PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 1760, 27 May 1913, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

His Excellency tho Governor loft for Auckland yesterday. In honour of tho birthday of her Majesty Queen Mary, bunting was flown from tho shipping in port, and from a number of mercantile houses in tho city yesterday. All tho Cabinet Ministors will bo in town to-day excopt tho Hon. W. H. Horrics, who leaves by tho nooii| train for Mastcrton. The Hon. W. P. Massoy, Primo Minister, will leave for Auckland on Monday in order to bo present at tlio public welcome which is to 1» accorded tho Hon. James Allen when ho arrives at that port from Vancouver on Juno.3. Hie l'rimo Minister will bo absent only for a day or two, but, prior to tho meeting of Parliament ou Juno 26, ho will accompany Mr. Allen on n visit to Dunedin. Tho Hon. W.. H. Herries, Minister for Railways, mil go to Masterlon. to-day to rcprcsont tho Government at a banquet given by the Provincial Executive of tho Fanners' Union. Mr. Herries will return to Wellington bo-morrow. Tho Hon. It. H. Rhodes wiill leave for Auckland at tho end of tho week, and wliilo thero will go into tho question of obtaining a site for tho new St. Helen's Home, which it is proposed to erect in that city. Dr. Cleary, Bishop of Auckland, arrives in Wellington from the south by the Mararoa this morning. At last night"a meeting of tho Pctono Council (on tho motion of tho Mayor) tho clerk was instructed to forward a letter of condolence to Mr. Fox (Sewcrago Engineer), expressing deep regret at the loss of his son. The Hon. D. Buddo, member for Kaiapoi, will arrive from Lyttelton this morning.

Mr. W. R. Haselden, S.M., who has been on relieving duty in the South Island, is to succeed Mr. E. Page, S.M., in the Taihape district, Mr. Pago having, as previously reported, been ordered to transfer to Whangaroi, where he is to assist Mr. F. V. Frazor, S.M.

The Hon. H. D. Bell will leave for Dunedin on Friday night, and on Juno 3 will open the Otago A. and P. Society's Winter show. Mr. Bell will bo absent from Wellington for about a week.

Mr. J. H. Bradney, member for Auckland West, arrived in Wellington yesterday, and will transact Departmental business in the interests of his constituency. Ho will leave for tho north to-morrow. Dr. Valintine, Inspector-General of Hospitals and Charitable Aid, left for Christchurch by the Maori lost evening. ■

Tho flag of tho German Consul (Mr. Eberhard' Focke) was flown on Saturday in honour of tho marriage of Princess Victoria Louise (daughter of tho Kaiser) to Prince Ernest Augustus, of Cumberland. Mr. Thomas Cummings, a member of the oommittee of tho Wellington Savago Club, is leaving for Dunedin shortly. As a humorous reciter of no mean talent ho will bo missed in Wellington. Mr. J, Douglas Perrctt, tho Auckland artist, who held a successful salo of his picturos yesterday, will leavo for Auckland by tho midday express to-day. Mr. James Ames, City Valuer, was sufficiently well yesterday to visit his offico at the Town Hall for an hour. His health has not been affected to any extent by tho roccnt operation on his ear. After a long and painful illness, telegraphed our Feilding correspondent last night, death came to Mrs. John Reid, of Awahuri Road, Fcilding, yesterday morning. Mrs. Reid and her husband (who died in July, 1811) were old colonists well known in the Oamaru, Palmcrston, Kopane, Bunnythorpe, and Fcilding districts. Tho family left to mourn tho loss

comprises: Mrs. Simpson (Rangiotu), Mrs. Bennett (Apiti), Mrs. Gawith (Auckland), Mrs. W. Whisker (Feilding), Miss Maggie Reid, and Mesa's. Duncan, Hugh, John, and Archie Reid. Mr. Matthews, headmaster of tho 'Apiti School, has acoeptcd tho position of Direotor of tho Feilding Technical School and supervision of the, .southern district, states our Feilding correspondont. This has been dono to comply with Mr. A. T. Banner's desire to bo allowed to devote mora time to tho special work ho is most interested in, viz., scientific agriculture. Mr. Matthews has been most successful in organising tho technical classes in Apiti whero thero are 140 students. Mr. Jas. Grace, who died at Ifempsoy, Nov South .'Wales, on May 17, in a few months' time would haw been 102 years of ago. Ho was a wry old resident of tho district, and tho oldest Freemason in Australia. Mr. L. S. Bruce, secretary at Launoeston for tho Tasmanian Tourist Bureau, was to leave Auckland for Australia yesterday, after having spent several weeks in travelling through tho Dominion. Dr. W. C. W. M'Dowell and Mr. H. J. D. Mahon havo boon nominated to fill vacancies on tho Auckland University College as graduate members. Two members aro elected by graduates.

Mr. John Charles Manchee, president of tho Warrigal Club, and one of tho oldest and most successful gTaziers of New South Wales, died last week. Ho was born near Bristol, England, in 1832, and received his education at Da-rmstatdt, Germany. He arrived in Melbourne in J. 852, and, after visiting tho Bendigo goldfields, camo on to New South Wales. Probato has been gran-ted of tho will of tho late John Pagan, grazier, of Sunny Ridge, Jlandurawa, New South Wales, who died in September last. The value has been sworn at ,£257,970, and tho duty paid amounted to J82G.032. . Mr. Graham, Minister for Lands in Victoria, has announced his intention of retiring from politics at the end of the present-Parliament, in about 18 months' time. Mr. Graham, who is 73 yaws of age, has been a mombor of Parliament for over 30 years.