PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2161, 29 May 1914, Page 7

PERSONAL ITEMS

Tho Right Hon. AV. F. Massoy is at Balclutha this morning, tho Hon. J. Allou at Dunedin, tho Hon. W. Eraser at Eltham, the Hon. A. L. Ilerdman at Christchuroh, and tho other Ministers in Wellington, with tho exception of tho Hon. Dr. Pomare, who has gone to the Cook Islands.

General Sir lan Hamilton returned from Blenheim yesterday by H.M.S. Pyramus.. This afternoon, Mrs. Godloy is holding a reception, at which officers of the Headquarters Stalf and commanding officers of units of tin- Garrison, wjth their wives, will havo an opportunity of meeting Sir lau Hamilton. After to-day, General Hamilton has no flngagompnts until tho New Zealand Club luncheon on Tuesday. Captain Robert Strang, who recently retired from tho position of Marino Superintendent of the Union Company, passed through Wellington on his way to England yesterday. At a pleasant littlo gathering of captains and officers employed on tho Union Company's steamers which were in port yesterday morning, Captain Strang was farewolled and presonted with a puree of sovereigns. Captain Manning, of tho Maori, made tho presentation, and in doing so spoko of! tho kindly and considerate treatment which masters and officers had always received at Captain Strang's hands. They all wishod him a uleaaant voyage and a safe return. Captain Ed-win,-of the Monowai, spoke in s'milnr terms, and Reeling response wiw n ado by Captain Strang.

Mr, James Georgctti has been reappointed a member of tho Wellington District Land Board. • . Tho funeral of the late Mr. Orton Stevons will leave- his late residenco at Lower Hutt to-morrow at 2.30 p.m. for tho Taita Cemotery. Yesterday Mr. Thomas Donaldson, the Postmaster-General's messenger, was presented with a. gold watch by his iollqw workers at the Parliamentary and Government Buildings. Tho presentation was miidd by Mr.- W. Crowe (secretary to the Minister), who wished Mr. Donaldson* all success for tho future. Mr. -Donaldson leaves for Sydney by tho Maunganui to-day. Mr. F. Coylo, late messenger to the Minister of Education, has beon promoted to a position in that Department. Mr. W. J. Smithyman, who has boon assistant secretary of tho Seamen's Union for somo time past, and was acting secretary vico Mr. T. Young for threo months, is leaving-by the Navua on her next trip to settle in tho island of Savu'Savii (Fiji Group), which is owned by Mr. Smithyman's cousins. Mr. Robert Angus, general manager in New Zealand for Thos. Cook and Sons, is-at presont relieving Mr. H. Cramond (local manager), who has been indisposed, for tho pastj. week. Mr. Angus hopes to return to Auckland early next weok. Mr. L. AV. Ferguson, of Milton, will leave for Sydney by tho Maunganui today, en route for London. Messrs. C. Goldman and E. Goodman, of Wellington, leave for Sydney by the Mauuganui to-day, to catch the Otway for London. Subsequently they will visit New York. They will return via the Suez Canal. • . .JMr. • AV;.,.C. M'Douall, aged 60,' Oamaru manager of the-,National Bank, died on Wednosday after a brief illness. Deceased was a popular official,—Press Association. Mr. O. E. Vessey, . a . .prominent member., of-, the,-. Swifts,,;-Football Clubs was..presented with"a travelling, rug as a mark of esteem by members of -tliotjclub last evening, prior, to his departure for England by the Mnunga-' nui to-day. ■ . ■ Mr. John M'Donald, ex-Mayor ot Duncdin, has, says a Press Association telegram, decided to contest the Dunedin Central seat at the general election. , : , , •, Mr. H. M. G. MaeFarlano, Clerk of tho Magistrate's Court at Reefton, died on Wednesday night from appendicitis, after a short illness. Deceased was 28 years- of ago, and was highly respected. He had only been in Reefton eix months. Mr. Lachlan M'Kay has been appointed by the Governor to bo a. member of the .Hawko's Bay Land Board. Mr. AVilliam Boyco has been appointed agent at Motuoka for the.Publio Trustee, in place of the lato Mr. Thomas Boyes. Mr. Charles Job Harper has been appointed by the Govornor to be a member of the Lyttelton Harbour Board, vice Mr. John Lambie. who lately reeigned. ■ Mr. A. E. AVells, chairman of the Wellington Football Association, has been elected a director of the Association Football Grounds Company, Ltd.

The body of tho late Mr. G. N. Grirastone, who was .killed in tie railway accident on the Main Trunk line, will arrive- by train from the north this morning, and will bo interred this afternoon. A service is to bo held at the Basilica at 2.30 o'clock this afternoon, after which the cortege will leave for the Karori cemetery.

Tho death is roportcd of an old identity of Timaru, Mr. W. B Howell, aged 72. Deceased came out to New Zealand in 1864, and has taken a prominent part in tho administration of education, primary and secondary. Ho was familiarly finokou of as the "Father of tho Timaru High School." Tho funeral yesterday, was largely " attended, representatives of tho Borough Council, Education Board, and Farmers' Co-operativo-Association (of which N deceased was_ an original foundqr and a director) boing amongst thoso present. —Press Association. ■ ■

Word has boon received in Carterton fsays our local correspondent) of the death of a well-known chief, Matina Ruta, at To Ore Ore pa. Matina was supposed to liavo been very nearly one hundred years old, and ho was the last of his line. Ho was a chief of tho HαTnua branch of tho great Ngatikahuugiimi _tribe," and was one of the few lomainiii" representatives of tho ancient Maori rangitiras. A lar.ee tangi is proceeding and will probably last some clays.