PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1746, 10 May 1913, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

The Hon. W. F. Massey (Prime Ministor), the lion. W. leaser; (ho Hon. H. D. Bell, and tlio lion. Dr. l'omare aro in Wellington. riio Jlon. A, L. Herd 111 an ami llio Hon. 1\ Jl. B. Fisher (who arrived yesterday by the Niagara from Sydney) aro at Auckland. Tho lion. W. 11. Hemes is at Cluistcliurcli, and the lion. R. ]J. Rhodes will leavo for that city to-night. The lion. H. D. Bell may pay a flyinp visit to Cbristehureh at tho end of next week. The Hon. F. M. B. Fisher is expected to leave Auckland oil Suiulav wenins for Wellington. Tho lion. 1?. 11. Rhodes, who goes to Cliristchurch 10-night, will Tcprescut the Government there during the visit of tho battleship New Zealand to Lyttclton. 3kssi's. R. Triggs and A. D. Thomson, Assistant Public Service Commissioners, will be oil route for Aucldand to-day, in pursuance of the policy laid down by tho 3'ublic Service Commissioner that as far as possible every olticer in the Civil Service shall hnvo nil opportunity of interviewing cither the Commissioner or one i of his assistants. Mr. 11. J. H. Blow, Under-Secretary for, Mines, left Wellington for Sydney by tho Willochra yesterday. Mr. Blow'wiil represent tho New Zealand Mines Department at llic annual Australasian Mining > Congress which is to bo held at Broken Hill this year. Sir James Mills, managing director of tho Union Steam Ship Company, afrived in Auckland by the Niagara yesterday. Captain W. C. Lowe, of tho Indian Army, oud Mrs. Lowe left Wellington for Sydney by the Willochra yesterday. Among New Zealand medical students wlio wero successful at tho recent Edinburgh examinations was Mr. T. W. ,T. Child?, of Palmerston North, who took medals and first-class honours in midwifery and gynecology and first-class honours in diseases of the skin (spring term) and second-class , in disease of the eye (spring term). At a meeting of the Wangaiiui Harbour Board last night Mr. J. B. Murray was rt;■elccted chairman.—Press Association. Mr. and Mrs. Tudor Atkinson left for Sydney by the Willoclira yesterday evening, en route for the Old Country. Mr. .T. 11. Parker, of Cliristchurch, who is wjll known in sporting circles, and who. was olio of Richard Arnst's original backers when he rowed W. Webb for tho (sculling championship of tlio world, left for Sydney by the Willochra yesterday evening, jfr. Parker intends to spend the winter months in North Queensland, and may pay a visit to the Northern Territory. Jfr. Walter Fuller, of Messrs.' John Fuller and Sons, Ltd., left for Sydney by tho Willoclira yesterday to join the managerial staff of tho Fuller-Brennan VaudevilJo Company. Mr. Matthtw Cable, traffic manager of tho Wellington tramways, is visiting Dunediii as a result of t'lio death of his father. The'following visitors'to Nevr Zealand wero recent callers at t'lio Government Tourist Bureau:—W. F. Worswick, London; Andrew Buchanan, Flinders, Victoria; Capt. St. Albury, Meerut, India; T. Dewhurst, Mosman, Sydney; L. Runcie, Hurlstoilo Park. Sydney; Z. W. Elliott, West Australia; and ■ S. Martin, Croydon, Sydney. Mr, naynes, who has been organist for tli-o past 'five years in the St. Andrew's branch church at Kensington, was entertained on Wednesday night by tho congregation prior to lus departure to Wellington -under orders and receipt of promotion. Mr. and Mil's. Haynes (says tho "Otago Daily 'JHnics") wero the recipients of favoua-abio tokens of the high esteem in which, they aro both held by all. At tho quarterly meeting of the Now Zealand Lawn Tennis Association, to be held 011 May 39, Mr. A. 1); Berry, who managed tho Wellington versus England tennis match, is to be presented with a memonto of tho occasion. Tho report .stales .that,.it was to Mr..,, Berry's untiring 1 efforts that' tho success of that, fixture and tho dinner , which followed wero mainly due. , Tho condition of tho Mayor of Hastings (Mr. Jas. Garnett) is still'.chusins his friends anxiety (says our' local correspondent). Mr. Garnett was operated on about; ten days ago for appendicitis, and appeared to bo well on tho road to recovery. Unfortunately a . relapse occurred on Wednesday. On the motion of Mr. Martin Luckie, Mr. R. T. Adams, LL.B., of the legal ' firm of Messrs. Field and Luckie, was yesterday ,morning admitted before his Honour Mr. .TitsUcc Chapman as a barris-' tor and solicitor of tho bupremo'Court. ■. Tho Rev. T. Bain and Mrs. Bain are passengers from London to Wellington by the Arawa, which is duo in port on Tuesday next. Tho Rev. W. R. Flemming, is a through passenger by tho Arawa from Loudon to Port Chalmers. . The Rev. H. J. Deane and .Mrs. Deano, of Pa tea, aro to leave for England by tho lonio on Thursday next. After ail operation for appendicitis, Mr. Neil Galbraith, of tho local staff of tho New Zealand Shipping Company, is reported to bo progressing favourably towards recovery. Mr. F. H. Blakowoll, of tlio Wellington Education Board's Mispectorate, is at present confined to his nouso with a eevcro chill. Mr. H, T. Ellinghrim, who has been a mombcr of the 'Wellington Land Board for the past four years, again offers himself for a scat on tho board. Mr. T. 0. Haycock, Homcburn, Martinborough, announces that he will ho a candidate for a seat on the Wellington Land Board. Mr. Haycock slates that, if elected ho will do all in his power to conserve the interests of all tenauts under tho board's jurisdiction. The music-hall is- not only sccurins recruits from the legitimate dramatic stage, the sporting ring, and tho Peerage. but it nas, iu pursuit of novelties, niado a successful sally oil tho British Army. In the latest London papers is announced tho .ippcaranco at the .Coloscum of "Tho Two Army Captains in the society entertainment." The Uvo ollteers aro Captain Arthur Wood, son of FieldMarshal Sir Evelyn Wood. V.C.. and Captain Henry Green, D.S.O.