PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1586, 1 November 1912, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

His Majestr,the' , .King , retention .of :thp title "Honourable by the High Commissioner (the Hon. Ji: Mackenzie) is gazetted. . / ..■ ' . v V - Mr.. ; Jlar.tin Chapniany ikGyof JV«I%: _ ■ton, has. been .'appointed' inspector. under: the' Mental Defectives Act forthe,..distnct ■ofWellington; .-.■■■■.. , ■ . ; '\V '■.■.■■■.• ■ ; uThe resignation 'of. Mr. I. . Maiigian; Barnett.frpm the 'position of City ■Orfian-, Ist was .accepted with .regret :by,thoj City jCouncil last evening,. and the. coqneil s■ ap■rpreciation,,of..hia,,faithful..services, placed, on record; .;' ',' . His. Excellency the Governor has approved of. the award of a. colonial ttirpli* ary forces .long:SerVice medal, to,. Coloui'-j Sergeant John. Duncan Robertson, 2nd' (South. €antof.bnry) ; Eejimerit,' He has a total service to Jiily 22, 1912;, pf. twenty years one hundred and forty-eight .days... '"Eii. Aristruther- Lafrspny : tecturer ■in.': botany ■..af Glasgow University.i.'.has. been-appointed--leiturei' to'the University of. Sydney. Dr. iattstm. has, visited almost:: every., country in the , world in' connection '■ with his researches. :' . ..'. ~..;■;. :.-} : :.;.' Mr. Horace; Hunt has .b"een\ appointed. , judge of. musid.at the next. qoiripetitions. to.be held-at. Napier.- , '■'■'.'■' J':. , .J , .' ■'-. Messrs. '■ Geo. ■ and Henry :CI ark, bf the ■■■Gbverumenfc'-Printing.fOmce: , staff, ■retired oi • superannuation. yesterday , ;' ■ At a meeting of the. AVaitarapa Presbytery , yoster'dayj a call to'., tlie Eev. J. ' C. Mill;.o.f.Pahiatua, froin.'l'lefnihgton, ,Can■terbury;. 'was. .BU'stained , .! . and..the'' J?ev.. J... 'IC...StowdU'..w«J3. appointed of tlic VAcrtnt'charge;■■■' .':'. ; ;■ '■ . : ; .' Mr. Walter ■§.. Hill has .been appointed plaiit-breeder to the . Agcicultural .. Department. . . ' ■■■■■'.''...'.'■ ' Mt.,H> J... P'ixon lias been, appointei sheriff for the Hamilton- district. ■■":;■ ■'; Sir.' Frank AlTvyn'TayloT..Tea's selected by the: Professorial Board of : -tlio. .Auckland University College as the/Auckland': ■candidatje ftr flic Rhodes .Scholarship for 1913. Mr:'Taylor has liad .a 'brilliant schfilastio' careCr , . arid, is'a first-class , atli;'lete.—Press Association.' : .. ■ . '•- .. Mr. A. ■$.: M, I'qlson, headmaster of ■ the Napier.Boys' Higli School, h'as. been, bffered the;.Pr.incipalship of.. Ballariit ;Cbl-. lege (Victoria). As the position, is. ' one; of considerable importance he .has decided to accept atid.'will ■' teaye fpr : Austra,-. lia at.the.end of the year.'.—Press'Asso-:. pia.tiQii, ■'..■'■_"' ■'■' • J ; .. .■Mr. James % Lkrng,. who for,, the past ■■12 years has.boon connected with'the firm , : of Messrs, ,W, G. Turnbiili: aiidCo./svas": presented on tho eve of his'-departure for ■Loidbn with n case of pipes, by'.the .ifaff;.. Mr. St. George, in.uiak.ing. the pro.spiit.av tion,. epbke of • Mr, Laiiig's 1 many good qiinlitiesi and wished both'him and -Sirs; ■Laing a TBry , pleasant'.trip. : .' ' ■■• The. Very Rev.' Father "O'Cpiihell, , Superibr of. the Mari.st Missionaries;''in.: New , Zealand, :togethcr ; witli.litcV'.;Fathers ■Taylor '- hud M'Carthjv tire .at ■■preseiit'm Aucklanu; , ' liaviuß concluded a..series of , .missions i.n the Islniid.s and "Sydney. It.' is'tlie .iritontiunV'.w.hen fh.e. mission for. children,' lieilig coiidlicfcd this week, at St. Patrick's , . Gatliedral is' finished, .to oppn the mission foi , adults. on Sliridny next. On . the ■ conclusion of this iiiifsion . the Hamilton parish will be visited,. and ; a fui'ther mission, given there. .■ . I TliS''death is recorded of Mr. A. jl'.. Braik, of. the Dn'jiediii fu'ln of Jolly aiid Briiilc, ivho received.'injuries.sonic tiino [vgo.'by being knocked down by *" inbtotcnr..' Mr. Braik whs a OTlt-kUowii t?aqlier of singing and for .ninny yqni's heted as precentor at Kuox Church tin.d subse-■ quc'ntly ~ op choirmaster.. He was also t.saclier off music to the Education Board's ' Trh'ihiner College at Dilnediii/ Mis f etherjck, hpiior.nry ciiratpr of tho : NewtPWtt Museuhi, is 'retiiing/frbm that .position. His Tesignntion. was' accepted with regret by the City .Council ing, and it ivits decided that a letter of thaiiks be fonvar.de.d to Mr. Pethefick for the services rendered by liiiii, ;diid : . that his services be retained (as requested) pu the Museum Advisory Cpinnn'ttee.y Tii.e. Libruries Committee; is.' liaving it report prepared for its next meeting with, reipect to the future control of tho.njuseuuh ,, A large number of Natives froiij \Y'nU: riiraiia, lVailjati, Taraiwiki;: and other' districts have -passed tbroiigh Wellingtoiir recently. the ■ .''tails" pi the Chivf, Hare' Rorc PukekoliatUj of the Ngatirariin tribe, who died at his'resi-: dence at Spring Creek an Saturday, last. , The deceaseil is tlio only br<)tlier ; :pf 'the , -- popular Chief "Alfred Rpjje'? ■ (Haparetallaro Piikckohatu). who is. well .knpw.n in sporting circles, both as .a ■■champion; pigeon, shot -fliid ail owner, of vraceubrrtjj;' . The fatli«r of the .dedensed, Haro..R6v«: Piikekohiituy, and Haparetn.' Ripro ■ '■I'.ukekohiitu ("Alf. Rol'e"), \v.as. th« paramoitht chief of the.Ngatirarn.it-frijio,..-who .oatne. , - from the Waikatp, ■ Thev.'.iar'o'"closely, allied to the Ngatitoa ...tribfl,:'. hiaiiy-.br whom lire.resident at'lVrtrna. -.Tliodf.---ceiisod, Hare Rore, \yas a., champion athlete in his ypttiiger. days. ; -Anioegst tHpso present at thu "tahgi" are:— Tsuiora Jtana, Lbvo:("Dhi\ Lovp"), pf Nj;agaw», Raiiifrtii ErihaOfti father.-of' "Tom Ellison-"., (captain of the first Native. footbill : team to visit England); ; !ind .Matanga -fe'.. Hikq, of Ngalitoa, ..- Ajl 'tho .family'of ; PukekijhStu are very,- well known in" theMarlbotough (Waiwu) district.