PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1595, 12 November 1912, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Tim Mini. W. I'*, jloßsoy (Printo Minisfi<t) k ul A i.ic.'kfftml,. Choilbn, .las. Alfeii ikt Dunertbi, and tho Jlo.n, K, 11. Rhode* i!i. (Jliftoicliiiroli, Mr, Ithodcs' will. p;rol> ■ ftl/ly return to. Wellington ■ to-mbrfow, ■. Thu Ilun. 11, D, 801 l left Christchnreli Jniil (ivc'iiiiijf, and. is. duo to arrive'here this inoriiing, Tho' otter Cabinet Minis-;. to» arc in Wellington. Tho .Hon, Dr. PbnMre will lcW'Wellington, probably oi'i Thursday" or I'Viday/ next, for Hiintfy, #hci:& ho will altcmi the taiigi to he held; in houo'ur of tho-laid Xliwr Mahuta. The. lipti. W. j?fft?er Ichivea for Diiiic< (lin on i'fiday nextr On November 19 Ife will, attend the jubilee celebration of tho DUnstan rush. Mr. 15. Cimliffe, of the firm of A. 14. JJislop !ih)l P/ki., was presented" by his , fellow' imployecs yw'tcfdiiy with a haiid> some casg of cutlery;, on tho' occasion of I)i.i recent marriage. Mr, Hans Christian'. a" New Zealand Maori war veteran, d,i.cd ;at his resiidenoe, drey (street, i'aluicrston, on Spiturl«ay .afternoon,. after % prptraot'ed.' illness;. (He. was in hig. seventieth year; .Mr. Xurtz saw a. good deal of service on the West. Cbast, Hti received iris, war .medal j a few 'years ago from the- haiids of .Lord ;Plimket. The. raiiks of veterans: afsi being so rapidly thjniied that survivp.rs: are. beginning to count departures with a. sad intbrest. It is said' that' teri'. of: them' crossed; the border iw Taranaki.. during. : the; past yeat, and' three Or four, in Palmflr,ston. The youngest, surviving New I Zealand veteran is 55 ycia'rs of «ge'. Tho I last shot was fired forty years ago. I .Mr. W. Nathan returned to Wellington ifroin England by tho steamer Botdrua ' b Mr. .Sydney Wo'l'f, of Dunedin, who is to | judge the vocal; aiid. pianoforte.;.inu.sic 'at.. ! the competitions', 66 be:g,itt' fo-m'orrp.w, will': arrive front the'south.this morning. .The/ judge in the elocution' sections, Mr. J, ?• Mpntague, will arriyß from Auckland by this afternoon's Main Trunk .express. Tho. flag on. .the General Post .Office'.:was ; flown ,at ha'jf;.mast yesterday put of: re-' spect .to' the fate Mi .JT..K. Xog'an,. form-; . erljr Superintendent of Electric tines'. Mr; Eobert M'N.a't,. who. recently te-J turned ffoiii a three months' tr'ip'tO'A.us-: tra'lia, was in Wellington, yesterday,,. .He..; obtained a great deal of valuable ipfprma- ■■ tion in conne'ctioii with his. research, work respecting; the early history of Kew/Zear land whilst in Australia. Hi's .latest. bppk,' dealing with the history'; of;, theSouth Isiarid"an<l' CPok Strait .iirca!,. up;: ■ ■H> the .time, bf'the signing of the. Treaty" of. Wait.a.nci.Ms .ii.ow.'almost ready for. iho'.press;. ; \fliis' deals, with what is ikiiown : ;aa the sh^re.'whaliiig perio'd between 1830. and 18$,. /The' publication' was; 'dclaj'ed. by the/firs' it' Wliit'comb an; 4; To'm.bs's: : premises,',but fortunately Mi'i .;M'.Na'fc' had:: proofs of .the type'that'wiis' destroyed', in:, the- fire, sp.t.hafe the. result of th'ree ycirs' work'was not lost. v Mr, "W, H.'P. Barber leaves on a viei.t. tp Napier to-day. The, death; o'f Mr. Alfred BarPlay, 8.A.,. tiL.B';', barristier' and jsolicitor,.. a former member of tlio; HouSe.'bf .Eepfbs; sentatlveSj is annoumed' by.,Press..Association telegram. fofpro Bu.ncdin." The ■Qe<' ceased gentleman' had; been in,:baU health' for a cbusidera.ble '.iiipe,' and.'his- death/ was riot'.'unexpected. He was;, bprjt.. ju.; Ireland iti 1855,. and arrived in; New'Zear. land when quite a;lad. ■ .After attending; ; the Timirn. Public School he/ went. ;to .-Christ's College, completing,his 'educatipn, ' at'O'tagb' University, Where hb-'gaihe'd'.:hiS'. : ;B,A. degree,,in: '1878,. beihj i thb.'',th'ird.:;ia'' NeTC.X'ealani .fa achieve ..thai' distinction,' : . Sk later he : tp : ok/;his LL.R. degree, arid Was.admitted a.barristep and;s'oiici.tp.f: in 158.5. Ebr some-.tinie. he. w'a'S'clerk .of: the' iSw'Zealand: t/niversity -Cpn'v-ocafiori,; <tnd' lecturer oh cdn'stitutipiial. .historyi.aid' law. at. the 'HhJver.s'itj'of.Oti'Bb, Ile.tp'Qk: a prominent part iji'„?ducati.p;n'al niattbrs in Dunedin;.;w.as vice-president Pf Hie Eal(inn Society/in that.city;, and/an. officer: .of the .O.iuiedin Chess Club., In 189.9 he. #as elected. a'member'oi thoHousb of; for' Diinedin City; defeatihg Mr. S:cobib'.ilackei)zee,!.bM't was: uir i successfhl at tho. general election in 1902.-: I later «n he was'rStUriVid for'the Dnned.iu ; I NpTth seat. -Mr. Barclay's political career was remarkable' for his; Uncompromising'', denunciation of the South "■-Afeicaa War. :l He was jnarriwl in 1887 to .a; diugliter. Pf Mr. H. itV. Barton, of Duhediii. Mr. C. J. Vause., son of Mr> j> P. Vausf.: /:pte.cer-in.-:charge. Pf the Elliott. Streei Post,; Offi'tie, AuckUnd, has .rece.iyesi,an .apppmt-.: went at the head office of the A.U'sfralfi'sian:: Wireless Compafty.' ftt Melbo.nnie. • Mr'.. f'V-anse rebe'ritly left the. Post'-"find Telegraph Service to go ii for wireless;, ahd * : as. fpr a short time 'Operfttor .on' the s.s. Moeraki. : The: R& l J'ame,S"Wilson, who lemppr,ar : ily gave:, up,liis charg.p. pf. the Auckland: Methodist Mission, soriio: mbntlis, agP,' lias : pahied from Melbourne to tho. officials of the mission thai "he wilt-not be . able, to resume his'duties in'.AUc'Mari.cl.. The Rett, Nicholas Turner, .who, is at prpsont in charge, has been 'asked tp. sttccoed : Mr;: : Wilson/ and has accepted' the offei\