PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2780, 26 May 1916, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

Sir Eider Haggard, who is visiting the oversea Dominions in connection with the settlement of soldiers on the land and the general question of oversea emigration, sailed for Wellington by the Manuka yesterday.—Press Asociation.

His Lordship Bishop Cleary, in a letter to the ltight Eev. Mons'gnor Mahoney, V.G., from Detroit, dated April 16,' conveyed the welcome news that his health was steadily improving, aud that the trip hud been most enjoyable. On April 22 the Bishop wrote again from New York, and again referred to his improving health, which was almost perfect lie said. With his relatives tho Bishop lias spent a pleasant time, and stayed for a while at Highland llall, near New York, with an old ecclesiastical friend. At the time of writing the Bishop was about to visit "Washington, to see his Excellency Archbishop Bonzana, papal delegate to the United States. The Bishop was to have left New York for Europe on May 8. Father ICehoe was visiting relatives in Ontario, and Very Eev. Dean Liglitlieart was iu New Jersey, the field of his past labours.

Mr. Douglas Allan Harle, of New Plymonth, was yesterday; admitted as a barristed and solicitor of tho Supreme Court by Mr. Justice Hosking. Mr. Harle, who is a-corpoval in the 17th Iteinforcements, appeared in uniform. His Honour wished him a safe return to New Zealand and success in practice. Corporal Harle was formerly a student at victoria College. Mr. Nugent Welch, the well-known local artist, who is leaving for the front with the Fourteenth Eeinforcements, was farewelled by the members of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts in the Accountants' Chamber last evening. He was presented with a wristlet watch as a token of esteem, and every appropriate' sentiment was given expression to as to his future on service. The Nationalist members of the House of Commons have entertained Mr. T. J. Ryan (Premier' of Queensland) at luncheon in the House. Mr. John Ecdmond .(the Nationalist leader) presided.—Press Association. Mr. Morris Fruhauf, 'who had been in business in Wellington for many years, died suddenly at his residence in Abel Smith Street on Tuesday. He was a native of Cracow, seventy years of age, and came out to New Zealand about half a century ago. He lived in Christchurch for some time, then went to Timaru, and settled in Wellington thirty years ago. Tho cause of death was heart trouble. Mr. Fruhauf has left a widow, a sou (Mr. Lionel Fruhauf, dental surgeon, Sydney),- and two daughters (Mrs. Harold Moses, of Auckland, and Miss Fruhauf, of Wellington). The funeral took place yesterday afternoon, the Ifev. H. Van Staveren conducting tlio service. Major M'Lean returned to Wellington from Rotorua yesterday. i A large company from the Auckland Police Barracks on Tuesday night lxido farewell to a particularly popular member of. the service iu Sergeant Thos. Ryan. During his four years' service in Auckland Sergeant Ryan had become recognised generally as a most unusual type of police officer, whose watchword was "duty," not as defined by tho police regulations, but in the larger sense of duty to serve every fellow-man he came across, both in the service and out of it. His large-hearted paternal instincts ( eamed him the sobriquet of "Dad" Ryan, and every man in the service liad a wholehearted and unashamed respect and affection for "Dad" Ryan. Prior to his departure he was presented by his comrades (iu all branches) with an unusually handsome liqueur stand, while a silver cake basket in token of respect to Mts. Ryan, was auded to the presentation Sergeant Ryan, who has been 20 years in the police service, lias been for the past four years' in Auckland, prior to which he had been for eleven years at Kumara. He left last night on trai.sfer to take charge of Reef ton police station, in Westland. Sergeant Ryan is a survivor of the wreck of the Wairarapa on the Great Barrier in October, 1891.