PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2482, 8 June 1915, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

The Rt, Hon. W. F. Massey (Prime Minister) leaves this morning for Taraiiaki. He will open the Winter Show at New Plymouth, and attend to public business in the district. The Prime Minister informed a reporter yesterday that it had been finally; arranged that the New Zealand High Commissioner in London (the Hon. T. Mackenzie) is to have the term of his appointment extended. Colonel E. W. C. Chaytor, who wasl reported as having been dangerously wounded in the Dardanelles, is now progressing favourably. Advice to this effect has been received by Mrs. Chaytor, and will be welcomed by numerous' friends of the Colonel and his wife. The Very Rev. Father Price, of Christchurch, is at present under treat-f ment in the Lewisham Hospital suffer ing from a severe chill caugnt while on: a motor journey during a storm yester--' day week. Lieut. Charles Watt, who was yesterday reported killed in action in the Dardanelles, enlisted from Kimbolton, He took part in the Boer Wdr, and since then had been actively connected with tiie military forces in New Zealand. He was an officer in the Hun-' tcrvilie Mounted Rifles. He leaves sevew ' ral brother's in the Kimboltoii two of whom have enlisted. Mr. Duncan Bauchop and Mr. L. J,Darwin have resigned from the staff at the Christchurch Technical College. "The former is going to England to offer his services to the naval authorities, 'and the latter has joined the Now Zealand; Forces at Trentham. The institution of the Rev. H. G. Blackburne, M.A., late of Kilbirnie, _as| vicar of the Palmerston Parochial District, look place at All Saints' Church' on Friday. The ceremony was peri ' formed by His Lordship Bishop Sprott* Mi. G. E. Richardson, locomotive en-< gineor for the Wellington-NapierrNew Plymouth section of railways, is under notice of transfer to Christchurch, having been promoted to the position of locomotive engineer at Addington, ia charge of the Hurunui-Bluff section. Mr. G. T. Ellery, Town Clerk of Ade-i laide since 1899, has been appointed Town Clerk of Melbourne at a salary, commencing at £1100 a year. Fifteen years ago Mr. Ellery was selected to fill the position of Town Clerk of Sydney ( but owing to ill-health found that ha could not accept the position. . Mr. E. P. Joyce, a, well-known resiJ dent of Gisborne for forty-three years, died there last week at the age of seventy years. He was at different times a member of the Gisborne Borough Couricil ahd Harbour Board. The deceased was a native of County Galway , Ireland. Mr. A. A. Boult, of the clerical staff of the Napier Railway Workshops haa been notified of 'his promotion to the engineer's office at Addington. His fellow employees have presented him with' an oak tray and an afternoon tea ser-: vice. At a .valedictory gathering, ati Dyerville on Friday evening Mr. Patrick Maclicuddy was present-* ed witli a- set of pipes and' tobacco pouch as a parting gift from a. few of his friends. He is the first volunteer to leave this district, though: several others have made up their minds to follow Private Maclicuddy's example. The presentation was m'ad« by Mr. H. Daysh. Mr. J. C. Cooper, managing director of the Wellington Farmers' Meat Co., leaves on Thursday on a visit to Australia. Cabled advice received in Wellington' yesterday concerning the progress of Private Norman S. Young, of the 16th Waibato Regiment, Auckland Battalion, who was previously reported as dangerously Wounded, was to the effect that' Private Young is progressing favourably.' 1 Last evening the employees of Messrs, Whitcombe and Tombs's printing department met to make a presentation which consisted of a safety-razor and military breeches, to Mr. Charles Conte'ssa, who is leaving for service at the front. Mr. A. Hill, iii making the presentation, said Mi-. Contessa was carrying out a sacred duty, and wished hiii' a safe return. Mr. Contessa, in thani ing them for the suit-able present, re plied that although he wished to hav a safe return, he was prepared to undergo suffering and hardships to helj; keep the old British flag flying. Mr. H. T. Ellingham, of Horoeka, a member of the Wellington Land Board, met with a nasty accident on Saturday. He was at work with his son splitting - posts when the axe ho was using slipped, inflicting a severe cut on his ieg. Mr. EUingham -will, it is expected, be incapacitated for some time. Mr. W- S. Ingram, president of the Wellington Hairdressers' Union, was last evening presented by the union with a framed photograph of members of the executive.. The presentation was made bv the vice-president "(Mr. E. Doyle), "who made complimentary reference to the able manner in which Mr. Ingram had carried out his duties during his term of office.