PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1749, 14 May 1913, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Tho Hon. W. F. Masse.v (Prime Minister) is at Wellington, and will probably kavo for Christciiurch to-morrow evening. Other/ Ministers in Wellington are the Hon. P. M. B. Fisher, tho Hon. 11. I). Bell, nnd the Hon. Dr. Pomare. Tho Hon. W. 11. Ilcrries is at Hokitika, nnd tho Hon. H. H. lihodps at Christchiireh. Tho Hon. A. L. Herdnian is ut Auckland. The Hon. W. Frnser left for Auckland, en route to Paeroa, by Main Trunk express yesterday. , The Hon. ,Tas. Allen will arrive at Auckland from Vancouver on June 3'. Mr. David Sturrock, for 19 years headmaster of Blenheim Borough Schools, has been appointed inspector for Marlborough from fourteen applicants.—Press Association. ; Mr. W. A. Veifcli, M.P., is at-present on a visit to Wellington in tho interests of his constitijeiiiiy. (Ho.wjiycd oil Monday, ami will return to Wang-an ui to-dav. Major J. G. Hughes, D.5.0., of the General Staff at Headquarters, accompanied 11.M..5. New Zealand on her northern trip. Ho has now returned to Wellington. . . Mr. I. Hyauis, who lias retired from tho Wellington Telegraph Olfico after about 3G years' .service, has been presented with a handsome bowl bag by the members of the local Telegraph Office stall'. Among tho successful medical students ut tho Edinburgh University in recent examinations was Mr. 11. P. W. White, soil of Mr. J. J. White, Blenheim, who passed in Materia Mcdica of tho Third Professional Examination. The Rev. W. Trotter, Moderator of the Auckland Presbytery, has accepted tho call to St. John's Church, Greyniouth. The liev. T. Jolly lias bccii appointed to succecd Mr. Trotter as Moderator for tho remainder of tho present period.—Press Association. Mr. W. B. Montgomery, Secretary for Customs in New Zealand, arrived in Sydney last week from Melbourne, and is expected to return to Wellington by to-day's boat. Mr. J. B. nine, member for Stratford is at present on a brief visit to Wellington on business connected with his constiiuenev. He arrived lust ©veiling, and will leave for Palmerston North this aftejnoon. Mr. Ivw'ei Chili, the Chinese Consul for New Zealand, is to address his compatriots ut tho Mission Hall, Frederick Street, this evening. News from Dannevirko records the dentil there of Mr. John Astill, of Sydney Street, Wellington, formerly in business in this city as a butcher. ,Tho deceased, who was 7S years of age, 'succumbed to a heart atlnck. /i!t a meeting of tho.Duncdin Harbour Board yestordny, Mr. H. E. Moller was elected* chairman for tho ensiling year, defeating-Messrs. G. B. Bullock and J. London. Mr. George Avery Cormaek, Deputy-Chief Electoral Officer and clerk in charge of tiio Electoral Department, died in a private hospital yesterday morning. Ho had been ill only for a feu- days, and succumbed after an operation for a serious internal complaint. Mr. Cornmck was a j:ntive of Otngo, where his parents still reside, and entered tho Government service in the Tourist Department seven or eight vcars ago. Two years later ho was transferred to tho Electoral Department, and in March of last year was promoted to the position lie held at tho time of his. death.' Mr. Cormaclc was a mail of high intellectual attainments, and a most capable officer, Ho was about 37 years of age, nnd his death is deeply felt by tiioso who were associated with him. Ho leaves a widow and live children. Among tho passeugcrs travelling to Syd- | ney by the K.M.S. Morea, which arrived at Fremantlo last week, was tho Ma'harani of Tikari, wife of an Indian prince, i Slto is an Australian girl, known to the vaudeville stage as Miss Elsie Forrest. Four years ago, while singing in Calcutta, she met her husband, and soon after they were married, after sho had acceptcd tho Hindu faith. She lias now a retinue of Wlii servants at Gaya, and spends most of her tinio motoring and big game hunting. Captain P. W, Bull, for many years manager in Melbourne for Messrs. Huddart, Parker, Limited, has been appointed to tlie position of general manager. .Mr. D. M'Caig, late superintending engineer of the Union Steam Ship Company in the Commonwealth, was to loavo Sydney last week by tho White Star liner "iinic on a trip to Scotland. Mr. M'Caig will visit all the principal shipbuilding yards and engineering works on tho,Clyde, nnd will bo absent from Sydney twelve months. It. will he learnt with regret that with- j in a few weeks of his arrival in England, j after his tour with tile British Isles lawn | tennis team, Mr. J. C. l'nrke, the Irish champion, sustained a severe bereavement through the deatli of his mother Mr. Parke wns thus unable to attend the complimentary dinner given to the successful Davis Cup team on April 7. Tho position of editor of fhe "Commonwealth Journal," a quarterly publication issued by the Defence Department, hns been filled by tho npiiointment _ of .Air. T.ichard Ueginald Garland, of We-t Australia. The {-alary is .£lO9 per annum. There were originally Wl applicants. Mr. Garland, who i« 31 years of ngo, holds the rank of captain oil the retired list, and ha* served in the South Africaii war, is nl. present oil the st.iff of the "West Australian" nt Perth.