PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1965, 23 January 1914, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

'Hie Right Hon. W. F. Massey, the Hon. W. 1-Yascr, the Son. R. H. fthodes, end the Hon. W. H. Herries are in Wellington this morning;. the Hon. A. L. Herdman is due back fmm Knia today; Hon. J. Allen is at Dunedin; and the Hon. F, M. B. Fisher k at DaiDMvirke. Dr. Valintiiw, Inspector-General of Hospitals, has returned from Auckland. Mr. H. H. Ostler, of the Crown Law. Offret , ) lias gone to Te- Aroha, whe-re he will represent the Government in the heating of a compensation claim. Me will return to Wellington on Tuesday next. Captain G. Fiddes, master of the Blue Funnel liner Telamon, dropped dead lust week, when the vessel was off Capo Ofcwny, oil the voyage from Glasgow to Melbourne. Tire , cause of death was hemorrhage of the lungs. Mr. A. S. B'iues, chief officer, brought the steamer to Melbourne, On account of his departure from Now Zealand, Mr. G. de Vries has resigned the position of Yifec-Consnl for the Netherlands at Cliristchurcli. Mr. G. van dor Velden Jjas been appointed acting Vice-Consul. Mr.' T. S. Leake, an English journalist, arrived at Auckland 6'ii Tuesday by tho Ayrshire, from Liverpool. Mr. Loako is making the round trip in the vessel, accompanied by Mrs. Loako. Mr. J. A. M. Davidson, chairman of the Tαiirapga Harbour Board, and formerly for cialitoen years chairman of the County Cptmci), is dead. Hβ was' fv sitfe's's'ftiJ'farmer bF'oVer thirty years 1 standing ill the TauraHga district. —Press Association. Changes among tho Hghthouserktepers arc a'miouiieed as \inAor-.—First Assist-ant-keeper Edmonds has been transferred from Pencftrrow to Cnstlepoiiit, in place of Kcepfrr Moftler, who liaa tieei) appointed, principal koopjr at East Cape lsknd. Principal Keeper Fclloavs., of East Cniie, has retired from the «r----vice. Mr. Hitclicock lias been £p]»t))tcd to East Capo, ra place of Assistuntkeeper F-looa, who has also retired from ' the service. Mr. Dtistin Ims been tcehs- | ferrod from tho Nuggete to Cm*ier Is* . land, in place of Second Keeper Mac* 1 Phcrsoti. who has j-etirwl fi'Om the service. Sonic of these cliaitges were effected during the Hincmoa's recent visit io the East Coast lighthouses. The death tseburred at Nelson on Wednight of Mr, Win. Houlkor, a very old resident, weli known iu business circles throughout tho Dominion— Press Association Mr, Holdswortli presided over ft meeting of tho whole of tho Union festeam Slii)> Cumpany's Duiusdin und i'ott Chalmcfs shore staff on Monday lrght, tlm purpose of which was to sny farewell to Sir j fifties .Mills. .Mr. Holdsworth announced that it iind been arranged tu present a solid silver stivsee to Sit Jftmcs, Mills when ho reached England, it being specially prepared fer him in LoJidoii. Oaptain Whitc-Parßons s|.).oko an belirilf of tlie master and officers, iintt said that they wore to make Sir Jflmcs Mills a presoiitntion, and Mr. J. G. Seed made a similar announcement ou behalf of the engineers a( the service. Sir James Mills, in replying, said he regretted leaving Dunedin, ana expressed his appreciation of the Joyalty of the staff throughout' the whole of the existence of the company. Captain William F. Blunt, R.K., forltterly in CBiiunniid of H.M.S. PioiiMr in New' Zoiilitnxl waters, is now « ehargo of U.M.S. Attentive, light cruiser, at- ! taclicd to tlw First Destroyer .Flotilla, lat Portsmouth. Lieutenant Humphrey •T. Lancaster, R.N,, formerly navjaator of H.M.S. Pioiiocr. and of H.M.S. JPyramus, is navigating Ijcutfettant on tlie ■Attentive. Mr. H. Lmncsteno is resigning his position as Jieadmaster *>f tho E.nimata School, whieh h» has held for twelve years, in order to ■enter tho ministry.