PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1881, 15 October 1913, Page 8

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Vice-Regal. His Excellenoy the Governor haj acceded to a request to open the an- 1 imal show of the Manaivatu Agricultural and Pastoral Association 0 n November 6. His Excellency, who will bo accompanied by tho Countess of Liverpool wil. bo tho guest of Mrs m, a'tor Johns' in at "Highden" on Thursday night (Nov-amber 6). On t-lio following day the Governor will c • /" u " t a , tlo ! 1 stone of tho now ■ All Saints' Church at I'almerston. His Excellency tho Governor and tho Countess of Liverpool paid their first official visit to h awora yesterday afterneon, and wero irosentod with an address of welcome from tho citizens. Tho party left later for ,Wiuiganui.— Press Association.

J Colonel E. S. T eard, Aotir mandant of tho 1 ew Zealand i. nico , Forces, accompanitd by Lioutenai.-.."0V j onel J. K. Cochrano and Captain V. 35. , Lstcourt, staff officers, has been visits ing Hamilton, to make arrangements - MS P omin 'ou staff rido, which will , bo held in tho Morrinsvillo district next , January. The rido will bo attended by ~ ollicors of tho headquarters, district, bngado, and coast defence staffs. p S. Amory, member of the Bri- " tish House of Commons foi^Birmingham " ® ou f'' 1 ' be tho guest of the New Zealand Club at a lurcheon on Monday - . Mr. Amory is spending a fort- . night in New Zealand, and leaves for ! Australia from the Blu oii Octobcr 27. Mr. Philijp Turner, Ii .0f Scenio l Reserves, is at presen' , Waikaremoana preparing a report r- tho pro- - pc.sal that tho Govorni'i-. Miould re--0 serve 40,000 acres on the north side of 1 the lake for scenic purposes. " M' - ' H. G. M'Farlane, clerk of tho Riverton Magistrate's Court, ai d formerly of Cbristchurch, bast m ;..omoted ■ to the position of clerk of tho Reefton 1 Magistrate's Court. B , Miss M. A. Marcliant, M.A. (formerJV principal of the Dunedin Girls' High . School), has been appointed to the j charge of an Anglican orphanage in f Auckland. Mr. H. T. Milnes, one of "Die largest i wool buyers m New Zealtoip, is seri- - ® us b' ill- Mr. Milnes was a passenger by tho Moeraki for Sydney on October 1 3, but illness compelled him to return to » Christohurch from Wellington. Tho Rev. R. R. M. Sutherland has been nominated as Modora.o»- of tho i Presbyterian Goneral AssetrM- by tho - Dunstan Presbytery. 1 Mr. E. C. Isaac, Inspector o ( icai Instruction under the Educat. Dej partment, has arrived in Auckland u. superintend the arrangement o tho J technical and art schools' display \ .lio Exhibition. He will remain in uck--1 land until tho end of November. The members of tho Auckland deputation which is to interview tho -Primo 3 Minister on Friday regarding- the .improvement of the inland waterways of Auckland Province, aro to leave for Wellington to-day. Mr. J. E. Gu"son, chairman of tho Auckland Har our Beard, is the leader of tho deputation . j Commissioner Richards and Brigadier Bray, of the Salvation Army, arrived in the city from Feilding yesterday, afternoon. f Mr. T. C. Higginson, who lias been I on a, business visit to town, leaves toj day by the New Plymouth express for . Stratford, where lie contemplates .tak- , ing up land on' the Stratford-Ongamo lino. Mr. Guy F. Johnston is expected to ■ arrive back from England by the i Moeraki to-day. Mr'/ B.' 1 T.' Blake,' of the Mount Cook Boys' School, has been promoted to the position of first assistant in the samo school, vice Mr. J. C. Burns, who is being transferred to Newtown School, 1 whore' he is. to be second in charge. ; The vacancy on the Porirua. School staff (assistant. mistress) is to be filled by, Miss L. O. Taylor, relieving teacher. Mr. Henry Lavery, an old Wanganui resident, died suddenly at the Shepherds' Aims Hotel, Tinakori Road, on , Sunday. . The funeral took place yesterday at tho Karori Cemetery. Word has been received of the death • at sea, between London and Cape Town, of Mrs. Phclnii, of Wellington, wife or - Mr. A. Pliolan, of tho firm of Messrs. E. Reynolds and Co. Mr. A. Borman, of Lambton Quay, is a passenger from London by tho Rimutakn, which is due here on Saturday afternoon. Error has been made in the printed 1 statement that Mr. Bernard F. Page, City Organist, had been appointed choirmaster of St. Josoph's Catholic Church choir. Tho report is quite foundationless. Mr. L. Stowe, Clerk of Parliament, who has boen ill for some weeks past, has resumed his duties again. The death is announced by a Press Association message from Dunedin, of Mr. Robert Ewing, who was well known in banking circles in Otago. Tho deceased gentleman entered the service of tho Colonial Bank in 1880, and two years later was promoted to tho managership at Palmerston South. In 1894 ,ho was appointed manager at Dunedin, arid when tho amalgamation with tho Bank of Now Zealand took place in November of 1805 he became assistant manager there. A year later he wont back to Palmerston as tho local manaf ger of the Bank of New Zealand, and, stayed there until his retirement from tho service at tho end of 1898. Ho was a prominent member of tho Dunedin Jockey Club, and acted as honorary judge for several seasons. Mr. E. W. Cave' has been appointed clerk of the Nelson Licensing Committee, vice Mr. E. C. Kelling, resigned. Under the now railway classification list the Nelson section has been raised to tho highest grade, which will carry with it promotion and increased salary to tho present stationmastor in charge (Mr Thomas Edwards), who "will remain at Nelson. The Rev. . James lugs, Baptist minister, Ashburton, has accepted a call from t'ie congregation at tho Baptist Church at Richmond, Auckland. Mr. R. W. Neal, who has been in business in Feilding for many years, has been compelled to seek a change of climate and occupation to' recuperate. Mi-. Neal left-on Monday for the Bay of Plenty district, where ho will engage in farming pursuits. Mr. T. Bush, chairman of the executive of the Northern Bowling Association, "who has been indisposed for some time, was sufficiently recovered to bo able to take the chair at last night's meeting of the association. Mr. Edward Newman, jr.P., arrived back in town by yssterday afternoon's Main Trunk express. Mr. Tacon (Cbristchurch), Mr. L. E. Talavcr (Auckland), Mr. Burr (Takouliai), Mr. L. W. Howard (Palmerston North), and 1 Mr. Ranby (Dannevirke) are staying at the Hotel Windsor. Messrs. Robert Arlow. Clias. Hulston, and J. E. Lord (Christcmircli), and Mr. K. \V. Leson' (Auckland) are staying a t Hie Empire Hotel, having arrived at Wellington yesterday. Among those who arrived from tho north by 'yesterday afternoon's Main Trunk express wero: Messrs. F. G. Hanlon, from Auckland; D. Williamson, from. Devonport; Mrs., W. S. Short, from. Bunnythorpc; Mrs. L. M. lait-t. and Mrs. G. W. Russoll. Yesterday's arrivals at the Grand Hotel included: Messrs. Pagni, O. Nicholson, Marnock, J. T. Inglis, Geo! H. Foster, A. Dowries, D. Reoso, and W. Casey Hill (all of Auckland); Mr. T. Childs (Palmerston); Mr. F. Cooke, Dr. M'Kibbin (Hastings); Mr. Oswald S. Brost (Christchuroh); and Mr. B. Phipps (Detroit).