PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1724, 15 April 1913, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

— The Hon. W! F. Massey (Prime Minister), the Hoii. ; H. D. Bell, tho Hon. W. Eraser, tho Hon. A. L. Herdman, dnd the Hon. Dr. Pomare <tro in Wellington. The Hon. W. H. Harries left lost evening for Christchurch, and tho Hon. R. H. Rhodes loft for the same placo on. Saturday evening. ' A Press Association message from London states that the Right Hon. Thomas .Burt, .M.P., has retired from the secretaryship of *he Northumberland Miners' Mutual Confident Association, which. ho has held since 18G5. Notification has just been received from Sir Herbert Perrott, Secretary-General to tho Grand Priory of tho Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England, that the selection of Mr. C. P. Fowlcs as an honorary serving brother of the Order lias received the sanction and approval of . his -Majesty, tho King, in recognition of services rendered to tho Ambulance Department by Mr. Powles. Mr. L. Birks (Government assistant clcobrical engineer) left yesterday for New ',1-lymouth, and Slj, E. Parry (hydroelectrioal engineer) leaves to-niglit for Christchurch. Councillor Roots, who was asked to stand for the Hutt Council election by tho Western Hutt: Electors' Association, has, owing to a contc-niplated visit to Australia, definitely decided not to offer himself as a candidate. ' Mr. J. Carson, who lias bpen manager of the Petone Railway Workshops for some years,' has received notice to transfer to the South 'Island, Mr. C. Bargh will take Mr. Carson's placo at Petone. Mr. A.' B. Blnckinore, chief reporter of the Timaru "Herald," was in Wellington yesterday, and will set out to-day upon a tour of the Marlborough, Nelson, and West Coast districts. ■ Mr. Horace Packe, vicar of St. John's, ■ has been appointed Archdeacon of the Southland district.—Press Association. Mr. J. Craigie, M.P., arrived in Wellington yesterday, and will leave to-day on a trip to Picton, Blenheim, and the West Coast, a district which ho has not previously visited. Yesterday Mr. Craigie transacted various items of business connected with his electorate. 1