PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1987, 18 February 1914, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Vlcg-EEaiL. ' A. Press Assoc.iatiojl message ff.oin Tiniaru states that the weather is fine for the Governor's visit. His Excellency was met by the Mayor, tho member for Tinmrtt, and other citizens, and drivoii to tho Town Hall, •β-hfiil .in address d welcome was girtm. A'fteiVaJde tjio' party went for a motor drh'o, and returned to luncheon at 1.15, They went on by the second express to tie- souths

.The ligli-t Uon. W. F. Massey (Prime Ministor), the Hon, W. H. ilerrles,, and ■the Hon. Dr. I'omare, ato at Wflihi, and tiio Han. J\ M. B, Fisher is a> Dunctliii. The Hon. James Allen will retuj-a this evening from Napier.' Tho other Cabinet Ministers are in Wellington.

Lord Kelburii, of H.J1.8. Pyramusj hasgono to Auckland.

A large number of clergy of tile diocese of Christclmwh met yesterday afternoon to • bid good-bye tp Canon ■Sedgwick, vvJio leaves ta-day for Napier, where ho is to bo consecrated nest Sunday as Bishop of Waiapu. Amongst these present were Dean ■Cara'in.gton i Afchde&con Gaseet, and Archdeacon Enstm Archdeacon Gosset presented Canon Sedgwiek, frofti the clergy of the diecose, with an' episcopal ring., w-liieli had engraved Upon it the a.nns of the Bishopric of Waiapu, and also Cantiii Scdgwick's qvv» armorial bearings.— L'ress Association.

Sir Ernest Jtuthei'for!) who is to attend the Science Congress (n, Australia, \rill leave Kngtaud with Ms wife and family on July 1 for Australia. Tho'y will join tho party which goes oil to New Zealand, flfi.d will spend two. or three months in and about Christchurch.

■His Honovir Mr. Justice Hpg'khig arrived from the south yesterday.'

Tho Ikv, Gibson Smitli returned from tho south by the Maori yesterday fnorniug.

Colonel.;E. S. Heard. Chief of the General Staff, will leave for Auckland to-day to inspect fcho Gatrisou .Artiller.y eanip in the. jiorth. '

The Hon. F. E. Wmclroomfae, M.L.0., of New Smith Wales, .who lies been etKnding a holiday in tho Auckland distt'wl, has arrived, in an.d will remain hero for abenit a week.

Vke-Adfliiral Sir King-Hall has been placed on the retired list at his own request, in order to make room for yotmpip'r- moit. f Admiral Sit George King-Hall, -lato ComiiiandeT-iu-Oltief- on the Australian Station, was born iii August, 1850.]

At a meeting of tlio Wellington Pros* bytcry held last night, Mr Geo. H. GiW), son of Dr. Gibb, of St. Jolm's Church, Wellington, Was licensed as a minister of the Presbytcriiift Clrtrch of New Zealand. Mr. Gihb last year eom-

plcted Tiis et-udMit'iS course ;at ftnqx ColTcge with distinction, and tho trials prescribed wwe carried out to tho satvs'fac* tiou ' of the Presbytory. Thia usual question's having been answered, tli : « candidate was Ally lkenfiad. Tho Mod* crater, tho llcv. J. K. Elliott, 8.A., thoi briullv addressed Mr. GibK and ho re c.oivcd tho right hand of JfelTowship frau a}l tho members present. Dr. Jlnrehantj of Wellington, retuineti. yestertia-.y moniing after attending tht Medics! Consrcss at Auckland. Mr, Robert Holiiday, aflcoin.panied by ■his sister, Mrs. A. J'-arke-fy. lVill le.avo for Sydney <en route to 'England on Friday uoxfc. Cabled jiows has reached Adjutant Sharp, of tho Salvation Army, Berhampare, of the death of his . father at ■Crow's Nest, -Queensland. ' Mr. Shai-p was an .indent follower of. the kimy throughout his career. Mr. 3. S. Tennant, Principal of -the Teachers' Training Collcgo at Welliiigtoji, returned yesterday morning Iron), a visit to-the Chatham Islands. M.r. Adam ijropji;, a wcli-jqiown a.n.d highlj'-fesijected resident of Auckland, who practised, as ii solieiter there iei maiiy years, died the- other day at the i<go of 70 years. Mr. R. A. AVijHams, a Magistrate in the Island of Samoa, arrived in Au-'c-land. by the llivcrma .from Sydney on Sunday. Sir. WillwmSi who is a iiaturalised German subject, has on occasion acted as Governor of Samoa. Mr. G. F. Zohrab,_ manager of the Chatham Islands Pishing Company, ''roturned to Weliington yesterday .nioruing after a short visit to the Islands. Dt. J. Macintosh Bell, who a few yeafa ago svas Director of Geolpeieijl Survey in New Zealaiiij, will publisn in the spring time, through Messrs. Macinillan, a book on "Tire .Wilds of Mttorilaud." A canfercnoo- of delegates from the Auckland A. and P, Associations last nigl.it decided to recommend the Government to appoint Mr. R. Reynolds., of Cambridge, as a member of tho new Board of Agriculture.—Press Assoeia* tion. Messrs. R, Smith and W. 13-a.des, of Wolliugto.u., who have been engaged in survey' work at the Chatham islands, b.avo returned. ■ ' " "'':■■■ .