PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1646, 13 January 1913, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

0 —-—-♦ — ■ d 1 His Excellenoy the Governor .iHbli&s it to bo known that the wearing of evening 0 dress by gentlemen attending his levee 1 at Government House, Wellington, on •} Tuesday, January U, at 8.80 is jj optional. b , ■ ■ - ' ■ a . The Hon. A. L. Herdman, the Hon. H. a D. Bell, and the Hon. F. M. B. Fisher e are in Wellington, the Primo Minister > (the Hon. W. F. Massey) at Auckland, ■, the Hon. W. Eraser and tho Hon. W. H. •. Herrics at Opotiki, and the Hon. R. H. >. Rhodes and the Hon.: Dr. Pomare - at ■ Rotorua. - h Tho Hon. Henry Willis, Speaker of tho 8 New _ South Wales Legislative Assembly, e will bo tho oliief guest of tho Now'Zcaland Club on January 17.. l" Prior to the etart of /the cricket at r the Basin Reserve on Saturday-afternoon >• members of tho Central Cricket Club met together and presented Mr. W. Hood with i) a framedjphotograph of last,year's 6enior 1 eleven. The presentation was made by 1 Mr. Burbideo, vice-president, .who. 6poko i- in praise of Mr. Hood'B long connection i- with the club and of tho valuable eera vices he had rendered not only to the olub, but to Wellington orioket in gen,f eral, as member of tho club's executive B and the Cricket Association's Commitlj tee.; Mr. Hood suitably replied. v , 0 Lord Plunkot,; formerly Governor 'of New Zealand, did not. forget his friends 3 on the West Coast when the oocasibn for a the season's greetings came round. . Tho (. Mayor of Ross was among those to bo reB memberod, and his Lordship wrote a per- ( sonal note, in whioh he eaid: "I hope the j mines are doing -well, and that the water . is . being kept down, and tho hospitable and friendly town of Ross flourishing, Re- , member me to my friends.: I vciy often' 1 recall my hato nn- - sophisticated times-on tho West Coasti •. Kia ona." , - . Hon- J- Sinolalr (states a Press j Association telegram) is a passenger from r Sydney to Wellington by the Manuka, due here on Wednesday next. s Mr. H. W. Bishop, 8.M., tho condition j of whoso healthhas been giving his j friends some anxiety recently, successfulj ly underwent an operation on Saturday, and yesterday was reported to be. pro- } grossing faVourably.—Press Association. ) Mr. J. N; Gandoll, dispatch clerk in tho 5 Grjymouth Post Office, has been promoted [ to the accountant's braiich at Welling--5 ton. ; \ Father Holbrook, of St. Patrick's Cathet dral, Auckland, will leave by the P. and 3 0. steamer Maloja on January 17, on an s extended visit to Europe. He will bo i away from, Auckland, lor abbut twelve - months. . •' ■ 1 Mr. Austin Wilson,, special trade comf missioner for the port of Hull, will leave J- Auckland' for Rotorua to-day. ; After a [ fow days' 6tay there ho will proceed to •• Wellington; and sail for England on ' January. .17. ■: ' . 1 , •' •' < j Mr. ; Edward C. Stables,' who has been t manager of the Colonial Sugar Refinery at Glanville, South Australia, for 22 [. .years, severed his connection with the 3 company rooently. l For 82 years he lias 3 been associated with it. He was chief , engineer at the Chelsea (Auckland) ,re- ( finery, when appointed to take over the ) oonstruotion of'tho works at Glanvillel