PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2336, 18 December 1914, Page 5

PERSONAL ITEMS

VIOE-EsSAIi. His Excellenoy the Governor left Wellington yesterday morning to pay his first offioial visit to Gisborne. Ho will return to town on Monday nest, and leave the same evening for Christchurch, where he goes into residence for a couple of months. The Hon. C. J- Johnston has been appointed local director of the New Zealand Shipping Company, vice the late Mr. J. B. Blair. The Hon. F. M. B. Fisher did not leave for Auckland' on Wednesday night as he intended. He will be in town for some days. The Hon. J. Allenj Minister, of Defence, who. has been on a visit to Auckland in connection with the Maori Expeditionary Force, will return to Wellington this afternoon. Dr. W. Kington Fyffe. who is going to the front with the Third Reinforcements from New Zealand, resigned hie position of physician on the honorary staff of the Hospital at yesterday's meeting of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. The Minister of Publio Health's approval of the appointment of Dr. Barclay as mediiiaf superintendent of the Wellington Hospital was received at yesterday's meeting of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. Mr. T. J. Pemberton, of the literary staff of the "Otago Daily Times," who is at present on leave of absence, has taken up Red Cross work in France, states a London correspondent. The organisation to which he has been attached was originally under the auspices of the French Red Cross Society and established Anglo-French hospitals at Paris' and Limoges. The movement has Bince grown considerably, and is now in the hands of a special committee acting under the control of tho British Red Cross. Under the new regime a hospital has been established at Calais, and preparations are being made for-others in the north of France and near the fighting lino. Mr. Pemberton's special mission is to conduct the hospital supplies and medical stores from London to the various base hospitals in France, and to generally superintend the transport arrangements. Mr. Vincent Ward, son of Sir Joseph Ward, who has been representing the New Zealand Shipping Company at Montreal, Canada, has returned to New Zealand after ah absence of nine years. Following are the delegates selected to represent their branches at tho Boot Trade Congress, which commences ■on December 28 at Auckland:—Auckland, Messrs. Watts, AVheatley, Botterill, and Miss Willshire; Christchurch, Messrs. Pearson, Pegley, Robson, and Miss. Warren; ' Dunedin,; Messrs. Paine, Brown, and Miss Wright; Wellington, Messrs. Reynolds, J. Hutchison, Vinnell, and Miss Broadbent; Invercargill, Mr. C. Veint; Taranaki. Mr. W. Finn. Mr. Leon Cohen,'of Wellington, local secretary of Trinity College of Music, London, has been advised by Mr. Harry St. George, examiner, that the Earl of Liverpool's medal for highest marks for the A.T.C.L'. degree has been awarded to Mr.- Frank Bennett, Dunedin, with 94 marks. ' . ■ The appointment of Mr. Alfred C. Turnbull as inspector of offices and relieving officer of the Lands and Survey Department, is gazetted. Mr. Thomas D. Kendall has been appointed official assignee for the Supreme Court district.'of Christchurch, Ashburton, and Ti'maru, and Mr. Charles Zachariah has been appointed to a similar position for the district of Dunedin, Oam'aru, Invercargill, Gore, Lawrence, and Queenstown. Mr. J. Farrell, representing J. 0. Williamson, Ltd.,. arrived from Auckland yesterday to complete arrangements for the production of "A Royal Divorce" by Julius Knight and his Company on Boxing Night. Mr. Michael Connolly, printer of the "Auckland Weekly News," .and well known among chess players in the Dominion, who completed fifty years' unbroken service yesterday (says a Press Association telegram), wae-presented by the firm with a purse of sovereigns. Quite a number of our exchanges have regretful references to the defeat of Sir Walter Buchanan for tho Wairarapa seat. The "Otago Daily Times" remarks: "Apart altogether from political, considerations,, the rejection of Sir Walter Buchanan is to be regretted. His name is one that is deservedly held in respect wherever he is known, and the services he has rendered to the Wairarapa district have been of the most .signal character." The_ Ohristchurch "Press" writes in a eimilar strain. It says:—"The defeat of Sir Walter Buchanan in Wairaiapa is now definitely announced. While we regret that this leaves the Government with a majority of two, instead of four, we still more regret the loss to Parliament of one of its worthiest members. Sir Walter has done far more than most men for the country in which he settled with no capital eare his industry and perseverance. By sheer hard work he won his way to his present position: his possessions are the fruit of toil and sagacity.' He made for himself the' means of assisting very materially the growth of the great primary industries in the southern part of the North Island, and happily his experience will not cease to assist these interests now that he is once more a private citizen. He has given liberally for public causes, and he deserved far better of the Wairarapa district than to bo replaced by Mr. Hornsby. In. retiring from _ politics, the veteran will take with him the regard of all bis fellow-members, and he leaves behind only an honourable and useful record." At the meeting of the City Council last evening the resignation of Mr. L. M. Silver, chief electrician in the Power Station, was accepted with regret, and a letter is to be forwarded to him expressive of the council's appreciation of the manner in which he has carried out his duties whilst in their employ.' The City Engineer was authorised to continue for the present tho arrangement with Mr. Silver, whereby the latter attends to the council's high level water supply pumping machinery. Mr. Silver is leaving the corporation's employ to go into business on his own account.