PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1377, 1 March 1912, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Messrs. T. Y. Seddon and J. Craigie, M.P.'s, have booked passages to Sydney by tho Ulimaroa, which leaves Wellington this evening. Mr. Berkeley, proprietor of the Newcastle "Herald," who is touring Now Zealand, is at present in Wellington. Mr. G. M. Laing-Meason, of Palmer-' ston North, will be a passenger for Sydney by the Ulimaroa to-day. Captain Dimmrsq and Colonel Stanley are also passengers by the vessel.

Mr. Waldhousen, of the firm of Lohliiun and Company, Sydney, agents for the Nofddentscher Lloyd Line of steamers, leaves Wellington for Sydney b'y the Ulimaroa to-day. Mr. A. Gollin, of the firm of Gollin and Co., Wellington, is leaving for Sydney to-day. • Mr. R. J. L. Wright, of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company, leaves for Sydney by thn Ulimaroa to-day. Mr. E. J: Watt, of Hawkc's Bay, and Dr. Davis are passengers by the same vessel. Miss Maggie Papakura, of Rotorua, leaves Auckland for Sydney on Monday next in order to prosecute a claim against the syndicate which financed the Maori troupe on its recent trip to England. Mr. M. Cable, assistant tramways engineer and traffic inspector, commences his holiday leave Ui-diiy. Mr. Cable intends to spend part of his time in tho south, Messrs. W. G. Duthio and A. A. C'orrigan will represent the Wellington Chamber of Comincreo at Iho conference of Chambers, to be held in London in June. Mr. Charles Chant has been appointed manager of Te Aro House, in succession to Mr. 11. ][. Tompselt, who proceeds to London nest month.

Mr. AV. W. O'Brien, of the, Government Workshops, who is retiring on siinerumiuation, was presented on \\ edne.sday with ii handsome watch and chain, and "silvermoimtcd pipe, by his fellow-workers. Mr. O'Brien, who arrived in New Zealand ill IS(i2, saw service in tlu l Srjl Waiknto Regiment, uml was under lire in dm llruki-i (.■iipiacmeiit. lit , was subsequently ■captain of the Jlanaia Killu Volunteers, and wa>. at J'urihukn at llu- l.iini! (if (ho Ihreateucd trouble witii '!'«• Wliili. Mr. O'Brien is abonl to pay a holiday vioil to Australia. Dr. Kd»ar. lale actiuK-i-uporinlendenl of the JJuiicdiii is ri'lieviii K Dr. Urahiim Uobert-on, of Jolinsoiiville, wlin is (joins Hume ' ul ' l" graduate study. Tlie Kiiv. AVni. I). H. Ogdcn, of Tvinily College, Dublin, has been licensed as assistant curate at St. Mark's Church, Wellington. In (he House of Representatives yesterday afternoon a letter was rend by the Speaker from Mrs. I'ollen. widow of the late Mr. llunh I'ullen, I'ndor-HiTretnr.v for Internal in which she acknowledged the Tc.-'olulion of the House upon the death of lu-r 1u!«1kii»I. On behalf of herself and her children, Mrs. I'ollen tendered her Kralitmlo for the expression of sympathy. ' It wn« resolved that the letter should be recorded in the iournals oi the v House.

The Anglican Bishop of Wellington (Dr. Sprolt) will hold nn ordination at St. Paul's l'ro-Cnthoilrnl next. Sunday morning, when Mr. William CrolT and Mr. Basil AshcroU will bo admitted to the diaconato. Mr. Croft , will bo curate of St. Peter's parish in succession to tho liev. C. G. JIII Her.

The following are tlio engagements of tho Anglican Hishop of AVellingtnn (Dr. Sprotl) for Hie present month:—March It, St. Paul's, Wellington, r.rdinntion, II a.m. March 5, Wellington, meeting cf Church Missionary Association, 8 p.m. March G, Jvolburnc, Lent address, 7.110. March 12, Wellington, meeting of C.Ii.JI.S. Council. Miireh 14, St. I'aul s, Wellington, service of inierc-.'Ksion, 8 p.m. Jlarch 22, Carterton, confirmation (Maori). March 2-1, Pnhiiitun, preach morning and evening; Koiiini, afternoon. March 27, Vcildiug, confirmation. Jlarch 29, Tailinpe, consecration of .St. Jlaigaivt's; confirmation. Mr. Alfred Crooke, S.M., has been appointed Registrar of (he .Supreme Court at New Plymouth, vice -Mr. H. S. iitzherbert, deceased. Dr. A. Jl'Arthur, S.M., has reappointed chairman of tho Licensing Committee for the district of Wellington Suburbs and Country District, and Jlr. A. N. Holmes has been reappoinled clerk of the committee. Jlr. William flapley has been made an inspector under tho Factories Act. Mr. Frank Sterling, for many years in the employ of .1. C. Williamson, Ltd., and last here as stage manager of the "Our Miss Oibbs" Company, has been appointed inunager of tho new Adelphi Picture Theatre,'now in course of erection in Willis Street. Mr. Sterling is nt present in Wellington. The, appointment is gazetted of Mr. William Gee Taylor, M.R.C.V.S.. as a special inspector under tho Slaughtering find Inspection Act, at Messrs. Diinock and Co.'a slaughterhouse at Kgahauranga.

Un the eve of his departure for F-ng-land, Jlr. Wm. G. Dutliio was met by the members of the New Zealand Ironmasters' Association in Wellington, and presented .with a travelling rug. Tho presentation was accompanied with every good wish for a pleasant voyage and a safe return. Miss Palmer will accompany her father (Mr. J. R. Palmer, Town Clerk) on his holiday visit to Sydney. They are to leave by to-day'h steamer. Tho appointment of Mr. George Godfrey Taylor as a public auditor under tho Friendly Societies Act is gazetted, Jlr. William Jlillar, of Gisborne, is a visitor to Wellington.