PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1213, 23 August 1911, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

This afternoon his Excellency the Governor will receive the Legislative Council's reply to Ms speech at the opening of Parliament. Ilis Excellency and Lady Islington will subsequently visit the Kennel Club's Show at the Skating Kink, A dinner party and dance.will be given at Government House in the evening. Sir James Carroll received last night a wireless message from Sir Josenh Ward: ''All well." , In the House 1 of Representatives yesterday, the Speaker read a letter from the widow of the Hon. M". C. Smith, thanking the House for its expression of sympathy in her bereavement. The letter was ordered to be entered in the Journal of the House. Mr. S. Bowman, Government butter and cheese grader.at Lyttelton. is resigning his position and nssumin.tr ihe management of u dairy company in the North Otago district. The Wellington Hospital Board at its meeting yesterday placed 0:1 record its appreciation of tho services of the late Hon. V. 11. Eraser, as member and chairman of the Hospital Trustees and ncc-oid-od a vote of sympathy with his relatives. • The following members of Parliament received invitations to a dinner at Government House on Monday :—The. Hon. Sir Arthur Guinness, Messrs. 11. J. Greensl;,de J. A. Ua.nau, A. \V. Hogg, J. '1. Hogan, W. T. Jennings, W. D. S. Jlaclonald, A. M. .Myers, A. Poland, J. Duncan, W. Fraser, C. A. C. Hardy, A. L. Herdmnn, J. B. Bine, W. H. Herries, F.. W. Lang, J. P. Luke, J. Allen, the Hon*. W. E. Collins, IT. Gilmer, B. Harris, J. E. Jwkinson, G. Jones, T. Kelly, P. A. Loughuau, Sir G. M'Lcan, Sir 11. Miller.