PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2310, 18 November 1914, Page 5

PERSONAL ITEMS

The Eight Hon. W. F. Massey went south from Christchurch yesterday to Temuka. Ho goes on to Dunedin and probably to Southland, returning to Christchurch early next week.—(Press Association.) The Rev. Otho Fitzgerald, vicar of Avonsido, Chrißtchurca, and Mrs. Fitzgerald, who' have just returned from England, loft for tho south last evening. Mr. J. P. Frend, of Clareville, has, says our Carterton correspondent, received news that his brother, Captain Frend, of the Derbyshiros, was killed in action on September 26. He was an officer under General Smith-Dorrien, in South Africa, and was still serving under him when ho met his death in France. ~ The Rev. . William Shiirer left for Dunedin on Monday evening to attend the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. . It is possible that Mr. Peter Dawson, the distinguished English baritone vocalist, may initiate a concert tour of New Zealand next month.. Messrs. Bowron and Modlin, of Christchurch, vwere passengers from Sydney by the Manuka yesterday. Mr. T. Hugo, Inspector of Fire Brigades, returned- to; Wellington from Auckland yesterday- morning. Dean T. Bourke, of Townsville, Queensland, arrived in Auckland by the Niagara from Vancouver on . Sunday. He. left Australia six months ago on a tour of the world, but. the outbreak of war compelled him to return. Lieut. K. H. L. Mackenzie, R.N., of H.M.S. Torch, returned from. Sydney to Wellington by. the Manuka yesterday. • Colonel Charles Evans, 0.M.G., Commissioner for Railways in Queensland, who has been studying the railway systems on the Continent, in England, the United States, and Canada, arrived in Auckland by the Niagara from Vancouver on Sunday. He continued his journey to Australia on tie following day. Mr. and Mrs. F. 0. M. Gabites, of Christchurch, who have been visiting the Old Country and Canada, arrived back in New Zealand'by the Niagara.. Commissioner Hodder, who is coming from London to take charge of the Salvation Army in New Zealand, is expected to arrive at Wellington early in December. As Commissioner for Japan, the commander has accomplished some useful work.

Countess de Montaigu, who with Count de Montaigu, has been touring New Zealand, arrived in Auckland from Rotorua on Sunday, and left for Sydney e?i route to England on Monday.

The Hon. W. H. Burgess, a member of the Executive Council of Tasmania, and chairman of the Hobart Harbour Commissioners, who,' with Mrs. Burgess, has been engaged on a seven months trip to England and Europe, passed through New Zealand on his way home this week.

Mr. A. D. Thomson, Assistant-Publio Service Commissioner, has been visiting Palmerston North where he once resided for some time as a Stipendiary Magistrate.

Mr. H-. E. Partridge, Mrs. Partridge, and the Misses E. L. and M. L. Partridge, of Auckland, who have been touring Great Britain and the Continent for seven months, returned by the Niagara, which arrived from Vancouver on Sunday. They were in Berne, Switzerland, when the war broke out, and bad a number of unpleasant experiences before reaching London,

Mr. Charles V. Brown has returned to Napier-from a trip abroad. Mr. Brown was in Belgium when the war broke out. After arranging his private affairs in New Zealand it is his intention to proceed to the front; ■

Mr. N. Fitzgerald, of-"Wellington, has accepted the position of jud>*e of the decorative section at the Horticultural Show to be held nest Saturday.

Mr. Geo. Frost, chairman of tie Reserves Committee of the City Council, reports that the Zoo at Newtown Park has been inado unusually . interesting during the past few' days by the birth of four wolf cubs and no fewer than six jackals. In reply to a note of alarm sounded by our representative, Mr. Frost said that though the animals mentioned were proving very prolific, there wa3 no immediate need ■ to suppose that they will become as plentiful as rabbits in the land. A further addition to the feathered tribe has been the hatching of, two "moreporks" or native owls, believed to be the first of the species hatched in captivity. Mr. Balchin, of Eolleston Street, has also presented the Zoo with a very handsome black swan of a new species. The Zoo just now i.i an ideal place to spend a contemplative hour or two.

■ Many'fish stories have been told, but few can compare with an incident that happened to Captain Martin .Ulrichs, of the launch Germany (says an English exchange).' Ulrichs and a party of four were fishing for salmon off Angel Island, U.S.A., when Ulrichs hooked something that refused to budge. Suddenly his launch . started to move ahead at a rapid paoe, but Ulrichs stayed with his line. Imagine his.surprise when K27, a Government submarine, rose from the water and confronted the launch. Ulrichs received a severe reprimand, and the submarine continued its manoeuvres.