PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2519, 14 July 1915, Page 7

PERSONAL ITEMS

During the proceedings of tho committee of tho Councilof Agriculture yesterday, Mr. E. Hall was presonted with an illuminated address and it Bilver tea and coffee service on the occasion of his Totireinerit- from tho secretaryship of the committee. Numerous delegates i>poko iii terms of high praise! of, Mri Hall for.liis.un6elfishness m placing his great store of information on agricultural subjects at tho disposal of the farming community. Mr. J. Cr, Rutherford said that in Auckland they looked v on Mr. Hall as the Encyclopaedia of Agriculture. Another speaker ; termed Mr. Hall the pioneer of many important Now Zealand movements,' and Sir .Walter Buchanan said that Mr, Hall deserved to be ■ remembered .if only for his work respecting rural telephones for this country. In replying, Mr. Hall, said that the collection of agricultural ' information had been a life hobby with liim, arid he had always accounted his ' attendance at the conference ah opportunity, for pursuing his ' hobby. , » Captain Alex. Carson, of tho MonoXrai. has been appointed harbourmaster . at Gisborne,—Press Association. Mr. Douglas Henderson, accountant •at .tho Bank of New South Wales, '.Long- . rcach, Queensland, arrived, by the Uliinaroa on a visit to his .parents at 'Karori. Mr. Henderson,who was recently married,, is aocompanied by his ■ wife. At a meeting of tho Wairarapa Pres- • bytery yesterday, a call to the Rev. G. T. flrowno, of Gisborne, to Knox Church, Mastorton, was confirmed.— Press . Association. The, following resolution was passed at yesterdayjs meeting of tho Wehngton Presbytery"That the. Presbytery is deeply thankful to God for tho pat'riot- : ism manifested by ' the people •of this Dominion, and for the desire to provide for our wounded soldiers and those de- / pendent oh thera. It is deeply grieved that gambling has been adopted "as a ■ means of raising funds for so worthy an object. In view of tho very serious position in which our Empire' is now placed,' the Presbytery calls upon all, and especially upon the people of our Church, ,to humble themselves before 'Almighty God and to realise that-from Jiim cometh: our help and. our salvation." • •-- \ l ■ Telegraphing yesterday, iOur Napier correspondent reports: Mr. D. M. M 'Millan, District Road Engineer, who left to-night on transfer to." Gisborno, was met by the staff of the Public Work 3 Department this rooming, and presented . with: an elaborate set of drawing instruments. • ,■ - Mr. A. G. C. Marsdep, ofPotone, who for .the last five . years has, been trading between England, Africa,' and tho East, has received word, that he had gained his chief engineer's certificate. Mr. Marsden was. formerly an employee mf tho Government Railway Works, Pe-'-tone. .' . ■/ Mr. H. S. Hurle, who inNovember, 1913, resigned from the Labour Depart- , mentj Wellington, to accept a position. ;in Chile, left there on, the outbreak of hostilities, to enlist in. England. - He joined tho University and Public Schools Brigade of the Royal Fusiliers,' and .was with; them untij May 21 of this year, when he Was gazetted to'a second lieu-. ' tenancy in the sth Battalion of tho Middlesex Regiment, the regiment )vhicli earned renown in the Maori wars. . ' Messrs... Joseph, Vincent, and John . Vitctta. ' members of the; Professional ' Orchestra and Musicians' TJnion, wero presented with, a handsome cruet prior to their departure from Wellington-to Nelson. : ; Mr. H, Bloy (conductor) mado . the. presentation, and- expressed- the ■ general regret that would bo felt in . musical circles that the Vitettas were taking their. departure, from a sphere where they, had very useful, work. * Lieutenant-Colonel T. W. .M'Donald, who left New: Zealand in command of : tho Otagolnfantry Battalion, and was • rlinvalided from ;.Eg.vpt.'-to England, and Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel > F.-; G., Batchelor. N.Z.M.C., who left with the Expeditionary Force as X-ray export, arrived in: Auckland by tho Niagara, and reached Wellington by the Mam Trunk . express yesterday morning. ; ' Mr. L. G. James, consulting engineer, Who was operated on in the Bowen ptreet Private Hospital.-last month, has , Sufficiently recovered to be.■,removed ; to Jjis home. .; . " ' ■■. -