PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1912, 21 November 1913, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

a -^~rrSir James Mill's., managing dircctol ; of tho Union Steam Ship Coiupaiiy, and . Mr. C. Ildldswartli, general rnana.gor of . tiu> company, were passengers for tho . sontili by.ftciMffliti'tganiti last evening. Sir Maurice O'Uorke. M.L;C, t arrived ; .from Auckland yesterday by tlie Maiu. i 'I'rniik express. Jlr. George H. Murphy, United States' Co.us.ivWj.eiioi'al at Large, who is oatry-. :'. ing /m,t. v an liiispectioii of thtj. VHrioiis' . United. States ■consulates in New &GaItmd). has arrived iii Auckland, after ; coinpletjitg his tour in the south, tfo '. intends to leave for Fiji oh Deeentbe.f 1 1 ; to visit tlio Fijian ■Ooirsulate, Colonel A. W. Jfobin, C-B-,. *as to leave England 'for Ravi* 'Zoalanii by tlio [ Qfqhtcs fflii Nq'yomber 7, and slioiiid. 1 bo .back in tlie D.artiimbiia.n--a few iroeks' 1 time, lljs successbr as Now .Zealand rcprescJitat.ive.at tiio WarGfiice will bo Major Gi &. Itichardson, .of the Nqyv Zealand. Staff i3o.i-pS, who is .at -p.rc?.eii'i at the Staff College' at -Gqinberly. Captain Ooiiii Macdonald). '.who lias, been siipprijitciidiiig the building '.'of vessels iii the. Old Country foi .tlio' Union Steani. Siiip ■Obmpahy. retriuned. to ■ the Doifiiui'oi) by tho ifaku'ra. Tho' Hot. J. p. JoiieSj flf Boiirrielnoutli (England), e'xripresjdent qf "the Congrcgationa!" Union of 'Ifigland and Wales, Will visit the cirufcheii of Aii'sr tmlia .and. New Zealand jiex't J.Car, cM a special .cOniihissiQ.nei: from tlie union, ■in tho Old Country. 1 Dr. jPyobert .S'teiit and; his brother:, j)r. Stout* sons of .fii.e Chief jiistice, ■Sir. Itohcrt Stout, arrived froraVancouver by the Bl.alfufa. th.is > .jieok, after an iilisence from tlie .Dominion,'or : nine years, Mr. A, A. Paapo, orgawiser,'.foii:.tl.ie : Goy'ofnnie.iit party f has' ■visit to Wairau tiid Nelson districts, ■ -and is how sou roiri'e for Aiickland. Ho ■espects to be back iii Wclliugton oil : .. Dec'eniber L Mi', G„. fttistj of the New' Elyiiiputh ■Lahds : arid Reeds' Office, has bCpn .fir'ans^ ;■ fcrfei io Ahcklaiid. .FatherGreagh. pf,.the:-Cliu.rclr.of';Mo'n,t Sti Gerard, Wollingtou,. w?lio' lias peon .conducting mission servio'c'S: -Ak . : St ? '; Benedict'sj Auckland, aii.d' at PaTnell for [■ soveial weeks, has rciu'niedi fo, ,Wcj- ' lingfon. '. Mr,. B, S, ; . Davis, of .Aucldaiiclj' rcr '■. tJiirned by the Mahnr'a after a .tpiir of ;. Mgyp'fc, the ;lifiJiish Isle's, tlie Goritihcnt,. '. and America, •,, Sir .Eobei't Stout (Chief Justice) was io leave Auclslaiid on Wednesday Sw To Aw.anmtu,' Waip.a, alh'd 'Eaiiigaroji, on a visit to the prisoii pstablisli'nierits' in those, districts: in his capacity ai ■chairman -of the .Prisons .Board, Early this month tlie Rev:. EvStubba, formerV'cf Clirisfohurcii, left England for. the West. Indie's. He. intendis to .. visll islands there, and: the Paiiatoa .daiial, and then go to, Cuba;, • Ne»' Or? , leans, Califofiiia, and' Hawaii, rctuniiiig [\ to New Zealand, at the eiiii ! '.o.f.'',next : '■ year, Mr. HiiiTana .a:ii expert ■itiii<>- ■ : macoloiir p'hofog'r.aphoi\. who is on ■tliestaff -of the .Charles, tlrban :Compa.iiyv "■ and .wiio..iyeiit'..fo India,, fo.'take. moving: Colourcd.?pi<ifee'9.. of the Durliarj.. "left London by ■theOra.m.a:9.n.Ocfo ; bcr,9.:for' ; , Now Zealand, to iako ,ii serio§ trial, Ma.bri, ,raral, and . civic > scone's,; under the auspiceisvof the HJoV- Zealand Govenimeiit. Mi-. : TJrhan iiiitonds to haye: ■the Jilrjis:. specisUy oxhibitod thfou'ghp.uji ■ the w0r1d.'.... ~,''■ Captain Robert Henry Beyiiplds,: pii'o,. "of the few reiiiaiiiirig Crimea; yete.rans, died recently .at hjs rcsideiipe 'at Glebpy ■Sydpeyj aged:. 80 years. Ho 'served through, tho ©rimear(,.c.am'.paigii with , Lord 'Jiagfa'iJ aiid -Sir Colin:,' ..Chji'ipbel.],.,. : and aisQ sa.w service in.the; Now Zealand' War. "T. ;:';'-"'', . 'V;-;. ~'■ .' Mr. it, -S:. : l?ercy, ofthei Wilii.amsoii Goni'ic Qpera Cpnipany, ,left.'Syp!nQy'Jiist Week • by the'..Mafaina for Vancoiiirefe'-Aceolhiwijicil'-hy )iis : .liafe, .Jfc Percy .intends to. fejjir''.. tJirQiijgk.i'-.Ca.iiada.■'..'iSJ-iid' 'Ahie.ric'a on his 'way $p. Lpifb'otli Paris, Berlin.,,■Kivd Vipnua, "I. ..alii going, away.for a hol-jday, .aii.d liotjiing--rribrp, 1 * lis said. "This is tlio first ■■lioViday J have had in'/iiiy life; For, 'tlie prisjb tweiity years I have hcoii with the Willi'ams.on compaiiy, "aftdi ■desire to 'sep the moil and women at the top of..the trto. i)i my profession' in'plher .cpniitrie'R. _ I expect tp b'o;pack oiiv-tfe .A'ustral.as.ian stage hi twelve nipn'tli's. I specially ■\va"#t to see the ;Lp'iido.n : pahfoinrnies.'" , Sir Oeorge Davies, eteSppa'ker .of the Tasiiiairian Ifoii.soof•'.Assoiiiblji who,;died last week, lino! beeii'■'a.ilin'g'; for •■ some time. .Sir. Geprge was '.thp' ; o.ldßst. riieinberpf tlio Tasihaniap : Paf]..iamcnt i hftvi*: sery'qd cpnti'niioiisly for ',30 years,. Ho was Speaker for tfcn years, and ifaa. . Jfeypf l of 'Hpbaft fo'iir times.' In ;liis. young days Si.t;Ge()fge,...was.:ah'.feiith'usi* astio erickotOT. He was Deputy : 6raxid Ma&ter .of the 'Ma;s.on.ip;:ft'dgc..of Tas- : liva.iiia, and i\o risitpd,; : Eiiip;lhn4 some ye.-irs ago -iii 'charge of:tho Federal ,111(16 ■ jCluii tliat woiit, t<>-.' P.i.sloy and eappired., the Kolapo.ro Clip. „ ,';'