PERSONAL ITEM'S.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1279, 7 November 1911, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEM'S.

Mr. Belcher, chairman of the Ota Harbour Board, and secretary of Ihe Seamen's Union, Ihmrdin, lias arrived to jilli-ml the conference to be held between shipowners and the iinion lo.morrow. Mr. David Robertson It ft for the youth last evening on a fortnight's visit tn Uuneilin. Mr. .1. H. Young, a member of tho head oilier, stall' of the Government Insuriime llepai-linfill for the past. 21 years, has received a pnrenlation from liis lellow-ollii-ers on his promotion to (he chief clerkship of the Auckland branch. <jo,;rl wishes for his future welfare were <x-prt-wl li.v Mr. W. Ji. Iluiton, Deputy CominisM-.iner, in making the presentation. Sir .fe*eph Ware! journeyed to lnv*reargill by tho rxpre.'s train last evening. The Tton, J. A. Millar is exp;cted to Ir.ivn ChriMehnrch for the routh to-day. The Tien. I?. M'Kensiie is at Nelson, the Hon. T. Mackenzie in Taranaki, and Sir John Finnlny at Auckland. The Hon. I). Buddo is at Rangiora, and the Hon. A. T. Ngati at I'ort Av.-anui. It is understood that Mr .R. Moihes, Returning Oflic-rr and Registrar of Electirs for nil It, has resigned those positions. Mr, R. Williams, manager of theWaihi Gold Minni-; Company's mine, returned to Auckland on Friday alter a vifit to the Old Counlrv. Mr. Williams has been Bway about eight months, mcst of which period he spent in England. A motor lour, extending from London to land's Ilnd, was included in his itinerary. Mr. Williams visited some of tho Welsh collieries, and also several of the tin mines of Cornwall, including one property at St. Ives, where a deposit of radium blende was being worked. Speaking at Newtown last evening, Mr. W. 11. Harbor referred lo the death of Mr. Massey's father, and expressed sympathy with the. I,coder of the Opposition in his bereavement.