PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2155, 22 May 1914, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS

, . VlCE'Krcai.. His E'Xeelteiay the Governor and the Cotmtoss of Liverpoul leave on -a vi»U to the Cook Group by liio Wiilcei.iu to-day. All the Cabinet Ministers are- in town to-day with the exception of tho Hon. Dr. Pdmare. who is on his «'a.y to Baro* t-ontta-. Tlio licii. Jus. Alh n rriunied from Sew Plymouth last evening. Mr. I). 11. Cif'.brie, M.P., paid a fiyiiij; visit to Wellington .Vcsteitlay, and will fet-arn to ju'li/lttig to-'day,

A Press Association mess-ago from Winnipeg (Canada) states that Earl Grey, who visited Now s£ealaiui rfiCoirtIv, ~js ill and is therefore unable to pity visits. The Lieutaiiant-Oo'vernor of Muiiitoba has issued a statementthat tlie Earl is suffering from a bad c-i'ii

Tho funeral took place at the Lower Hut)' yesterday of the lata Mr. J. 1L N, A- BurnflSj formerly local manager for the Now Zealand Shipping Company. Among tlio jirmirners were ilio representatives of Iho various Wellington business aftd shipping firms, iitcliidinpr Mr. Neil Galbrailb, and the staff of the Wellington office of the New Zealand Shipping Company. The odicers of tho company's steamer Opa'.va and other si-eSmcrs in pert also attended. Wreaths were forwarded froni the. directors in Christelnm.b -and from each of the company's branches. The service was fowlw'.od by tlie Rc-v, -I'atij.er Lane, and Mr. Adam Barnes, the deceased's eldest brother, was chiof mourner. Mr. Robert Leo, who is shortly leav» iflg, on. a trip to tlio Old Cotmiiy, has I resigned his posit Mii ns a member and j ehainnan of tho Advisory Committeo I of the We-iliftg-to'li Training College. At a meeting of tho coa'.mittce, Professor Ran-kin-ft llrown moved: ''That ilia: thairman's resienntion bo arcepifd with regret, and llxaf tiro commiiie.a place on the minutes its recognition of h:3 vi'.hiahle services in tho cause of cdtica--tion." In. s'upportSiijj the- motion. Mr, William Lock (Mayor of Nelson) .alluded io 'lis lons acquaintance with Mr. ; Lee, and testified, to the great-, aid ho I had bco.li to educational progress. Ths resolution war. agreed to, and Mr. Leo ■ feelingly replied. .Mr. E. SI. Tonkin. Mayor of Bnnlijnyong, a .siibr.rb of Buliaiat, is a. visitor to Aueklancl. Later he Will spend a few days in Wellington. Mr. A. B. J. Irvine, manager at Auckland for the L'nian Steam "Sliip : ('-oinpany, has left on it holiday (rip to Sydney. Jlr. M. l?udd is .aotiiTg manager at- Anclilaiid during jMi. livine's aosence. Mr. Vernon Hood, M.P. for tim Bay of Islands,. is a visito 1 to Wellington.. .... John Hoardon, of Waikouaiti, Otago, fatiier of Mr. M. J. Reardon, secretary of tho Wellington . General Lalicmrers' and Slaughtermen's tjuions, died there on Wo.d"no'sday nfteriioen. Tiio 41ee.oased- was 85 ■ye.a-i.'s of age.. . the jiiceting of the Dsmicil of tho flnii ed Lalnur Party last iiiglit, a veto of eondoleneo ,-ivi'tli tho bereaved rehv.' tivos was carried. .. Tho City- Encineor -of Wellington (Mr, W. 11, Morton)_ is io leave Sydney on his return to Wcliingtoii 10-motrow, . Mr.. )L H. Osi Icr, of the Crown Law Depart'incut, left. yo.s.t«r.(iay for Auc'kSand on public business. Tho Mayor (Mr. C. 0. Crunn>; and councillors of Onslow have received oflieial invifntions to be present at the mSBcction of tho cadets bv General Sir lan Hamilton at Nesitou'n l'aik toniorrow afternoon; .:

The funeral of ths late Mr, P.. 11. Kelly was one of the most- iinpressivo that 'Ms'' tjiljeii pi nee iiV.KWfof for lv.-.my years. Writing i.if tfe funeral, a total newspaper says;— *'Almost everywhere aloii.g tho route there we've signs to indicate thufc the man wlio was so Suddenly ctjfc_ off 111. tho very prkire of hi l : life—a life, whiidi [Save sueii Biimistn'sable signs of increasing uscftihtesS -* will not soon be forgotten. The seerto. at the gra;v'e.s.ld:e was pathetic in the extreme., and tlio iftost noble traits iu iiuma.n nature—love and ■.gc.tiiiiiio sympathy for. one's fellow-creatures —were shown lit the faces af the strongest men present as the burial service proceeded. Tims, surrounded by those. wlw > had lored liiin, and others who hml hnowu him but s.tigMy, he was Inuied 3s he lived., honoured, and fevered by nil."

Dr. W. W. Moor?, of Napier, arrived in Wellington yesterday on his return from 0 visit to Amciiea, and ieaWs fo.r ■the north io-cky.

Mr. F. W, Flanagan hast Jiee.ii appointed a member of the Public Sei-riro Superannuation Hoard, vice -Mr. .T, Strau.di.on, who has retired. Tho appointment of Mr, .Tomi Alex■afecier llawaii us Mi inspector wider the. Fisheries Act. has been gazetted. Mr, James Evans Hull has been appointed llogistriir of Electors and Uo turning Officer for the elcctor'Sto of. Wei- . tington North. Mr. Homy Bracy, who recently ti>* : tired from tb'o firm of J, O. Williamson, ■ iild,., rct.ttriicd froin a brief visit .. to liioriea by iiho Tahiti yesterday. Mr, Bracy said his visit to America, had not been a particiilArly happy 011 c. Ho i found that liis wife (whose k'tji'go nainft is Miss Clara was ill at Los Angelc'S, where she had been appearing with a picture film-making* rompiffiy, and vAilo ho was there sh.o had to bo operated dis far varicose tours. This meant that ho had to Kjieiid % fortnight in 'Los Angeles and, whs only 0.1:0 niphi in San Francisco. Mr. Bracy returns to Sydney by the Tahiti to-day, A private. eabte message from Glasgow .announces tho death of Mr. Rob- ; crt 3!' Gill, a veteran 111 a 1 ii:c engineer,, who retired from tho Union Company's service iast year, and wont bade to lyis i;.a!.U'.e. diunti'v to spend the rcmaind'T of his slays 'here. Tiio late Mr. M'Gill name out to Xe.W Zealand 38 .years ago ■in. the oM WVin.ika, Willi tho exception of tho chief cook of the Wannl;a, everyone nvln) came r.lll to Xew Ze.a- ---■ land Sb now dead. Mr. 3!' Gill's grand- . f:ithe.r o» tho maternal side. .(.Mr, U'hos. | Wilson) claimed the c-vedrt of ;being .tlio ! builder of tile first iron vesi-cl in tho : world. Siio was nenied !ho Vuican. tiro fatiiioi.- ..of' the lat'o Mi, J/'CSM bu'ilt the first wooden hrlg to trade •between Scotland and Canada. . Before lie lVfi for the Old Count rv in May of last vea-r Mr. M'Gil! svas 0.-ot'-ntcd hv the dircetors of the Union C'Hiriaiiy with a cheque fin CIOO, was "litertaitHirl bv the 'MariitO Engiiieoi-s' InsttUiiO iii Wcllkig'ssij. '

1 A jwesoiitation of a p'ttrsc of ym-er- } oi.ir.Jis was mitdo i-i Ai;reld.®).(} on Tncstins' evenini; to Bv. W. K. Tuomas who Itiif-' fsctr-rl as conilnc'fii' o.'f !i>" A'l.-'kli'.e.d Clrorri) iSociety dnjitii; thu t I,'! ■ by (lio nvcinHers of Ihc ioeicty f i!i;r : n:* i-he ir.tovvai in its iierfor-inrtne'e rf "ftq Ciwiir.m'' in tl» Town li.i!!. flic rov i".rt of fho societ" t& the Jr-ts wf Dr. Tl-wnias's Servicr'!; was eSni'm'stfcl bv thb prosiilfti'if,- Mi'. ! T o!it,v iivtst!.. T!:\-.iv;h ■tile aceasioit wsis ivHb inelftiit eli/'ly. tilWFe. wis. said Mr. licet'.. tl;o' dieetiit-S reftoei'i.on to't- 'jlioinns . WtniM i»«4 'be- JoSt to AHelslsmi. b.irt '.hat the city MWnl 1 law!!* nr'"'-.c ti.o lie:>f-f;t iftf liis hvbiitir? on tie'ialf of musical culture. In (bp ..riift', Dr. Thomiij! said it was with d; : ep rogrnt, that )u> liad hsoti im|:elk»(i to fi-vor bis coinieeiion witb tlir society. Ho felt, honevcv, tliai. t'l.ijj sflcieiy reqitiiofl r.iore of his. til-na t'n.an i;e Soil!!! liOFsihlv give sit ..pi-flsijiit. In bis opinioii there shoiih! in- iv;o nvwti'v ■iii'jKtis ene-b weeks oiin for ch.o.i-al wo'rk ajwri-'fjij. otlisr -for Iho osche.strn. :-o ' t'o aim? -of the scr'<Hy eatt'lcl b-. p.i!c ■Relife-Wif.. J)t. Thdiii.ais Is Voiji.g ttiiiV* e<cled by Mr. Maughau liat'-iifitt., iatc : of WH.iii.gton.