PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1475, 25 June 1912, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

■ Vice-Regal. 'i hi!-- following received invitations to. ft-: (tinner-- party ut Goveriinient lloiije 'oil:: Hat urdtty, -J tint 22-The Hoii.-C. and Mrs. Johnston; Mr. 11. I). Belt, K.C., and. Mrs. '.Be|l ) ...;Mr. . ; J:V .'Biiucan-;. ''Colonct and "Mrs. Hoard, .Mr. and Mrs. A. I'oarcc, Mr. an<l Miss Cotiiies, ■ .Mr. and Mrs. Tripp, Mr., and Miss Harcbnrt, Mr. and Mrs. W. Johnston, "Major/. and 3!vs; Hughes, .Cpipnei- awl Mrs. Johnston, Mr.. Skei-'reity ;

■ I'iV.Kxcelieui.y the (iovernor, jie'oompaiu. ieJi,iij? .gap tain;*Es t eotirtK:yV;DX;i : loft'for North.by the Slain Trunk express yesterday.'. He will-return to WoU Hngten on Wednesday evening. • .

Ail. tho Cabinet Ministers arc in town' oxqe pS.'.t liijiJUoit:.-vi ii;\who ■ i hind. 'I'ho Hon. ,T. Italian' arrived {row Napier last evening.

• .The. Hon.. J. Calvin. (Minister for, Mines); has/goM,to '.Auckland Government at (he iunerakor the late .Sir' iJohni:fogto : ,Campl!ej.l,^ ■tcs^da,v;,v i. Th&^HoiiSAV !l Jll'^Jly<!rs : .:was'. Ttcfi have repreWnted the .Government,/.but pressure.-' of/busihessnu-kessitated/kis^r^ •maininpr in Wellington. . .' ' ;, /:';'f:

. ?Ma']oc. : Sherdierd;: •arrive.from Auckland to-day.

hews;to/themany; that he is snaking satisfactory progresshis;fecnntjcritical;; MrftDen-l 'stiU^iu^Kalgooriie,:hopes' ! t° sxifficien t] to; >i si K e jy. ./ealarid;nith:the;con]pany;:in::Septdi)Wrri.

t, S- ,-' p,, ™TneTS, headmaster, of • tlie J.Boys /High' Se!ippl : ,.at';T.ima'ru,;: hW ! resign--od his position on the 'ground, 'ef - ill-' j)MHh^His^medi(»l<(odrisw(i^i>mmebd-' Assoeia.tiprii' \ v,;"',;..•"/

Mackay, I/ogan, /and Caldwell, WcllinjiiiA Northv'lsliind 1 ;eommereiaL circle.- and severe-illness,/-'has;- been ordered !o X)oni'-. liquin, Xcw Soutii Wale?,: by . his 'bhy.y-. , :.]uohthsA'''chaii'e"' , of. ■ , Qiiraate:'.' - .;A'ccgnipaiii(^!; : o)y ,^Mrs,-;BaU^;lio'-ivill. leave Wellington -tp-night for Melbourne, • via 1 UlulT;,;*: The.- many'ifriendsi of l ;;ltr;v BaU.i\\villiw: doubtvbs; glad l ' to/hear that/,h^ivas//Breatly^improved.:ifehcaltli : rfuring.tk'o past fortnight. ' ; . J ;■£

. Mr.Ncwall .Tuck, IkS;:-.., ap.;p'ointcd",Chief; Instructor v in' l Physics.' and •JiiccfyicaleEnginicering.fito-ither-.Seidon ..■.at wAuckland, : ;nrrived .itt^yplhnMon^by'-iho^Jlotorua^ii^Sunday mighti *iMrftTucte; isy'n:' graduate 3 of - Lon* imdj;hasUately : ;held;.'aii' 'appdiiitmeiit;::rath'; : tlie-' *lAllg«neinS'/Elel&' vicilaaz/Goscliselioft," a^ ; .lng'Veiigirieurihi* company in Berlin..'-.Formerly lis. hold .in: instructor's appointment at 'Taunton, i in the South of Kiishiv.d,-;. /'/

; "AtV :; : present;.' ithcre/'ii'VsomoV'ShceHahVtyas ■ toV. w hcther all .tho cadefe.- at\ present,: nn.Vtrainiiig i ;atvTrcntlVaiii;;:ia'';prpporatioh; :'fpr,; : their, visit".to..Canada'as a -Now- Zealand;:. representative?.'contingifnt:;,wilU.W «ablp;;?to''.po.'f^Tweiity^.wero. selected'.' to" go' iintb;?trainirig;Mfc ...was* thoV,uumbcr;!which.;'tlic' ; ■.Governments. ■was.i'prepared J to; provide- iC'r... It now - appears.-.that the ;contingent:- was\only'Vto=; have' : nunitiered includinßttwo,'officers;: '■■'■ The '-Defence :Depar.triient lias;,cabled the Canadinhi.Gov-? ;einmorit,'-- askingWwhether!'the .': ; iv]iole':.;' 20' ''solected> l to":ifonu'''V;th6i. New''.-Zealand-;, con-, ; accepted,' but; nonspecific' reply has. yet. been, received. ;.