PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1650, 17 January 1913, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

''.;, '<■;■■ '',''[ yioE-EiGAL. ■~; r -'V.'. : i . His Excellenoy the Governor has inti-} mated to Mr. P. Crewes, hon. secretary of the 'Wellington Amateur Athletic -Club, that ho has accepted the office of patrbri to tho club.

Cabinet Ministers in Wellington! are the Hon.'A.L.Herdmarii the Hon. F..M. B. Fisher, the Hon. W. Fraser, the -Hon. H; D. Bell, and the Hon..E. H. Rhodes, .The Hon. Dr., Pomaro *is at Auckland, , ,/The Prime Minister Anil leave Auckland for the Thames to-day. , -The Hon..W. H- Herries journeyed yesterday fromMorrinsville to Eotorua. He is. expected to return to Wellington,on Tuesday or Wednesday next. \..*V.

' The Hon. W. Fraser will leave on Mon. day-for Otago. ' • .":,••'■■'■■

;'. The Hon. F, M. B. Fisher is to go, to Blenheim to "open theiWairau Bridge on January 21 and will return to' Wellington immediately afterwards. On February 12 tho Minister will attend the unyoiling of tho memorial to Captain Cook at Ship Cove. ' ■' ■> ,■'.. ; ■:[. V ■ . (■..■... ■Mr. T. W.'Fisher, Under-Secretary for Native Affairs,;who lately accompanied his Minister on a'tour of tho Thames and Bay of Plenty districts, returned to Wel> lington on' Wednesday. ■•

On: the eve of sovering his connection with the choir of Sti Patrick's Roman Catholiij.' Cathedral, Auckland, after a connection extending .oyer twenty-seven years, during the greater part, of which he acted as. conductor, Mr. Hiscocks was presented with an address froin the choir ahd Bishop Cleary presented.' him, on hailf of the subscribers,vwith handsomepieces of .silverware of <Sxqhisito design.

Mr. Jas. Patorson has been appointed Russian Vice-Consul in Auckland, Taranaki and Hawkc's Bay districts.

Mr. A. W. Mann,' postmaster at Waihi, has beou transferred to Westport, and will bo succeeded at Waihi by Mr. G. S.. Smollbone, of Marton.--

At tho meeting of tho Auckland Presbytery on Tuesday the Rov. R. L. Walker, of St. James's Church, was granted eight months' leavo of absence, in cider that ho might visit, the Old Country. The Rev. Hugh Beggs is to fill tho pulpit in the meantime. . ■

Commissioner Richards, head of the Sulvatiori Army in Now Zealand- returned to his headquarters in Wellington.yesterday, after having made a tour of stations in th© King Country. Ho has now visited all parts of New Zealand except tho West Coast. ■ Mr. A. H. Holmes, Clerk of the Wellington Magistrate's Court, has been requested to stand as a candidate for the Civil Service Appeal Board, and has consented to do so. . t , Dr. Woodhouse has been appointed acting medico). superintendent of tho hospital during iho absence of Dr. HardwickSwith.

Mr. George Cowlishnwi managing director of tho'"Telegraph" Newspaper Company, Brisbane, died there from paralysis a few days ago. The'late Mr. Cowlishaw, who was.in his 72nd year, was one of a Sydney family. Ho went to Brisbane in tho early sixties, and about 1876 or 1877 was one of tho principal purchasers of tho "Telegraph." His natural business instincts and His ability served that newspaper in good,stead, and it rapidly grow and prospered. Mr.'Cowlishow| was at one' time a prominent architect. Four brothers survive him, the Hon. James, and Messrs. Thomas, Willianvand M. Cowlishaw, and two sisters, Mrs. Goorgo .Woolnough, Brisbane, and Miss Cowlishaw, Sydney.

Mr. I. J. Rothschild leaves on a business and pleasure trip to England and tho Continent; via Sydney, by the Mocraki to-day, catching tho Maloja there on, January 25. / Dr. H. Hardwick Smith, medical superintendent at the Wellington Public Hospital; who is to tako his departure for tho Old Country on holiday shortly, was wished bon voyage by members or. tho hospital boininittee yesterday afternoon. It is not improbable that a change will shortly be made at Lambton Quay Police Station. There is a' proposal of ,on exchange of situations between, Senior-Ser-geant Darby, of Wellington, and SeniorSergeant Mullaney,of Nelson.' ■;. '

Police Commissioner, Cullen, is at present paying Napier an official visit.

The Chief Justice '■' of tho Australian High Court, Sir Samuel Griffith, has been grantednine months' leave of absonco.by, the'Foderal Executive Council. It lis understood that his .Honour intends to visit England; .. ''■ : ■"; ' ' ,:■ ■' News was received in Lithgow'(New South', Wales) last week.that Mr. W. H. Donald, a Lithgow native,, for sbmo years associated with the local'and city' press, had boen appointed on tho staff in the secretary's department'of the Chinese National Railway Federation, Tho DirectorGeneral is Dr. Sun Yat Sen, and the object, is to plan, and construct the whole .system: of railways in China. Mr. Donlaid is a son of' Mr. George Donald, exmember for Hartley, New South Wales;

Tho banking jubilee of Mr.*Di Mitchell, managing trustee of the Savings Bank of Now South. Wales, ! was made tho occasion of a pleasant ceremony recently. The members of tho.staff gathered in the. board-room nnd presented an 'address and

tea'and coffee service as evidence of the esteem in which they hold'their chief." , At « the' monthly meeting of tho Australasian Steam Ship Owners' Federation, held in Melbourne last week Mr. W. T.i ,Appletoa- was unanimously elected president of that body for the year 1913. .This is the eighth occasion • upon which Mr. Appletoit has been appointed president, :