PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1984, 14 February 1914, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

The Right Hon. W. F. Massey (Primo Minister) and the H.qii- W. H. lierries are. at Matata to-day, and will reach To Puke this evening.. They will spend Sunday at Tiuiranga; and proceed .to Waihi on Tuesday,. The Hon. J\. M. B. Fisher is at Clyde. The Hon. I)r, Pomaro is with the Primo ; Minister .at ■present., bub will proceed to Jerusalem on Tuesday. This Hon. James Allen leaves to-day for Napier. All the -other Cabinet Ministers arts in Wellington. The Hon. Jas. Allen leaves this morning for Napier, where, he will spend Spnio days. While there lid will open tho new West End school. The Hon. Dr. Pomare will proceed en Tuesday to Jerusalem, on the Wanganui River, and >vi-U address a Maori gathering there oil tlio following day. His Honour Mr. Justice Hosking, who is to take; his s,cat on tho. Supremo Court bench in Wellington next week, will arriyii hero oil Sunday. Mr. W. A. Hawkins, who succeeds Mr. I). G. A. Cooper as Sheriff in Wellington, is also duo Jioro to-morrow. . Tho Hon. and Mrs. .James Ashton, of Doiiblo Bay, Sjidney, loft Wellington last evening For tho south, with tho intention of making tlio trip lo Mount Cook. ( ' Mr. D. G. A. Cooper, Registrar pf the Supreme Court, will probably tako up duty as Stipendiary Magistrate next week. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Duncan, from India, who have been visiting their friends and relatives in New .Zealand, left for Sydney by tho Willochra last evening, en route to Calcutta. Mr. A. H. Holmes, who lias been clerk of tho Magistrate's Court in Wellington, left for Christchurch last, night to tako up duty as Registrar of the Supreme Court there. Professor Picken, of tho Victoria Collego p.taff, left oil a trip to Sydney by tho Willochra last evening. Mr. Georgo- Sprig-gens wa.B. yesterday elected to till the vacancy on tho Wa-n-ganuj- Boroiig]i,.Council caused tjy.t)!® death'oofi f Mr. J. 'T. Muir. Ho polled 64G votes, as against 2$T by Mjr. Da.vid Conchie. —Press Association. Dr. 3. F. Stretchy, -Bishop of Newcastle, is spending a' holiday in Auckland. Ho will return to Sydney. probably on Monday. ' Mr. and Mrs. 11. N. Watson, ; of I'filmerston North, left, for Sydney by tho Willochra last evening to connect thero with tho Otra'nto -for London. They arc to. niako aft extended tovtr . of tho (iniied Kingdom and tho Contir.i olvt, and expect to' be absent from New Zealand for two years. Captain N. C. Hamilton, A.S.C., who arrived from England recently, has commenced duty as Ass.istn.ntr-fiiroctor. of Supply and Transport, Wollington Military District. Tho Hon. W. G. Scott, Premier of the Canadian Province of Saskatchewan, arrived in Auckland by tho Makura from Vancouver oil Wednesday, Mr. Scott, who is on-a health-recruit-ing trip, will go on to Rotorua, and later cxpccts to meet various members of tho New Zealand Cabinet-. I)r. R. Endich, a German agriciilturist, Avho is travelling with Capiain Boiineton, of the French Armv, is spending a few days in Christcliurcb., and will inspect somo of the experiments conducted by tho Field and Experimental Farms Division of tho Department of Agriculture. Mr. F, C. Raphael, secretary of tlio New "Zealand Cricket Council, arrives from Christchurch this morning. A memorial service for tho late Sir. W- .T. White, on;o of tho old and honoured members of -tho Church, will ho held ia tho Vivian Street. Baptist Church tc- : morrow. Mr. Whito waa tho treasurer of the Sunday school for n. great minibev of years,, iio \v(is also ti 6( several Orders and Societies, aji-d -reprcsentatives of tho various- s.ocietie.3 fiavc dwircd se.ots to bo reserved for them at tho service- to-morrow evening. Tiie Rev. A. T. Brainsby is announced to preach, taking for his subject "The Increasing Cloud of Witnesses." Favenrite hymns of Mr. 'White will bo sun:i.