PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1887, 23 October 1913, Page 8

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Vice-Regal. His Excellency the. Governor and the Countess of Liverpool are at present on a short visrt to Featherston, where they are staying with Mr. and Mrs. W. Barton. - Mr. Justice Chapman and Mrs. Chapt man are to leave on a trip to Egypt - aiid the Old Country about the middle 1 of next month. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Dyer (Chrißtchurch) Mr. and Mrs, Haar (Painierston North). ~ Misses Adsett (Feihiiiig), and Mr. ana } Mrs: Crans are staying at the Neu Commercial Hotel. t Mr. J. B. Brinsden, manager, th« ! Dunlop Rubber Co. of Australasia, Ltd., . left for Christchurch last evening. . Tho Victoria College Professorial - Board has nominated Air. F. E. M'Kens zio, 8.A., for the Rhode'B Scholarship, Mr. James Mnir, chairman of the 5 Tramways Committeo of the Wangamii " Borough Council, and Mr. F. P. Tal- > boys, the Wanganui tramways manager, r * arrived in Wellington by motor-car yesterday afternoon to attend tho tram- ' ways conference to bo held to-day. ' C. N. Baeyertz, who has been acting as judge at the Bailarat compe- • tit-ions, arrived from Sydney by the . Manuka yesterday. r Among the visitors to Wellington at ' rf c? r?'' / lro . Major . Edgar Herapath, D.S.O. (retired) and his wife, of Engand. Major Herapath is tho son of the late Mr. Herapath, F.G.S., F.S.A F.S.S., formerly of Thaiiet,. England. He was educated at the* Kensington Grammar School, and oft the-Contra-ent. Hq entered the Army in 1875, re, , ceived his captain's commission in 1884, • was promoted to bo major eleven years later, and retired in 1901. His retiremcnt Was brought about by his having been severely wounded in the South r African War, during which campaign ; he was mentioned in dispatches, received the Queen's medal (with three | clasps), and won his D.S.O. He was ; attached to the Lincolnshire Regiment, ' and at ono period served for three years in the Ist West India Regiment. ' Major Herapath intends to leave for , the south on Tuesday next to do some . « s hing. After leaving New Zealand , lie intends to visit Java and the East ! Before returning to England, i Mr, J. L. M'Clintock, manager. . Vacuum Oil Proprietary Co., Ltd. i leaves for Melbourne on Friday. Mr. . J. Hay, of the same firm, will accomi pany him. ► Miss Mina Caldow, tho Wellington vocalist, who recently returned from '■ liiigiand, has been engaged to sing the contralto solos in tho Auckland Choral ' 5 Performance of "The Mcs- ' siali on December 23. At last night's meeting of the WeiInvgtoii Philosophical Society th.e pro<i--1 dent, Professor T. H. Easterfield, ieierred to tho great Jobs tho society had* ' sustained by the death of Mr. Augustus. ; Hamilton. The deceased gentleman, stated the, speaker, had- joii.ed tlio , hilosophieal Society 38 years ago, and three years later had contributed oiie of the first of his many papers. Mr. Hamilton's sympathies kid been very wide-and connected with all matters relating to art. This -combination of intercets, together with his Imtiring energy, had made him; an ideal Curator for the Dominion Museum. All must regret that his ideal of a DominionMuseum, building worthy of the collection,' whicJi owed bo much to his efforts had remained unrealised. The profes< sor then asked , those present to stand while ho read a motion passed at a meeting of the council of tho. society condoling .with tho relatives. Tlio motion was then read, those present standing. It is _ interesting. to learn from an Australian correspondent that there wjis recently conferred upon Mr. Peter Jeffrey Mackie, of Glenreasdcll, Argyllshire, Scotland, the well-known "White Horse" distiller, the unique distinction of being made an honorary life member of the Highland' Society of New South Wale 3. This honour was bestowed at a special meeting of the members of the society, when Mr. Mackio was also presented with a. gold and enamel badge designed and executed in Sydney, "aa an evidence of the kindly feelings of a large and influential body of Scotß abroad towards ono of their country* men who has evinced a practical interest in their efforts to cultivate and foster a'love for tho literature, history, music, and sports of Scotland."