PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1655, 23 January 1913, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

'■..'■'• Vice-KegaC '''; ■. ■. '. Her Excellency the Countess of Liverpool has signified her intention to he present at'.the 'meeting of members;, arid .others inthe Overseas' Club, to be held .at the'. Sydney -Street ' Schoolroom "-.this 'ovcning.'-'''. ''. ■7. V. .'.".7 ■':■ Mr, 1 H. N. Holmes, for eight years general secretary of tho Y.M.C.A, in Wellington, who has just concluded a tour of the Far East, is 'on-'a, visit to: Sydney.: ; Mr. Hugh Ross, one of tho best'known of the officers of the local branch of the Post Office Savings Dank, died yesterday afternoon as'the result of % serious opera? Hon he had,undergone. Always an enthusiastic volunteer, Mr. Ross was one of the first to volunteer for service in - South Africa, and he was a member of the first contingent.-After.his.return he became a lieutenant in the Post and- Telegraph Rifles, and-up till his death he retained a' commission . under /the Territorial scheme. Tlie'funeral will leave his late residence in Upland Road at 9 o'clock on Friday morning.,...' .- :.:..'

Bishop WillisV/e (of Tonga) was invited■.• to '.take'•;'a scat, at :the Anglican , General -'.' Synod, at Nelson on Monday.' 'Ho was cordially welcomed by the Primate Bishop Willis, in acknowledging his - welcome,' gave an interesting account of church matters in Tonga.'. -v . >;. 7 ;

.' The- Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne (Dr., Clarke), accompanied by Mrs., and Miss Clarke, left Melbourne a few days ago for London, by the Demosthenes. Tho trip, which will extend until October, is being made for the transaction of official Church business. During 1912 the Archbishop administered confirmation to no fewer than 2574 candidates, a record lw any one. year in the history of the diocese of Melbourne. '. .'■.

Mr. John'P. Bray, Consul-General for the. United States in Australia; has been appointed United States Consul at Manchester,—Press Association.