PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1810, 25 July 1913, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Vice-Heoai., Tlieir Excellencies the Governor anl Countess of Liverpool will bo present of "Quo Yadis?" to-night. Mr. Horace Smith, son of Mr. Christo* plier Smith, will leave ior Sydney to-day, by the Maungamii en' route for London, .Air. Smith will be accompanied by lnj wife, Mr. B. IL Low, BX, B.Sc., laboratory assistant to Professor Kirk at \ietoria College, has been appointed headmaster of Blenheim Borough School, vice Mr. D. A. Stnrroek, who lias been appointed school inspector for MarllxN'ouEh. Mr. S. I'. Whitcombe, Kailwny Traffic Superintendent for the South Island, will perforin the duties of Chief Knuwayl rnl* iic Manager, during the absence of Mr. 1, Buxton in Australia. Mr. AY. W. Bruce, representative in Now Zealand for Messrs. \Y. Spicer and Co., left for Melbourne yesterday by the Moeraki, to join the Omnia for London. The Rev. W. A. Keay, of the Congre« Rational Independent Church, has been gazetted an officiating minister under the Marriage Act. Dr. Kenneth lioss, M.8., C'lv. B. ( D.P.H. is gazetted to be a district health, officer as from July 18. Mr. F. G. 13. AValdegriU'c, J.P., has been appointed a visiting Justice to tliß prisons throughout the Dominion. Mr. Horace "Weber, organist at tlio Napier Cathedral, who is lo give a recital in the Town Hall this evening, has been appointed organist and choirmaster to tlio North Adelaide Baptist Church, which possesses a fine three-manual organ. Ha; will leave "Wellington to take up his new' duties oil August 15. Mr. Weber's <W parturo from New Zealand will bo a tinct loss to music in tlio Dominion. The following appointments as Commit f.ioners of the Supreme , Court of New? Zealand appear ill this week's Gazette:—* A. H. F. Lord, of Hamilton, Victoria!' G. H. Walker, of Melbourne; and A. M.< Lobban, of Sydney. Before leaving for England, Mr. J« R. Burt, late manager in Wellington for Messrs. A. and T. Burt, Ltd., was prcJ sented by the local staff with a travel-! ling rug as a memento of their esteem. The presentation was made by Mr. W. Eglin (the newly-appointed manager fos Wellington).

Tho death occurred-at Mosrnnn, Sydney, Inst week of Alderman Henry W. Wright, ivlio for many years was a prominent) figure in the hydnoy wool trade. Ho was auctioneer and wool valuator for thai New Zealand L. and M.A. Company, Ltd.t for 10 years, and was afterwards in busi->j ne6s on his own account. Mr. Wright had' for many years been a prominent writet on wool matters, and was regarded as an authority on the statistics of the trade< He took "a leading part in municipal inat-i tors at Mosman,. and was president of thd Liberal League of thai; district. He leaves a widow and four children. The death is announced at ITawcru ot! an old colonist, Mr. James Williamson, who saw stirring times. Ho arrived in; the Dominion sixty-two years ago, forty of which lie spent principally in farming, at Kakaramea. At the time of the gold discoveries in Otogo, in company with Messrs. W. and T. M'William and Mr. W. Norwood, he left for the Dunstan diggings, where lie gained some experience of prospecting life. At the time of the troubles with Natives in the North. Island lie was compelled to take his cattlo away from Kakaramea to Rangilikci, where his brother resided, Mr. Williamson barely escaping with his life. His wlvare was razed to the ground by tea Natives a few hours after ho had left. At this time Mr. Williamson joined tho Wanganui Cavalry, and was afterwards a member of the militia at the time of tho trouble with Titokowaru.