PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1388, 14 March 1912, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

The only Ministers at present in Wellington are Sir Jas. Carroll, tho lion. R M'Kenzie, and the Hon. D. Buddo, but the Hon. J. A. Millar is to arrive from Auckland bv Main Trunk express to-day. The Hon. A'. T. Ngata is at Port Awanm, and the Hon. T. Mackenzie at Lake l'ukaki. Sir Joseph Ward (states a Press Association telegram), is to leave Auckland on his return to Wellington by Main Trunk express to-night. 1 tie Prime Minister opened a now Post Office at, Kingsland yesterday afternoon, and last evening Sir Joseph and Lady W aril were the guests of honour at a social given by the Auckland branch of the Liberal 'and Labour Federation. Captain Goodwyn Archer, who Ims been superintendent of tho Veterans' Home, Auckland, for the past, eight years, is retiring from his charge shortly. Captain Archer will be succeeded by Captain li. Carpenter, who has just retired from the position of assistant adjutant for Iho Auckland Military District.-Press Association. Mr. B. W. Gilbert left by the Maori last night, en route to the \\est CoasA. on a business visit. He will be absent about a fortnight:. Mr. Allan Muir. proprietor of the "Poverty Bay Herald/' who is leaving for Eu'gland by the lonic on March 21, arrived from Ciisborne by that steamer yesterday. Mr. K. C. Gannaway, assistant postmaster at Wellington, goes to Palmerston North to-day to relievo the local postr master while the latter is absent on Holiday leave. Messrs. D. D. Chapman and Charles M. Alexander, who are to commence an evangelical mission in New Zealand at Ohristcliurch next month, arrived in Iremantle by the Otranto on March 5. I hey were welcomed on arrival by the representatives of the local church bodies. Mr. K. C. Gold-Smith, late Commissioner of Crown Lands at Auckland, whose death was announced by a Press Association telegram from Auckland yesterday, was born in 1818, at Camberwcll, Surrey. His father was the late Captain Henry GoldSmith, who came to New Zealand in 1862 in comm ind of No. 5 Company of the Ist Waikato Kegii.nnt. Mr. K. C. Gold-Smith was educated at Matthew's Denmark Hill Grammar School, Caniberwell, and came out to the colonies in 18! it in the barque Bosphorous, joining' the iirst Waikato survey under Mr. Lowe in IBG7. He enlisted in the Volunteers at Tauranga and saw a good deal of active serviej. under Captain Skeet. Ho also served as sergeant in Major Frasor's expedition to Waimana. Ho again took Up surveying in 1870, and was appointed to tlie survey staff of tho General 'Government, under Captain Healo. In 1873 Mr. Gold-Smith married the daughter of the late Mr. C. J. Kensington, of Auckland. Ho subsequently received on appointment at Christchurch, and about two years and α-half ago was transferred to Auckland. When he tired about three months ago he was the recipient of a beautiful illuminated address. Mr. Gold-Smith leaves a widow and a family of three, sons and one daughter. Mr. Felix Blei, manager for Jansen, the American conjurer, who commences a season at tho Opera House on March 27, arrived from Sydney by Iho Uliinaroa yesterday. Jansen conies to New Zealand under the management of Messrs. Portus and Talbot. Mr. Fl D. Cheshire, Inspector of Consulates in the East, Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands, was a passenger by the Yawata Maru, which arrived at Sydney on March 16. His headquarters aro at Shanghai, and he is on an afficial visit to all tho capital cities of tho Commonwealth, and will afterwards go to 'New Zealand and the South Sea Islands. Mr. Arthur Gtiyon Purchas, elcdest son of Mr. and Mts. George Purchas, of Auckland, was married in Melbourne on February 27 to Miss Dorothy May de Jelsey Grut, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Percy do Jersey Grut, of lona, Kensington lioad, South \arra. Madarno Melbn was among the guests. Mr. and Mrs. Purchas will settle at Kalgoorlie, West Australia. Mr. R. W. Robson, for some time editor of tho "Wjirarapa Dailv Times," has been appointed to the position cf manager of tho limaai "Post." Mr. Joseph Liggins, president of the New Zealand Flaxmillers , Association, will pay a visit to England shortly. Mr. Allan Strang, a Palmerston North resident, leaves for England this week. The funeral of the late Mr. William Moxham, which took place yesterday afternoon, was very largely attended. Prior to the cortege leaving for tho Sydney Street Cemetery a short service was conducted in tho Taranaki Street Church by tho Rev. .1. G. Chapman, assisted Ijy tho Rev. C. 11. Olds. The casket was borne from the hearse to the graveside by four of tho deceased's grandsons, Slessrs. James, William, Percy, and Rupert Moxham, who with Messrs. J. Bell and G. Di.xon were tho chief mourners. Five other grandsons (of tho • thirty-five) and ono representative of the fourth generation (which numbers twenty-threo) were also present. Many prominent members of the Methodist Church in Wellington and other religious denominations were present, showing the wide respect in which tho deceased n;ns held. Mr. W T . J. Harland played the Dead March in "Saul" as tho casket was born from the church. Regarding the appointment of the Hon. Islay M'Ownii. Inspector-General nf Constabulary, to tho position of British Resident and Consul at Tonga, in placo of Mr. Telfer Camnbell, the Fiji correspondent of the "Sydney Morning Herald" writes:—"The Hon. Islay M'Cnran has made himself very popular in his nresent position, and his absence from Fiji will ho felt. Mr. Cyril Francis will act ns Inspector-General of Constabulary upon the Hon. Islny M'Owan's departure!" A'r a mestiru; of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce last week, Mr. H, C. Mitchell, the late secretary, was the recipient of an illuminated address, and. in addition, the council decided to allow Mr. Mitchell a pension at the rate of .£2OO per annum, and to recommend to all future council? that they should continue the pension during his lifetime. The chairman. Mr. J. M. Paxlon. referred to Mr. Mitchell's

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