PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1836, 23 August 1913, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Vice-Regal. His Excellency the Governor, Lord Lsveft pool, lias accented tlio position of patron, to tho Discharged Prisoners' Aid Society,

Major Shepherd, Sergeant-at-Arms in. tho Houso or Representatives, who has lately been an occupant of a private hospital in Wellington, was sufiiciently recovered yesterday to leave for his homo at Auckland.

Colonel J. R, Purdy, T.D., Director of Medical Services, is a passenger by tho Mararoa, which arrives llrom tho south. thi9 morning.

' Tho Ht. liev. Dr. CloaTy. Roman. lio Bishop of Auckland, was a passongor by yesterday's north-bound Main Trunk train.

Tho flag was flown at half-mast on th« Bank of Now South Wales yesterday, ou* of rospect to t'lio late Mir. Henry Noel Lover, son of Mr. H- W. Lover, looal manager of t.ho*baulc. The dooeased was onliy 22 years of ago. His father, wlio left for Sydney rai IVidaj" 1-ast, airi/red three days Wore his death.

Mr. W. 11. Gavin, engineer in cliarae o| the Cass-Otira section of tho _ Midland railway, has a&epted tho position of inspecting ongiiipor for New Zealand, and (Mir. 11. Yickerman, of Wellington, has been appointed to tho vacancy.

Mr. Walter Coath has bean appointed lTicuiSdfcr of the. Bank of New Zealand at Wn.im.ilo, Canterbury. Mr. Coatli, who has been engaged in relien-ing managerial work for tho last two years, lias just completed a two months' stay m Levin. Ho will leave Wellington for Blenheim ami Kaikoura. to-diay.

Tho Hot. Father Ryan, SJ., who carno from Australia, to Wellington to preach the sermon at the oo.nseorafa'on ol Archbishop O'Slioa on Sunday last, left on lus return to Sydney by tlio Manuka yesterday.

Captain A. Watchliri, oi Thomdon, accompanied by Mrs. WatcWin, left f«r Sydney by tho Manuka yesterday. Mr. W. E. CaMow loft by tho Wahiiue Inst evening for Christchuroh and la•rereargill. Mr. P. B. Broad, LL.B., was yesterday, on tho motion of Mr. 11. F. Ayeon, admitted by his Honour Mr. Justice Chapman as a barrister and solicitor of tho Supreme Court. M l -. Broad, who is q nephew of Mr. E. P. 13unny, is oil tho' staff of Messrs. Bunny and Ayson.

Mr. David Crowe, Mayor of PAhiatua, who Jias beon seriously ill during the past two or three weeks, is now making favourable progress towards reoovery. Tho Rev. Father Itincaid, Roman Catholic parish priest at Marton, who has beeal transferred to Carterton, takes up lus duties in liis new parish to-morrow. The Catholio3 of Marton made him a presentation at a 60cial evening yesterday.

Mr. H. W. Moss, of Karoni (manager for Johnston and Co.), who was injured, in tho trap accident on Thursday last, was removed to a private hospital at Thorndon yesterday. At first Mr. Moss's injuries were not thought sarious, but another examination disclosed morosorious hurts.

Tho death is reported of tho Rev. William Tinsley, in chargo of 'tlio Levin Circuit of tho Methodist Churoh. Ho had been indisposod for two months in consoquenco of heart trouble, but a fatal termination was not expected. Ho had been in tho ministry forty-livo years, and was well known, throughout both Islands.— Press Association.

Mr. James Calvert loft for Christchurch by tlio Wahino last night. Ho has been ongaged dor tho tenor solos in Rossini's "Siabat Mater," to bo produced by 'the Christchurch Musical Union on Tuesday next.

Captain Moore, of Duncdiii, Is staying at tlio Grand Hotel.

As a result of tlio complimentary concert tendered to Mr. Herbert Bloy by the Wellington Professional Orchestra the comniitteo wore ablo to present to Mr. Bloy a chequo for .£2OO.

Tlio members of tlio Victoria College •Rugby football team which is to meet Canterbury College at Christcliurch today left for tho 60Uth -by tlio Wahino last ovoniug'.

Owing to tho etoamer Mbtura being boMnd her schedule timo, rihe will not ireaoh Auckland on Tuesday morning as expected. This delay has upset tlw arrangements for (ilio welcome to .tllio party of visiting British Parliamentarians who are oil tho Makuru. Consequent on that'delay, tho Hon. H. D. 8011, Minister far Internal Affairs, will not proceed to Auckland today as he lrnd intended. Ho may go to Auckland 011 Monday, but 110 decision has yob bean arrived at.