PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1905, 13 November 1913, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr. Arthur Guise, formerly private secretary to Lord Islington, wfiO has boen in ill-health lately, may not bo able to resume his duties as private secretary to the dbveraor'Goneral of tho Commonwealth.

Mr. James Wishart, who had been a resident of Wellington for many years, died.,at his iflsujfenpdivat''-Oriental liny dii:,.Tijesdnyf,UtTHi©:-.a^Q,Ttif ■$):' He was' born in IjontJon and was brought out to ■ Napier in infancy by his parents. bur-, kg the Maori, war lie saw service a.s a'i dispatch rider. On one <jecasi;o.n in tho absence of li! 3 mother and father in' Napier the Natives made a descent upon ' Mehiika, and ytraUg Wish art and four others, including the local schoolmaster, "ero the only Europeans in the settlement who escaped being massacred. They owed their lives to tile fact, that when tlio Maoris approached tiiey rushed into the bush and remained in hid' ing until the invaders had left, the district. For tiventy-threo and a half years Mr.. Wisharf was on tho staff of the A.M.P, Society iii Wellington. At one time ho was a member of the Melrose Borough Council, and he also belonged to the Masouie Order. He leaves a widow and a son, tho latter being a marine engineer.

Hon.. O. Lotiisson., M.I^C. f was yesterday granted further leave from- his Legislative Council duties on account of illness.

. -Jho Rev. W. E. Gillam, vicar of St. Matthew's Cliurcli, accompanied % Mrs. Gillam, left Auckland on Tuesday lor Xew Plymouth to act as Vicar there in place of the Rev. A. H. Colvile, with whom ail exchange of duties for three months . has been effected.. Tho exchange was mado owing to Mrs. Gillam riot being in the best of health. The Roy. Mr. Coivijo will ,irrivo in Auckland on Thursday.

Among the passengers wlio arrived from London by the Romuera was Mr. Fred, pobson. formerly licensee of tho Masonic Hotel, of Cuba Street. Mr. Dobson and liis wifq have been on an extended. trip to the United Kingdom and tile Continent.

_ Mr. Richard Stewart, of J. 0. Williamson's managing staff, wlio lias boon in cliargo of tho Royal Comic Opera Company, arrived from tlier Mouth yes= t-erday, and left for Atickknd last evening to make arrangements for the Qutnla.il Opera. Company's 'Season ill that city.

Captain Franklin Bates, a resident of Norfolk Island for about fifty years, died a few (lays ago, aged 81 years, For many rears lie- was Registrar . of Lands, trustee of tho Savings .Bank, and Senior Justice of tho Peace. '

When Major-General ICirkpatrick, tThg Cominoiiwoaltli luspoctor-Gcncral of Jlifi tary Forces, retires on the tmnimvtion of. his engagement in Slay, lie will leave for India, to take up an appointment .in the Atmy there. He- will liavo been fotir years in his present position.

. 'I'lla Queensland Executive last week approved of the extension of tlio term of appointment of the .Railway Commissioner, Mr, Evans, for two years, from October 31 next.

The funeral <5f the lato Mf._ F, N. Mansfield took place afc Karori Cemetery yesterday morning and was largely attended. A service was conducted at St. Andrew's Church by the Rev. J„ Gibson Smith, and at tlio servico at tlio craypside tlio Revs. James l'aterson and J. IC. Elliott assisted. The coffin was borne from tlio church to the koarso fry four odicers of the Railway Department ( of which Mr. Mansfield had been a member. Mr. and Mrs, Mansfield havo received many messages of sympathy in their bereavement.

Dr. Barnago and Mrs, Bamage, of 6 Ohiro Bond, leayo by tlio Willochra for Sydney to-morrow en route for Brisbane.

, Or. «" d , Mls - Yohot, of To Kuiti, left for Sydutiy by the Maungaimi on Saturday last en route for England.

The following were 'passengers for WoUiiißto.il by the Main Trunk express fro® the Ko'rth last evening:—Mr \v I''. G. Scott, Auckland; Miss J, DakolL AjeWfwd; Mr. C. D.vkcrs, Anofctaw!: Miss Shipley, rahiiorsteji N«rtb; MWs Jacobs, Patmerston North; Mrs. fed. wyno Walker, Auckland ; Mrs; Ha'rtiev Rilniei'Stou North; Mrs. J. M, 'M'Kao' Bnotihi; Picv, 13. ffahwid, Auckland; Mr. A. If.. Hay ward, Auckland; Mr. Hubert ,1. Beckon, wid Mr. A. W. NordgMM.

Captain Stant is a. passenger from the South by tfco Lyttciton feriv sL<« mar this uiovniut,