PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1654, 22 January 1913, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

The Hon. W. F. Mnssey will leave Auckland to-day for Rotorua, from which place ho will proceed to Taupo.i to inspect tho private uno of tho Taupo-Totara Timber Company, «nd the lands of" the '• district. The Hon. W. H. Herries will arrive toi day from Auckland. Tho Hon. W. Eraser is at Dunedin. Tho : Hon. F. M. D. Fisher proceeds to-day to. Blenheim, where ho is to open tho Wnirau bridge The Hon. R. H. Rliodes, tho Hon. H. Bell, tho Hon. A. L. Herdnian, and tho Hon. Dr. Pomare are dn ; Wellington. •. ■ >

Tho'Prime Minister (the-Hon. W. F. Massey) • spent a busy ■ day :in Auckland yesterday. Bo,received a number of deputations.' and attended various functions in connection: with tho visit of tho Governor. —Press Association.

Advice has bean received by the Government that the following cadets' at tho Royal Military Collcgo of Australia have, been recommended for advancement to' higher classes in tho annual rcport'of tho commandant'of the college ;—NoMI, Staff Cadet C. H.' M'Clolland, who passed soc- r ond; No, 23, Corporal/R. Miles, who passed fourth in the, third class. Tho names of these cadets'will appear in the. Military Forces List' as among the five inost distinguished' cadets of their class in tho year 1912. In the fourth class, No. 76, Staff Cadet W. G. Opio passed sixth'. ,No. 81, Staff Cadet W. G. Stevens, was handicapped bynot joining until July, 1912. Had ho joined with the remainder of his' batch,. at the beginning of tho academic year, it is believed, says tho report, ho. would havo been placed at,the top, or nearly at tho top, of his class.-.

Sir 1 Georgo Clifford arrives from tho south by the Maori; this morning., ■ >'"

Mr. Vincent' Hall, of Romuera, who took his B.A. degree at Victoria College, lias been appointed assistant master at the New Plymouth Boys' High School.

Tho Rev, Bro. Augustine, of. Sydney, is tho subject of an. appreciative note in "Bluo and I Blue," tho magazine of the Marist Bros.' High School at Darlinghurst. Bro, Außustine was onbipf tho first four Marist Brothers to come to Australasia in 1872, and was the founder of tho High School. Ho was for somo years connected with tho Marist Bros.' schools at Wellington, Wanganui, and other places in Now Zealand. ..

Mr. It. T. Daiisey, tho well-known Otago University and South Island represontativo footballer, has. purchased' ho Victoria Hotel at I'etono. Ho will probably play for tho Petone Rugby 'Club next season.

Mr. Duncan Blair, 'ono of tho very old settlers of the Wanganui' district, passed away yesterday, aged 81 (says-our Wanganui correspondent). . Deceased was a : very warni supporter of athletics, particularly ; football, and hold presidential positions in the Rugby Union and subsidiary, clubs of late.: John Blair, of tho All Black team, was a"son of 'deceased,, and another son is Captahr, Blair, or Christchurch. ... .' ,■ '

It is stated that the Hon. Geo. Fowld9 intends shortly to mnko a trip, to tho Old Country. ', , ■ ' The Anglican Bishop of Tasmania (Dr. Mercer) has confirmed the report as to his proposed resignation. Ho states that it is a long way off yet, but he intends to officially announce it at tho Synod in April.next. Ho intends taking a long holiday, as he has not had ono for eleven years. ~ ' .;. , ■

Mr. Walter Gray, a recent resident of Glasgow and Edinburgh, is at present in Auckland. Mr, Gray is well known in the United-Kingdom as a manager of grand opera, and has come to New Zealand for health-reasons,

Mr. H. Freeman took his scat at tho Wellington Hospital Board mooting terday as representative of the Horowhenua County and Levin Borough, Ho replaces Mr. W. Toinpsitt, who recently rcsigued,

Mr. Frost, of Messrs. Frost and Frost, baa returned to Wellington from a visit to Rotorua. . ' ..

Mr. H; E. Nicholls, secretary of tho Wellington Harbour Board, leaves for the north at the end of the present week on a month's holiday leave.

Sir, John I'indlay and Lady Findtay arc passengers from tho south by tho Maori this morning.

Mr. J. Watson Drown, general manager of the Singer Company for Australasia, arrived on Monday on a tour of inspection of- tho company's branches. j

Constable Cnrmody, a son of Constable Carmody, ft Whougaroa, and brother of Mr. D. 'Carmody, of tho Labour Department, Welling 1?)!, died at Carterton yesterday. ■ lie leaves A widow nnd family.' •

Mr. T. Buxton, mombcr for Temukn, pnid a flying visit to Wellington yesterday, nnd left ngnin in tho evening for tho south. On February (I Mr. Uuxton intends to set out upon a trip to tho United Kingdom, undertaken partly'for business rontons and partly as a holiday. xMrs. Buxton will accompany lior husband. They will leavo Wellington by the Manuka, joining tho Orvioto nt. Sydney nbont n week Inter, and going Home by way of the Suez Canal, The return journey Mr. and Mrs. Buxton intend to make by ivny of Canada, reaching tho Dominion Kiino time in Julr?