PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2316, 25 November 1914, Page 5

PERSONAL ITEMS

' . IWtlon. (W, Fraser )s in Dunedin fet present. He will visit the Agricultural Show to-day, and on Thursday ; iwill 'proceed to the Wakatipu electorate, land remain there till polling day. Sir Ernest Rutherford, the eminent* .rsoientist, who has been staying with his 'relatives near Waverley, wfil be in Wellington on Saturday nest. Sir Ernest jand Lady Rutherford .leave . Auckland jfor Vancouver en route to England by i the Niagara on Tuesday nest, i I Cable advice has been received by j'Mr. M, Elgair, stating' that Major G. 10. Hamilton, of the Grenadier Cjuards, l.who has - been on active service 'in ((France and Belgium since the comimencement of. the war, has been invalided to England consequent upon the severity of lengthy, (sorvico in the (trenches.' < 1 Another link" with the early days of {New Zealand was" severed by the death of Mr. O. A. ißiohards, which occurred at Masterton on Saturday in his 81st year, ; Deceased arrived in New Zealand in 1853,. and after roaming ih<S Canterbury and Wellington districts, opened the 'first school—St. Mary's—in Nelson in 1854, and continued as headmaster there for a period of twentyfive years. ; , In later. years he was teaching in the Wellington and Waira- , rapa districts. , The late Mr. Richards leaves a grown-up family of. seven —H. S. Richards, of Sydney; C.'G. W. itich- . ards, Karori; F. 'G. Richards, Taurahga; V., Richards, Masterton; Mrs. R. M'Murray, Napier; Mrs. W. Zabell, Carterton ; and Mrs. D. Douglas,' 1 Mas'iterton. . .. .. .. '.. .

< On Monday evening Mr. Chas. Zachairiah, who has been promoted from tie 'district managership iia Wellington of 'the Public Trust Office to be DeputyPublio Trustee at. Dunedin, was fare- . ( Veiled by.' his fellow-officers at a social ' evening. ' Mr. T.; Ronaldson, DeputyPublio Trustee G'n tho absoncA of tho ; ijPublio Trustee) ocoupiod the ohair, and i'sn proposing' Mr. : Zachariah's health) . referred in" happy terms to his capacity, jeeal, and business acumen, and also to ( bis genial sooial qualities, .which made 'him popular wherever. he went. Mr. Zachariah had been conneoted with the tiDepartmentfor nidre than twenty years, .•and during that time had for the-most ' part been stationed in Wellington." The was supported in the toast by ■< \jMr.~ J. W. Macdonald (solicitor), Mr. ' ; Purdie (seoretary), Mr; Barr (accountant), and Mr. Fordham. Mr. Zacha-, .-I,'riaa suitably!, responded.-- -.The ifollow- . <ing contributed to an excellent pro- . gramme Messrs. Moore, J. Culford 1 Bell. Minnifie, Green, Woods, Houston, ; "~ rt)swinv''OaiT,'''Shakesi'v-Aitken, ' Belli '.Zachariah (2), Goudie, Exton, Toohill, : vDevereux; Bliok, and Millier. Mr. and rMrs. Zacbarijib. leave for the south this ' Wening. \ Mr. D. J. NstKan, of Messrs Joseph 'Nathan and Co. 1 , has left England for Canada, en route to New Zealand. Mr. and Mrs. Dahl, of Palmerston •North, returned from' Australia by .the yesterday. v- , A'. Kaye, of Christchurch, was a (passenger: from Sydney by the "Climaxoa yesterday: V ' Mr. and Mrs. 'J. H. Pollook, of Roxburgh Street, have gone to Rotorua cn . a health-recruiting trip. • -The Education Board yeßterday dej tided to send a letter of appreciation i to M;ss D. Fitch, kindergarten mistress, . :fat tfot Training College, who has re- , f signed, as from March 31, 1915. . Monday's Otald "Mail"- states /that 'Mr. B. R. Gardener was removed from the Otaki Hospital by motor-car to his ' home at Levin on Sunday afternoon. He is still in a critical (-condition. ' 'Among retirements on superannuation ■ 'announced in the'Publio Service Jour'nal are the.following:—Mr.,Albert Butler, of the State Coal Mines, ,who retires at the end of the year. Detcc- . ~tive William Campbell, well known in and on the West. Coast, where he is now stationed. ; He retires at the end of January next. • Mr. W. ! S. Curtis; of the Lands and Survey De- ( partment, who retires at the end of January next. - Mr. James M. Irwin, of Stewart Island, who has for many (years held the offices of District Con- ' , stable, Inspector of Fisheries, and Coastwaiter in that delectable'territory, is to be relieved of his many responsibilities on November 30. Mr. Joseph | Lynch, of the Publio Workß Department, retires on January 31 next. Mr. James 0. Scott, of the Publio Works retires on tho last day of the year. • •

Mr. D. Clark", stationer, has been Seriously indisposed for'the past' fortnight, and is still confined to nis bed. | The weekly session 1 of the Pioneer i l/odge was held at the Rechabito Hall, fManners Street, on Monday evening. |!After the formal business the juveniles i'were admitted, and' songs and recita(tioris contributed to tho harmony of the •meeting. • , , The deputation which., waited upon the Mayor on Monday in regard to the council's ideas concerning Oriental Bay improvements represented the Roseneath Ratepayers' Association, not tha i Hataitai ratepayers. The nnmber and variety of our olients lis ill itself a tribute to our skill and care in. passinsr entries, moving furniture, sendine parcels. Don't forget that we are only carrying firmin Dominion having our own offices in all principal towns. .The N.Z. Express Co...Ltd.—Advt. :■ (■ ■ .