PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2210, 24 July 1914, Page 7

PERSONAL ITEMS

Mr.' Charles W. B. Littlejolin, an ex-New Zealander and. ■Victorian Rhodes Scholar, has now finished his medical course. 'He is a B.A. and B.Sc., both of Oxford; M.R.C.S, and L.R.C.P., both of , London.

.Dr. and Mrs. M'Gavin, who • have been travelling abroad for about a year, •arc returning to New Zealand in a few days by the Vancouver steamer.

At the meeting of the Wellington Hospital and Charitable Aid Board yesterday . aftbrrioon a motion of, sympathy in'connection with the illness of Mr. David Robertson was passed. The Rev. J. Kennedy Elliott said that Mr. Robertson's' illuass was hardly so bad as had been made out. He was now gotting on very well, and he; hoped that he would soon bo able to take his seat on tho board again.

Mr. C. B. Morison, K;O., has been appointed the City Council's valuor in connection with Messrs. Kirkcaldie and Stains' leaseß. - .

Mischa Elman,'the violin virtuoso, and the'members of his concert company leave for Sydney to-day, en route 'tor Brisbane. .

At a representative gathering of insurance managers yesterday in Wellington Mr. James Buttle, general manager of the New Zealand Insuranoo Company, Ltd., was presented with a silver tea and coffee service in recognition of his many. years' - service as president of 'the Council of Fire XFnder'writere, and as a mark of the very high personal est-ebin in which ho is held uy all the members of that body.

The'great -respect in; which'the late Mr. James Sloan was held was evidenced by the large number of people, who attended his funeral ' yesterday " morning. Before the cortege loft for Karori a service was conducted, : at tho family ; residence, Kelbnrn, by tho Revs.. A. C. W. Standage and J. Paterson, ..and the former, in conjunction'with the. . Rovs. Dr. Qibb and :W. J. Comrie, also officiated at the graveside. Messrs. Robert Sloan (brother); G. A. Troup and J. S. Butler (sons-in-law), and. A. Corson (nephew) were tho chief mourn- • era. ■ ' :

; During the absence of Councilldr Fuller from New Zealand, Councillor Hislop has been appointed a meriber of the .Outlying Distnc'-s Committee of the City ■ Council. ■

Information as to "the iong-promised classification list'.' was sought by Councillor J.'E. Fitzgerald at last. night's meeting of : the , City Council. The Mayor stated that the matter was be-, ing' attended to by the Finance Committee and was on the Order Paper for the committee's next meeting. . Nothing more ,could have ])een. done up to tho present than what had been done.

Householders have complainedfor years . that it is impossible to prevent wind, dust/ and rain from: coming in under their doors"; but; this, it is said, can now lie remedied by purchasing one, of Sadler's automatic door pads.. This simple' and ingenious contrivance lias been patented all. over .the world,' and a syndicate in Wellington has purchased the patent rights for New Zealand., It is claimed -that when . fastened to either doors u window,;it- absolutely, p/events dust, rain . or, draughtsfrom penetrating into the . room. . It is re-, ported .there has 1 been . a phenomenal sale iii the Commonwealth for this article,,; and it .is predicted that there will be an equally large'salo for it 'in the Dominion.. Theso pads are now being .sold, and are; obtainable 1 at t'he registered Street/ Wellingfon.""'" *? !'