PERSONAL ITEMS,

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1920, 1 December 1913, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS,

* — Vlce-IiEGAt,. A Press Association message from Auckland states Unit His Excellency the Gorcnwr ami party arrircd there oti •Saturday. To-da.v the Karl of l.iivrpool will open lli« Exhibition at 11 a.m., ami lay the foundation stone of the: new Grammar School at -1 p.m. Tho vice-regal party wore present at the competitions oil Saturday evening. .

His Honour Sir Joshua Williams, who is making his concluding visit, to southland in connection witu the Supremo .(..'•unit, was entertained at a complimentary banquet on Saturday night by this Southland Law Society.—Press} Association. The death of Mr. H. X. Fletcher, tho weiMciiowji. ucctiirrd yesterday afternoon. _Mr. Fletcher will he greatl.y missed in local musical circles, as mo part in almost every concert in th.e City, and was prominently , concerned in tho marked success of tljo Orphans' Quartet, of which lie was a member. By his death City musical circles have last one who was always willing to give his services in the eauso ol charity. Tho death is announced of Mr. Matthew Still, one (if the eldest, besikiwwn, and most respected residents of Ashbiuton Homily, Mr. Stitt was horn in Scotland in 18li! and arrived in Now Zealand and commenced farming .in tho Aehhurton district in 1602. He was a county councillor and a member of tlia Road Board and many local institutions lor many years.—Press Association. Messrs. G. Jkmlrv ("Dfmiinicn' 5 ), C. A. M arris ("Evening Post")/and F., Hickcy (Press. Association) aro leaving Wellington shortly tn join the literary staff of the "Sun"—the new ew-uing paper to ho published in Cls.ristchu.reii early in the New Year. Mr. E. D. Kennedy lias been reflected president of tho ""Wellington, Furnituro Workers' Union. This ss Mr. fcwi. nedy'.s fourth term of office. Mi I .' 1). Morinity has boon re-c-lected secretary of the union. A. garden patty was held on Saturday afternoon at Jlr. Murgatroyd's residence, Britannia Street,TVtoiie, to bid farewell to Jlr. Grinstvad, whose mission with the Clmrcli of Christ has just conehtdcd. During the nftprimm si purse was presented to Mr. Grins-toad by the church. Mr. A. 13. Wright mado the presentation.

Tlw Hew Koitii Ernu has resigned from tlio pnstoraic of t-lip Ikptist Church at Gisborne, and will proceed to' England. Mr. Alexander Wilson died at Bifkcaihcad, Auckland, o»' Friday. The deceased, who was 8(3 y«ars of ago, wa3 considered tho district's, oldest inhabitant-. Ho was born in Ayrshire (Scotland), and left for Now Zealand in 1803 in the ship Portland. Oil arrival in Auckland lie was appointed manager of the Waiwcra Estate, under tlm late Mr. Robert Grahinn. lu 18-67 ho tank up land at Stake's Point, and _ estahlislied a homo for himself in which. ho resided until Jiis death. Ifc leaves a wife ami 14 children (nine sons atiii five daughters), and 37 grandchildren. Mr. H. J. Thompson, who lias been chief clerk in the Auckland branch of tho State Fira Insurance Office for jomo time, has teen- transferred on 'promotion to Wellington. 'J ho position 'of chief clerk has been filled by the nppoisifcnscnt of Mr. H. IS. .Ta-cka, who has been noting as district inspector for the Depart, m/mt in Auckland.