PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2362, 19 January 1915, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Vice-Reqal. His Excellency the Earl of, Liverpool will arrive in Wellington from Christ' church this morning. _ The Hon. J. Allen is coming to Wet* lihgton this morning from Dunedin. •. Dr. T. H. A. Valintine, Chief HealtH Officer, is duo to reach Auckland in about a. fortnight's time on his retunt trip from Groat Britain.

News has just arrived by cablegram that air. R G. H. Blow (son of Mr. H< •_'• ll - , Bl ow, TJnder-Secretary for Publio Works) Jias passed his examination to the degree of Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music, London'. Mr. Blow, who completed, a three-years', course atithe Royal Academy of Music in Decern.) her last, 'has had a very successful', career at that institution. In 1913 he won the Academy bronze medal, and last year capped this success by win* ning the silver medal, the highest distinction awarded by the Academy. Mt„ Blow left London by the Medina on Jan-, vary 9 for Sydney, en route for NewZealand, tie is due to arrive here be-< foie the end of February and may pos->' sibly decide to follow up his profession;*; in this country.

The Defence authorities have beeri advised that Henry Charles Rayfield, a' member of'tho. First Company of the Canterbury Battalion, died of pneumonia at Cairo' on January 15. Tho'i, deceased's next of kin is his mother, Mrs. Rayfiold, of Merivalo, Christ." church.

Mr. C. M. Luke, chairman of the ! Central Chamber of Commerce, .aaJ nounced at yesterday's meeting of the;' council that he intended to leave on a! trip to Sydney and Melbourne on Friday, January 29.

Dr. A. Martin of this city is on af visit to Hastings. - 1 Permission has been granted foij Major H. P. Skey, 17th (Ruahine) Regi. ; ment, to resign his probationary ap- ! ponitment to tho Roinforooments New,'-. Zealand Expeditionary Force. i

Mr. H. F. Toogood, who contested the? Chnstchurch North seat in tho Reform/interest against Mr. K M. Isitt, was in" tt ellmgton yesterday. He leaves on a/ business trip to Auckland this morning *'

Mr. J. W. Collins, of the Department' of Labour, Wellington, left the citv on' .Saturday for a three weeks' holiday in 1 ' the Sounds district. ■ Mr. - Fraser is"'. relieving him. Police-Sergeant Wade, late of Eltham" and Sergeant King, late of Picton, who' have been transferred to Wellington, both commenced their ,duties at the' Lambton Station yesterday. They takethe places vacated by Sergeants Fitz-i gcrald and Henry, who are undof! transfer.

Sergeant Fitzgerald, who has been' 1 transferred to Temuka from the local Police Force, left to take up his duties by the south boat last night. Prior to his departure Sergeant Fitzgerald, was the recipient of a presentation in tho form of a handsome suit-case from'imembers of the local Force.

Mr. John William Copithorne, a resi-i' dent of Wellington for the past thirty..? years, died in Otaki on Sunday. Tho' deceased, who was 58 years of a<m, was' born in Ireland, and arrived in Wellington ui 1884. Hojvas on tho Harbour Board staff here for many yea?s. Retiring. f roni tho board's service, he< opened a music warehouse in Vivian 1 Street, and oarried on the business' until his death. About the middle-of.-last month he went to Otaki for the" benefit of his health, which, however,; became worse, and he passed 'away ott\ Sunday, In. years gone by Mr. Copi-; thorno was an office-bearer in Wesley; Church, Taranaki Street, and on going to !ivo at Island Bay ho took office in Innity Methodist Cliuroh, Wellington' South. He was a strong supporter of the Central Mission, and a member of Mssonic Lodge Waterloo, and he also belonged to the Newtown Bowling Club. He has left a widow, but no family. The body has been brought to Welling-' ton for interment to-day.

Writing to a friend under date Decomber 7, the Rev. T. G. Kay, late vicar of Wadestown, says: "I 6na« spend my* Christmas in camp, as I anr chaplain to the 51st Brigade of K.'s Army, and we Jiope to go to the front) early next year." \ Mr. W. B. Miller, formerly of Gis-) borne, and now general manager of the Union Theatres, Ltd., Sydney, who has' been'paying a visit to* his native town,} where he has extensive business inter--' ests, will leave Wellington, on Friday' next for Sydney. \ Mr. Geo. Strack, 8.A., assistant mas.' ter at the Kilhirnie School, Wellington, has been appointed special assistant at the Patea District High School. : . Major W. S. Austin, Inspector of Schools at. Grey mouth, has received leave of absence to join the reinforcements for'the front. , Lieutenant Jardine, who distinguished' •himself for gallant conduct in caring ; . for the-'wounded during the defence of Ypres, is a son of Mr. J. F. Jardine,; of Lincoln Road, Napier, and was odu-! oated at the Napier Boys' High School.i and lator at. the- Wanganui College. Ho' was sent to England to study medicine, I and qualified at London University, sub-i seouently becoming house surgeon at! the Northern Hospital, Liverpool, a post he held for six months, leaving a I mouth before the war broke out to offer bis services to iho Army. Messrs. T. Horton and W. Hamilton,'; of Hastings, are coming to Wellington, * to attend the Nurserymen's Conference, \ ! Mr. H. TV. Grimes, of Messrs. Chas,? Begg and Co., returned from the TarW naki distriot on Saturday. \ The Rev. J. A. M'Nicklo, headmaster/ of Te Aute College, Hawke's Bay, and? Mrs. M'Niokle, have just from a holiday visit to Queenstown and;j Paradise. They -are making "a short stay in Wellington.