PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1598, 15 November 1912, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

. The Hon. W. F. Massey is at Auckland, and the Son. Jas, Allen at Dunedw. The other' Cabinet Ministers are in Welling toft. ■' , . Public business was , transacted by the Prime Minister at Auckland yesterday. To-day lie will receive many deputations. On Saturday he leaves for Pukekohe to bo present at a banquet, in the evening in itia honour, subsequently returning- to Auckland.—Press Association. The Hon. J. Allen visited Eivercarfrill yesterday, and received garding several local matters. He left for the north by the. afternoon's express.Press Association..,.,,-.. .., .:.•„,,,,,, ■• The Eon. E: H. Rhodes. Trill kate ; for Auckland this evening. • ' Tho Hon. W. Proper leaves to-night for - Lyttelton, en route to Punedin and . Clyde. He will attend tlio- Diiiistan jubilee celebrattoil, and cipects, to return to Wellington on November 24. Mr.' A» E. Braithwaite is gazetted .us ' a deputy-registrar -of marriages at Featferston. i At its meeting yesterday, tho Wellington ' Hospital Committee renevved the resigned ■ tioii of Nurse M'Gregor. The committee , decided to leeonjmehd to the Hospital ■ Board the promotion of NiiTse Packard , to charge-nurse. Tlio .committee also re- ; commended to the board the appointment of Miss Amy Bfoadbmtto sub-njatiwn of , the Victoria Hospital and Seddon annexes. ' Mr A. B, WHson, of the Sydney ■ branch of thfl A.M.P. Society, has been' ' transferred to London. 3lt. Wilson has , been in Wellington for a.few days on a 1 visit to his relatives. He return's this j ftfteinoon to Sydney, ttaoo Ijondon. Mr Gr j> Anderson, monibsr for Ma- : taura, who has been funding u jidli- , day at Eotorua, passed through, Welling- , ton yesterday on his way home; I The Governor has authorised the fol* ■' loivin* persons to act as licensed Natira ■ interpreters POhau Tamih'ona, of Jlasterton; Hati Wi of WeU lhigton; Houe Pau Mariu, of Manutavi; Jtihiv Solomon Gi-ace, pf Tuparoa; Johii Turner, of Auckland (first grade)- OkA Hfiketa, of l<o\vw Hutt) Roore Eangf- , lieUM, of Foxton; Hipiriiji te Ksta, of Auckland (second grade). ( Mr. Edmond Page, S.M.i'has.been apJ pointed to be- chainniin of the Wanganiji ■ and Rangitikoi licensing Gojamittee, rice I Mr. W. Kerr, SIM. At rooms (Cuba Street) on • Wednesday evening a send-off was ten? ■ dered to Mr. H. W. Eoy, late chief ■ engineer to the city electrio light depart- • nient, who has just severed his connection i with the corporation after fifteen years > service. The function was presided over ' by the Mayor (Mr, P. M'Laren), who,; during the evening, presented Mr. Eoy with ft purse of sovereigns from the.staff . and also a gold pendant from the etaft for ■ Mrs. Eoy. ' . Sir Joseph Ward and Lady Ward aiid Miss Eileen Ward .were i'erewelled by a ntimber of friends at the Eoyal Oak Hotel yesterday, prior to leaving for England, i The Presentation Committee (which ari ranged a reception to Sir Joseph Ward 1 'on his tetarn to New Zealand from Australia earlier in the year) presented Miss Ward with two handsome pendants, whicli she gracefully acknowledged, lire party left for the south en route to tho Old Country by the tllimaroa. last evening. As the steamer moved out from the wliarf cheers wefe given for Sir Jos6P.li YUrq, Lady Ward, Miss Ward, and Master "Pat." Ward, the recipients rtspondmg with words of personal farewell to all anil sundry coming within close range,, whilst handkerchiefs waved along the pjer, as the big boat glided pest on her sduthem journey. Amongst others present, bir James Carroll afld a number of. prominent Native chiefs. were in the vanguard. Ldy Ward and Miss Ward carried floraltokens of esteem, quite a large iumte of lady friends being amoiig the assemblage. Three bouquets in all were presented thorn , , one by Miss Amy Jl'Parland. Sir Joseph Ward wi 1 spend a day at Christchureh and another at flunc-. din before reading Southland. He expects to be back in New Zealand at the end of May.' Last night tho Well-inchm CityCouiic.il passed a lesolvition Nankin? the .Hon A. ; L Herdmaji and Mr. W, H, D. Bell, M.P,, "for tlicii' valuable scwwes in coimection ■ ''with the passage of the council's legislation during tho recent session of l'arlia-: ment." . ...