro' on Saturday. Mr. Keane is proceeding to Auckland by to-day's Main Trunk express, and intends enending some little time in the northern city. Captain J. H. Highman, , who was at one time trading to New Zealand, from London on; tho No-v Zealand Shipping Company's old steamer Kaikoura, and also in the employ of the P. and 0. Company, arrived in Wellington on Saturday aftern-on by the Tongariro from London. It is twenty-two years ngo since Captain Highman visited tho Dominion. At that time ho brought tho Union .Company's steamer Brunncr out from Home, l'or some tima past Captain Highman has been in command of a Peruvian cruiser on the coast of Peru.

Mr. Fred Graham, the well-known comedian, has received word that his son, Dr. F. Graham, who visited Wellington with Mr. Alfred Hill's "Moorish Maid" Company, is now practising dentistry in Hong-hong.

• An Ashburton Press Association telegram Tenorts that the death, occurred shortly nfter midnight on Saturday, of Mr. Herbert Henry Fooks, 8.A., who, for the past ten years has acted in the dual capacity of town clork and engineer to ■ the- Ashburton Borough Council. Deceased, who was nged -41 years, had also for over eighteen years acted as assistant town clerk. . Mr. Fooks was one of the first pupils at the District' High School, and the first graduate at Canterbury College from that school. , •■::■• ■ ...

■ . A petition lias been drawn up, to bo forwarded faTMr. W. F. Massey, Leader • i l hc Opposition, requesting him to includo Ivaikoura m his itinerary for his next trip through the South Island, and to deliver an address.

Mr. G, P.-Donnelly, who was a pasSanger in the coach which met. with an accident on the Weber Road, is progressl? 8 te ura W (sa y s tho "Hawke's Bay .Herald"). Mr. Donnelly fortunately escaped without serious mishap and no bones were broken. The muscles of both shoulders aro strained, and the wholo of ,tho nervous system/ very much'upset.

.Mr. J. P. Luke, M.P., accompanied-bv Mrs.- Luke, arrived from the eouth' ves"terdoy morning.