PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1673, 13 February 1913, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

The Hon. W- P. Massey will return today from Marton; the Hon. W. H. Herrics is en route from New Plymouth, and will reach Wellington on Friday. Tho Hon, ft. 11. Rhodes is on the wav'to Mount Cook. The Hon. H. D. Bell, the Hon. A. L. Hcrdman, and the Hon. Dr. Pomaro are in Wellington. The Ron. P. M. B. Fisher arrived from Blenheim last evening by the Tutanckai. Ho states that the news of tho disaster to Captain Scott and his party reached them when they were landing at Ship Xove, and cast quite a gloom over the party. He' will leave f6r Danncvirke in company with his Excellency the Governor this morning, to nttend tho A. and P. Show, returning to Wellington this evening. The Hon. Yi r . Fraser left for the south, last evening, and will be absent until lhe ! ond of the month. v Messrs. P. F. Bollard, M.P., and G. R. Sykes, M.P., accompanied by their wives, arrived from the south yesterday,'arid left later for (he north.' Messrs. Bollard and Sykes ' accompanied ■ the .Parliamentary, party which recently toured Otago, and then, being joined by Mrs. Bollard and Mrs. Sykes, they paid a visit to the' Cold Lakes district. , ■ Mr. W. G. Foster, managing director of the" Wellington- Meat Export Company* left yestorday for Dannonrko, where he will attend tho opening of tho Agricultural Show. : Captain Henderson, an Imperial naval officer, who will, from July next, take charge" of tho, Ctoverrimcnt • Dockyard at Garden Island, Sydney, .arrived m Australia on February' 5. ■ He has had considerable experience at naval dockyards at. Portsmouth. '"'■.'..: ■ ,

Mr., G. M. Prcridergast, leader of the Opposition ili the Victorian" Parliament, was tho chief giiest at a luncheon given bri February,s by members of the Ped-j eral Ministry on the eve of his departure on a tour, round tho world.

Dr. A. 'S..Pfitton has been appointed .deputy-chief magistrate of: Norfolk Island, in place t of Dr. P, H.Metcalfey now at' Fanning Island. D r - Pattonhasnlso been appointed to' (lis commission of tho peace for Norfolk Jsland. ; ■ ,'i.

Mr. W. H. Vincent, M. Inst;, E-E., London, Ti'ho has! been electrical engineer in the works ibranch of tho Home Affairs. .Department, Melbourne, lias'been appoint-, ed Chief Electrical Engineer 16 the Brisbane .Electrical Supply Company, at .£OOO a'ycaf;;'•'■'.' .;., :.';,', '■~■..

> Tho. Rev. J. M'Caw.'of Lower Hutt, who has been'spending ; A short holiday in Auckland, returned home yesterday, and will resume his' pulpit work in Knox Church on Sunday next.

. Mr. G. E. Hyde, of the Karangahako School of Mines, has'won tho Government School Of Mines scholarship, which includes.three years'-study. ; free .at:'the Otago University School of Mintis and XSO a year.. His,average' in, scholarship subjects was' 81 per' cent. :

Captain J. M'Kenzie, late master, of tW coastal ".steamer Rosamond, left Auckland by the Maheno for Sydney bii Monday evening, on holiday leave..

Captain W.. J,. King, assistant marine superintendent of the;. Union Stcam'Ship Company, was a passenger from Auckland for Sydney' by tho Maheno On Monday night.-'

Mr.-. Gre'sham, 1 district coioner, retutntkl to Ahckland'by: the schooiict Greyhound early' yesterday morning, after ajii tight days'holiday,iruise in tho. north;

Tho Hon, A.'C. Lister and Dr. Dunwoodic, of Newark,' Nottinghamshire, who havo been ohyi .visit to New Zealand,left Auckland for Sydney oh Monday. ,

Gaptam'JV G. -Watson, late master of tho' Union Company's steamer Komata, left'-Auckland for Sydney on-Monday on 'holiday leave. He is accompanied'by Mrs. .Watson;;._!;../, ,;\\ ';;\ ;: •' Canoii, MacMiirray,'."wh6 • returned to Auckland from 1 Nelsori On Thursday last, .has riotiyft' full}''rccovcred.'fi'oln the eff f.Mts!of ! hl(hntK6r actldent/toa.will have a month's rest. - I - - It was'anhdu'hijed on Suiiday.at-the Ponsonby Baptist Church, Auckland, that : the., call- which had been recently ex-, tended to-Hhe'Rov. Wi-S. Rolling's; ;ol Goodwood, Adelaide, -had been '-accepted, aiid thi<t ..Mr. Rollings hoped to take over his now charge next month. 'Tho-new minister .aqd, his wife; both occupy prom.inent positions.in- the town from, which they, come. ■ Mrs. Rollings, is a leader among the women' of Goodwood; while Mr. .Rollings.is an-cx-prcsideut, of. tho South Australia Baptist Union,, and'for' some years, has been, editor of the '.'Southern Baptist," .',' j..,■'.. .'.•;!'"', ; . Mr.-.George Pearce,,of Leviti and Co., i and' Mrs!. Pearce; leave - oh a; trip to England, id April. ! 'i'he.v ttill journey to London by the Macedonia.',; -..'.-'" Mr.; W; L. Mowbray (of Levin and Co.), Mr; W. Mowbray, senior, and Mr. E. , Mowbray, of tlie Lower .Hiitt; leave on a trip'to England in April. '~. • Mr. John Owen; formerly; manager for Sharlahd and Co. in , Wellington; willleave for London by the.Oraina in April.,Among'.; the returned passengers from Australia by tho Maungamii yesterday was Mr. T. W. Mansfield, Registrar-General, who went to Tasmania to study the. working of the; Hare-Clark'electoral system (it tho recent elections there. He .wjis' present at tho final counting of the votes in Hobartj and obtained.a good practical knowledge-.of.the system. ; '■ ~j. The ,'fi.ondon Gafcotte" of November 111 1912, announces that Lieut.-Colonel (local Colonel) JEdwardV.S. Heard.is to bo colonel. Dated October 4, 1911, find to.be a general staff .officer; first (Trade,, while employed as Chief Or the' General Staff of (he Dominion of New Zealaiid. 'Dated Augilst,3o,; 1912." ,'..'-,.".'■. ■•>■■.-'

, Mi<;.: Ben FullerV managing director of the Fuller-Brenhan : Company, .arrived, from Sydney By the Mauugauui yesterday.' '.!..•' ;';. ..•■■.•■■/ ..'•■.'.,.-.. Mr. A. B. Kerhot, of Wellington; returned by the Maunganui yesterday after a trip to England;',. '■'.'!, '-. Mr, Stewart Dawson; of of Stewart Dawson, nnd- Co., London and New Zealand, arrived'here by the Maunganui from Sydney, yesterday; Mr T. 'M.' Dbhbv&n. of the King's Theatre, returned to ■■ Wellington *««• ft business visit to Australia, yesterday, . . ' -The. chairman and M^f.^i" 6 the committee of the 1 ' AucklandCllbrAl Society waited upon Mr. John I idler at the: Opera House, Auckland, yesterday, when Mr., C. Hudson,^ on behalf ol the deputation, presented Mr. Filler with h gold'fob chain and topaz seal, bearing >' suitable inscription. Mr; Hudton explained that this was a slight token of esteem that'the society, in recognition of the help givon by Mr. Fuller in tho produotion of "Acis nnd Galatea nnd Abraham" by. taking the. tenor «o;os. Ho said that Mr,. Fuller had also been very kind in allovrihg certain members of his orchestra to play at choral concerts.,,ln returning thank?, Mr. Fuller, expressed his readiness to render the 1 society any assistance in his pew in tho future.