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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1491, 13 July 1912, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS. : o . The Prime Minister , (Hon. W. P. llassoy) will kave Wellington this morning on his first journey since assuming Ministerial rank. It will cot bo an official trip, ns Mr. Massey is going only as far as Otahuhu, to transact purely private business. Mr, Massey lias to make his arrangements for .the extended absence from his homo which his assumption of office will make- necessary. Tho first tolegram that the Hon. W. F. Massey sent away after taking his seat as Primo Minister, was to his oldest friend in' New Zealand, Mr. Thomas Wyllie, of Papatoetoe, near Auckland. Mr. Wyllio is still halo and hearty, though in his OGth year. It was : in Ins cliargo that Mr. Massoy, as a. boy, cdmd out- to Now Zealand 41 yews ago. ' Mr. J. Craigie, member for Timaru, left for tho south last evening. Host of the other; private members havo already returned to their homes. • Previous to retiring from office, tho Hon. G. W. Russoll appointed Dr.L. G. Cawkwell, of Remuora, Auckland, as medical inspector of schools, thus completing tho four appointments to that office agreed to by tho late Cabinet.— Press Association. Mr. "Robert Perrett, a resident of Wellington for 37 years, died hero last night. He was born in Earl Stoke, Devonshire, on July 24, 1535, and'when 40 years of cnm?'to thjb colony in tho ship Star of India. He (engaged in brick-making in Wellington, and supplied most, of tho bricks for the tunnels on the 'WcllingtonPaekakariki railway line/ Ho leaves ono daughter and five sons. ■ •' M.r. P. C. Hay, assistant engineer to tho Public. Works Department, has Ixxni appointed to In.k'o chiU'go of Hie projected iirrigation works in Central Otago. Climatic conditions will prevent Mr, liny, entering Upon life new duties immediately, and in the meantime, lie it. lo do a httlo survey work for the Depurlriicilt iu Xcrth Canterbury. Mr. Hay has just re-' turned to New Zealand from n year's lour-of tho world. Formerly ho was employed C 5 an assistant to Mr, Holmes ,lEi»:incfir-iu.-.Chiof)t •