PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1400, 28 March 1912, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

All the members of tho rotiring "Liberal" Ministry aro in town. Sir Joseph Ward is to visit Invercarrill after Easter. lie will probably bo entertained at banquets both at Awarua and at Invercargill. ■Mr. C. S. Lanclm, Chinese Consul for New Zealand, together with his wife, family, and tiro servants, leave for China to-niorro-v, proceeding to Sydney by tho Moeraki, and thenco to Shanghai by tho steamer Eastern, sailing l'ropi Sydney on April 10. it is expected that Mr. Lanclm will return to New Zealand in about live months' time. In the meantime, Mr. A. de 1(. Brandon will be tho Acting-Chinese Consul for the Dominion. Tlio Rev. Jas. Wilson, who has been in charge of the • .Methodist .Mission, Auckland, for nine years, left for Sydney by tho Maheno on Monday on a 12 month's' lecturing tour in Australia, America, and England. Mr. E. 11. Clarke, monibcr for Chalmers, has lately been spending a holiday in the north. He passed through Wellington last evening, on route for l'ort Chalmers. Mr. Thonas Young, of tho legal firm of Young and Tripe, and Mrs. Young, leave for Sydney en ruuto to London by Die Moeraki on Friday. From Australia the.v will voyage to England by the Orient liner Otranto. Mr. J. F. Atkins, of the firm of Messrs. Walker and Hull, who has been on a brief visit: to Sydney, returned to Wellington by the Moana yesterday. Mr. John Fuller, jnn., returned to Wellington from Sydney by tho Moana yesterday.

Mr. C. S. Lanclm, Chinese Consul, leaves Wellington by the Moeraki for Sydney to-morrow.

Mr. and Mrs. William Wilson, of Hokitika, aro leaving Wellington for San Francisco, en routo to Europe, by the .Manuka to-morrow.

Mr. Joachim, managing director of the Westport Coal Company, accompanied by Mossrs. Neil, Chamberlain, and Denniston, directors, arrived in Wellington from Westport by the Arahura last night,

Mr. Oliver It. Lloyd, son of Mrs. Margaret Lloyd, of Tanaranki Street, and lately in tho employ of Messrs. Turnbull, Hielcson, and Gooder, died of meningitis on Monday last. The deceased, who was onlv 21 years of ago, made his debut as a violinist at Mr. H. P. Clarke's pupils' concert last year, and gavo promise of becoming a skilled exponent of Die instrument. A large number of Mr. Clarke's pupils attended the funeral, which look place yesterday.

Mr. David Brand, of the auctioneering firm of Brand and Johnston, lies seriously ill in a privato hospital in Wellington. His condition is said to be critical.

Mr. Thomas Neave, 8.A., LL.B., who has held'the position of Crown Law Officer under the scheme by which tho legal work of the Crown was two years ago taken up by the Crown I,aw Department, has resisted that position. Mr. Neave has accepted a partnership in tho legal firm of Brown and Dean, of Wellington, from which Mr. 13. Balcoinbe Brown, who has been in failing health, has'lately retired. Mr. Neave has relinquished his duties at tho Crown Law Office and has already entered upon private practice in the firm.

A gathering of representative citizens of Palmerstou North yesterday presented n solid silver tea service to Police-Inspector Norwood, who has been promoted to the West Coast district. A purse of sovereigns was also presented to Inspector Norwood. Eulogistic references were made to tho inspector's services. Special permission was obtained from the Commissioner of Police for the presentation to be made. —Press Association.

At last night's meeting of the Wellington Harbour Board a resolution appreciative of tho services rendered by Mr. H. C. Tewsley whilo he was a member of the board was carried unanimously. Tho chairman (Mr. R. Fletcher) said that ho had received Mr. Tewsley's resignation, and he regretted very-much that they were about to lose him. That, however, was necessitated by Mr. Tewsley's pending departure for Auckland. Sir. Fletcher added tliat Mr. Tewsley had presented (he board with an old chart of Wellington harbour, a very valuable document, dating back to 1811. Tor this, also, it was resolved to formally thank Mr. Tewsley.