PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1696, 12 March 1913, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

The Hon. W.-F. Massey (Prime Minister) and tho Hon. K. H. Rhodes aro at present at Christchurch; the Hon. A. L. Herdman is at Ilannier Springs, and will return to Wellington to-morrow; tho Hon. W. Eraser left for Napier yesterday, en route to the East Coast district. The Hon. W. H. Herries is- at Whangarei. The other Cabinet Ministers are in Wellington. ! . ' The Hon. F. M. B. Fisher is at present confined to his. house by a severe cold, but expects to be able to resume activo work in a few days. The Rev. E. 0. Blamires, of the Central' MiS!»ion7 is to leave Wellington for Hawera during the second week of April, iAt .last evening's imeetingj'of it-he committee of tho New Zealand Competitions' Society Mr. W. H. Atack (chairman) expressed the thanks of the society lor the Work Mr, Blamiros had done, both as a member of the committee since the inception of the society and as a member of tlio Programme Committee, and wished him all success and happiness in his new sphere of labour. In reply, Mr. Blamires expressed the pleasuro he had experienced from bis association and fellowship with |the members of the committee. He was afraid lie had only been gaining experience in competition work, and not lending it to the society. In wishing it every success iu the future, he said he was sure it was doing good work, .that its small days were in the past and its large ones in the future. Mr. Bla-' •'mires is being succeeded in charge of the' Central Mission by the Rev. U. Knowles Smith, of Dunedin.

Dr. Herbert, ol' Boulcott Street, intends to leave on a trip to England and the Continent shortly. Ho will probably bo absent for about twelve months. Herr Heinrich Hemmer, a German journalist and lecturer, is at present a visitor to 'Wellington.. It is his-inten-tion to deliver a lccture in Wellington shortly,' dealing with the social and political life of Germany, tho growth of Socialism in. that country, and other matters of interest. The, I?ev. A. Don, who lias worked for nrnuy yeai'B as missionary among the Chinese of Otago and Southland, is in accordance with the decision of tho responsible committee of tho Presbyterian Church, to be transferred to Auckland, where the Chinese population is greater than in tho south. Mr. Don has been a resident in tho south for thirty-one years, for. twenty-four of which his home has been in Dunedin. Mr. Don has earned the high respect of the community, and his departure will be felt with genuine regret by those among whom he has laboured.—Press Association. • The Education Board announces the following appointments:—Pahiatua District; ,High School, secondary assistant, Miss M. Reese; Carterton District High School, secondary assistant, Miss 0. Haddrell; Makomako„ sole teacher', ,Miss E. I'inkey; South Wellington, assistant master, Mr. 1\ Becchey; assistant mistress, Miss IC. Rcyling; Putara, sole teacher,' Miss H. Wiesnor; Brooklyn, as-, distant. Miss A. M. Cook; To Horo, assistant, Miss G. Chatwin; Coonoor,. solo teacher, Mr. F. Stafford; Fcatherston, assistant, Miss M. Burbush; Ballance, assistant, F. M. Chatwin; Belvedere, assistant, Miss L. Robinson: Newtown, Miss M.- Wilson; Mount - Cook Infant, assistant, Miss Foist; Mount Cook Girls', assistant, Mrs. Sievwright. Tho Rev. Father M'Derinott, of the Redemptorjst Order, and for somo time past stationed at the Church of St. Gerard, Wellington, has been transferred to tho Rcdemptorist Monastery at Perth, West Australia. Mr. George Pearson, carrying on bu?iness in Timaru as a bookseller and fancy goods dealer, died suddenly on Monday (abates a Press Association message). Deceased was 74 years of age. In tlio early 'sixties ho was engaged on small vessels trading on flio coast. Dean M'Cullagh, while preaching in St. Paul's Anglican . Church, Bendigo, on March, 2, was seized with n fainting fit, and fell out of the pulpit. He wan not seriously injured, but tho doctors ordered complete rest. Mr. Slade Murray, a well-known theatrical personality, died in Svdney on March at the ago of 51. Mr. Ttfnrray came to Australia over 20 years n?o with Mr. Frank Clarke. He spo'Ve tho first lines at the Lycon-m Theatre runtomime, "Little Red Riding Hood." and played the Baron'i in tho east, which included Alice Leaniar and Addie Conyers. Ho made his debut in the London music-lmlls with the late Charles Godfrey. He played in all the London music-halls. His real name was William J; Ormos Gnrtell. Ho stayed s-onio years in Australia, anil then toured tho world about seven years ago. Ho returned to Australia under engagement to the late Mr. Harry Rickards. His illness was caused by contracting lever in Queensland two years ago. I

At St. Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne, 011 March 2, Monsignor Phelan, for some considerable time past Vicar-General of tlio diocese of St. Patrick's, was consecrated as Bishop of Sale. Archbishop Carr was the consccrat'iii? prelate. It was tlio first occasion 011 which a bishop had liccn consecrated in St. Patrick's Cathedral. Tlio Kcv. Father O'Dwyer, S.J., preached tlio sji'inon. Dr. J. L. Glasson, of tlio University of Adelaide, lias been appointed lecturer iu physics to tlio Tasmaniau University.'-