PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1680, 21 February 1913, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

The Hon. W. P. Massoy (Prime Minister). tho Hon. H. D. Bell, tho Hon. F. M. B. Fisher, and the Hon. A. L- llcrdman aro inlWellington. This Hon. W. HvHerries will arrive to-day from Ohakiiho by Main Trunk express, and the'Hon; R..H. Rhodes will arrivtf' by :the Maori' frolii Christchurcli. Tho Hon. Dr. Pomare is at Normanby, in Taranoki. ' - The HOn.'W. Friier is at jares&nt.in tho western district beyond Inyercargill. Ho will bo in the neighbourhood of Invcrcargill until Sunday. Oil tho following day ho will leavo Invcrcaroill for Gore. Later ho will, visit Balclutha and Duhediii. Mr. Fraser is expected to return to Wellington about tho end of'the month. The Hon. F..M, B. Fisher, will leave for Auckland on Monday next. . : 1 . The doyen of the City Council, Mr. John Smith, has definitely decided not to be a candidate at the elections in April. Mr. Smith was ,first elected to the council in September, ISBS, and held the position until September, 1893,- when he retired for a time, but was re-elected in June, 1895, and remained a member until April, 1905, when ho unsuccessfully contested the Mayoralty. The neit year saw him resume his seat at the, horseshoe table in tho Town Hall; where ho hai remained ever since. This means that Mr. Smith has served the c;ty on, the council and on various other bodies. for a quarter'of a century, which is easily a record as far as any present councillor or, ex-councillor now living, is concerned. The Rev. S< F. Prior/ 'of I Northcote. Auckland,, a former minister of Pitt Street Methodist Church; is at • present lying seriously,ill. : "" Gardner, WeaTn and Co.,' Melbourne, is at' present in Wellington, and 1 is' Staying at 'tho Grand Hotel.. r !-• ■ ,'Mr. J.' Hislop, . Under-Secretary for Internal Affairs, left for tlio south last evening. Ho will epend ten days or a fortnight in transacting Departmental business in Christchurchi Dunedin', ahd Invercargill. ;

Advioe has been received that' Mr. V. B, Willis, of the legal firm of M'Grath and Willis, has passed his filial LL.B. examination.

Mr. A. IV Lord, linos inspector of tho overhead equipment department; wild is for health reasons resigning from the services of the corporation, has been granted two months' leave of absence. . ■ 1 Mr. W. Pryor, secretary 'of tho Now Zealand Employers' Association, iviis a passenger from Lyttolton f o Wellington by the Maori this morning.•; Lieut, V. Campbbli, R.N., of the intftrctio exploring ship. Teira Nova, ■ . Arrives by tho Moeraki from Lyttelton this morning. , Mr. Francis Drake, secretary to the Scott expedition, also' arrives, by tho Moeraki this morning. Mr. Dcbbnham, a menibot of ,thb expeditjou:, is also a passenger by the Moeraki. Lieut. Crimpboll ana Messrs.. Drake knd Dcberihiim will pro wed to Sydney by the Mocriki to join tho Otrnnto for Toulon and London. ' • ■ ■■■• • Mr. Geo. Nelson, one of ' ttic biologists of,the Scott Antarctic Expedition, ' arrives in Wellington by thd Moefaki this tnorning.• Mr. Nelson r.eturns to Lyttelton and procoeds to England in the Terra Nova. ' .

Mr; C. W. Jones, manager for the Hud-dart-Parker Steamship Company, an<l Mr. W. Bennett,'mauagor for tho South Tarinaki Steamship, Company, have ~bcen nominated by tho'Wellington branch of tho Shipowners'. Fcdbrahoh for election to seats on the Wellington Harbjpur Board as representatives of payers of dUeS on ships. The Harbour Board elections' «ro to take place on April 30., Messrs. R C. Renner and C. W. Jories were tho former representatives of pdyeta of dues on fchips. ■ '• Mr. Walter PilkirigWn, of tlio Seolt Motor Agonoy, accompanied by Mrs. Pilkirigton, leave on a triti to England early next month- They will travel Mm byd.noy by tlio German liner, Friednoh dtr Grosso., Mr. Walter Mach'rthy, of Napier,Avas a visitor to Wellington yesterday.: Ho returns to Napier to-day.

The appointment of Mr. W. D. David'son its an inspector of factories is gazetted. ~ A Gazotto notification intimites. that Mi\ W. Whiteford lias bton kppomted a surveyor of ships. . Tho appointments, of Mr. H. Viektrf man as office cnginoor to,tli6 Public Works Department atid of Mr.' H. Dickson is Resident Engineer to the Slme Department, Are gazetted. Formal notification appears in the cur rent Gazette of tho promotions and et-i.iT 'changes recentlv made in the Department of Intomal Affairs. P. Newton becomes Assistant-Under-Secrotary, ■ ind Mr P. J. Kelloher chiof clerk. Mr. A. B. KeAnbdv tikes charge of tho advei tising branch. All the appointments date from February 10.'