PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1733, 25 April 1913, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Tho Hon. H. D. 8011-will leave on Surfday night for Auckland, wlioro ho will represent tlio Government wlicm JLMik. New Zealand arrives there.,

The Hon. Dr. Pomare, Mi'nisteir iranu'Dsenting tlio Native race, is visiting- JlbirKnville, and will return to AucldaaiS <im Knhiriltiy. It is proVifolo tihait Ite. Poraare'will be in Auckland for (to .utrivnl of H.JI.S. New Zealand..

His Excellency the Governor' litis Item pleased to approve tho appointment <nf Lieutenant-Colonel V. S. Smith* Saw Bsulanil Staff Corps, and Colonel J.. (El. K3cholls, Commanding. the Otago Mounted! Rifles Brigade, as.honorary aidcs-de-ttamuju.

Owing to ill-health Commander. Stopford, of 11.M.5. Pyramus, has been uunblo to resume tho command of that vessel and has been compelled to remain behind at Sydney. The drill ship left Wellington for Ly Helton in chargo of Lieutenant Dcnnistoun.

-Mr.-D. Carter,i Greymouth mnnagcr.-of tho Union Steam Ship Company,,accompanied by his wife, leaves early next month on n visit to North America. During his absence, Mr. 13. A. Eva, at present acting-local manager at Dunedin, will fill tho managership at Greymouth.

Dr. T. L. Crooke, who lias been practising in Hotoruu for some time, lias decided to return to Christchurch, where ho was for several years medical superintendent of tho public hospital.

Mr. A. B. Jameson, wlio is at present Investigating tho clay deposits in tho Auckland district, has been awarded the Government research scholarship. Tho award was made by the Research Committee of tho Auckland University, with the Approval of the Minister for Education.

Mr. Frederick Townsend, who was elected Mayor of Miramar Borough yesterday (unopposed), occupied the same position in 1905 and 190 G. Since that year he contested the office twice unsuccessfully, onco against Mr. Charles Crawford and later against Mr. John Brodio.

Mr. Emil Sclnvabo (chief of staff "New Zealand Times"), and ono of the bestknown and respected pressmen in New Zealand, leaves for Sydney to-day to take up an appointment on .tho staff of the Sydney Daily Telegraph." Yesterday ho was presented by his confreres of tho Wellington Press with souvenirs of their regard. From the members of tho staff of his own paper Mr. Sclnvabo received a handsome pair of prismatic field glasses. From his friends on tlio literary staffs of Tun Dominion" and "Evening Post" Mr. Schwabs also received a handsomo caso of pipes and tobacco pouch. Tho presentation was nmdo by Mr. J. li. Gibbons (chief of the 'Tost" reporting staff), who expressed the regret of all that Mr. Scliwabe had decided to leave the sphero of work with which ho had been so long identified. Mr. P. J. Harle, for the Institute of Journalists, and Mr. C.' J. M'Kinnon, for Tub Dominion staff, also spoke. The proceedings concluded with cheers for tho departing journalist and the singing of "For He's A Jolly Good Fellow."

Mr. G. F. Glen, head gardener to tho City Corporation, returned to Wellington yesterday after a visit, to Sydney and Melbourne. He was splendidly treated by the authorities'in both cities and facilities were placed in his way of viewing all the parks and gardens under municipal control. He was charmed with tho great attention given to the beautifying of tho-reserves, in both places, but in respect to gardens placed Melbourne for ahead of Sydney. In the Victorian capital great attention was being paid to treeplanting in the streets, which was a feature of tlie city.

Messrs. G. W. Browne and Newton King have bpou appointed trustees of tho New Plymouth Savings , Bank." Mr. I;. B. Bradstock lias been appointed manager of -tho Boys' Industrial School at Stoke, as from April 28. The lion. G. Fowlds, who is in the city attending a contWence of a committco of the Congregational Union, expects to return to Auckland at the beginning of next week. Mr. Bush, who has for soino years past been chief clerk at tho Balclutlia Railway Station, has been transferred to Palrnerston North. Mr. Herbert S. Clmighton, of Wellington, has been appointed musical adjudicator (vocal and instrumental) at the third annual festival of the Levin Competitions Society to bo held in July. At tho final meeting of the House Committee of tho Wellington Hospital mut Charitable Aid Board, hold at tho hospital yesterday, a resolution was adopted recording the ablo and impartial manner in which the chairman (Mr. J. Godber) had carried out his duties. In returning thanks, Mr. Godber referred to tho very great assistance that had been given him by Drs. Ilardwick-Smith and Woodliouso aild the secretary (Mr. J. Coylc). A Tress Association message from Melbourne' states that Mr. G. Castles, Chief Clerk in tlio Attorney-General's Department in Victoria, succeeds Mr. Powers as Federal Crown Solicitor. Mr. Powers recently accepted an appointment as n High Court Judge.