PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1661, 30 January 1913, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Tho Hon, W. F. Mosscy (Prime Minister) will return to Wellington this evening from Hastings. The Hon. F. M. E. Fisher will leave Christchurch for the West Const to-day. The Hon. A. L. Hcrdman and the Hon. H. D. Bell arc in Wellington. The Hon. R. H. Rhodes is at Timaru. The Hon. Dr. Pomare is at Waitara, and is expected to remain there for sonio days. * . The Hon. W. Frnser is at Dunedin. Ho is expected ic return to Wellington tomorrow-. The Hon. W. H. Herries is at Hastings, and is expected to return to Wellington in a day or two. A Press Association message from London states that Admiral Sir Frederick Bedford, formerly Governor of West Australia, is ill. His Honour Mr. Justice Cooper left for Auckland ■ yesterday. His Honour Mr. Justice Edwards will go north at tho end of the week. , Among the passengers \to nrrivo from Sydney by the Mooraki yesterday, wcro I Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Clifford, who have been on a visit, to the Old Country, and Mr. Eehrend Van Stnveren, who has been on a visit to Freiuantle. ' ' . Dr. Kennedy, director of St. Patrick's College, will return from Auckland to-' day. ■■''■■ ■ y Mr. F. Clarke, sub-editor of the Auckland "Star," is at present on a holiday visit-to Wellington. Mr, J. T. Fnhy, electrician under tho New Zealand Railway Department; is expected to nrrivo in Wellington from Sydney ly R. M. S. Tahiti this morning, Mr, M.-A. Naylor, of England, who has come out for the trout-fishing season at Taupo, arrived from Sydney by tho Moeraki yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. E. Groesbeck, of Chicago, Were passengers from San Francisco.to Wellington by the Moana, which arrived yesterdays . It is understood that Mr. H. D. • Thomson, at present chief clerk in tho Govern-' ment Shipping Oflice, dins been appointed chief clerk of the newly-established Department of Immigration, and that Mr. Whitehouse, chief officer of the Government steamer Tutanekai, will take up tho position vacated by Mr. Thomson. The funeral-, of tho late' Mr. John F.' Day took plnce yesterday afternoon nt Karori comcterv. Sir. Day' look part in tho.South' African War, setting out for tho front with the Seventh Contingent; and tho'funeral was therefore a-military one.rThe coffin was covered by the Union Jack, and was borho omn gun-carriage. The firing party was under tho chnrgo of Sergeant Gallagher, of tho Perninnent Artillery, and tho Rev. W: Ballachey officiated. The lato Mr, Day, Who was .34 years of age, was born in Now. Plymouth. Sinco. his return from. South Africa he had suffered a decline in health, rind his death, which occurred on Monday Must,' was not altogether unexpected.- ... - >

Mr. J; Farrell leaves this morning for Masterton to arrange for the North Island country tour of tho "Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford" Company. , . ; :Mr.' and Mrs'. F. Senlev, Mr. J. Soaley, "and Miss K. Sealey, or San Francisco, were. passengers to Wellington by tho, Moana yesterday. Mrs. F. E. Baumc, of Auckland,- and her three sons, arrived in' Wellington from San Francisco by the Moana yesterday. .;;...-.

. Mr." A. Jameson, national secretary of tho Y.H.C.A., received a pleasant surprise on the arrival of ttw southern mail, yesterday. He now carries a handsome gold watch of superior workmanship in which is tho following inscription:—"To Alexander J&meson, M.A., national secretary, from his friends, tho delegates, National Convention Y.M.C.A. of N.Z. Sumner, 'January. 2-6, '1913." This convention was tho first under a National Committee and was' regarded as of great importance in ihOj t »res.?nfo ; n)Qyo!!ipn%t«,: reorganise tho 'eleven branches of. tho Young Men's Cliris- , tian Association in this country and bring thorn into a closer' union. At: the. close'' of tho convention resolutions were passed complimenting Mr.;Jameson, on his ability as an organiser, and Messrs. T. C. Field, of Christchurch, and J;.-Pi Holloway, of Wanganui, were appointed a committee to carry tho resolutions into effect. Consequently, tho watch, Mr. Jameson, will be in Wellington for thrco weeks to assist the new general.secretary, Mr. A. Varneyy who .is introducing substantial changes -and- improvements in tho local branch.

Mr. B. Van Stnveren, of Wellington, who has been visiting Fromantle-,. arrived by the Moeraki from Sydney yesterday.. Mr. M. A. Naylor,.of England, who has 'come out to proceed to Taupo for Ashing, was a passenger from Sydney to Wellington by the Moeraki yesterday. Mr. M'Bride, Victorian- Minister .' for Mines and Railways, who has been appointed Agent-General for Victoria, has arranged, to leave for' London with Mrs. M'Bride and their three children by the E.M.S. Otranto on March 19. His appointment will date from February 20. Mr. Billson, Victorian Minister for Education, is expected to succeed Mr, M'Bride ns Minister for Mines and Forests. For some time it has been understood that Sir 1 Alexander Peacock, M.L.A., is to become. Minister for Education. Dr. Hamilton Tcbbutt,' a graduate of Sydney University, who, prior to leaving for England, was for two years resident surgeon of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, and has been engaged in pathological studies in London, lins gained the diploma of publld health bf Oxford University., Adjutant Carter, of tho Salvation Army's Indian staff, accompanied by -Mm. Carter, arrived in Wellington by the Moeraki yesterday. Adjutant and Mrs. Carter are on a.visit to relatives in Auck-' land. .. '' ■' ■', '■ . v . Y. : ' •'•

•Lieutenant C. H, Voss, accountant at tho Bank of New South Wales, Hornsby branch, N.S.W., who left in May last on a trip to Europe with nine months leave, has been studying the science of aviation, and at the end of two months obtained his pilot's certificate. Recent advices announce that Lieutenant ' voss has progressed so far as to carry passengers on 80-mile flights.

Cantnin Skelley, of Napier, arrived by the Moeraki from Sydney yesterday. ■ Tho'.Rev. J. Paterson. <rf Wellington, has consented to take the opening serviio of tho new Presbyterian Church at Lansdowne en Sunday, February 9. ■

News was received ill Napi6r on Tuesday of the dcatli in Edinburgh ef Captain William Watt..- Captain Watt ; was a well-known commander of phßMrtpt?) 1 sailing ships trading to New Zealand before the days of direct steamers. Ha first visited Napier in command of the shin Celestial Queen,, which old residents will remember was in the roadstead whilst an extraordinary easterly sea cmno'into the bay. Strangely enough, the sea vat not accompanied by 'wind. His next visit to Napier was in command of tho fino passenger ship Lady Jocolyn, which was about tho first vessel to take frozen meat from Napier to London. He made many visits'to New 7/£ aland, and sinco retiring from tho sea has lived in Edinburgh, and died at the ripo ago of SO vears. Captain Watt was a brother-in-law of Captain ■ Todd;, of/ Napier.

Mr. W. Terry, tho well-known T incnln and Homnoy biwier. of "Pentose,". Ma*trton, will shortly take a holiday trip to Enelnnd. According to tho Palmer«lon ■ "Times," he will represent both the Maslerton and Manawatu A. and P. Associations at' tho meeting of Ihc National Shcep-brecdors' Association of Great Britain.. Mr. E. dc C. Clarke, demonstrator of biology nnd geology at the Auckland University College, Ims accepted o position in live GMojjieal Survey Department of West Australia. Ilia resignation, wliieh takes effect from tho middle of February, lias been accepted with regret by tho Collego Council, and the hope was expressed that Mr. Clarke would meet with success in his new work. Tho Hon. S. Joyccy was a. pafcsenger to Wellington by tho Moeraki, which arrived from Sydney yesterday.