PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2386, 16 February 1915, Page 5

PERSONAL ITEMS

$ Dr. W. J. Barclay, the new medical fsjKnpermtendent of the Wellington Hospital, took over his duties on Friday last. Dr. Hardwick Smith, who is en'taring into partnership with Dr. Horbert, is it present on a visit to Christ■'church. ' i i " Mr. Albert E. Nash, general manj'iager in Australasia for Messrs. Walker land Hall, will arrive here this moming [.from Sydney, via Auckland. He will Jetay at the Grand Hotel. I "The many friends of Captain Clifton\Hogg, R.NJt. (lato commander of s.a. iKaramea), who volunteered his services Pen his arrival at London, will be pleased |to hear of his whereabouts. In a letter F:written to a friend he states ho has ifceen appointed navigating lieutenant (attached to the 10th Cruiser Squadron, J&nd he reports "All well." A Press Association telegram from 'Pahiatua reports the death *at Mangatainoka of Cecil James Barford, licensee of tho Dudley Arms Hotel. Deceased was well-known in the Canterbury district, also in racing and ath- . ietic circles. - For a considerable period Hie followed the calling of a commerrcial traveller, and was formerly in at Palmerston North, and afterwards .lived at Waipawa. '■ Dr. Huthwaite, superintendent of the /Otaki Hospital, is at present on leave. {His duties are being attended to b*. fciDr. Farquhar Young, Late senior house jsargeon at tho General Hospital. ,■ I Mr. John O'Shea, City Solicitor, was jabsent from his office yesterday owing So indisposition. Mr. Robert. Tait, chief vlerk in the Town Clerk's department, as also absent on sick leave. | Up to the present six of the Otago iHarbour • Board's permanent men ('{Messrs. Geo. T. Baker, A. J. Campfbell, C. R. Gourley, H. Justin, J. Kll- . teatrick, and P. M.'Lachlan) have volun- - peered, two for garrison duty,in Samoa, laid four for the front. These men have jjeen put on half-pay, and their .positions will be open for them should they Veturn. - < The Rev. Father Ormond a from the Roman Catholics fof Auckland last evening. Congratulations were tendered to Father Orutiond upon his appointment as secreJtary to the first Papal Delegate appointed to Australasia, Archbishop Cerretti. T Mr. A. W. Morgan, stationmaster at . VAuckland for the last seven years, has ibeen transferred to Christchuich,' as [assistant traffic manager for Canterbury section of the N.Z. Railways. Mr. - plotgan was the recipient of a presentation last week, over 60 njerabers of the (staff being present. Sir; Gr. Falls, of (itnvercargill, replaces Mr. Morgan at ( Auckland. \ Mr. Walter Leslie,' district secretary >f the National Reserve, leaves this Jnorning for Napier to attend the_ inaugurated meeting to be held to-night ko form the Napier branch. f Mr. John Reynolds, who died at Groy- X /town the other day, was a very old set- , Wer, having arrived in New Zealand in : i 1865. He was a resident of Greytown Mnce 1867. ■ The late Mr, Reynolds, jrho was 78 years of age, . leaves a >idow, and a son and daughter. The was a member of the Greytown ' '(Lodge of Foresters, since 1871.

■ Mr. J. 0. Anderson, of the Lands |)epartment, Christchurch, who has fc'een appointed to the Parliamentary ■Library staff, will take up his hew duties in May. Mr. A. B. Thomson, assistant librarian, has given notice of his' indention to retire, after seventeen years' and. will-sever his connection 3ivith the. library in a few months' time, i The Rev. Dr. Kennedy, Rector of St. College, is on a visit to Wai"jnate, where he is attending the marjdage of his niece, Miss Delahunt. Mr. Frank Wright, who after nino veara with W. M. Bannatyne and Co. |s severing his connection with the firm jto take up land' in the Auckland district, was entertained by the staff at ta smoke concert on Saturday night. Mr. IS. Hitching, who presided, presented {Mr. Wright with.' a travelling rug as a \mark of esteem, and in doing so commented '" upon the social ■ and sporting jqualities of the guest. Mr. Fred Massie, •Australasian representative for John Sameson and Sons, of Dublin, was'welcomed by the staff. I