PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1979, 9 February 1914, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Vioe-Regal. His Excellency tho Governor ' and Lady Liverpool will attend tho firsttwo days of tlio Dunedin race meeting . this month, and will be the guests of Sit Geo. M'Leaii, the club's president, ■ His Excellency will open tho Medical Congress at Auckland to-day, on Wed-: licsday lie attends tho Marton A. and ■' P. Shaw, leaves Wellington for tho -, southron Wednesday night, and opens -. the Van de-r Volden .art exhibition hi ; Christchurcli oil Thursday. On February 17 and 18 ho will visit Timarii and Dunediii. Several members of tlio Cabinet (ihe "Otago Daily Times" states) intend to pay Otago a viji't :iu the next, month of. two. Tho Prime Minister, after accompanying tho Hon. W- IT. Herries to th.e 1 i'auranga district, will go south to tho West Coast and Otago, and will remain ' • for a little while in Central Otago for the beneiit of his health.. The Hon. W. Fraser, Minister of Public Works, will go to Dunedin about Die end cf tho cur- ■: rent month, ami. frill afterwards speiid u week in his electorate. Tho Hon. F. M, B. Fisher, Minister of Customs, will probably reach Dunedin to-day. Ho will visit .Central Otago, arid' stay thero for a few days. The Hon. R.'H. illi.pd.es, ■ Po-stmaster-Generiil:, is also expected to visit Otago Shortly. Major-General Godley Teturned to Wellington on Saturday from Auckland. Dr, Ryan, of Melbourne, wli.o is proceeding to Auckland, to attend the Modi-: cal Conference, arrived in Wellington yesterday by the Wdhiiio. Mr. T. X. Halmden, of the legal firm of Messrs. Webb and Holnidon, is leaving Wellington to go to Auckland, and starts lor the northern city at the end ■Of this week. The Bight Hon. W. F. Massey and tho Hon. \V. H. Herries left, on Saturday, by Main Trunk express, for Auckland. The Hon. A. L. Herdman, tho Hon, H. I). Bell, and the. Hon. W. Fraser all returned on Saturday from tho north. Tlio Hmi. Jas. Allen spent tho week-end in the- Wairarapa, and is expected to return to-day or to-morrow ;. The Hon. F, M. B,' Fisher is duo to. reach Dunedin to-day. 'I'.ho Hon. H. I;L Rhodes is at Auckland. i Mr. Henry James White, of Levy Street, t wli6._dicd on Friday ..morning at' tIM age of"07 a veij l . well-khott'.n. citaeii off Wellington, Il'o; was established in business'for many : years as ;v builder and Mit-raptor, and was actively at work' up " till' a few 1 n'isiiths age, The late Mr. White, who arrived in Wellington front London by the ship Gainsborough in 1877, was a ■ member of the City Council from Janu- ■, ary, 1892, to September, 1893, and for many years was? a member of tho Clyde' ; Quay SchoW Comwiittee, ■'having been . ono of the original nie.mhers when the school was founded in- 188S, Ten years later ho was chairman of tin; coiiimit- . ■tee, 'The deceased was connected with a great many lodge*, among them tlio I'aeitie Ladgo, of Freemasons, the Loyal l Orange Ixidgo (of which ho was a I'.Ci.M. for the North Island), the For- ■ esters (a trustee .Si.'n.cc IS92J, tlio ltri- . tannia Lodge of Oddfellows, 31.1 7 . (since ; 1885,) i .and ivas for thirty years a GoOjl ; Templar. Ho was also a member of the i Fire' Brigade from 1380 until 1891.. Mr. - White Was an active. member l of tho-. Vivian Street Baptist Church, having oc-; clipied tho. position of magazine secretary for 22 years, and iyos' also asso- • ciated with the New Zealand Alliance. . For the past two years bis health lias ~ been failing, and ho was confined to liis \ bed for tt month prior 'to tlie end. Ho . leaves a widow, tlir.ee sons and tv.-o .', daughters, Tito ' sons .'are Messrs. ; Stephen White, of Brooklyn, 11. 11. . White, it'lto I'ofirtl aviator (who made' ( some flights recently in the AVairarapa), ( and Mr. B. A. White, of Wellington. Tho daughters .are Mesdames Skolly, ■ of Nov.- Plymouth, and Tait, of Welling- " ton (wife, of Superintendent. Tait. of the Municipal Fire Brigade). Tlio funeral, which took place yesterday, was very largely attended, representations from all tho varipus lodges named beinC: present. Tlio llev. T. Brsunsby conducted the funeral service, assisted' by tho various lodge chaplains. Tho remains were : cremated. . . ■ Sir Joseph Ward left for the South on Friday "night, lie will address his constituents'Wi'.iito'n before his re-/ turn. ' Mr. J, E. Ward, of tho Post _si«l 'llebgrapl: las rocoived notice of his traiiKi'er from Wellington to Taumaruiiui. jlr. Ward was secrntarv of the 'Wellington Catholic Club and an energetic member of tlio Dominion executive of tire , Catholic Fcdcratiioii, At the last. meeting of that body his resignation was accented with re.gret, and a resolution was passed of'regret at his approaching departure and appreciation of his valuable services. Jlr. Henry Peane, Consulting Engineer to tho Coriimonwcalth _ Govern-. nieht, who ' has been supervising tho Transcontinental Railway construction works, lifts resigned fbr health reasons. —Press Association, Mr. Genrgo Bullor, the veteran thoatrical managerj has arrived in Wei- ■■ lington to mako arrangements for ,tho coming of tho Georf o \ lloughhi Dralraitie Uompaiiy. Tiio coni[ ittj i ill com- , mence a season at tiro Opera House on Monday cveiiing next. Sir. W. It. Holmes, tho well-known Auckland auditor' and accountant,, and ■' secretary to tlio Auckland Exhibition, is touring tlio Dominion with tho Royal' ' Artillery Band. Mi'. Holmes is a hi'oitliov of Mr. A. It. Holmes, of . Wellington, recently promoted from clerk of tho Stipendiary Magistrate's Court to be Registrar of tho Supremo Court at Ch.ristchurch. Tho members of tho law profession in Wellington will assemble at the Magis- ■ trato's Ctairt on Thursday next to form* ally, farewell .Mr. A. H. Holmes, clerk ' of the. Wellington Magistrate's' Court, who is being transferred to Christ- . rhurcli. Mr. Holmes leaves Wellington ~ on tho following day. ('apt nin Bone, marine superintendent for tho New Zealand Shipping Company,: arrived in Wellington irom tho south ; by tho Maori on Saturday morning. Mr. B. Muscio, of Sydney, has been 1 awarded the Burney Prize (a studentship) at Cambridge.—Press Assdreintioii, Mr. R. 0. Duncan, of Christchur-h, , arrived in WeUington by, tho Wahine yesterday. ..