PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2354, 9 January 1915, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS

J Mr. Harold Beauchamp. ohoirman of the Bank of New Zealand, left for the 1 South Island per Wahinc last'evening. The Hon. D. R. Hall, the AttorneyGeneral of New South Wales, went; north last evening to Rotorua. He will, return to Wellington in about a week.

1 A cable message has been received by the Defence Department announcing., the death of Trooper Georgo Vandergraff Burlinson, a member or the Main Expeditionary Force, at Cairo, Egypt.' Deceased, who was attached to the Wellington Mounted Rifles, died from septic poisoning as' the result of injuries received in a fall from a horse.. The father of deceased is Major. Burlin6on, officer in charge of the Weraroa Training School, Levin,

The Mount Cook, Wellington South',. and suburban police gathered in 6trong force at Mount Cook Station last even-' ing to formally say good-bye to Senior* Sergeant J. J. Cassells, who will shortly, leave • Wellington for Hamilton. For many years Senior-Sergeant Cassella has been one of the.oity'6 moßt popular-police-officers, and there is general regret at his departure. Senior-Sergeant. Dow presided at laet evening'b gathering, and asked Senior-Sergeant Cassells to accept a present of a hall-stand. He remarked that all were sorry to lose their colleague. Sergeant M'Namara also spoke in eulogistic term 6 or the guest. Senior-Sergeant Cassells, in reply, thanked the donors, and stated that he indeed regretted that it was necessary for him to go away from, here. ; Mr. G. Hogben, C.M.G., InspectorGeneral of Schools, who is about to re? tire from the position,, was tendered a farewell by the Education Department last evening. About 70 officers of the Department and their wives were present. Sir 0. Gibbes, secretary of tha Education Department, presided. Dr.' Anderson, Assistant-Inspector-General of Schools, and Sir Edward Gibbes proposed the toast of "Our Guests,' and. the following officers" of the Department supported the toast: Messrs. F. 8.. da CaKro (chief clerk), W. W. tive Schools), N. H. Brown (Technical School branch), W. E. Spencer (School Journal), and R. H. Pope (Industrial Schools branch). In proposing the toast of the Education Department, the Hon.J. Allen, Minister of Education, referred to Mr. Hogben's long and honourable career, ■ and> thanked torn tor the services he had rendered the JJepartment. The Minister also congratulated Mr. Hogben on his being made C.M.G. IncHentaUy Mr. Allen said that he was well satisfied with the work,of the officers of the Department over which he had charge, and he knew, that he could always rely upon, them. During the course of tie evening, Mr, Hogben was presented with a roU-top desl, and.Mrs. Hogben with a silver coffee services. At yesterday's HawkeVßay A. and! P. Society's meeting reference was made to the knighthood of Sir Jamea Wilson, whom it was deoided to congratulate, members expressing pleasure that one who had done so much for the agricultural and pastora' interests in the Dominion should have teen singled out for honour.

Tutange 'Waionui died at the Panroa, Pa early on Thursday morons, tne deceased (says the Hawera Star ) was. the leading Chief of, the Ngatihme tribe, taring descended from a long line of ancestors dating back to the; coming of the Aotea canoe, on his: mother's side. Tutange was related to ( the Ngapuhi tribe, and could trace his. ancestory to Takehorea. a oeleorated auki and tohunga of Hokianga. During Titokowaru's war, when a young, man, Tutange won the distinction of; a toa (brave), and on several occasions, carried through some daring exploits. At Whakamara he rode into an ambuscade of 25 Forest Rangers, stood up in his stirrups, fired three pistol shots at the soldiers, and then rode away to join his people who had made, good their eßoape through the luke. moko Gorge. Tutange was chosen by Titokowaru as one of the nine- wto formed an ambuscade and shot down von Tempsky and his bravo men at To Ngutu-o4*-raanu. Tutange was a, man of far above the average ability, and a ready and effective speaker. He "as among the first to recede the wisdom of falling into line with Bw ; altered circumstances after the war. and on.the roturn of the people from' Son in Otago, he set lovaUv ncecptcd-the position, rupito, SgtnMo' M&phew, ha* all alone been rt WW3 the hfe, but has given wiv to his «nclo. He will, noweyer, nmuUme the position of the anki of liia pcoplO' '

•"? Mr. 'A'. Fairbairn, of Messrs. - Fair- ', bairn, Wright, and Co., is visiting Wellington. , | Mr. F. W. Rowley, Seoretary for Labour, who had been spending the holidays in the Sounds district, has returned to Wellington. Among the bowlers who left yesterday to. attend the Dominion Bowling Association's tournament at Auokland were: Messrs, William Pryor (secretary of the Employers' Federation), W. Grenfell (seoretary of the Wellington Employers' Association), Mr. J. Porteous (of the Education Department), Mr. E. J. Hill (of Hill and Sons), Mr. W. J. Thoinp- ' son (of Thompson Bros.), Mr. J. Bary, headmaster of the Mount Cook Boys' Sohpol; Mr. Erskine, assistant master at the Terrace School; Mr. Baskiville, also of the Terrace School staff: Mr. H, Frost j and Mr. H. Fowler, orPetone (who is to play for Mr. Hill). A Christchurch rink, skipped by Mr. M'Dougail, also left for the north yesterday. s Mr. William Lindsay, chief officer of the Kauri, has received- word that his' brother, Sergeant Edwin Morton Lindsay, of the Black Watch, was killed in action in the battle of the Aisne on September 15. . Mr. H. E. GMestone, F.R,G.S„ ia ftbout to pay. a visit to the Mount Cook district. ■ .' ' Es-Chief Detective Campbell, who haß been connected with the Police Department for over 35 years, retired at the . end of the year, and has come to .Wellington to settle. He was for twenty years in Wellington, aftor which he was promoted to Dmeddn, . where he remained for' five years, and was then transferred to Greymouth, where he has resided for the past ten Jrears. Mr. Campbell finds Wellington greatly changed for the better, and is rapidly picking up, the friends and acquaint,ances of years ago. Lieutenant A. L.Gee, of the reserve of offioers, Ist, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, who has received an appointment as lieutenant'with the troops for the relief of the garrison at Samoa, is a, noted rifle shot. Engineer-Lieutenant F. H. Jefferson, a. son of Mr. J. M.Jefferfon. of Kh'y/ber Pass Road, Auokland, has been transferred from the warship Temeraire to the Superb'. Prior to being on the Temeraire, Engineer-Lieutenant Jefferson was on the Formidable, which was sunk in the English Channel. Mr. Kirkby Wilson, son of Mr. Henry (Wilson, of Auckland, has, according to advices received from London, been appointed a lieutenaat in the Royal. Engineers. .■-''.■■■ Mr. George Ronnie," of Lincoln, has ■ been appointed to fill the vacanoy' on the Board of Governors of Canterbury 'Agricultural College, caused, by the death of Mr. M. Murphy. Mr. Rennie is an' ex-student of the college, and has always taken a deep interest in its welfare since leaving, now. almost 30 (years ago. ■ A "patriotio strike" occurred on the Steamship Waiwera on 1 Tuesday. The vessel was. loading .from the Whangarei ' Freezing Works, and when operations commenced the crew discoveied among the other workers a number of Austrians. The Waterside Workers' Union men then struok work, and did not resume until the Austrians were sent off the ship. ' Mr. R. P. Hudson; the new member for Motueka, was in town yesterday. Chief Detqotive Broberg, who has been on a short holiday up north, returns to Wellington to-night. Hie successor hero, Chief Detective Boddam, of New Plymouth,' arrived in Wellington from Taranaki on Thursday night. Mr. John Hopkins, who recently organised'the Napier -Mardr Gras, leaves for.Wairoa on Monday to make arrangements for a carnival to be held in that town at the end of January..