PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1721, 11 April 1913, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

■ « pi'''' lo , Hon. R. H. Rhodes will return from Uinstchurcli to-morrow morning. Tlio other Cabinet Ministers are in town. The Hon. W. H. Hemes is to leave for tho south. on Monday. r vlmQ .will Temain in Wellington to attend 601110 of tlie functions in connection with tho reception of tho battle-cruiser Now Zealand. Afterwards lie will pay a visit to the King Country m his capacity as Minister for Lands, lie is desirous of visiting tho Ohura settlement and some of tho.special settlements. Mr. Massy rhas had urgent invitations from quite a number of districts, including Marlborough and Nelson, but ha informed a reporter yesterday that it was doubtful whether lie would bo nblo iw visit those localities prior to tho meeting: of Parliament. ■Admiral King Hall arrived in Sydney on April .3 from Hobart by tho' Encounter, 0n "PProaching Cove a saluto or 17 guns was fired and replied to by tho Cambrian. Tho Encounter made fast to the buoy in the Cove. The Admiral's flag will now be transferred to tlie Cambrian Sydney "Telegraph"). Tlio .Commander-in-Chief will remain' in Sydney for tlie present. The vessels will stay -hers also, but the Pyramus will proceed to' New. Zealand, very shortly. . Visiting 'Wellington at the present time is Mr: J. Walter Doyle, of Honolulu and ban ;l<rnncisco. Mr. Doyle is travelling loiind on - pleasure/bont, and is agreeably surprised., with all he has seen in Duneuin. '110. is a member of the Hawaiian 1. roniotiou Society, and in that, respect is writing to headquarters suggesting thai the society should nviango for n. display at the Auckland Exhibition in December n i u cous ' de f s W'at tho Exhibition should servo as a splendid' ground for advertising the attractions of Honolulu, which is within such easy reach'of the Dominion. ... > Dean M'Kenna and Father M'Kenna will leave for Vancouver by tho Jlakura to-day. Dr. Wilson has resigned the 6uperintendency of tbo Gisborno Hospital. • Messrs. S.' Percy Smith, and Richard Dinglo have been appointed members of the'Lgmont National Park Board. Mr. Christian Hcllemann, tho new conductor for tho Royal Wellington Choral Society, will leave Sydney to-morrow lot Wellington. Miss Carmen Pinschof, who is .to sing the title role in tho coming performance of "Carmen," will also arrive ..from Sydney on Wednesday nest. Mr. .Charles A. Barton has been ap. pointed Registrar of Electors and Re* turning Officer for Auckland West, vice Mr. H. H. G. Ralfe. Detective Sergeant Cox, of Auckland and Detective Sergeant Hunt, of Dun odin, hayo been transferred to Christchurch.' " ' t Mr. Arthur P. Bent has been appointee Registrar' of Electors for Wairau, vict Mr. P. W. . Hai't, resigned. nr n ' 'tit • 'In'' "I" t "l I'"' Mr. C. Tanner is announced as n candidate for municipal / honours. .H< makes the sixth lawyer anion? the new candidates for the City Council and the eighth (including Councillors A. R. Atkinson and A. H. Hindmarsh) who will go to tho poll. Mr. K. Connelly, a member of tho reporting staff of tho Melbourne "Ago," and Mr. J. E. _ Symo, of Phillip Island, have been appointed by the Federal Minister for External Affairs as experimentalists on tha demonstration farms iu the Northern Territory. Mr. Trevor N. Holmden has been appoints for Liberia m Wellington during tlie absence of the Consul (Dr. Izard), who is at present located at Tonga. Sir Harry Barron, Governor of West Australia, -frho some lime ago underwent an operation for appendicitis, has had s recurrence of his trouble. At first lit Was reported, to be in a serious condition but has since greatly improved. ■ Mr. H; C. PYilcher, manager .of the Capo Town branch of the South British Insurance Company, who has been on c holiday visit to - New Zealand, leaves Auckland by the Macedonia to-dav fot London, whence ho proceeds to the Cape. Mr.' John S. Storey has been appointed a member of the Marlborough Land |3oard, . > Mr. J. E. Long, of Taumarunui, leaves Auckland by the P. and 0. steamer Macedonia to-day, on a six months' holiday tour' of Great Britain and Europe. . •Mr. and Mrs. AV. H. Chamberlain, of the United States, who have been touring New Zealand for tlie past year, sail from Auckland on the Malcura to-day. Mr. Justice Hewick, of London, is ni present visitiiig relatives in the Auckland district. He returns to England, via Canada, by the Marnina in June next.' I Mr., Robert Fiizzelle has been appointed ah Inspector of Factories under the Fatf tories Act. ■ The Rev. P. Smallfield, with Mrs. Smallfield, leaves Auckland by tho Makura today, on an extended tour of Canada, Great Britain, and the _ Continent. Mr. nmi Mrs. Smallfield will be away, for sonu I nino months, during which time thej intend to tour Franco, Italy, and Swit zerland, besides visiting numerous place: „in tho Old Country. They intend to return to New Zealand by tlie Suez route. Mr. A. S. Thompson (vice-president oi tho Auckland Agricultural and Pastoral Association) will visit Ireland'on holiday. He leaves l>,y tlio Macedonia to-day nftei an absence of H years from his native land. ' Mr. D. .Campbell, of Riddiford Street, will be a candidate for tho Wellington Hospital and Charitable Aid Board al the coming election. The following appointments to Government clerkships are 'gazetted-Messrs. Harold J. Salmon (Justice Department, Wellington); Fred. W. Schramm (Supremo and Magistrate's Courts, Wangamii); Edwin R. Norrie (Magistrate's Court, Wellington); Harold Jerred (cadet, Magistrate's Court, Cll'ristchurch) j W. A. M'Nab (cadet, Magistrate's and Warden's Court, Gore); F. D. Logan (clerk Official Assignee's Office, Duhedin); V. R. Crowhurst (cadet, Official Assignee's Office, Auckland); Patrick D. Leahy (cadet, Justice Department! Wellington); J. M, Adam (clerk, Warden's Court, Roxburgh); Constable J. N. Thompson (cleric. Magistrate's Court, Rakaia); Constable ' Jas, Kennedy (clerk, Magistrate's Court, AmIcrloy). ' Mr. D, Jenness, 8.A.. of'the Lower Hutt, who is proceeding to the' Arctic, regions as a member of tho Stofanssoii left Wellington on Wednesday evening to catch tho Makura at Auckland for Vancouver.