PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1743, 7 May 1913, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

The Hon. W. F. Massey (Prirno Minister), the Hon. W. Fraser, tho Hon. A. L. erdmaii, the Hon. R. H. Rhodes, and i , l , on ' are in Wellington. inii 1 U" A 0 1'? is in Canterburj and th? Hon. H. D. Bell at Auckland. Tho Hon A. L. Herdman will leave for Auckland to-morrow, and will bo away ironi UHhnglan for about ten davp After roinplelins his business in Auckland he will complete his tour of the North Island prisons. The Minister still has lo complete his inspection of the Auckland prison, and this done will visit the Waipa and Waiotapu prison camps and the Napier and New Plymouth prisons. Tho Hon. W. Fraser will lcavo Wellington for Pacroa probably on Monday or Tuesday next. Later ho will visit tho Wairarapa. Mr. Justice Edwards and Mr. Justic® Cooper will proceed lo Auckland on Saturday next. Mr. Justice Dcnnislon returns to Christchurch at the end of the present week. Sir Joshua Williams will probably leave Wellington for Duucdin on Friday nfght. Dr. M'Artbur, S.M., who has been to Auckland for a few days, returned to Wellington yesterday afternoon. Messrs. J. B. Hine, M.P., and Richard Dingle have been appointed delegates to the Agricultural Societies' Conferenco at Wellington, 'representing .the tXrotford A. and P. Association. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Elgar, of Feather, fiton, lclt by train yesterday on tlioir way to Europe, via America. They will proceed frbm Auckland to Vancouver by the Union Company's new liner Niagara. Mr. 11. .1. Beswiek, of Chrislchurch, is duo in. Wellington by fhis morning's ferry steamer'. Mr. Wilfrid Burt'Aston was yesterday admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supremo Court by his Honour the Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout). Mr. W, L. Kolhenberg appeared as counsel.

Mr. Tom' Pollard, of Greymouth, arid formerly proprietor of Tollard's Opera Company, was in Wellington yesterday, in conncction with the moving picture business. Mr. V. K. Meredith,\o£ the legal firm of Meredith and Watson, 1b to piny the leading part in "Tho Geisha," with tho Duttcdiu Operatic Company early next month. Mr. Tom Pollard has been engaged to stage-manage the production. A. Press Association telegram from Rokitika, records tho deaths of three old and esteemed residents—Messrs. Reginald Fane, B.'l years; John Eli, 77 years of age; and John Peake, aged TJ years, Mr. J. T. , Brown, tha well-known Christchurch merchant, left, for 'Wellington by tho Maori last night. At the conclusion of the inaugural meeting of (lie newly-elected City Council today, the Mayor-elect (Mr. J. P. Luke) will eulertaiii) tho founcillors, t'heir wive.-, and the heads of departments at luncheon in tho Concept Chamber.' Dr. Peter M'Nab, an old Auckland Grammar School bay, who acted, as sm> geon of the now R.M.S. Niagara on tho voyage from London to Sydney, has been re-engaged as surgeon of that vessel from Sydney to Auckland. I)r. M'Nab intends to reside in the Auckland district. At tho first meeting of the new Auckland Harbour Board yesterday Mr. j. H. Gunson was unanimously re-elected chairman for the third term.—Press Association. Mr. T. W. Stringer, K.C., is a passenger from tho south by tho Maori, duo this morning. Mr. W. 11. Yule, a well-known Scarborough farmer, was publicly entertained at Pahia'tua a few days nro, prior to his departure for tho Wnikuio. Mr. Yul« had resided in the Pahiatua district for over a quarter of a century. At latest advices tho condition of Mr. J. Clarnett, Mayor of Hastings, was reported to ,bs) critical. Mv. Geo. Darton, for a aumbitf of years a. member of tho. Hawko's Bay Education Board, and now Gisboi'no borough overseer,. was : jJ>rivato' KSspital on': Friday last, suffering from "'typhoid fever. . Messrs. Cordinj and M'Vicar. of the Palmerston North Irailway stiff, havii . received nolice of their transference from; Palmerston. The former left'yesterday" for Cross Creek, of which station he lias been appointed staticmmaster; the lnt'cer goes ti> Waipuka (Taranaki). An unenviable experience befel Mr. Edgar Lancaster, second son of Mr. S. H. Lancaster, of Aokautero (Manawtftu), on Salurdav, when he was attacked by ft bull. i'Wanimal over and gored him in one of tho legs, the flesh of which Was rather badly torn. Mr. Lancaster suffered a good dual from shock and loss of blood, and has had to lay Up. Dr. Bamett; of Christchurch, left for Wellington by the Maori, due in port this morning. The Rev. Mr. Lindsay, of St. Clair Pr«sbytcrian Church, Dunedin, has accepted a' call, to Southbridge, Canterbury Mr. J. Buick, of Tiakitahnna, Manawalu, had the misfortune to fracture his collar-bouo while following tho hounds on Saturday. The injury was attended to. by Dr. 'Bett. . Lady Whitburgh, who, with Lord Whitburgh, and her daughter, the Hon. Sybil Borthwick, are on a tour of Now Zealand, and who has been spending a few days in Feilding, joined tho Aucltland express yesterday at Feilding. Six new clergymen have settled in the Bush district lately in succession to other ministers. They coiupriso the Hew. Father Long, 'M. Rawden Harris, and R. Richards (Pahiatua), H. Blomficld (Pougaroi), 11. Weber (Hkctakuua), and C. Abernethy (Woodville). Mr. f. Pirani. chairman' of the Wangnnui Education Board, is enjoying a rest at Rotorua. He is undergoing treatment at the baths, and expects to absent from Feilding' for about n fortnight. : ' Mr. L, P. Blundell left yesterday by tho. Main Trunk express to join thy Ningnvn for Voncouvor. Mr. Blundell will probably return from Canada about September. ' i At last night's meeting of the Technical School Board at Petone, Mr. G. Duncan, retiring treasurer, was presented with an umbrella and inkstand, in recognition of his services as a member of tho board. Yesterdav afternoon Mr. G. A. Pearson, District Locomotive Engineer for lh« Wellington, district, who is beint; transferred to Canterbury, was presented by the employees ef the Petone Railway Workshops with a handsonio suite of cutlcrr. Mr. C. Bnrgh, manager ef the, local shops, made the presentation. 11l the evening over 330 persons attended tha smoke concert giyeu in tho Sydney Street Hall, Petone, in • Mr. Pearson 8 honour. Among those present were; Messrs. 0. Bargh (chairman), H. Wkldop (district engineer), J., Pyc-Siuitn (chief draftsman), B. Morns (chief accountant), and it. Guthrie (locomotive i'oroimui). Speeches were given by Mcssr*. Brooks, Guthrie, Cooper, _ Moore, Bo tie. Armstrong, Jenkins, Weir, Hope, and Hutchinson, and replied (u l:fr Mossr*. Peaivm, Pye-Smith, Allan, Heed, and Macdonald. Musical items weiC' rendered by Messrs. Ola'' "in, Andrews, Midhurst, Bowman, Gnthi. .Filth, Pc.lr.wn, Ninth. Walsh, Burrows, linwe, Cairns, Cambourne, Warren, Bnrnolt, Mills, BuiTidge, and Boyd. During the evening the opportunity was taken to present Mrs. 1 earson with a Petone rug as a mark of esteem.