PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1665, 4 February 1913, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

All tho Cabinet Ministers will be ir, town to-day exoept tho Hon..F, M..-8.-. Fisher, who will journey froirT Qreymouth to Westport. The Hon. H. D; Bell and'tho Hon. R* H. Ehodes are to return, this morning from ChristchUrcli.\:v ~ > .'• . •

'His Excellency the Governor has'accepted tho offic6 of patron of the New Zealand Club;-..-- ■ :■'-' :■ :•:;•■:; ■■'"".

■ The Anglican Primate 'of Australia (Dr. Wright, Archbishop of Sydnoy); companibd by Mrs. .Wriglit, willleave for England 1 by the, R.M.S. Orvieto on February 12. ,He( will be absent about _ tour months, during which .time the affairs of tho diocese will bo administered by the Dean. It is just'over three years, since tho Archbishop arrived in Sydney as successor to thelate Dr.'?Saumarez Smith..

•A Press' Association 'telegram frbln Qisborrie states: Sergeant Hutton,- who.has •been promoted to the rank ,of SeniorSergeant) was 1 congratulated by. tho local Bench' and Bar yesterday. ;■' v: f ; , ,,.' Mr. Horace Huntf.has returned;from a six weeks' holiday, spent in tho'Auckland district;', '. .'.y- r. ;'."•■"! -,••• ,•; : ■ • Mh" Frank Charlton, ' ChHstohurch manager lor the National Cash' Register Cohipnny, is payihg a holiday. Visit .to Wellington, :'.' :, V ■/■''■ ■ ■ '■".:!': ■■;■■ • Senior-Sergeant Mullanoy.'who has been transferred from Nelson toLambtonQuay police-station,: took up duty in Wellington yesterday.' morning.' ■> Senior-Sergeant Darby, who is being moved from Lambton Quhy to Nelson;: is at .present, on holiday. ■ Mr.'W. G.Rl<idell,'S.M., who has been «om annual leave for eomo weeks, resumed his seat on. the Bench at,the Magistrate s Court' yesterday morning, ■;,' . '•';•■• : , Captain.Baxter, an old!and. highly-res-pected resident of .Odromaiidel, died at the Cororoandel Hospital -. on Friday at the ripe ago of 85 years. '.In the early days he traded between NOW Zealand and Tasmania. : Deceased had no relatives, m the Dominion.'," "-. -' .: i i .

Mr. J. J.Fraser, idfflughtsman in the Public Works Department at Auckland, was presented with'.a handsome souvenir by his' confreres of the Auckland office prior to.his departure on transfer to Dunodin. '~'■<■ ;.'.":..'■■' ; -■ ', :

The Rov, Father: Edgo- has been appointed organiser of the Cathoho Federation in Auckland, y. '.'■ /' :.'. .'■ The Rov.' Jabies.'Wilson, the .Now Zealand nii6sioner and evangelistic worker,, who during, the past nine months has been engaged in tho northern rivers. district, has been ,on twelve months leave of absence, granted him by the New Zealand Mothodist'Conference (says the Sydney "Daily Telegraph"). Mr. Wnson has now applied: for nn extension of leave, •and it is liis intention, if it. is granted, to spend time'in:tho Temperance 'cause until tho local option polls in Ootober, Ho will then, with his wifo, visit England, where ho will cngagoin Temporauco and cvangolis-. fie work. ... •: • • •.■_'■ Tho Rev. James.Gibson, M.A., of Park Presbyterian .Church, Brisbane, was entertained at at conversazione on January 27, prior-to■ hit' departure for Now Zei-, land, whore Tie has accepted a, call, . - Oh the'evo of his, marriage. Mr.-G. E. Dines, was presented ■; yesterday: with 'a marblo clook from his fellow-employees on tho staff of Messrs, M'Eldowucy Bros. Mr. J. A. C. M'Eldowucy made the preEcntntion on behalf of tho staff. Tho exodus froni this (the Wellington' Telegraph) office still continues, Mr. Bridges has just left us for fresh fields nud pastures-new. He takes up ttn ap-. irointraent with tho United Wireless Company in Sydney. There are also several moro impending departures and •it is going to be a,sellout proposition to replace theso men with qualified operators, An oflico liko this is.-.fflot a fair,ground for a voung inexporiericed officer to graduate in. Ho'should certainly havo a-fair omouut of cxperienco gained from slnallcr offices before being asked to grapple ■ with owr busy circuits, i There are only one or. two wires that could be called "good things," and then tho chances aro that you will be called upon to mnn the pair of them, which crenfos certainly not an easy task, We aro shortly to loso ft most popular and respected comrade in the person of Mr. Andrew M'Konzie. Mr. M'lConm is to take charge of tho Green Island office. Ho has been identified with. Us for such a considerable timo that there will be a "vacant choir" noticeable for many a long day.—"Katipo."