PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1684, 26 February 1913, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS

The Hon. W. F. Massey (Primo Minister), the Hon,-A. L. Herihnan, the Hon.W. H. Herrics, tho Hon. R. H. Rhodes, tho Hon. 'H. D. Bell, and the Hon. Dr. Pomore aro in Wellington. The Hon. W. Friiser is at Gore, and the Hon., F. M. B. Fisher is hi .Auckland. Tho Hon. W. H, IlerrieS will leave for tho" East Coast to-morrow.. The Hon. 13. Mitehelson is slowly recovering from tho severe accident he met with at Takapuna recently. It will bo some days yet, however, before lie.is well enough to bo removed from Mr. H. 11. Adam's house at Takapuna, to his own homo at Reuiuera. , '• • Commander Evans, of the Scott exploration ship Terra Nova, was expected to arrive 111 Wellington'by the ,Maori this morning. 1 Lieutenant Bruco was also expected to arrive by: tho same, vessel, They conio here to meet Mrs, Scott, widow of tlio late Captain Scott, w)io arrives in, Wellington by tho Aorangi to-mor-row afternoon. Mrs. Scott and .her brother (Lieutenant Bruce) proceed to' Sydney Jo .join tlio ,P. and 0. steamer Medina'for, England. Commander Evans and Mrs. Evans leave for Sydney'this week to join tlie Otranto for London. . ' Tlio yotoran. of the Dominion Rifle Association's camp tlijs . week will most probably bo. Rifleman Dormer, of ' tho Aknrana Rille Club, Auckland, Mr. Dormer, who is 74 years of ago, carno to New; Zealand as a member, of , tho t-lth Regiment,, and saw service in tlio Waikato. Ever .since then ho has kept up his rifle practice, and there have been few meetings in the north at which lio litis not performed crediiably. lie still has a hankering after camp life, and 'declared jt to bo a splendid chango-after the ordinary everyday city life. 'He.will go into camp to-morrow, 'and, providing tho Weather is propitious, will. remain there during tho meeting. i Mr. ( and Mrs. Ralph M'Lellan, of Chicago,, arrived in.Auckland by the Atua on Sunday. ' They intend' to tour New Zealand, and will visit the- principal tourist resorts, Mr.. William Jainieson, chairman. of directors of tlio Mount Lyell Mining Com-' pany, arrived in Auckland 011 Sunday, Mr. Jainieson, is on a holiday trip. ' Mr. V., I. Tcgner, a resident .of Buenos Ayres, . arrived, in; lAucklind.i by,v the Maheno on Sunday,. Mr.- Teener formerly belonged: to Wellington. Mr. W. W. Soott, accountant to the Auckland brancliof the' United Insurance Co., Ltdi, left- Auckland on Sunday to take up the'position, of accountant at the company's head office, Wellington. :Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sykos, oi Hud-den-field, England, are at present in Auckland. Tfiey are on a holiday tour,, and intend/visiting the more important parts 'of the Dominion bsfore leaving for Home. ■ Mr.' li\ H, Hulbert, of Now York, arrived in Auckland 011 Saturday from Rotorua, after a tour of New Zealand; Mr, 'Hulbert leaves for tlio Islands by tho Atua to-day.'. Mr. Thomas Allen, of. Auckland, returned , home by tlio Maheno on Sunday, ; after a 20-months' holiday' tour of tho world. During his absence , Allen visited Canada, the United States, England, -France/. Switzerland, Italy,': and Egypt. , . , ; Sir G. Maurice O'Eorke, who is shortly leaving Auckland on "r visit to tho Old Country, will be the recipient of a publio presentation 'before bis departure. Sir Maurice arrived in Now Zealand in'tlio year 1854,'. entering, the Auckland Provincial Council' tlio following year, and for Nearly 50 rears hp has been closely and continuously associated with'the public life, of tho Dominion. ' For twelvo years ho was Speaker in tho Provincial Assembly, and later filled. Mr. Speaker's chair ,in the House of Representatives for two decades, liis name, becoming a household word. for the, dignity and decision with which he invested his lofty office. Since 1904 Sir Maurice has been a member of the Legislative Council. .For many years lis has been chairman'of tho Auckland University College' Council, and of the Grammar School Board, of Governors,while siheo 1879 lie has Occupied a seat on the Senate of the University of New Zealand. In last Mr. C. F. Goldio was commissioned by a renresentativo committee to point Sir Maurice's portrait, and, the work being 'completed,, arrangements have been made to have tho, portrait' presented 011. March 5, - in the University College building. Constable P. Doyle, Magistrate's Court orderly at Wellington, has received notice of transfer to-'tho* district office at Wanganui. He will leave Wellington early next week. Constable -Doyle is very popular at tho Court, nnd is regarded 4s a particularly efficient officer. Mr. 11. Atnioro, M.IK for-Nelson, arrived by tho Pateena last evening.