PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1706, 25 March 1913, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

V.ice-IJf,g ah. A Press Association message from Auckland states that his Excellency tho Earl of Liverpool was present at' tlio Auckland Uacing Club's autumn meeting yesterday. To-day his Excellency leaves for tho south, to inspect the military camps in tlio Canterbury district, and returns to Auckland lator. His Excellency tho Governor is to Icavo Auckland to-day for Wellington, en routo for Christchurch. On account of tho death of tho King of Greece, his Excellency has cancelled all his purely social engagements. W. H. Herries is at Auckland, tho Hon. F. M, B. Fisher en routo to Australia, tho Hon. W.. Eraser in HlO North Auckland district, and the Hon. £ r ;. 1 ? n V l ™ ftt Huntly. Tho other Cabinet Ministers are in Wellington. Yesterday -tho Hon. W. H., Herries opened tho. Oddfellows' bazaar at One-.To-day 110 goes to Cambridge, whero lie will be.banqueted this evening. Leaving time to connect with tho Main •Trunk train at. I'rankton, Mr. Herries will reach Auckland again, to-morrow morning, and. will be occupied throughout tho day witlr deputations. Thursday will be spent on Departmental business, p.nd, if possible,. he will leave by the evening train on. his. return to. Wellington.

. Mr. Ray. Royce, a, prominent New York character actor,, arrived' in Sydney on 'March 15, from America. Ho will appear in "The Fortune Hunter." "I have, lie said, "always played 'gentle old men' who aro failures in life from the money point of view, but they enable me to. make a -very comfortable income." Messrs. T. P. Street (president), J. S. Barnes, and T. J. O'Shanasy, delegates from the Commercial Travellers' Association of New South Wales, to tlie annual general conference, of the .United Commercial Travellers" Association of Australasia,. left Sydney- by the Melbourne express, on March 16 for Dunedin, where . the, conference, is to be held. They were accompanied by- Mr. A. E-. Cooke,, secretary of tliOrNew South Wales Association. Tlio Rev. Father Hiekson, Administrator of: tlio Wellington Roman Catholic Diocese, left , for Nelson, by tlio: Pattella, yesterday. Mr. H. Marcus Clark, head of the big Sydnoy soft goods business of that name, died in Sydney last Friday week, aged 51 years. . . Mr. Leslie H. Reynolds, C.E., leaves on AYednesday-with Mr. Pulley, the contractor | for the AVairoa Harbour- works, to inspect tlie works, and. advise the board, : A Christchurch Press■ Association telegram states that Mr. G. S. Porter, the oldest printer in the world, who on- Tuesday last celebrated his 100 th birthday, aied yesterday at his residence, Phillipstown, Canterbury. Full particulars- of; Mr..Porters remarkable career, were published,, in last AVednesday's. Dominion.'

.Tho death occurred at the residence of his daughter, Canterbury. Victoria, on March 17, of the. Rev. William Poole, aged Bj. The deceased gentleman, who was. a native of Bristol,, came to Australia. in 1853. Ho, entered business, but taler was appointed' a minister of the Baptist Church. In 1879 ho joined the, stair oi fclie .Herald,',' transferring two. years'later'to the 1 "Age," on which paper he occupied tlie ijost of sub-editor for fivo years. Relinquishing tlio sub-editor's, chair,, ho returned to tlie pulpit, and- in the course of time was, appointed to the : pastorate of the Baptist Church at South Brisbane. He took his passage to, the northern State in tlio ill-fated steamer-Lyee-moon, which was wrecked! off Green, Cape. Mr, Poole assisted in the savingof several' of his shipmates. -Ho occupied' the pulpit at the South Brisbane Church, for-30_ years,- relinquishing; the work there, just about two years, ago, owing to failing health. Mr. Charles Robinson, the organiser I and, for 3!) years,. Hie chief of:' the New South AVales "Hansard" staff,, who a ■ .year ago, was, granted 1 twelve, months'- leave of absence, has now severed' his official connection with Parliament House by retiring upon his: pension.. Members ol the "Hansard" staff met together on March 17 to say- good-bye to their old' chief, to ■convey, to him all good, wishes for (lie ovening, of 1 his. life,, and, to., present, him with a Cutlet desk,, the cover of which bore, a silver plate- sotting forth that tlie desk: was intended, to.serve as. a reminder of the high, esteem and personal! regard, in wliieli.Mr. Bobinsoii was lielii by every member of; his. staff. \ '

• News has been received of' tie deatli- in England; at tlio age of' 78, of. Captain .James Home, who for many a long year ' was- well, known- in London- and Austra- ; lia-TL ports as. master, o£ the> old. clipper 'ship loch. Garry., Captain Home was born, ih Aberdeen.iij. 1834. Going first to sea iiit 1849,; ho enjoyed am uninterrupted: career of 62. years', servjcei On the. outbreak. of tlio- Crimean. war- he: volunteered for. nctivo service iiv tlio Jiavy, and/ was . appointed- to H.M.S., Boyali Albert;. At: the closo. of. the- war. lie: was awarded, the Crimean niedal, with Sebastopol cldsp; end* tlio Turkish medal; He. then, returned- to. the. merchant service, and: was: on. tlio China; coast for,- a timo„ being attached',tQ> Eor.d'.. Elgin's; Embassy in. 1559;, when, he wasi placed -in> charge,- of; a. "lbrcha," or honse-boat;, and:, was. present at; tho, taking, of. tho.. Taku, Ports at; tlu>, mouth', of tho,Peiho,. In 18.64, Captain* Home-was. ■ appointed to. tlio. command of' the sa'ling'shiji John. AJlnn, which; position] he held" ;until" 1877., when, he joined' the tVjclii Line, commanding; first tlio, loch, Sloy,, and' toi ; WBS. the Eocli, Garry, in, which: ship.' lieremained until! his. retirement, in, 1911.. During the whole, of; his. 47 years in-, com r mnnd. his only serious, mishap, was; the dismasting of tlie Loch' Garrv in a hurricane, off-' tlio- Cape of: Good" Hope ih. 1889.. ;On that; occasion, lie, sailed, tho shijfc to> Mauritius; a distance-of; 2GOO miles,. under,, a foresail and. lower-forotopsail, . the, main; and- mizzen, masts having- snapped l olose : to the dock. .Captain, Home's death,sevens one of the. few- remaining.' lihfe: with' the (lays, when: tlio sailing ship, was-supreme on tho high seas..

1 General: Sir; Harry- Barron,, tho, late • Governor of Tasmania, was- weltonied at the Town Hall, Perth, by tho Mayor- on March 17, and* presented, with- an address expressing loyalty and eulogising his services. Eespoudingi, tlie. Governor,- saidl his seryiccs were, not more than those of-many moil, sent to fill: such, positions;. 80, find; Lady Barron had come with, a. soldier's, determination to, do, their duty.. "When people treat ono as. you do," liq- added, "it is an easy job to be a Governor."'The swcaringrini in the Government House, ballroom was attended' by a, large, assenx blago of Perth: notablfcs,.

Members of llio- Elnpire. Xrado Commission left New Zealand Inst night by, tile Malieno- for Sydney., Tho. chairman'. (Sit . Edgar Vincent) preceded! tho- main party 1:0 Sydney tv week; ago. Ono party of; tho. .Commissioners havo been holiday-malting for sovoral* <loys in tho Rotoma district Tliose ; wlio left for Australia; last night-were Sir H. Rider Haggard, Sir. Alfred Bateman, Hon. G.E. Foster, Hon. E. R, Bowriug, Hon-. ,T..l{.'. Sinclair, and Messrs; J. Tatlbw, W. Lorilner, D.. Campbell,. and: T;. Gnrnctfe After arrival .in Sydney* tho Commission- will' proeced l to- Brisbane, commencing its Australian investigations probably on Monday next. After spending; about two months in tile Com-. monweaUll,. tho Commission will, visit Canada, Newfoundland: and' South Afl-ioa,' and, its report will probably, bo presented' to tho Imperial Conferoiico in 1915. Parents are notified that- tho Horntaunga School, Ilavelock North, llnwlce'!. Bay, will open towards tile-end of May. The school, which, is. in. chnrgo.of. Mr. W Gray, B.A. (Honours), Cambridge, is a preparatory -school: for troys between the ages of. 8, and IS, and' will be; limited! lu (il). scholars, Till of whom, will bo. boarders. It is proposed (o; conduct ttte establish-' nient on the lines of the best English preparatory schools. A building- has- been specially created for the purpose on what is said to, bo an admirable site. Particulars may bo obtained from tho headmaster.