PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1376, 29 February 1912, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

General Goillcy arrived in Auckland by the Main Trunk express from smith .ve.-ih'iclay en route to Wlmigiirci where he will inspect the Territorial camp now being held there.—Press Association. An Oamarii Press .Association telegram states Hint. Mr. .l.ittlejiihn, M.A., Timani, has been appointed extra assistant, masler at the Waitnki High School. Mr. A. IC. Anderson (Malaurn) h;is been appointed preparatory master. "Wriliiifi privately to a Wellington friend, Mr. Hugh' \\jm\, of Sydney, sliafed thai: he had received an invitation to aUoad the opening of the New Children's Hospital on -March 111. He regrets that pressure of business will prevent him milking (lie trip to Wellington, though he would like to have done so. He expresses the hope that the new hospital may prove a boon and a blessing to Wellington and a credit to the Dominion. Dr. j'urily, of the Lower Hutt, arrived from Sydney by the Warrimoo yesterilav.

-Anions the visitors to AVcllinglon at present are:—Messrs. K. K. Dormer, London; V. B. Roach, Hiisting?; F. H. Lee, ]iomlon; K. Jensen, Norway; ami Dr. and Mrs. G?o. Hull, Christchiirch. A Press Association cablo message from I'remnntlc states thai the Karl and Countess of .Morton are passengers by the Moldavia. They are coming on to New Zealand. The Earl, a representative I'ccr for Scotland, was boni in 1844, and in 1877 married the ITon. Helen Ponsonby, (Inlighter of the second Barou (Id Mauley. Mr. \V. G. Duthie, vice-president of die Commercial Travellers' Club, was entertained last night Isy members on the eve of his departure for England. Mr. 1). J. Nathan presided. Several speakers made complimentary references to Mr. Duthic, testifying to his popularity, and as an earnest of tlioir good will he received a presentation of useful travelling requisites. Among the passengers who returned from Sydney by the Warrimon yesterday nas Mr. T. Ilbult, of I'eilding. The selectors for the Rhodes scholarship chose Mr. Frank Basil Riley, third son of Dr. Riley, Bishop of Perth, a-. West Australian Rhodes scholar for 1!)I2. Mr. Hiloy was born in England in 18!H, and as a student at the High .School, Perth, has won exhibitions and university prizes of the total value of J. 520. On the athletic side he holds the college cap in rowing, football, and cricket, is ii lieutenant in the cadet corps, editor of the High School paper, and secretary of its debating society.