PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2190, 1 July 1914, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

, 7iof-BesaCi> Hit Excellcnc> the Governor, Lord Liverpool l , ..lias-' consented to preside afc . the oponing of the biennial Municipal Conference,, to bo held in tho-.- Town \■ Hall commencing at- 10 a,m.;ou Tue.c-- ■ ■ day, July 14, Mr. J. G W. Aitken, the chairman : of the Wellington Education Board; lias-. ■ ; '.bpgii elgctci as.; the board's represent^ ' tivo on the Training College Cpmmitteo ■ of Advicu -The vacancy on the oom- . initteo v. as caused' by tho retirement of Mi. 11. Leo, uho was until iccently : ..chairman of tho Ediiciition .Board. . .; J licmtena.nt T. K... Elmsley, of H.M.S.'. , Psyche, -leaves'. iWellingtoit^bywto-day's^"*-Main fiunk e\picss to catch R.M S. ;■ .Niagara at; Auckland,, on route io Lon-' > Vlon. .Lieutenant Jilnifiley, who was first • ■ lieutenant on the cruiser,, is proceed- :. ing. Honio .after having-..Veen oil-, this •• '. ■? The following ixsigna tions wefo' re-: '- cffived. by'th.a" Wemiigton/ Education • ■. Boaid j esterday •—Miss E. Buigess, assistant'. tcacher at :Pabiatua;- Miss . G. . ■' Worb.oys, .teacher at. Mangapakcha j .and .. Mr, li. G. Davies,: draughtsman. ?'i'i:';W >; Mr.. W. C. Osborn, assistant vliar'miger for' thc Harbour Board, mired f ::o;ii superannuation after.-33. rears 1 mavice yesterday: Mr. Osborn "joined tho board 'in 1577 -as a clerk, aiid passed through tile various grades up to that,: . ;; of 'assistant wharfinger.; ; . Professor Prince, tho.. Gaiindiaii fishsriop cxpcit. in company with Mr. L. * '■ F.'Ayf.cn', Chief Inspector .of. Xew Zea- • ' ; liind Fisheries,. will leave to-day for ■; Xesv .Plym.nuthj . tliey -will meet Vj .representative's of the local Acclimati- ■'? sation/Society;. '/nicy will. then; visit Haw ci a and Wangam.i, and later Pie- ; ton and Nelson, .aftor-which tlicy re- > :j ;v Mischa' Elman, thr faniolis Russian violinist, accompanied by hie father, and .Mr, Jirsipc (manager) a ill airiva . Mr. S.. W. Dempey, assistant-mat ter at Chdo Quay 'school will shelly . leavo'on an extended trip- to : tho Old . . Country. He has'been-granted . two ' ■: • years' ieave-of absence, by tho. Educa- ' ;■ tien Board. *'. Neivs lins-bneii rccMved oiVtho dentil . af Dadiwiton Paiic, Kent, England, of ■ Sir Delves Lo.uis Broughton, llDtli baronet and the lioid- of oiie of the most ■' •ancient.faniiiics hi England. The founder of die family was John pol\ e% who fought, with the Muck Prinio in '% tho Fionch wais Mrs Humphrey, . sen., ot. "Hurstmo.nceux,'.'' Martor., '4s:::V':i 'tho dc'ceased. 'ba.rone.t's cousin, • ■. v Professor Findlav r a member of tho Science Congress., which, is-.to visit; ■ Zoaland this icar, is dcscnbed tho ohaiiiron of the Wellington Education Board (Mr. J. G W. A'tken 1 ) as tho loadinc man in the odnoational world ill . . Great Butain. Piofcssor Findlay vill nn'ive hero this month, ve! l in advance ;of the remaindsr of'tlib congress, .which s" : f; ■' "is; duo in: Scptoiiiher : j and .will dolivor r ,i leclure. to teachers on July 30. '. '. '■Sj, Mr. Haiold Ifolmo';, ulio left tho ' literary staff of Tke DywiMpj? Inst X<> vpmber, to joiii the Parliamentary staff of tho Hobaifc "Dailv Post," has been .' elected .ictinp-seeretary. of the-Tasman-. i ian. Distvict of- the Australa-iian -Jqiir-' ; iialists'. '.Association;'. scoretary . and 'sv shorthand' writer to.'fho Timber. Trado'' • Wagrs Bond, and lion, tieasurei to .'the Tasmanian Workers' . Edpc-'itional _ " ■ Associatioiv, of wbicli,. as a member of ; <■. iho Provisional Committee, bo aßcistod ; io frame the Constitution,, .which \vas " adopted at the gencial niectins last week. JFr J W. Wilker of Auckland, nho : went llonie some four J uars ago. in. ■'■ ■■ \ coniiection,with, tho (lotatioii of. souks . ; Wailii mining ' properties, icturned r to' ; New Zealand by tho Turakina on Monday. if Mr. P.. Ilally, .Conciliation. Comiiiii--- . . sioncr, is at present :n,iiha M.'tstertou dis- ~ ; ;iifißt;ilie is expected to return to Wcl-