PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1338, 16 January 1912, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

His Kxeelleiicy the Governor (Lord Islington), Lady Islington, and staff left yosti'i'day for iiolnrua, whom (hey are to go into Vhinii for three weeks, Mr. and Mrs. Guise will join the vice-regal party later. Sir Joseph Ward, accompanied by Lady Ward and Miss Wijrd, left Wellington yesterday en route for Taupo. The party stopped at Daniievirke last night, aiitl will reach Napier to-day. Ministers in town are Sir James Carroll, the Hon. 1). Buddo, and the Hon. H. .M"lvon«ie. 'Hie I fori. .T. A. Millar is at Taupa, the Hon. T. Mackenzie at Taieri -Mouth, and (he 2Toti. A. T. Nguta at Port Awanui. It is iirobable (says the Nelson "Colonist") that the selection of a successor to Dr. Mules as Anglican Bishop of Kelson will lw made at an early, date. In accordance with the procedure in such cases, the Acting-Primate (Bishop Julius) will submit the resignation of Bishop .Mules to the other bishops iu New Zealand, _ and upon their assent, or that of a majority of them, to its acceptance being signified, it will take effect as from the dato specified in the resignation, or such other dato as tho bishops may fix. Tho Acting-Primate will then direct the Bishop's Commissary (the I!<t. J. I'. Kempthorne) to convene an extraordinary session of the Nelson Diooesan Svno<l to take into consideration the election of a bishop of the diocese. The Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout) will arrive from New Plymouth this evening. Sir Arthur Guinness, Speaker of the House of Representatives, is at present in town consulting Ministers of tlie Crown and hea<ls of Departments. He loaves again for Greyir.outh to-morrow. Mr. A. J. Bland, president of the Newtown Bowling Club, leaves on a trip to London in June next.

i On Saturday evening at the Railway Sociul Hall, the members of the Nupier-Tanuiaki-Manawatu Uailway Sick Benefit Society presented its secretary (Mr. W. l'epper) with an illuminated address album an the occasion of his retirement from the railway service on superannuation. Mr. A. Cassio (branch representative) presided, and there was a good attendance of members and friends. Several toasts were honoured, and musical items were contributed (luring tho evening by Messrs Windsor, Boyd, Cassip, Murphy, Bates, Crammer, and Brown, Mr. Baker presiding at the piano. The chairman, in proposing tho toast of the guest, spoke in high praise of the manner in which Mr, Pepper had conducted the society's affairs during the past 21) years, concluding by making tho presentation.' Mr. Pepper thanked the members for their present, and stated thp,t I,; s had been a labour of love. He gave the history of the society since its inception. The address, which is the work of Mr. A. Classic, of the Goods Department, is mounted and bound in green plush; on the_ front cover is a raised monogram, "W.P." The title page is in water colour sketches, a train emerging from a tunnel and a country station, and having a scroll across it bearing the recipient's name, embossed in pold. The photograph pago is very artistically designed and mounted, and bears a number of viefls of the Auckland express in various parts between Wellington and Pnekakariki (the views being token by i\lr. T. T. Pattle, of the Wellington parcels staff). The whole makes a very neat and interesting memento, and relleots great credit on the designer. The postal authorities adviso that mails from United Kingdom and America, via Vancouver, are due in Wellington tomorrow. The postal authorities advise tint tlie s.s. Moanu, which loft Sydney at noon on January 13, has on board an Australian mail. She is due to arrive here tomorrow;.

This resolution has been passed at the meeting of the Grand Lodge Executive and Advisory Board of the International Order of Good Templars: "That this beiug the first meeting of the Grand Lodge Advisory Board since the poll, we desire to place on record our heartiest appreciation of the . magnificent vote in favour of Dominion Prohibition at the recent poll, but wc desiro to draw attention to the fact that notwithstanding the fact that an absolute majority of votes were cast in favour of the absolute prohibition of the liquor traffic last month ill this Dominion, the 'will of the people, as expressed at the poll, is defeated by the iniquitous handicap of the three-fifths majority,. as at present required. We therefore call upon all temperance workers to unite in an endeavour to bring this unjust handicap to an end, and call upon the new Parliament to make an amendment to the licensing laws at next session, so that the will of' tho people, 'as expressed at the poll, shall become law." llr. T. Smith, who recently resigned the position of secretary of the Wellington branch of the Wharf Labourers' Union, was appointed secretary of tho Wellington Working Men's Club at a meeting lieid on Saturday evening. Mr. John Mouatt was appointed librarian. At the meeting of the Miramar- Borough Council last evening Mr. R, 11. Junes was appointed mechanical engineer to the council. llr. Stanley Grant, advance agent for the Allan Doone Dramatic Companv, which is arriving from Sydney to-morrow, passed through Wellington yesterday, en route to Christchurch, where tho company opens next week. Dr. Eayner, of the Amorican Dental Parlour?, Auckland, is ou a visit to Wellington, and is staying at the Grand Hotel.