PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1735, 28 April 1913, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

The Hon. W. F. Massey was at ,Taumarunui yesterday, and will proceed- to Auckland to-d'oy. The Hon. w. H. Herries is at Dunedin. tho Hon. W. Fraser at Groymouth, the Hou. E.' H. Rhodes at Christchurch, and tho Hon. Dr., Pomare at Auckland. Tho Hon. H. D. Bell left for Auckland last evening. The only Minister in .town to-day will bo the Hon. A. L. Herdman.

Mr. J. B. tteid, of Ellerslie, left Wellington for London, via America, by tho Tahiti on Friday.

The Eov. S. Robertson Orr, of tho Presbyterian Church, at Waikaka, has resigned in order to do locum tenens work, at St. Andrew's, Dunedin, during Dr. Waddell's absence.

Tho death, occurrod in Melbourne on April 10 of Mr. J. IT. Perriu. formerly editor of 'tho "Now Zealand Tablet."

'Messrs. H. M. D. Haszard (chairman), S. I. Clarke, C. P. Murdoch, F. T. Lothbridge, T. AV Adams, and Dr Cockayne, members of the Forestry Commission, left for tlio south by the midday express on Friday. Tho commission has still a great deal of work to do, and the members were to divido iiito two parties on Saturday, olio going to tho Mokau, via To Kniti, and tho other down the AVanganui River. Tho commission is'to meet in New Plymouth to hear ovidenco this week.

Mr. Perrott, tho woll-known Auckland artist, is a visitor to AVellington.

Mr. A. O'Keefo, of tho staff of tho Dimfidin School of Art, has receivod in'timation by the last English mail that his picture, "His Home Paper," has been accepted by the Royal Cambrian Academy. Ilr. J. M. Nelson, schoolmaster,, at Mohnka, is dead. Mr. Nelson was a native of Yorkshire, nnd was 5!) years old. Hfl arrived in New Zealand 38 years ago, and had since been engaged in teaching. Mr. and Mrs. P. Berry, of Mount Eden, Auckland, will leavo by 'tlio Rotorua, en routo to Great Britain, on a holiday visit. Mr. Berry was for many years connected with the New Zealand railways. • Mr. Leonard J. Clark, lato manager ill AVcllington for the Singer Company, left by tlio Ulimaroa 011 Friday for Sydney, whero ho is to tako up tho position of ; auditor. Before leaving, the New Zealand staff of the company presented him with a. handsome dressing-case. Mr. AV. H. Stych, well-known in church circles in Mastorton. has received word from itho Bishop of Nelson of his appointment to work in that diocese. Mr. Styuli will leavo to tako, up his duties about tho middle of May. The death of Dr. Herbert Metcalfe occurred a few days ago at Fanning Island. Formerly resident surgeon at Leeds, Dr. Jlctcalfo went out some 30. years ago (0 Norfolk Island, where ho was surgeon to, tho community and (0 tho Melonesinn Mission, lie has left some remarkable records of his researches among tlio natives; of the-Islands. Ho resigned: his position on Norfolk Island aboiit a year ago, and. went to Fanning. Islui.-u. Many people throughout the country; (writes our AVanganui; correspondent) willi learn with regret of tho sudden death of Mr. AV. J. Barlcyman, of Kaponga. 16 apponrs that Mr. and Mrs. Bnrlcymaii had just returned from a drive, and af Mr., Barleymau was in tho act of nnliar>-' liessing tho horse 110 suddenly collupscil,. and expired very shortly afterwards. Ull hud been a sufferer for years from heaijlj disease. Mr. Barleymau, who was edu - cated at Nelson College, lived for sonji.k time in the Manawalu district, where h|';S father had land and llaxmilliiis interest);/. AVlien ,lhc mills were, sold, ilr. Bnrleyimj (1 settled oil tlio land at: Rowan, and ho 111-is resided in Taranaki for twenty-six years;. Mr. J. CarncW, Mayor of Hastings, wiljo underwent an operation on. Friday .is staled by our Hastings correspondent to be making a fair recovery On Saturday his condition was such as lo ca.uso !|iis friends tlio gravest anxiety, but Just ; night tho medical report was more favcair- ■ able. ilr. AVilliam Scott Milne, a. well-knivivn resident of Taita, di«l there last week in his eighty-ninth year. Tho decoascd, ; *vns at one time active in public affairs,.; hud was formerly a member of tlio eld [Wellington Provincial Council during' tlio time that the bridge was built over 1 tlio Hutt River at tho Lower Hull, n structure that was only removed a few :vears ago to make way for the present lxiidgo. Mr. Milne was much esteemed by all who knew him.