PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1996, 2 March 1914, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS

I The Prima MW$Un» (Uto Horn tf r - p il ' to,lds /" nukli « tup to'tiro \\ est Ca.Kst ail(l overland t.o . Ciii islchiircli sliorlly, Ho \\Mlt leave Wellington iiifc the oitfl of this w.cffk o); flassiblv oarl,\ in next week. ■ ■ Tho Hoi). Jas. Allen left for tho south qii .Saturday evmnn, 'and tli<> Wffl'jVr W. Fraser will follow him to- : r'S' 11 - .Tlie Cabinet Ministers a.ra iit Wellington, .but a number have j'oiiv- . neys 111 early prospect. Mr. G. R, S.iltes. M.P 1 ., nlio lias been iit Wellington for the. last few davs a.t- ---:; '.ending to Departmental matters of in- ■ (e.rest to his constituency, " leaves for Masterton to-day. i Mt.. W, !1. Renner, postmaster at Gisborne, retired on Saturday froiii the Public Service:, after 44 years' associa- '*»<»> with the Post- and Telegraph Department. Xlr. Renner lias been s!.a* iibifed at Gisbomo for the last ten years. On Saturday the. retiring chief-' postmaster wan . the recipient "of »■ . pfesentiition fro.fri the Gishorne ;s,t'afly '^£?®, cr n 'id' the permanent and noiipcniianent officers of the district, a* a . token of appreciation and esteem. . The presentation was made by Mr. R. Blakley, chief clerk, who will cariy on tho duties of acting-chief postmaster until the ni rival of Mr. J. J Piekett of tho Thames (Mr. Jte.nncr'sPrcss Association. • Dr. Bruce. Stringer, son of Mr. Justice Stringer, President of tho Arbitration Court, has been appointed hcuse suigeon at Guy's Hospital, London. Mr. Edgar Wrigley, tho New Zealand- . .e.r, _ who -has. 'hem. playing. Union football for lluddersfield for iho past season or two. has been.traiisferrorl to llunslet. The fee of £500 which was paid by tho llunslet Club for the. traiiSfep .is the second highest in Nortlv- : err. Union history, the highest be.in& £600 paid bv. Hull to Hundct for the ■■ services of William Batten. , . , The Earl and Cmintecs ami Lady Sybil Grey ar« passengers by the Maunganni ; fioni H'obiiri .to' New , Zpalahu...-^l > jesß.; Association cablegram. . Sir John Fi.ndlav was a passenger by .! tko Araliura, which. left Wellington for Pioton, N'elson, and West Coast ports on Saturday. . '. V Dr. Symonds; Dr. Haywood; and Dr. Pccklev' left Wellington lor Sydney by the Tahiti oil Saturday. , The death, is announced of another \ of Southland's . Donald Stewart, of Dipton, aged 74 years.: Mr. Henry Skey, of Dunedin, dird ■ last week. He was for many years au. active member of the Otago Institute, ■ and in bygone ■days •cjiief araughtsmrui at Dunedin in -the .'Survey Depaitmoist. Tho Rev. G H. Morse, who lias been ' appointed Anglican chaplain at Nor.fo|k Island-, was ordained m 1892 by the Bishop of Indianapolis. Ho held charges ■ there, and : also. iii Winconsin and Minnesota Afterwards he was stationed. iii England awl -fic'otlaijittj pi:"ibr| .. to coming to New. Zealand.* -;'y The Hon. D. sßuddovvM.P.j for Kaiapoii who has .been, some w seks:.. ill' Aus.tralia, joined the steamer at Melbourno a fou da>s ago, and left on a trip to , England. Ho will return to Now Zea- '' land ahout tho. beginning of next session. Mr. .Tames Dingwall died at tho Dune"dur Hospital on: Saturday, morning,- . in his"S)3rd year., He came to Otago in tho eaily dajs, and wns appointed : liglithou.ic-neeper at. the Otago Heads ; ; '-fii 1858. Tins position lie held Ui.til seven years ago. . .' . . .