PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1669, 8 February 1913, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

The Hon. H. D. Bell will probably attend tho uuveiMng of tho monument to Captain Cook at 1 Ship Covo on Tuesday next.

Sajrs the Wairarapa "Ago":—At tho meeting of the Wairarapa Hospital and Charitable Aid Board hold on Wednesday! tho chairman (Mr. E. G. Eton), in proposing a motion of condolence to tho relatives of tho late secretary, Mr. N. D, Bunting, took tho opportunity to remark upon the correct and up-to-date condition of the books and documents in' the Hospital Board office.

:h Tlio Hon. J. A. Millar has purchased a n houso in. Victoria Avonuo, R-omuora (Auck--10 land), and intends to; take up his resiItl denco thero later on. In conversation ft with a Dominion reporter yesterday, Mr. h Millar stated that his health had consid•o crably improved, In his own words, ho i- has got back to his old form. He hopes r- to bo in his place in tho Houso when )f Parliament meets in June. : 4 , Tlio Rov. J. J. North ooncludes his min'j istry, at tho Vivian Street Baptist Churoh a to-morrow, and leaves for Christchiurch on 0 Monday evening. < ' . .Tho' Hon. E, Mitchelson leaves 'Auckn land on March li by tho Moldavia, for 0 England. Ha will visit tho Continent and >• will then return by way of Canada to Now Zealand, arriving back in November 1 or December. Messrs. Q. J. Anderson, M.P., and W. Nosworthy, M.P., aro on a visit to Wellington. Official notification has been given of tho j appointment of Mr. E. T. 0. Downnrd, , Government Insurance Department, Aucki. land branch, as Registrar of Staff, and 1 of that of Mr. P. vorschnfloot, F.E.A., s Lands Department. Wellington, as Ac--1 count 9 Clerk, in tho offico of tho Public . Sorvice Commissioner. Both officers havo . already entered upon th©ir new duties. TliO jEcv, R. L. Walker, M.A., who has r boon at St. James's Presbyterian Church, [ Auckland, for tho last 10 yoars, has been | panted eight months' leave of absence i in order to visit the Old Country. The i R«v, Hugh Begg is to fill tho pulpit until . tho pastor's, return.. Cable advice has been reoelved in Auok--1 land that Dr. Peter M'Nab is to ooino 1 out; to New, Zealand as surgeon, on tho • Union Company's new liner Niagara. Dr. 1 M'Nab, who rcoeived his early, training ; at tho Auckland Grammar School, - went : then to tho medical colleges at Edinburgh. 1 Recently ho has occupied tho position of senior surgeon at tho Royal Albert Hospital, Devonport, England. Dr. M'Nab will probably go into private practice in. Auckland. Dr. Stephens and Dr. Fox loft Wellington for Sydney by the Manuka yesterday. I' Mr. W. B. Parrie, of tho Empress Theatre staff, was presented by his colleagues with a marble clock prior to leaving by tho Manuka for Sydney yesterday. Mr. C. H. Howarth, engineer to . tho Wanganui Harbour Board, left Wellington yesterday afternoon for Svdnoy. Mr. Howarth, who is acoompanicd by Mr. C. It. Howarth, of tho Wellington Harbour Board's staff, intonds making an extensive tour abroad with the object of studying harbour problems in various parts of tho world. . Mr. Reynolds Denni6ton,'well known in theatrical circles, left by tho Manuka for Sydney last evening.' ' Drs. Kpight, Buist, and Moyoo were passengers for south by tho ■ Maori last evening. 'Tho Rev. Mr. Cowx, Anglican vicar at Waipawa, and Mrs. Cowx, left Wellington for Sydney by tho Manuka yesterday. . • Tlio Hon. Mr. Johnston,,Minister for Publio Works, Wost Australia, was a passengcr for Sydney by the Manuka yestoday. Tlio Hon. Mr. Ogilvie-Qrnnt was a passenger by tho 6amo vessel. Mr. W. T. Youhr has been rebooted, unopposed, as secretary of tho Wellington branch of tho Seamen's Union. Mr. John Neill, for tho past twentyeight years secretary of the Southland Education Board, tendered his resignation yestorday. Mr. Neill has been for fortvono years connected with oduehtioh in Now Zealand, and prior to becoming secretary of tho board, was a member of tho teaching profession. Members of tho Mrird mado very complimentary • references to Mr. Noill's long and faithful service, and decided to grant him leavo of absence to the end of tho year as from April I.—rress Association.