PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1748, 13 May 1913, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

The Hon, W. 11. Hemes is at Otira, tlio Hon. A. L. Herdinan is at Auckland, and tho lion. K. 11. lihodos at Christchurch. All (lie oilier .Ministers arc in Wellington this morning, but tho Hon. W. I'Vaser leaves for the north by the .Main Trunk express. The Hon. F. 11. JJ. Fisher arrived in Hellinglmi from Australia via Auckland by (hi? .Main Trunk train yesterday. Jlr. I'i.-licr will probably remain an AVoHington for some lime. The Hon. W. Eraser will leave tomorrow for I'.ieroa, via Auckland. He intends |o inquire on tho spot into tho position which lias arisen in connection wifli the silling of the Ohinemuri liiver. -Mr. I'raser will return to 'Wellington probably on Saturday next. Mr. Thomas Hodgson, a very old Auckland identity, (lied suddenly at Frankton on Friday. The Commissioner of Police (Mr. ,T. Cullen) is .siill at Auckland, and is not expected to return to Wellington before Hie end of the week. On his return from England, wliero.'ho has been undergoing a course of instruction with tho Imperial forces, Captain If. ,T. Is.; Seddon, formerly staff officer to_ tlio Adjutant-General at Headquarters, Wellington, will be posted to tlio Auckland iiiilitary district, as area group officer, with headquarters at Paoroa. The ltev. Dr. Clcary, D.D., Uoinan Catholic Bishop of Aucldaiul, arrived by the Main Trunk express yesterday, and left for the south by the Maori last night. Kir James Mills, managing director of llm Union Company of .\>u- Zealand, left for the south by tlio Maori last evening. Mr. J. G. Wilson, who has been at Kulorua for tho past two weeks by tho doctor's (instructions, returned to Bulls yesterday, greatly benetitcd in health by j tho trip". ' Mr. M. Frazcr, Government Statistician, who left on a visit to Australia recently, is at present engaged in inquiring into tho methods of compiling statistics iu vogue in the Commonwealth and in Iho various Australian States. Mr. Fra/er is expected 'to return to New Zealand early next month. .Air. Bernard Jlaguire, father of the late Police-Sergeant Maguire (who was fatally shot at i'almorston North during the Powelka scarp), died in Grevmouth last week. Tho deceased was on tho coast in the early days, but later resided in Wellington. For tlio last eighteen months, however, ho has been living in Greymouth. Mr. Joseph M'Cabe. tlio well-known English lecturer, is at present delivering a series of lectures at tho Athenaeum Hall, Melbourne. Two of his lcctures arc entitled "The End of the World" mid "Tlio Evolution of Beautiful Scenery." A Press Association. message from Hastings states that tho Mayor (Mr. Garnctt), who suffered a relapse last week after on o]-f?ratiofi for appendicitis, was better yesterday, and hopes aro held out of his recovery, Mr. Douglas, late manager of _ His Majesty's Theatre.'has been appointed manager of tho Theatre Royal, ivhero lie will control the Fuller-Brennan Vaudeville Company. Major H. K. Potter, area croup officer at Wellington, is being transferred to district headquarters at Palmerston North for infantry instructional duties. He will be succeeded by Captain C. G. Powles. Mr. Jl'enzies Gibb, of Christclmrch, is a passenger from tho south by tho Mararoa duo this morning. Tho Rev. W. Cx. Clarke, a member of tho Methodist Church, Adelaide, is at present in Wanganui. Mr. Clarke is an ex-president of tlio South Australian Conference, and is one of Adelaide's most popular nnnisters. A Press Association telegram from Christchurch states:—At a meeting of .tho Typographical Union last Saturday, 'Jlr. T. W. Chappel, secretary of tho Typographical Federation, was presented' with a gold watch, in recognition of his work in connection with tho recent Dominion award. Mr. Daniels, salvage export for tho Union Steam Ship Company, returned to Wellington from the scene of tho disaster to tho Indrabarah last ovening. Dr. William J. Mayo, tho famous American surgeon, is contemplating a visit to tho Dominion early next year. He will tnko part iu tho big medical conference which is to be held in Auckland in February next. He proposes leaving the United States in January next. Tho visit of the famous surgeon will Ijo particularly interesting to New Zealand, as a number of doctors from this country have studied in the surgery of Dr. Mayo and his brother. Tho surgery is counted ono of the most modern in tho world, and many skilful operations have been carried out iu it. Jlr. C. A. Bullot, a very old resident of New Plymouth, died thoro on Friday, agoil 71. Jlr. Bullot was born in Toraliaki ill 1812. lie took part in the Maori wars, holding the rank of sergeant in tlio mounted force. Mr. Charles Bagley has been appointed chairman of $ho Mount lloskill load Board for tho twelfth term. The Rev. E. Eliot Chambers, of Lyttelton, bus received u letter from tho secretary of tho Navy League, London, conferring on him the Special Senico Decoration of tho league for his services in the movement and for his devotion to tho causo of Empirp during so many years. Mr. A. Aislabie, District Superintendent of the Colonial Mutual Life Office, Christchurch, has been transferred to tho Wellington office. , Tho Jlov. Canon Garland is at present oil a visit in Auckland. Jlr. D. Jf. Tomlinson, A.0.5.J1., formerly oi' the Otago School of Minos, has been appointed general manager of tho lCnpsan Mines, Limited. Northern Korea.