PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1652, 20 January 1913, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

.The Hon; W. F. Mnssey and the Hon. AV. H, Herries are at Auckland; the Hon. H. D. Bell, the Hon. W. Fraser, the lion. A. L. Herdinan, and the Hon. Dr. Pomare aro in Wellington. ' The Hon. F. M; B. Fi6her and the Hon. B. H. Ehodes ii'rem'Wa.Tiganui, and mil return to Wellington to-night. 1 ; ... \ The Hon. F. M. B. Fisher (Minister for Customs and Marine) went to Wanganui on Saturday to attend the funeral of; the late Hon. John , ■

The Hon. W. Fraser, Minister for Publio Works,! intends visiting l ' Glsborne early in Marohv •

The Hon. Hi Willis, Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, left Wellington'' for Chiwohuroh, Diinedin, and. Quoenstown by the Mararoa en Saturday evening/ - He will return to.Wellington, and leave here for Sydney by the Miunganui on ' January, Sit

Dean Mahoney, of Onehunga, returned to Auckland by the Maloja, after an-11 months'trip , through Siberia and Europe. Mr. R. F. Boll&rd, member for Baglnn, aooompanied by Mrs. Bollard, left Wellington for the, south On Saturday evening.

Mr. P. Hall, of Gisborne, arrives ' In Wellington to-night to be present at tho Wellington Cup meeting at Trentham this week.

Mr, ; Grey Thome George left Auckland by the Maloja on Friday on a business visit to England and tho oontinont. The Eev. Dr. Glbb returned from tho south by the Monewai yesterday.

Mr. W. Williams, Mr. Q. B, Whiting (ChristohuT'oh), and Mr. S.C. Brown (Dmedin), tho delegates representing tho Now Zealand Federated Boot Trades Union at tho conference regarding tho ; tariff, convened by the Hon. tho Minister for Customs, arrived from the south' yesterday.

Dr. H. Hardwioke Smith, modical superintendent of tho Wellington Hospital, loaves Wellington tor London by thoWa« ktmui lioxt Friday; , . '

Constable Wilson, of. Waitotara, has been transferred to Bulls to fill tho vacancy caused by the transfer .of-Con-Btablo Breon. .;

"TRIUMPH" ESTABLISHES CHRIST- ' OHURCH-KAIKOURA RECORD. • ■ Tho motor cycling record from Christ, church to Kaikoura and back, which was established on Thursday by Mr. Q. B. Brown on n latest modol "Triumph," and ffbioh constitutes ono of tho finest crosscountry performances ever pufcUp by a motor cyclist in New Zealand, hag a somewhat curious history, . Somo three months ago Mr, Brown challenged all and sundry to a straight-out hill-climbing oohtest. on Sumner Hill or Paokakariln Hill—tho "Triumph" against any other maihinC, There word no acceptances, but one firm said in effect; "T\'o know tho Triumph can lick our machine on tho' hills proposed, but come out on, a long run aoross ' really , bad country—Christchuroh to Knikoura end. back, for instanoo—and wo'lt show you a point or two." Well, of courso, wo didn't refuse ,that proposition. But wo thought it fair to givo thorn all a chance, and challenged any motor cyclist in Now Zealand, not riding, a "Triumph," to meet G, B. Brown and his .Triumph" on that very courso. Thoro were ten thousand «X----ouses, but wo couldn't pot ono match. So, baulked in our good intentions, wo decided to establish a record over tho | courso, and let tho other follows havo a peck nt.tt at their leisure. Ton all know what happened. Mr. Brown covered the 200 miles of rough country, half of it on an unknown roiul, in under 12 hours. The rivers and river-beds were difficult to negotiate, but tho "Triumph" stood the racket in tho regular Triumph" way, and thero was not ft break-down, not even a puncture, to mar tlio record. Not knowing tho rond, Sir. Brown. made a tew deviations and detours ho ' woitld not othorwiso havo had to make. So if anyone lowers the present record of II hours SGJ minutes, he will bo prepared' to go out again, and kupek a little moro olf the time. New stock of Triumphs just arrived. Fixed engine, J!"0; frco engine, .CBOi three speed, i!B7 10s. Adams, Ltd., Christchurch. Branches at Pnlmerston North and Wansamrii agents, Sutherland and Itaukino, Wellingtonj Tourist Motor Co., Halting*-

Major G. F. Vonables, lato of tho\Royal West Kent Regiment, England, was a passengar to Auckland by tho Maloji. Major Venablos is on a holiday visit, and will see most of tho resorts in Now Zealand before returning to London. Dr. John Ross, of Waipawa, who, intends following farming at wairon, was presented with an illuminated address by tho residents of the town' on Friday last. Tho Mayor and. others spoke oulogisttcally of his services and regretted bis departure. The councillors nlso presented Dr. Ross with a leather kit bag, and Mrs. lloss was tho recipient of sovcral valuable presents. \ Mr. W. Belcher, secretary of tho Se--men's Union, Dunedin, arrived in Wellington by the Maori yesterday morning. Mr. J. Goulston, president of tlio New South Wales Ma6onio Club, Sydney, and Senior Grnn3 Warden of the Grand Lodgo of Freemasons in Now South' Wales, 'has arrived in Wellington for a short holiday. Mr. Goulston is'-Swjhj with, his sister, Mrs. S. H. Myers. Mr. P. C. Dwyer; of Wellington, who ha 9 been away from New Zealand for four years, arrived back by R.M.S. 'Airakina on Saturday. Mr: Dwyor is seriously ill, and was removed to tho Hospital m soon as tlio vessel berthed at the wharf.