PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1739, 2 May 1913, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

The Hon. \V. If. Ma-'sey (Pti:ac Minister) and tho Hon. H. D. Bell, arc at Auckland. The Hon. AY. H. Herries is'at Tiniaru (which town ho will leavo'for J'diilio to-day), the Hon, AY. I'Yaser at Rrefton, and tho Hon. Dr. Pomare at Nornionby. The Hon. A. L. Herdman and tho Hon. K. H. Rhodes arc in Wellington. The Bishop of AY'ellington has made tho following engagements for tho present lnuulli:—May 2, 'institution of (ho Rev. 11. AV. Klingender at MangawcSa; May i, institution of the ltev. H. T. Healey, M.A., I.C'vin; May 8, address at the monthly intercession service at St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral; May 12, meeting of tho Immigration Society in AY'ellington; May 29. meeting of tho Collego Trustees at AVanganui. Mr. James Mackenzie, Surveyor-General, has,been travelling in tho King Country in connection with the opening of Crown lands. Ho was (o return to Auckland on AVcdnesday, and will visit the north of Auckland, Kotorua, and Bay of Plenty districts, travelling overland to Gisborm. and Napier. Prom'the latter (own Mr. Mackenzie will return to AVelliugton. Mr. AV. Ayling, fjaoler at the Prison Camp, Hanmer Springs, was presented with, an illuminated address •by tho. townspeople of Ilanmer prior to hia departure on transfer to tho A\ T niotapu camp. Messrs. Triggs and Thomson, AssistantPublic Servico Commissioners, wcro in AY'angaiiui yesterday. They aro espccled to return, to AVelliugton to-day. Mr. 11. 13. husk, a member of the New Zealand Cricket Council, is shortly Roing to Kngland, und nt Tuesday's meeting of tho council in Christchurch a motion was passed recording tho council s appreciation of Mr. Lusks services. Mr. Richard ICeeno leaves AY r ellington on a visit of inspection to his properties at the Bay of Plenty and North of Auckland (l'arenga Station) next week. In September next Mr. Iveeno intends to leave ,I'or Europe. Ho will put in tho northern winter in and about tho Riviera, and early in tlio new year will visit England. Oil his return to Now Zealand ho has an, idea, of erecting a new home for himself at Mason's Gardens, Tnita (which lias been his property for several years). Tho Feilding High School (says our local correspondent) was tho scene of a valedictory function on tho occasion of ilic last day" of Mr. J. C. Hills's headmastership, which position, ho has filled for twenty-threo years. Tho Rev. G.

Budd made referenco to Sir. Hill's long service to the school, and wished him happiness in his retirement. On behalf of tho scholars, Mr. Budd presented to Mr. Hill a silver spirit kettle, and on behalf of Iho teachers a pair of silver candlesticks.

On Wednesday Mr. Felix M'Guire, form--1 erly M.P. for Egmont, was presented with an illuminated address from the citizens of Hawera and settlors, in recognition of his public services. He is about to settle in Auckland.—Press Association. Mr. A. Jameson, national Y.M.C.A. secretary, returned to Wellington yesterday • morning, after concluding a most successful membership campaign in Christchurch, filii now members, being enrolled in six days. Mr. John Davies lias been appointed a member of the Assessment Court (under (he Valuation of Land Act) in the town of Olaki, and Mr. John Harris to the smile office in the Borough of Woudvillc. Quartermaster-Sergeant W. Earnshaw, of the Canterbury "icomanry Cavalry, lias been awnyded tho • Colonial Auxiliary I'orccs long-service' ined.nl. His service totals nearly twenty-two years. Mr. W. J. Jeffries, chairman of tho Wcstlaud branch of the Now Zealand Political Reform League, contested tho Ilokitika Borough Council, Westland Hospital and Clutritnblo Aid Board, and Ilokitika Harbour Board elections on Wednesday, and succeeded in gaining a scat on all three bodies. The following appointments to the staff of tho Public! Service Commissioner aro gazetted:—Miss A. C. Hcdley, to bo instructor and demonstrator in mechanical offico appliances; Mr. E. Grant, clerk. Mr. Neil Galbraith, of tho stall of tho New Zealand Shipping Company, and chairman of the New Zealand Rugby Union, is suffering from a slight attack of appendicitis, lie was reported to uo progressing favourably yesterday. Colonel Wisher, who has been filling (ho position of chief secretary (o tho Salvation Army in tho Dominion since its establishment as a separate territory, has received instructions to proced to London, to take up a position at. headquarters in connection with the Army's emigration scheme. Colonel Fisher will leave for Home, via the south, on Monday nest. Mr. Bertram R. Bunny, of "Longbush," Maslnrtflii, has withdrawn his name ns a candidate for the vacancy on tho Wellington District Land Board-. The contest will now lio between Mr. H. T. Ellingham and Mr, T. 0. Haycock. The liov. .1. Dawsou is a passenger from Lytlelton by the Maori, duo (his morning. On the eve of his departure for London, Mr. Joseph Lewis, who is well-known in Association football circles, was entertained by friends last ovening, and presented with a dressing-case as o. mark c.f esteem. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis leave by the M'oeraki for Sydney to-day en route for Home. An old and respected Tarannki settler, in the person of Air. Benjamin Urr.v, passed away peacefully at his residence, Hine Street, New Plymouth, on Sunday lust, in his 77th year. Ho leaves a widow and grown-up family of eight—four sons and four daughters. Tlioro aro also 26 grand-children and four great-grand-childrou. Mr. T. Boyd, who has been manager of tho Pahiatya branch of the New Zealand Loan'and Mercantile Agency Company for over seven years past, has received notico of his transfer to the management of (he company's business at Rakaia (Canterbury). , Tho death is recorded of Mr- Francis Murray, a well-known Woodville settler, 1 at the ago nf 11 years- 'Hie deceased was a member of several societies and institutions in Woodville. His death look place at New Plymouth last Saturday. The death is announced of Mr. Francis Tubman, a well-kninvn settler in the i'liillki '1 i:.ll'i'.t. lie came to New Zealand in 1-SGi-