PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1701, 18 March 1913, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

The Hon. W. F. Massey (Prime Minister) is at Temuka, the Hon. W.'Eraser at Auckland, anil the Hon. W. Hi Herries at Kaiwaka (North Auckland). The Hon. R. H. Rhodes left Christchurch by the Mararoa for Wellington last' evening. The other Cabinet Ministers axe in Wellington. Mr. J. S. 'Wylie, Oxford, secretary of the Rhodes Trust, in a recent, letter to the Governor of South Australia acknowledging the nomination of Mr. Brose, the selected scholat for 1913, writes:—"No Stalte, province, or colony has sent us a better succession of Rhodes scholars than has South Australia, aiid I hope that Mr. Brose will come up to the standard of his predecessors." Professor Henri Bergson, the distinguished French philosopher, has been elected president of the Society of Psychical Research for 1913. His Honour Mr. Justice, Chapman has gone to Masterton. . His Honour Mr. Justice Sim letfc for the south last night. A Press Association telegram from Dunedin records the death of Captain M'Callum, of Port Chalmers, aged 80. De. ceased wns an ex-captain of the Union Company's service, and' was lalfco harbourmaster nt Dunedin. He arrived in New Zealand in 1801, and became harbourmaster in 1893. • Mr. David Stewart Dawson, of London, head of the firm of Stewart Dawson and Company, and his son, Mr. N. Q. Stewart Dawson, who have been on a tour of New Zealand, extending over several weeks, left Auckland for Australia on Friday by the Moldavia. The Rev. W. F. Long, of London, arrived in Wellington by the Tainui yesterday. Mr: long is proceeding to the Norfolk and Solomon Islands by the lifelanesian Mission schooner Southern Cross next month.

At the Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on. Friday afternoon, Mr. A. Davies, who has recently been appointed on inspector and instructor of physical education under the Education Department, was the recipient of a very handsome tea set, suitably inscribed, from- his fellowofficers. Mr. Skeet (Commissioner of Crown Lands), in making tho presentation, wished Mr. Davies every succesfi in his new vocation. Mr. Davies was to leave for Wellington on Sunday to tako over his new duties. Mr. Ralph Keesing, an Auckland pioneer citizen, 1 passed away peacefully on Friday last, at tho mature ago of 82. Deceased arrived in Auckland with his parents in March, 1842, by the barque Union. Starting in business in that cilty at a very early age, he retired with a competency in tho seventies.- Ho was one of the founders of the first Jewish Synagogue m Auckland, and was for many years an earnest worker in all matters i pertaining' to the Jewisli community. Ho leaves a widow, six sous, and a daughter ; to mourn lnm. Mr. Charles Payne, solicitor, of Dunedin, and well-known in bowling circles throughout New Zealand, is at present a visitor to Wellington. The following visitors to Wellington were recent callers at the Tourist Department's bureau in the General Post Office buildings ;-Mr. John J. Smith, Melbourne; Mr. F. S. Burt, Carnarvon, W.A • Mr E F. Parker, Perth, W.A.; Mr. Chas. Murland, Bodulla, Ceylon; Mr J. Loughlin, Victoria; Mr. Frank H. Turton Sydney ; Mr. J; J. Kalker, Eindhoven, Holland; Mr. Wm. •, li. Harvey, Melbourne. The Rev. A. Stratford, who is proceeding to the Anglican church at Wanganui, arrived in Wellington from London by tho Tainui yesterday. Miss Madge Temple, a prominent London music-hall artist, accompanied by her husband, Mr. H. Darewski, were passengers to Hobart from London by the R.M.S, Tainui. Miss Temple has come out under engagement to an Australian firm. The Rev. George Clarke died on March 10 at Hobart. in his ninetieth year, says the "Argus.' He was born at Parra-' matta, his father being one of the earliest missionaries to New Zealand, lie was brought up at his father's mission station at the Bay of Islands, and in 1841 entered, the Native depot of the just-created New Zealand Civil Service. Ho came into prominence as an interpreter for Maori witnesses, and travelled all over. New Zealand in connection with various land matters. In 1846, being of opinion that tho policy of the Government of Sir George Grey towards tho Maoris was not straightforward nor wise, he resigned to study for the church. • For fifty-two years, from 1852, he was minister of the ; Davey Street Congregational Church. He took a prominent part in the foundation of. the Tasmanian University, and was chancellor for many years. Mr. R. Ross, editor of the "Maoriland Worker," is leaving New Zealand shortly to take up a position on the Victorian Labour press.