PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1644, 10 January 1913, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Vsoe-Eeqal; An address for presentation to the Governor, the Earl of Liverpool, upon tlie occasion of his first official visit to Auckland, on January 21, is at present being prepared. His Excellency will hold a levee on tlie afternoon of January 21, and the Mayor (Mr. C. J. Parr) is endeavouring to arrange for the presentation of the address to take placo in the. morning at .the Town Jlall, lie has tele-, graphed to the Governot''a private secretary with a view of making definite arrangements.

The personal staff of. his Excellency tho Governor (Lord Liverpool) is formally gazetted—Mr. Gavin Macaulay Hamilton to be private secretary; Captain Charles Shawo (Rifle Brigade) to bo military secretary; Captain Thomas Ralph Eastwood (Kiiie Brigade) to'be aide-de-camp, .

The Primo Minister left by tho midday express yesterday for To Myamutu and will be iu the Auckland district for about a fortnight.' Tho' Hon. Ei 11. Rhodes left for Rotorualast evening. Tho Hon. Dr. Pomaro is already at Rotorua. The Hon. W. Fraser and tlio Hon. W. H. Herries are at To Puke. The other Cabinet Ministers are in Wellington.

Tho appointment of Mr. U. F. Maccabees Vico-C'onsul of Russia at Wellington, with jurisdiction over the provincial district of Wellington and RarotOnga, and Mr. - J. Paterson as Vice-Consul of Russia at Auckland, with jurisdiction over tho provincial districts of, Auokland, •' Taranaki, and Hawke's Bay, has been recognised by. tho New Zealand Government. 1 , Mr., J. H. Enright, as Vice-Consul of Norway,'at Westport, is provisionally recognised.

On Tuesday, night tho staff' of tho Now. Plymouth Post 1 and Telegraph Office met in full strength to say farewell to Mr. A. P. Dryden on tho occasion of his leaving to tako up the position of Chief Post master of the Wellington district. A proeentation of plato was rondo to Mr. Dryden by Mr. Gee, Acting-Chief Postmaster, on behalf of tho staff, who referred in culogistic terms to Mr. Drydcn's past services'to the Department, 'and expressed the belief that, his; transfer to,; tho now position would prove of advantage to to Wellington district. Tostimony was also borne by tho Chief C)?rk and tho executive officers of tho various branches of the local office to the good work dono.by Mr. Dry.don while Chief Postmaster at Now Plymouth, and to tho respect felt by tho officers ,of the staff for his personality and abilities, and a general wish was expressed for tho welfare and happiness of Mr. and Mrs. Drvden in' their new ■ homo. Mr. Drydon loft Now Plymouth, for Wellington on Wednesday.

Mr. C. H. Vickerman, who recently retired from the position c-f Superintending Engineer to the Public Works Department is to 1)0 presented with an album containing the autographs of attached to: the headquarters, staff of the Department and to its various; district offices. , The numerous Auckland and Waikato friends of the late, Mr. W. J, 11-alph, jun., received a severe shock when .it becamo known that he had passed away rather suddenly at his residence, Htintly, last Sunday night (says the Auckland', "Herald"). Tho deceased,, who was only 21 years of age, held a responsible position on tho. clerical staff of tho.Taupiri Goal Mines Company, Limited, at Huntly. Sympathetic telegrams and other: messages have been receivod by his father (Mr. W. J„ Halph). and his wife and relatives, from all parts of tho, province.Mr, A, Harris, M.P. for Waitemata; has accepted an invitation from his oon-. stituonts in the northern part,of his electorate to a banquet, which will be held at Silverdale this evening. The gathering is boing. arranged by . the Pukeatua Road Board apd settlers in the Silverdale districts. ... . j " Mr.' Armstoilp,'orffaniser for the Employers' Association, lc.Vves~for the south pn Monday night. ' The Rev 1 . H. Yourigman, D.D., prtsident .of the-'Methodist Church-in! Australasia, will arrive in Auckland by, ,-the Makura on January 17. ' In, company with Mrs.' Youngman he, will he:the guest of Mr; A. C. Caughey during his etay in Auckland. The visitors will journey to Kotorua, and afterwards proceed to Wellington/where Dr.. Youngman will preside over the first nniteu''oonforcnco of the Methodist Churches in New Zealand.

Mr. W. S. Short, Assistant'Under-Seo-retary for Public Works, is to leave at tho end of this month on a visit to Australia where ho' will spend !about two months in inspecting the various systems of carrying out publig works adopted in tho, different States of tho Commonwealth. Mr; Philip Hereford, a well-known Iccturer on evolution, who is touring the Dominion, has arrived in Wellington;

The many friends of Mr. C. Douglas, secretary of tho Hawke's Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society and also the Napier Chamber of Commerce, will (says the Napier "Telegraph") sympathise with him in the news of the death of his father, the R.ev. Qeorgo Douglas, of Edinburgh, at tho age of 73 years. The dooeased gentleman paid a visit to Now • Zealand last year, returning homis in April after an extended holiday in Napier. During his stay in: this town. Mr.. Douglas iinado the acquaintance of'a large number of persons, and on one occasionlie took tho services at St. Paul's Presbyterian Church. Deceased died at his temporary residence at Moffati. Scotland, but.from what cause it is not known.

Messrs. C. A. Ewen and A. H. Turnbull are gazetted members Of the Board of Governors of tho New Zealand Institute. ,'; ; ' ' '- ■"

Mr. W. B. .Monro is appointed a farm manager's assistant in the Civil Service (Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commoice). . .

Mr, M. M'Cormack is gazetted an' inepeotor under the Factories Act.

Mr. Larkham Bowman is 'gazetted, an apiary, instructor under the Department of Agriculture, Industries, apd Commerce.

Awards of the Now Zealand long-ser-vice and good-conduot medal are gazetted to Corporal C. W. IV. Groves, and Gunner H. F. M'Kay, both of tho Royal New Zealand Artillery. , r , . .

Mr. G. A. Smyth is gazetted district manager to tho Publio Trustee at Christchurch, vico Mr. M. C. Barnctt (transferred). ' ,

Tho Rov, H. M. Forbes (Congregational Independent), and S. Morris (Baptist) aro gazetted officiating ministers under the Marriage Aot, .

A Press Association message received from London last evening stated that Sir Joseph and Lady Ward had arrived in the metropolis from New Zealand.