PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1083, 23 March 1911, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

: —: •Air. W. F. Massey, Leader of the Oppo- ! sition, left for tho .South last evening . ' To-day the Hon. J. Carroll (Acting- ! Prime Minister) will lie in Wellington, the i Hon. G. Fowlds is in Dunedin, the Hon, ■ J. A. Millar will bo in Wellington, the Hon. R. M'lCenzic is at the East Coast; the Hon. T. Mackenzie in Dunedin; the Hon. D. Buddo in Wellington, and the Hon. A. T. Ngala at the East Coast. ! Mr. J. Duthie, senr., has returned tc [ Wellington from a visit to the north. ; Mr. A. L. Ilerdman, M.P., proceeds te . Wanganui to-day. He will address t . public gathering there to-morrow oven--IIIR. Drs. H. C. Bennett and H. 0. .Tones . and Mrs. Jones arc leaving Now Zealane : by tho Corinthic for London to-day. , Included among th epasscngers who an leaving for Home by the Corinthic to-daj Lieutenant T. Standish and Sergeant ! Major C. Martin. > The Primate of New Zealand (Bishoi ' Nevill, of Dunedin), accompanied by Mrs > Ncvill, will leave by tho Corinthic to , day for London, to be present at -tht i Coronation. I Dr. T. Copeland-Savage, Mrs. Savagi ; and family, of Auckland, arc passenger; ! for England by the Corinthic sailing to . ayd The- Hon. Percy Thelluson, second soi . of Baron Rendlcsham, was a passenger b; ' the Manuka from Sydney yesterday. Mr. Samuel Hetherington, of Thames Auckland, returned from a visit to tin ' Old Country by the Manuka yesterday. Mr. Thomas S.i Mayor, winner of tli; ' champion of champions singles bowls con • test promoted by th? Wellington Bowlini i Centre, was entertained by the Victorii , Club on Tuesday evening. In the eours of tho evening the health of tho gues was proposed by the president, Mr, J ' Keith, in a eulogistic speech. Musica items helped to fill in an altogether en ; joyable evening. The remains of Mr. Lionel E. Riddiford , fourth son of Mr. E. J. Riddiford, o Lower Hutt, who died at Wentwortl rails, New South Wales, last week, weri brought from Sydney by the Manuka yes terday, and were interred in St. James'; Cemetery, Lower Hutt, yesterday after noon. The late Mr. Riddiford, who wa only 24 years of age, was born at thi Hutt, and was educated at the Wnnganu College, and subsequently at Oxford. H became ill whilst preparing for - his lega examinations, and was ordered to th; South of France, wliero his health im proved sufficiently to allow him to re sume his studies. A recurrence of hi ailment caused him to return to New Zealand, and about three months ago hi went to New South Wales to recruit, bu the trip was in vain. Deceased's mothc: and brother (Mr. Vivian Riddiford) nls< returned from Sydney by the Manuka yesterday. Mr. H. W. Moss, manager for Johnstoi and Co., Ltd., leaves on a trip to Americ: and England on Friday fortnight. The King of Denmark has conferrct upon the Danish Consul here (Mr. 11. D Bell) the Order of Danebrog (Danisl Banner), which is one of the oldest Or ders of knighthood in the kingdom. Mr. and Mrs. T. Campbell and Mis: Campbell, of Karori, have returned t( Wellington from Rotorna. Mr. John Saxon Barton, of Wellington accountant, was admitted as a solicitoi by the Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout! yesterday, on tho motion of Mr. H. F. Vol ilaast. Captain Haydon, president of the Palmcrston Chamber of Commerce, is announced as a candidato for a seat on the Wellington Harbour Board at the forthcoming election. Over one hundred members of the Upper Hutt Wesleyan congregation assembled in tho church schoolroom last evening to bid farewell to the Rev. B. F. Rothwell and Sirs. Rothwell, and to Mr, C. Strand and his family. Mr. Rothwell has been pastor of tho Upper Hutt Wesleyan congregation for the past three years and Mr. Strand has lived at Lower Hutt over a period of 40 years. During tho evening Messrs. Rothwell and Strand were each presented with a piece of plate. The presentations were made on behalf of the congregation by Mr. Hnthnance. The remaining part of tho evening was filled in with a musical programme, and supper was provided by the ladies of the congregation. Mr. Walter Stacc, an old resident of Marlborough, has passed away. "Tho deceased gentleman," says the "Express," "was tho fourth son of tho late Colonel Stace, R.E., and brother 'of the- late Colonel Edward Vincent Stace, C.8., for some years British Consul at Aden. Mr. Walter Stace was born in March, 18-14, and came to Nelson in the Ravenscraig in January, 1865, together with his oldest Hrother, Lieutenant George Stace, of the Soth Regiment (who predeceased him in December, 1909), ami his youngest brother, Mr. 11. J. Stace, of Robin Ilood Bay. Mr. Walter Stace, after trying his fortune at tho Hokitika diggings and residing ii' Queensland for some time, settled at Kaikoura, where he married. Ho started the first flaxmill at Kaikoura, and soino time afterwards was managing tho Delta run. For some years ho had led a quiet, retired life. He leaves one son, who for some time has been a mining expert, and who is now stationed in Java. ll is on interesting fact that tho lato Mr. Staco's grandfather, for the splendid work done by him at the Battle of Waterloo, was offered knighthood, which he declined, and instead accepted three commissions in the Army for his threo sons. Each of these sons attained tho rank of colonel before their deaths. One of tho sons was the late Mr. Walter Stace's father." Cable news was received from Perth yesterday recording the death there oi Mr. Max Maxwell, the well-known actormanager, who has been appearing at the head of his own dramatic company for the past year. Mr. Maxwell, who was born in Launceston, Tasmania, went to Sydney when sixteen years of age, and after a brief commercial experience decided, to adopt the stago as a profession. Ho did not come into notice prominently until he joined Mr. Bland Holt's Company, about eight years ago, subsequently succeeding Mr. Walter Baker as "juvenile lead." When Mr. Holt gave up management, Mr. Maxwell, with Sir. Allan Hamilton, secured several of Mr. Holt's plays and equipment. W : ith his company he toured New Zealand last vear, and presented such plays as "A "Woman's Hate and "Revenge" at the Opera House m this city in Juno last. The company recently played successfully in Melbourne and Adelaide. Mr. Maxwell was only about 32 years of age. Mr. George Bisset, editor of the Government's publications, died yesterday, after a long and painful illness. The deceased, .who was well known in journalistic and farming circles, was at one timo agricultural editor of the "Canterbury Times." About four years ago he came to Wellington, and received an appointment in the Agricultural Department as editor of its publications, and later on he was appointed editor of the Government publications. Ifr. Bisset, who was an experienced journalist and a man of urbane disposition, leaves a grown-up family of one son and three daughters. Major J. G. Hughes, D.5.0., of the general staff at headquarters is at present' ill with scarlet fever and will probably bo on tho sick list for about six weeks. Mr. Hugo Herrman, formerly a wellknown traveller for P. Hayman and Co., who has been in Australia for the last four years, is revisiting Wellington. Mr. Thomas Allison, solicitor, of Wanganui, has been appointed to succeed tho late Mr. G. Wheeler as one of the trustees of the Wanganui Collegiate School. Mr. Allison is an old boy of the school. Mr. H. 0. Macfarlane, of tho canvassing firm of Messrs. Can- and Macfarlane. chief canvassing agents for the A.M.p' Society, was tho guest of tho staff in the beard room on Monday evening. Mr. Macfarlane intends visiting London during the Coronation, and eventually taking' up lifo insurance work with the A.M.P. Office in that city. After wishing him all good luck and continued success in the future, his health was heartily drunk. lie was also the recipient of a case of. nines with assurances of goodwill and esteem from his friends on the staff. Reference is made in the Wellington Rugby Union's annual report to Ihe untimely death of Mr. Wm. Coffey, in whom the union had an enthusiastic worker and a keen, outspoken critic-