PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1667, 6 February 1913, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

—-—:— The only Cabinet Ministers absent from Wellington are tho Hon. F. SI. B.Fishor,. who is'at Wcstport, and tlio Hon. W. H. HerrieS, who is travelling in tho Mana-. watu district, on railway business. Mr. Herries is due to return to Wellington on Friday, and Mr. Fisher about Wednesday next. Dr. Cameron will not be a candidate for tho City Council in, April. He has made, arrangements to proceed to England and the Continent to take n postgraduate course, and will leave .Wellington for Sydney, on Friday of next week to connect with the North German. Lloyd steamer Scharnhorst, which sails thence on February_ 29. .Mrs. Cameron will also make tho trip. ■ Mr. W. H. P. Hodgkins, who has been manager of the Bank of New South Wales at Masterton, for the last year or two, has received notice of his transfer to Tamworth, New South Wales, for which placo he will leave in a few days' time. During his stay in Masterton Mr. llodgkins has made numerous friends, who will sincerely regret his departure. He will be succeeded by Mr, E. P. Mountfort, of Oamaru.—"Wairarapa, Age." Out of sixty-seven applicants, Mr. H. F. Green, at present accountant to tho Masterton Borough Council, was yesterday appointed secretary to tho Wairarapa Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. Tho funeral of the late Miss Irene Palmer (daughter of Mr. J. li. Palmer, town clerk), took plafrjr yesterday morning. It was attended by his Worship tho Mayor (Mr. M'Laren), the members of tho City Council, cliief officials, and tt number-.o ffrionds. A service was conducted at the family residence, Austin Street, by the Rev. James Dawson, and another—tlio burial service—at the Crematorium chapel at Karori, the remains being cremated. ' . . ' - Tho Royal Choral Society is to givo Mr. J. Manghan Barnett a' 'complimentary farewell concert on March 15. Tho programme- will bo of ft miscellaneous character.

Mr. W. A. Vcitch, memlxr for Wangaliui, was in Wellington yesterday and on Tuesday transacting Departmental business in the interests of his constituency.' He will probably return to Waugnnul to-day. Tho death, occurred yesterday of Mr. James R. Brown, an old resident of Weilington, and son of the Into Mr. Charle« Brown. Tho deceased was very well known 'in Wellington's earlier days, and was a member oi' the crew of tho Dolly Vardcn (a rowing skill', which successfully defied all challengers for somo years). Of lato years Mr. Brown has been connected off and on with the City Council's clerical staff, Ho leave-) a wife and two married and threo singlo daughters. Dr. S. J. Bceson, nil American tourist, leaves Wellington for London by tho 'i'tirakina this afternoon. '/ : ■ Mr. H. B. Mackenzie and Miss H. Mao. keiuie, son and daughter of New Zealand's High- Commissioner, are passengers to London by tho Turaltina,. which leaves Wellington this afternoon. ( Mr. 2ante Wood, a local dentist, and a. will-knmvn member of tho Orpheus Club, leaves on a trip to England to-morrow. Ho proceeds to London, via Australia and South .Africa,. Mr. C. H, Richardson, of Howard Smith and Co.'s shipping firm in • Australia, is a passenger from Wellington to London by the Turakina to-day. | At the Primitive Metliodist Conferenc« yesterday tho following motion was carried : "That this conference records its 6incero sympathy with tho family of tho lato Mr, Georgo Froggatt in their loss in his sudden and unexpected death,'and also desires to record its appreciation of the, noble work he has rendered to the Church during tho past 40 years, and especially with respect to his splendid "rvico as treasurer and ogcnt\of tho / ■ fund." Several delegates said a few words in support of the motion and spoke very highly of tho excellent, work ' done by Mr. l'roggatt. ,• ■ ' Mr. G. M. Prendcrgast, Labour leader ■ in tho Victorian Assembly, will leave Melbourne on February 19 to catch tho Btoaincr St.'Albans at Sydney on. February 12. Ho is going for a tour to tho East. Europe, and Amcrica, ; Mr. W. L, Stuart has been appointed Master of the Supreme Court of South Australia, .in placo of Acting-Justice Buchanan, recently appointed President of the Industrial Arbitration Court. ; Mr. J. M. Dnlo has entcrod into part- •; ncrsliip with Mr. A, R, Atkinson, ard the firm will be knOwn as A. R. Atkinson and Dale, barristers and solicitors. , Tho firm of A. R. Atkinson and Benliett has been dissolved by mutual consent as frbm January 31. . . . v ■ • ifr, Henry Hay ward, of ; Haywar'ds* Enterprises, Ltd., ajrived back from la visit to Australia by thi) Warrimoo yesterday.: ' ' ' ' • .! .' Mr. and) Mrs. Palmer, of Featherston, who havo bcon on a trip to tho; Old Country, returned to Wellington yesterday by tho Warrimoo. ; . Mr, H. Hay ward, of Baldwin and Rayward, who has been on a six weeks' trip to Sydney and the Blue Mountains, returned by tho Warrimoo yesterday. Ifr. H. 12. White, strpctural engineer, . of Wellington, returned from a visit to , ' Sydney; and Melbourno yesterday. Tho Rev. James M'Caw, of Lower Hutt, is ut present visdting'Auckland! Ho Jias> ■ conducted tho servioos at St. Stephen's' Church, .Ponsonbjy .for tho . , past two ' Sundays, and is engaged to conduct'both morning and evening services' at i that church on Sunday next. , • ' ' ilr t Patriok Neville, an old resident of Onohunga, passed away on. Sunday, aged 74 years., \ Deceased, ,:who,.was widely respected, belonged at or.c timo to tho 18th Royal Irish Regiment, and saw mfich ■active service. He is-survived'by his widow, a erown-up family, and a number of grandcnildren. ,