PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1714, 3 April 1913, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

'fho Hon. W. P. Massey (Prime Minister) and the. Hon. W. Fraser are in Taraliaki. Mr. Eraser will return to Wellington on Saturday evening, and tho Prime Minister oil Tuesday or Wednesday. '/"lie Hon. If." D. Hell' is at Auckland, and will return to Wellington on Holiday afternoon. Tho Hon. W. H. Herries will remain'in Wellington to attend tho reception of the battle-cruiser ' New Zealand, and afterwards will go to the South Island to contimip his annual insnection !of tho railways. Tho Hon. A. L. "Herdman, the Hon. It. H. Rhodes, and tho Hon. Dr. Pomare arc in Wellington. Mr. J. H. Upton, of Auckland, one of tho directors of tho Bank of New Zealand, arrived in Wellington by yesterday's Main Trunk express. , Mr. N.,l{. Chapman (Wellington manager for Thomas Brown, Ltd.) returned from n business trip to Sydney by tho' Ulimaroa yesterday. Mr., T, Hymns, for thirty-eight years an officer of tho Post and Telegraph Office, has' retired on superannuation. Mr. 11 yams was formerly an enthusiast in nil mutters appertaining to Rugby football and cricket in Wellington. Tho Rev. W. E. Lush, vicar of Epiph-'' any Church, Auckland, arrived in Wellington by tho Main Trunk express. Ho has received a gear's leave of absence and intends to take a trip to England, leaving by the Euahino to-day. • : Mr. J. French Lydall, M.A., lato senioT classical master, Sydney Grammar School, arrived by the XJliniaroa yesterday, ana leaves to-day for England by tho Kualiine. Tlio Ilov, S. liaily, of Wauganui, has been entertained at a round of farewell, gatherings during the last few days,' prior to his departure for Otautuu, Southland, where he has been transferred, mid for which place ho departs at tho end of this week. Mr; T. D. Cummins, for several ycurs past clerk of the Aotett Maori Liiiid Jioard, retires! on superannuation,'- and / was yesterday presented, on behalf-of the I board's stall', witli n parting gift on tho occasion of the severance of his connection with, tho office. It is understood, writes our Wanganui correspondent, that Mr. Cummins will continue to act M chairman of the Wanganui Itiver Trust, in which capacity he lias done invaluable work.. An old pioneer settler of tho Waikato. Mr. James (j. Berry,'of l'irongia, passed ajvay on' Thursday last, at tho age of 64 years. Ho leaves a widow and a grownup family. . Tho Rev. W. 'lieck, lato minister, in charge of the Dcronport Wcsleyan Methodist Church (Auckland) will bo tendereda farewell "social" this evening by his congregation. Somo months ago' Mr. Beck's voica became affected so seriously that lie had to abandon preaching. He intends to reside, in Wellington for some months, in tho hopo that tile climate will improve his voice. The Rev. Thomas Fee, minister of the Wailii Methodist Church, announced his intention on Sunday of retiring from tho Ijosition of a circuit minister owing to . ill-health. 'Mr. Fee will conduct his farewell services next Sunday evening. His successor tho Rev. T. G. Carr, of Birkenhead, is expected to take charge toward* tho end of April. Information has been received by cable at the' Defence Department, -Melbourne, that Captain J. C. T. tflossop has been selected to command the. cruiser Sydney, ■ tho second of tho cruisers for the Aus[ralian ilecfc unit. Captain Glossbp was in Sydney 011 H.M.S. Calliope ' after slie had passed through-the destructive storm ?w" c ii , 0VCl : A P ia . Samoa, in 1889, all the ships in the Samoa 11 Harbour at the tinio, tho' Calliope was" tho only ouo to weather the gale. Captain was' a midshipman at the time. . Afterwards ho served onll.M.S. Royalist as lieutenant, and was in Samoa during tho complications o? 1899. • Ho attained his seniority as captain in June, 1911. | lliq Chief ,Justico of tho f Australian Commonwealth, Sir Samuel Griffith, will leave'on,JiiA 'holiday trii> tolinclnnd by tho Oramo. on AVednosday next. His Honour "will, be ' ucconipanied by Lady Griffith- and-his two daughters, and.will be absent' frttiii .tho Commonwealth. until the end of the'year. ■■■" , : .Capfain T. J/. Webb, wlio lias been chairman, -'for inany : years, of both the Australasian Steamship Owners' Federation and the New . .South Wales. .Interstate Steamship Owners!* Association; resigned his positions, at the last meetings of the associations,,,as. he is leaving oil April, 9 for a six ■ months' trip to Japan. Mr. David Mills, of. the Union S.S.. Company, .elected, to. the chairs of both, associations. i.' Mr. G. If. Johnston, manager of Messrs. Johnston and Co.; Wellington, leaves, by tho Ruahino , for London to-day. A presentation, of a dressing case and ft rug was recently mado to Mr.; Prank Wild, of tho Mawson Antarctic expedition by the members', vf the ' . Western Party, of .which ho was chief. ~ : Profound surprise' and regret was 'fcaused throughout Sydney musical' circles on March 27'. by tho announcement of the death of Signor Do Beaupuis, ono of the • most distinguished and popular musicia'As in the city (says tiro Sydney ''Daily Telegraph"). Deceased had liot been in particularly robust health, and recently took a'recuperating trip to New Zealand. His death is attributed to lieurt failure. ■;Signor Do Beaupuis was born in Naples in 1860, and . was the son of a prominent Italian musician. 1 His'studies commenced at tlio «w'ly ago of 12. years, at the , Oonscrvatorium; his (master being Boniamino .Ceci, himself a favourite pupil of Thsjlberg.' Aftea: a successful provincial tour following,tlio completion. of his studies, tlio pianist visited Egypt, France, and England, Where ho won general applauso for his alltrouml' excellence as a ' concert artist. His first acquaintance with .'Australia, was in Adelaide many, years ago. Practically from tho day of his arrival ill Sydney, some 12 years since, ho figured in tho first rank of performing and teaching musicians hero, and many highly polished'tind successful instrumentalists liflvo in that time graduated "from ' his sohool. In,' addition to his gifts as a master, tlio Signor vns a prolific composer. Perhaps tlio best known of his • compositions are "Su.r la Mer," and tlio iirehulo "Dors, mon Enfalit." Quite lately 1 no was decorated with tho title of cavalier, by the King of Italy. Mr. Kwoi Chili, the new Chinese Consul, Mrs. Chili, and their son, were inward passengers to Wellington by the Ulimni.-oa from London, via Sydney, yesterday.