PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1486, 8 July 1912, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

VICE-UEGAt. t His Excellency the Governor attended the kororo of tho Wellington Savage Club at tho Masonic Halb on Saturday evening. Tho i following received invitations to a dinner party at Government .House on Friday, July s:—Commander Evans, 8.N., Lieutenant Hoaro, R.N., Lieutenant Coppinger, E.N.,' Mrs. Hamilton, Mis 3 Ward.

Sir Robert Stout, Chief Justice, arrived from tho south by tho Maori yesterday.' Captain Post, of the Tnttinekni, was a passenger by the Maori which arrived from the south yesterday.

Mr. Robert Hogg, of Wellington, has been appointed editor of the "Barrier Daily Truth," of Broken Hill. Mr. Hogg has been prominently associated with tho Socialist movement hero fori somo tinio past, and for many years was on tie staff of tho "Now Zealand Times."

Mr. TV. H. Walton, a well-known lay evangelist in Wellington, has been '.appointed to assist in tho parochial work of St. Thomas'iii.WelJington South. Ho commenced his duties* in cbargo of the Berhamporo district yesterday. The death Is reported from Greytown of Mr. Thomas Wiggins, an old resident of tho district. Tho deceased was 01 years of age. Tho latest mail brings tho news of the death of tho Squire Mitford (Mr. E. L. Osbaldislono Mitford), a centenarian, of Morpeth, Northumberland, a second cousin of Mr. J. Mitford, an officer of the Bank of New Zealand in Wellington and a prominent member of the Thomdon Bowling Club. The deceased gentleman celebrated his hundredth birthday in October last, and among the first "to treet him that day was his Majesty King I George. When only 18 years of ago ho 1 went to Morocco and four vears later was appointed Consul at Maz'agnn. During his residence there he became a fluent Arabic speaker, an accomplishment which helped him materially in a remarkablo journey ho made in the year 1839, when he (ravelled overland from England to Ceylon, accompanying Lnyard as" a member of his expedition to Palestine, and then pushing on alone through Persia Afghanistan, India, to Ceylon. The only water the traveller found it neeos-.iry to cross on that (in those davs) oxtremclv hazardous journey were the Straits o'f 5°. v f r - ,/'"> Bosphorous, and Adan's Bridge (between India and Cerlon). The journey was ono of nearly 10,000 miles nearly 7000 miles of which were covered on horse-back. Captain Miekle, of the Defence Forces, Auckland, » a visitor to, Wellington* ;

Mr. R Horno, manager of the Dresden' Piano Company's business at Christt church, is at present in Wellington, eu route to the Continent and Inglard. having been ordered a long trip a Q by his medical advisers. Mr. HoW who expects to bo away for at least a year intends to proceed Homo on Friday next via Australia and tho Suez Canal. S will leavo tho vessel at Naples, and journey overland to Berlin to see tho Hlwood children* who are studying (hero nnt T T th ° $ '»«ste6-tho 'cellist under Jean Gerardy, tho celebrated 'cellst, who is enthusiastic over tho talent it not eomus, of his young chargo. Tho Bit Jff?£i ty? ?? ] \ '*, ™, ncmber « i as the gifted Chnstehurch children, who np. SRi'ioil l gt °" ° u 6evcral occ * Mr. Hugh Morrison has boon nominated toi re-election to tho presidency of the Mastertou A. afcd P. Association: Messrs! J. btrang and B. Rayner lmvo been noramated as vice-presidents, aud Mr. D. Caselberg as treasurer. ■ • X'nday morning Elites our Grevtown correspondent), in his 01st year. He wa^ tr,ed oa. His wife prodeceased him ft fow months ago.