PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1640, 6 January 1913, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

The Hon. W. P. Hassey, the Hon. R. H. Rhodes, and the Hon. Dr. Pomaro are in Wellington. The Hon. 11. D, Bell aiid the Hon. A. L. Herdman oro in Dunklin, otid 'aire exported to return to Wellington tomorrow. The Hon, F, M. I). Flsi.cr, who f« at Chrisbclnircli, is also expectcd to return on Tuesday. Tho Hon. W. H. Herri cs and the Hon. W. Fraser aro in Auckland, afid will leave to-day for tho Thames and Bay. of Plenty districts. Tho Primo Minister on Saturday ro* coivod tho following wirelcos message from the Hon, Jos. Allen, aboard tho •R.M.S. Oraraai "All on Orama delighted at Sir Welbor Buchanan's honour, Plea6o inform' his constituents. All well." Mr, T. H. Gibson, who for twenty years past lias been conneoted with the staff of tho Chief Postmaster, in Wellington, Ims boen appointed postmaster at' Courtenay Jlaoo, Hi succession to Mr. T. Kirker, who retired ou .suparoimuation at tho cud of tho year. The Rav. John Hoskliigs, of Fitzroy, Melbourne, who has started kincnmlogftaph earrvioOS in a slum quarter of Melbourne, and ivho has been desoribod as holding his own In rought-nild-tumblo fights with tho larrikin element, was formerly a resident of the Waikato, and. Was for a timo in Mailterton. Ho resigned from the Methodist Church and entered politics, i.t He is a man of very confiidorablo. force of character. • • . ( Lieut,-Colonol Becklfigham, who died in Timaru last, week, van given an impressive military funOriil on Thursday, last.. Among'the visitiiig officers present Were:—Colonols E, J. Cooper, Jowscy, C.M.G., and Smythe,, of Christohuron, Tho pall-bearers were. Colonels Copper ahd Joweoy, Major Foden, V.D., Captains Jackson and Gillies.: , ; Mr. Nisbot M'Robio, who lifts ,been appointed assistant secretary t.J the ■ New Zealand Employers' Federation, will take up duty in that capacity to-day. Mr. : E. Nordern, .of Christchurfih, left for Auckland last niffht., Prayers were offered in tlio Hill Street! Basilica Yesterday for the teposo of the soul of the late Mr. James Doyle, who for many years acted as eacristan at St. MaryV Cathedral, tho forerunner Of tho Basilica. Mr. Doyle, who is feaid to have been the godfather of moro Wellington Jieople than any othor person alive, died at Aucklnud last Tuesday. >