PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1635, 31 December 1912, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

VIOB-EEOAIi. His Exoellency Lord Liverpool arrived at Hastings yesterday, in order to attend the lawn'tennis tournament there. The Hon. W. F. Massey (Prime Minis' ter) and the Hon. Dr. Pomare are in Wellington, the Hon. F. M. B. Bisher at Hastings, the Hon. W. Eraser, the .Hon. W. H. Herries at Aiuckland, and the Hon. R. H. Rhodes at Christchurch. The Hon. A, L. Herdman nnd the Hon. H. D. Bell were .at Waihemo yesterday, but to Jay they are going on to Ida Valley Station, in Mr. Herdtnan's old electorate of Mount Ida.. Tile Hon. J. Allen, the New Zealand Minister-.for Defence, together with Mrs. and Miss Allen, were entertained at lunch at Federal' Parliament House, Melbourne, on December '23 by Federal Ministers. The company included also Mr. Deakin, 'Major-General Fitzpatrick, Brigadier-General Gordon, Hear-Admiral-Cresswell, Bishop Frodsham, Mrs. Fisher, and Mrsi Frazer. Mr. E. H. Montgomery, the "New Zealand Government Agent ;in was presented \yith a souvenir .by the members of the; New Zealand Association on December 23, on the occasion of his forthcoming holiday trip to the Dominion.' The president of the Association. (Mr. E. 0. Cox) presided, and proposed the toast of Mr. health, which wob supported by Mr. J. T. Lang, Dr. .Stopford, and others. From to-morrow Mr. W. E. .Morris assumes his duties as Secretary to the Post and Telegraph Department, Messrs. G. B. Dall and F. V. Waters become assistant secretaries, and Mr.' D. Miller, Chief inspector of Post .Offices. . . , At the .conclusion of the tour of the . •South Melbourne cricket -team <at , Wellington, on January 23, a party .consisting of Messrs. M'Cormack -(manager), Pontland, and Gray will probably make a •trip .to Botorua. • . A Press Association telegram fromGis-. borne states '.that Mr. Frank Foote, -first assistant at the Palmerston North High Sohool, :has '-been appointed .headmaster of the Gisborne High School. There were .twenty-eight applicants for the •position. .. . r Mr. Robert Triggs, of -Melbourne,. ..the newly-appointed Public Service 'Gommis-., Sioner, and the Hon. C. 08. Fi'azer, Post-master-General of the Commonwealth, aTO due to arrive here .to-morrow from Sydney by the -Warrimoo. 'The death 'has taken .place at Hawera of Mr. Henry William Sutton, aged ?i years. For many'years Mr. Sutton was .associated with Hawera and the surrounding district. He took a prominent part in local government affaire, and served several "terms -as Mayor.—Press- Association. . _ The death occurred--yesterday .morning of Mr. Austen H. Bisley, member of the firm of Bisley Bros., auctioneers, Nelson. He was well 'known in the district as an energetic business man, and was a membej of the 'Nelson City Council, a' former president of the Nelson Chamber of Commerce, and member of many local bodies.—Press Association. The death is; announced of William Todd, a well-known .auctioneer, of Invercargill, aged'7o years. Mr. Todd arrived in Invercargill in 1863, and was licensed as an auctioneer by the Provincial Council in 18G5. He took part in the West Coast rush, and for tliTee successive years he was Mayor of -Hokitika. B.e also occupied the position of Provincial Treasurer there—Pjess Association. ••* The Eev. Walter Dunkley, vicar of : Glenmark, :died suddenly on Sunday . morning, aged 62 a 'Press Associa- ; tion message from Christchurch); tH.O was for many years precentor of Ohnstchurch Cathedral, «nd was a prominent ■ "M«son. ' , _■ •* The death is announoed iu the London. "Tabled of' the-Bt. Key. Mgr.; Canon • Luck Y«G> Mgr. Luck, who died at:bt.Maty's/jEast ;\Seiidred,*Berks/ ms : aa elder 'brother of tho late' Bishop Luck, of 1 Auckland, ' ' • Mr. y. E, Moss, manager of the "Westport branch of the Bank of New Zealand, died on' .Christmas Eve, after ail''.illness extending ov.er four months. Mr. Moss; who was born on the island of St. Helena; was 52 years of age. He was actively interested in sport of various lands, and was a . member of the Bowlinf? and Golf Clubs, the local Trotting Club; and- the Boxing Association. He was also prominent in Freemasonry, having held the office of Grand Pnrsuivant m the Grand Lodge of New Zealand at his death.

Mr. 'Stuart. Seddon, who _ has been through a course ..of study m. i/nglaiia and i?rMioe as an architect, is returning to New Zealand next month. Mr. S*ddon will -probably- settle in Wellington.