PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2229, 15 August 1914, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS

Vice-Regal. / ... Her Excellency the Countess of Liverpool will attend the theatrical patriotio matinee to be given in the Grand Opera House this afternoon in aid of the War Fund. His Excellency the Governor will also attend if his duties, permit. Mr. J. H. C. Bond, general traffic manager for the Union Company, arrived from the South by tho Wahino yesterday; morning. Mr. W. H. D. Bell, M.P. for Wellington Suburbs, who has -been, selected for the First Expeditionary Force, has arranged that matters of local interest to tie Wellington Suburbs electorate will be attended to by Dr. Newman, M.P. for Wellington Bast. The patients of Dr. Mathew Holmes are notified that they will be attended by any member of the local division of the British Medical Association on behalf .of Dr. .' Holmes, whose hurried departure in the' Expeditionary Force prevented him from making any personal arrangements. Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited,' lave received advice by cable that Mr. H. T. Braddon, lately manager of tha company's Sydney branch, with con-, trol of New South Wales and Queensland brandies,- has been appointed superintendent of the company in Australia. ; Dr. Martin, medical officer at the Pal« merston Nor.tli Hospital, who is at pre*' sent on tour abroad, has cabled to tha '■ Hospital Board his appointment as a surgeon in'the British Army. Dr. Martin did notable' work in the Boer War.—Special correspondent. - . ' ' 'I r ». C, Holdsworth, managing director i , of the Union- Company,- is at present in '" ~' Wellington.