PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1691, 6 March 1913, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

, The Hon. W. F. Massey- will leaTe on Monday night for Christclnirch, where he is to deliver a policy speech on Tuesday <evening.

The Hon. W. H. Herries and the Hon. Dr. Pomare will leave Gisborne to-day is at Tolago Bay; the Hon. F. M. B. Fisher is at Auckland, and tho Hon. A. L. Herdman, is atDunedin. Tho other Cabinet Ministers are in town.

The Hon. W. Fraser will leave on Tuesday next for Gisborne instead of on Saturday as he had ill tended.

The Hon. P. H. Rhodes will leave on Saturday for Christclnirch. He will visit Waiau 011 Tuesday next, and on March 13 will be entertained at n banquet by his constituents in the Lincoln district of tho Ellesmere electorate.

Tho Hon. C. J. Johnston, M.L.C., who was the first captain of the Wellington Naval Brigade, having command in the 'seventies, has presented the Wellington Nsvals with a photograph of himself, taken while he was an active volunteer. Mr. Johnston retired with tho rank of Commander, and now holds tho rank of major 011 the retired list. Tho _ photograph is to be hung in tlu» social liall of the Jervois Quay boat station.

The Rev. R. Evan Davios, M.A., of Knox Church, Dunedin, arrived in Wellington from Sydney by the Moeraki yesterday. He is returning to Dunedin.

Dr. E. A. Atkinson, of Christchurch, leaves. Wellington by the Reimiera for London this afternoon.

Mr. F. Barkas, manager for the New Henlaml Loan Company, Timaru, is a passenger for London by the Rcmuora todn 3.

Dr. F. G. Gibson and Mrs. Gibson, of Christchurch, lenvc by the Remucra for London to-day.

Messrs. L. H. M'Lran and J. Lane, of Napier; J. W. Nolan, of Gisborne; .T. Wilkes, of Christchurch; and H. Wood, of Dunedin, leave for l/indon by the Remucra to-day.

Sir .Maurice O'Korlto was honoured yesterday afternoon at a largo gathering at Auckland representing politics and education. A portrait of Si:' Maurice CWnrke, pu'iited b.v Mr. G6ldie, was presented 1.0 liim in recognition of his loii" and liondurable career ill the realms of education and public life. Sir Maurice O'Rorkc accepted the gift on condition that he might hand it to the University College Council. The portrait will be hung in tiio new University buildings when these arc creeled.—Pros'. Association.

The nnn. W. Pitt, of Melbourne,_ architect fir the now Opera House in Welling-. lon, was a pa.--ewrcr by the M'leraki from Sydney yesterday". Jin is to rctuvn to Sydney 10-moitovj#

ttA? °! sutler of Allyertland, Mr. Robt. Heflord, died 011 Sunday night. Ho arrived in the ship Hanover in 1862, and had resided continuously at Port Albert over fifty years. Ho was a native of Coventry, England.

!'i 19" Nicholls, of London, left Auckland by Tuesday morning's express to visit' his brother, who is farming nt murium. Thence he goes down the Wanganui River to Wellington, returning to Auckland via Taupo and l Rotorua.

Mr. Justice Sim leaves for Napier this morning to preside at the sittings of the Arbitration Court. H© afterwards goes lo l'alnierston North and Wanganui, and returns to Wellington on-March 13.

Mr. J. Howard Jackson lelt JJunedin on '1 uesday fur the north, and will ho ;i passenger liy the Marama from Auckland oh her next trip to Vancouver, whence lie will proceed by the Cnnadian-i'acilic railway to Ontario. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Jackson and his younger daughter.

Messrs, R. A. Watson and A. Gouk, of Ponsonby, left by. the Victoria 011 Monday to join the German mail steamer Fredcrich tier Grosse at Sydney. They intend to tour Britain and Europe, and will be absent for some months.

A very pleasant function took place on Tuesday evening, when Mr. John Cheetimari, interlocking inspector ot the New Zealand Railway Department, who is leaving for Australia to-morrow 011 a welldeserved holiday, was presented with a easo of pipes, tobacco pouch, and umbrella by the members of the signal and electrical branches, as a token ol regard and an expression of the good feeling in which he is held, The presentation was made by Mr. T. Walsh, who, in a few well-chosen words, wished him every success and a very pleasant holiday, the recipient suitably replying. It is Mr. Cheeseman's intention while in Australia to travel through all tho States, and make himself conversant with tho many new improvements which have been brought into uso since he was a member of the N.S.W. railways. Such interest cannot fail to do good, and it is now a recognised custom lor officers holdiug important positions in the New Zealand railway service to make pilgrimage s to Australia to broaden their ideas iu lailway working, Now South Wales and its neighbouring States being an 1 xcellcut field.

Mr. Arthur Hnllenslem, of Loudon, a member' of the firm of Hallenstein Bros., of New Zealand, arrived from Sydney by tho Mooraki yesterday.

Mr. William Lindsay, malinger of the New South Wales Government Experiment Farm, Coonamble, died on February SB, at the residence of his cousin, the liev. F. W. 13. Wilkinson, at North Sydney. Deceased was 33 years old, and had been married only a year, lie was ill for some months. Mr. Lindsay was appointed to the Coonamble farm when it was started two years ago. lie is rememberr.'d as,an athlete, and a member of the Sfdney Sports Club. Ho was formerly New South Wales champion hurdler for 120 yards, and holder of the State championship for 140 yards on the flat, lie played Rugby with Eastern Suburbs, and in inter-Slate matches.

Tho Rev. W. G. Taylor has retired from the superintendency of tho Svdney Central Methodist Mission. Mr. Taylor desires it to be known that he is not leaving tho work of the mission, although he is retiring from the presidency. By arrangement with the committee he is continuing his connection with the mission in an honorary position, which will enable him to iise his time in the interests of the work. Tho new superintendent will be the Uev. P. J. Stephen, who will have a younger ministerial colleague to assist him.

Mr. T. H. Nesbit, Town Clerk of Sydney, leaves there on Monday next on Ins annual visit to New Zealand.

, Mr. W. 11. P. Hodgkins, manager of the Masfcerton branch of the Bank of NewSouth Wales, who has been transferred to Tamworth, New South Wales, was yesterday afternoon pre&nted by a number of friends and clients ,of the bank with a yalnablo: token ~<>£. esteem. .Mr. Hodgkiiis leaves 1 for Wellington to-day. His successor (Mr. E. I'. Mountford) has arrived from Oamaru.

Mr. Frederick Townsend, of the firm of Townsend and Paul, who has already been announced as a candidate for the Wellington City Council, has also decided to contest the Mayoralty ot' Miramar. Mr. J. H. Mentiplay, of the Bank of New Zealand Staff, who was for many years resident iu Wellington, returned by the Mooraki yesterday from Australia. He hns been acting-manager at Melbourne for some little time past, and has returned to New Zealand to take charge of one of the branches here. 1