PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1248, 4 October 1911, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

The Wellington Branch of the Now Zealand Dental Association has elected the following officers:—President, Mr. 11. E. i-enniston; vico-prosident, Mr. R. D. Elliott; lion, secretary, Mr. Gordon Bender; lion, treasurer, Mr. Hubert Hoby; hon. auditor, Mr. J. Fairchild; committee, Dr. L. C. Hales and Messrs. A. Hoby, Knox Gilmer, W. K. Hursthouse, and W. Mantcll.

Messrs. James Fleming, A. Bain, and G. It. George (secretary), delegates from the Bluff Harbour Board to tho Harbour Boards' Association Conference, arrived in Wellington yesterday morning. Mr. R. A. Young, engineer to the Westport Harbour Board, and also engineer of tho Denniston Inclines, has been presented with tho gold emblem of the Institute of Marino Engineers. Mr. Young has been for years a tile associate of the institute, and has always taken a keen interest in its affairs. Mr. 0. Nicholson, Mayor of Mount Edon, arrived in Wellington by the Main Trunk train last evening. One of the vory early Now Zealand colonists, Mr. John Hart, died in Christchurch on Friday. Hu was born iu Dovonshiro in 1836, and came out to New Zealand in 1812. In his young days ho was of an adventurous disposition, and on ono occasion undertook the long march overland from New Plymouth to Wellington aad back through tho unsettled Nativo districts.. 110 was a good Maori scholar, however, and had no , troublo with tho Maoris, although they remonstrated with him for hia rashness in going overland at a timo when many of the tribes were fighting one another, und were talking of concerted violence against the Europeans. Ho went to Canterbury in 1802, settling after a time at Dunsandel. Ho was ono of the first farmers in Canterbury to import a reaper and binder; this was back in tho 'seventies.

Mr. W. Smith, of Smith and Smith, Ltd., is at present on a visit to Dunedin. Mr. Herbert Bloy, conductor to tho Wellington Professional Orchestra, has gone to Auckland on a holiday trip for the benefit of his health. The following have been nominated by the Wellington Branch of tho New Zealand Educational Institute for election to the Executive Committee of the New Zealand Institute:—President, Mr. Gibbs (Nelson); secretary, Mr. Parkinson (Wellington) ; treasurer, Mr. Just (Lvttelton); unofficial member of the executive, Mr. Erskine. The late Mr. Montagu Adams, wlioso death was recently announced, was in the Now Zealand Poliro Force for about fifty years in Marlborough. Ho was servant of tho polico there in tho sixties. When the "rush" to tho Wakamarina broko out in ISGt Sergeant Adams was in charge of tho mounted escort convoying tho gold from tho iield to Blenheim once a week. Members of this escort were Mr. Allen, now living in liavelock, and Mr. Peter Jlnling, ,wlio went Homo as a witness in tho Tichborno case. Deceased was a vigorous disciplinarian—a quality that stood liim in good stead in handling tho rougher human elements of tho district in tho early days. For' somo time lie acted as clerk to tho local Magistrate's Court and to the Havelock Town Board, but had lived in retirement for many years. Mr. A. Crooke, who lias been acting as relieving magistrate at Wanganui for the past three months, leaves at tho end of tho present week for New Plymouth. Mr. Kerr, S.M., who has quite recovered from the accident which incapacitated him, resume 3 duty at Wangamii after Mr, Crooke's departure.