PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2280, 14 October 1914, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

Coadjutor-Archbishop O'Shea was al passenger from Wellington to Lyttelton, by 'the Mouowai last evening. Sir Rupert Clarke, of Victoria, art rived from Sydney by the Ulimaroa yesterday. Ho intends to do some trouU fishiug in the south. Advice has been reoeived in Dunedinj says a Press Association telegram, that Mr. Thomae Ryan, an ex-mein6er of the South Australian Assembly, will leave Melbourne by the Manuka on Ootober 20 as chairman, of tho Royal Cbnunission on University and Commonwealth Educational Institutions. Mr. Ryan has examined .all the educational systems in Australia, and now: proposes to inspect those in Now Zealand. \Ho expects to spend six weeks hi the Dominion. Mr. M. Carr, of the firm of MandeJ and Carr, Wellington, returned from a trip to Europe by the Ulimaroa yesterday. -. '.

Owing to ill-health Mr. W. G. Paul has decided not to contest the WaitaM seat at the general elections.. Tho passengers from Australia by the TJlimaroa yesterday included Mr. Herbert ' Rawson, who has" been visiting America- and England: Mr. W. H. George, of George and Kersleyj'Mr. M. A. Carr, of Mandel and Caw; and Signor Borzoni, of Dune* din. • ... At last night's meeting of the Wellington Industrial Association a yote of condolence was passed with Mr. A.W. Newton, a member of the executive, in . his recent horeavement' in tho death of his father, Mr. J. -Newton. Mr. R. BojTie, postmaster at Wood- 1 ville, will retire on superannuation at« the end of tho year, after 40 years' service. Mr. Boyne joined the Depart* ment at Queenstown in 1874. • Lieutenant-Colonel Powley left" Lyti telton for Wellington by the Wahine last evening. The -Hon. o.' Louisson was a passenger from Lyttelton to Wellington bfl the AVahine la-st evening. ■ The funeral of the late Mrs. Susan , Burridge, of Pctone, took place yesterday afternoon, and was attended by al largo number of relatives and friends. Members of Poneke Lodge of Druids were well represented. The Rev. T. Stevenson (St. Augustine) ofnoiated aU the graveside at Taita. Mr. Thomas Tudehope. one of the , oldest residents in Auckland, died en Sunday morning. Mr. Tudehope came to New Zealand in the Duchess of Argyle in 1842. He was then a child sis months of ago, and during the 7J years that have since intervened he saw Auckland grow from a mere village to its present proportions. Mr. iudehopo assisted in the formation of tieOld Colonists' Association, and at. tended the annual gatherings witn un* failing regularity. ' Captain P. Black, of Wellington, and Mr H H. Hambleton, engineer, of Greymoiith, hap been appointed assessors to sit'with the Mngistarate «h| inoiiirv into the'wreck of the Kairaki df toymouth recently. The date and place or the inquiry have not yet been fixed. .