PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1503, 27 July 1912, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Tho Hon. W. H, Ilerries'has been appointed to represent the borough of Taurangnr at the Municipal Conference. His Ministerial dirties will, of course, precludo the possibility of his attending the : conference continuously. Tho death is announced by Press Association telegram from .Christchurch of Canon Francis Augustus Hare, of Christ's College. Canon Hare was fouud dead outside of his study this morning with a handkerchief pressed to his mouth. Ho was last seen alivo at 11.40 last night. Cftnon/Haro was acting-headmaster of tho cplleg'o at the time of his death. Born in Germany in 1815,- ho was educated in Dublin and nt Cambridge, n© joined tho stall' of Christ's College as chaplain in 1877, and ho became headmaster in ISfjS, resigning iu 1893, since when ho had been chaplain and classical master. His health had lately been affected by worry over school matters. For a long time ho was a. familiar figure on tho playing fields of Christchurch, being specially partial to cricket, and ho was as >popular outside tho ranks of the schoolboys as among tho, boys of successive generations, who had a warm regard for "the parson." Canon Haro never married. His relatives reside at Perth, where lie was private secretary to Sir James Ferguson for a period in the early seventies. 1 At the inquest a verdict wns recorded in ncordance with tho medical evidence that tho deceased died from shock following on injuries received in nn accidental fall. The Bishop of Melanesia (Dr. Wood) left for Sydney by the Mnungnnui last night. From Sydney ho will proceed to Norfolk Island, where lie will join the mission steamer Southern Cross, and go on to the now headquarters of tho mission in the Solomon Islands. Tho Hon. E. Mitchelson is now rapidly recovering from his Tecent indisnositioii. It will, however, probablv bo a "week or two before he is able to bo about airain, Mr. H. A. Reid, F.R.C.V.S., nf " the Bacteriological Laboratory of tho Department of Agriculture at Wnllacevillo, who is leaving to-day on a trip to Europe, was entertained at dinner at the Grand Hotel last evening by the principal members of the staff of the Department of Agriculture. Tho chair was occupied by Mr. C. .T. Reakes, M.K.C.V.S., Chief of the Live Stock Division, who, on behalf of tho (fathering, wished Mr. Reid every success in his forthcoming tour, a sentiment which was re-echoed by various other speakers. It is the intention of Mr. Reid to devote a pood deal oft the time ho is absent to study.

Transfers and promotions in flio Public Works Department, which were announced in The Dominion sorao time ago, havo now taken elfyct. Mr. C. H. Williams, formerly assistant road engineer at Te Kuiti,, took up similar duties at Hamilton' yesterday. Mr. T. Durd, hitherto assistant road engineer at Hamilton, is to take up the duties of resident road engineer at Tau'ranga on Monday. Mr. G. M. Donaldson, formerly assistant road engineer at Tauranga, went to To Kuiti, where he is (o act in a similar capacity, about a week ago. Sir Joseph Ward will preside at the Wellington Orphans Clib this .-veiling. Mr, James E. Kirk, of Gisborue, New Zealand, has been elected a Fellow of the Eoyal Colonial Institute, London. Tho Rev; J. N. Buttle, who attended the recent Methodist Conference in Auckland, has had a very serious breakdown in health 6ince. In a letter to a friend in Auckland, Mr. Buttlo states that after sevqral rather- serious physical derangements, his medical adviser has ordered him off duty for. the remainder of the year —that is, so far as circuit work is concerned. A "supply" having been found, Mr. Buttle is permitted to continue oversight of Foreign Mission affairs, thus keeping his mind occupied to some extent.—Auckland "Star."

Mr. Frank Dyer, for the past two or three years.a director of the firm of W. M. Bannatyno and Co., of Wellington, has severed his connection, with that firm. Mr. Dyer, who entered tho firm's employ on March 9, 1887, was presented, by the clerical and store staffs on Thursday wjth un address and a case of pipes. Speeches befitting the occasion wore made by Mr. Sidney Dix (assistant secretary), Mr.'Bowden (cashier), and Mr. Harris Lowo (head storoman), all of whom expressed regret at Mr. Dyer's severance from tho firm, and wished him every 6iiccess in the future. Mr. A. B. Lano, who has been appointed sub-editor of the "Southland Times," and Mr. Hunter, who joined the "New Zealand Herald" staff, were recipients of presentations from' the Chnstchurch "Press" literary staff yesterday afternoon. —Press Association. • At a meeting of the jJorth Shore Association Football Club on Wednesday evening the chairman announced thn resignation from the committee of Mr. Allan Wallace, who. was about to lenvd for London. At the conclusion of the business portion of tho meeting, an adjournment was made to tho residence of the chairman, whore the members of the first division team and those of tho committee nseembled to wish bon voyage to their clubmatc. In proposing the health of Mr.Wallace, Mr. D. Williams expressed the delight of all that Mr. Wallace's abilities had been recognised, and that ho had been selected as the Ithndes scholar. In the North Shore Club Mr. Wallace had worked from the junior grades to his present position in tho senior team. H« had served on tho committeo for two years, nnd was one of the most solid workers the club had ever had. In asking him' to accept from the members of the club n gold watch, tho chairman said it was accompanied with tho very sincere wishes of all the boys from the sixth grade up, who as one man wished him a most successful sojourn at Oxford.

Lieutenant Thornton, of tho New Zealand Staff Ccrps, has resigned his commission. , Mr. S. S. Williams, of Taranaki. Street, left Wellington yesterday on a trip to Australia. Mr. F. N. Abercroinbie, of tho Customs Department, and a member of tho Star Boating Club, was last, evening mado tho recipient of a case of pipes by members of the club on the occasion of his transfer to tho northern city. Mr. Bayfiold made the presentation, and spoke a fewwords on behalf of members of the club. ■Mr. Wynn-Williains, late of the Agricultural Department, loft Wellington yesterday by tho Main Trunk express'for Botorua, whero he will tako charge of (he Whalcariworowa Reserve. A Press Association message from Gisborne states that Frederick Keating, aged 94, a Crimean voteran, who also fought in the first war in Now Zealand, in 1845, is dead. Tho Kov. P. L. Paton arrived by tho Main Trunk express yesterday- afternoon, from Auckland.