PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2781, 27 May 1916, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS

Tho Prime Minister, the Right Hon, W. F. Masspy, will leave to-day for Auckland. lie will bo present at the opening of the new freezing works at Westfield, near Auckland, on Monday. Th'e Hon. Dr.* M'Nab and Mr. J. Craigie, M.P., were, passengers for the so'uth by tho Maori last night. Tho Hon. A. M. Myers left for Auckland yest'orday. '' Ms. C. P. I'owles, secretary to tho' Board of Governors 'of Wellington College,, is. at present suffering, from a serioua attack of congestion of the lungs. Captain H. M. W. Richardson has been appointed stall captain to General Johnston, and is now with tho Ist New Zealand Infantry' Brigade in France. Captain Richardson was adjutant*of the 3rd Battalion,- N.Z. Rifle Brigade, and left for tho front in February last. • Dr. Hogg, Upper Willis Street,_ ■rfii <Jv into camp at Awapuni in'tliej=ei</rid week in June, prior to going fcs> ine front. ' Dr. It. H. Malgill, ono of tho district health officers- at Auckland, who Went to England on war-service about a year ago, will • leave England to-day on his return to Auckland. From England Dr. Ma.ltgill went to Eg.vp.t, and was-stationed at Alexandria for some, months as' chief sanitary officer for a.veiy extensive <iis-.< trict. Recently his -health broke down, and after a- period of treatment in a hospital he returned tp England as a medical officer on a- hospital ship. It was announced by the Minister of Defence in February that arrangements had /been made for Dr. Mnkgill to return to his civil duties. : Mr. Farqiihar Young, for many years on tho Dune;! hi Telegraph Staff, and well known throughout musical circles in New Zealand,, ha's enlisted at Christchurch. ■ Major Norton Francis, Director of Base Records, left for Christehurch last evening to discuss any matters which returns ed soldiers wish to put before him. Commissioner Hodder, of the Salvation Army, will commence a tour in the 'I'aranaki province this week-end,, commencing at New Plymouth, Driver Smith and Fireman Woods were presented at Lyttelton yesterday with a silver afternoon tea service each, subscribed by the pupils of the Lyttelton District High School, parents, and others, in recognition of their devotion to duty, thereby averting a serious railway disaster on March 4, when the school excursion train was derailed at Addington.—Press Association. Tho death of Te Rangi Tai (Mrs. Howie) occurred at Opptiki on Saturday last: Te Rangi Pai, who was bom. in 18fi8, is a daughter of Colonel T..W. Porter, C.8., 'her-mother, being a Maori of high-rank, was educated at the Ladies' College, Napier, and subsequently embarked up6n a musical career, meeting with consineri able success.- She appeared at-, tho principal concert halls in England, and sang before Queen Victoria, to whom she waa also presented.. She had not sung , in. public for some years past, and ha'd for some, time been living on ' her property at Mangaroa..- Owing to ill-health'the past-six. months'or so had been spent in Opotiki. The body lias been removed to Ivopuakoeae, Mangaroa, near Te Kaha, for interment. ...

There dicd'in Wellington on Wednesday Mr.' Emanuel de Rosa, an old . and wellknown. resident of the district, and who for years .was. concerned in the milk supply of Wellington. The deceased was a native of Pioo, in Portugal, but. left there as a lad to seek his > fortune in lands of promise across the sea. - He arrived bere. about sixty years- agoj and for many.years had'a dairy farm at the Taito, anil more recently' went in for general farming in the same locality; Mr. de Rosa, who .was 79 years of age, had no family, and his wife died about eleven ; years, ago. Mr., de Rosa was for some years a member of the. Lower Hutt Borough Council. His interment took ■ place at' Petone yesterday afternoon, the Rev,. Father Lane officiating at the grave, side. i Sub-Lieutonant Cecil R. Willcocks, Royal Naval.Reserve, 'ofAuckland, has, according to private information received, been, -attached to H.M.S. licockleshy. •: .'lliv H. B.- Sorensen, . Consul for Denmark, who for como four years has earned. out . the duties of" Acting-Consul f&;,.Norwny-':in;.Ghristchurch, has iust re•peiyed from King Haakonj of Norway tho First-ciass .Order of .the Knighthood of St.. Olaf, in recognition of his services. The insignia of the order is a gold cross in Maltese form, richly jewelled, and tho status of' the- order approximates that of the British • K.C.M.G. King; Haakon is Grand Master-.of-tho Order'of St. Olaf. The dignity is conferred for life. Dr.' Lyttelton, headmaster, of Etqn School (England), is to reign bis position at Christinas. The Rev. Father O'Connor, S.M., who for over ■ a year has been- assistant to Archdeaoon l)ovoy at St; Anne's, Newtown, has been transferred to St. Joseph's,. Buckle Streot. He : has been en. tertained'by.-the parishioners _of St, Ajine's at- a gathering, ever whiofi Mr ; I\ J. O'Regan presided, when Fathet O'Connor was presented with a bicycle, a dressing-case, a case of pipes, and a. cheque. : Another presentation was made by Master Murray on behalf of tho sanctuary boys: Speeches were made by the Very ' Rev. Father Peoples, S.M., and the Very Rev. Father Keogh, S.M., of St. Patrick's College, while vocal and instrumental items were contributed bjr Miss A. Segrief, • and Messrs. Seid, K. Dillon, and Logan. ■ ' Mr. W. H. Morton, City Engineer, has been 'appointed an engineer member of the Plumbers' Hoard of' New Zealand. The staff of the Government Printing Office iuet last, evening.'to farewell P,te. Geergo Green, of the 13th Reinforcements. The association president presented Pte.' Green with a radium-faced watch, and expressed the best wishes of the stall to l'te. Green on his leaving, for service at the front. -Mr. Broad, binding overseer, also spoke, and after the recipient had returned thanks the gathering brokp up with cheers and the singing of "God Save tho King." ■ Colonel Porter, C.8., loft for Gisborno yesterday morning, and will be away about a fortnight. Mr. J. G. Coates, M.P. for Kaipara, who has offered his services for the front, will go into camp next week. •

At last night's meeting of the. Wellington Technical Education Boar.d, Mr. 15. ' Robertson, who had .been chairman for several years, tendered' his resignation, on tho grounds of ill-health. In moving a ''motion' "that the resignation be accepted with regret," Mr. 6. Frost, actingchairman, paid a high tribute to Mr. Robertson's services to the board and to technical education generally. Tho motion, which was seconded by the Hon. J. G. AY. Aitken, was spoken to bj "several other members of the board in similar strain. Mr. G. Frost was elected chairman "of the board. Mr. J: H. (Escott, M.P., is lying" seripusly ill at the house of his brother-in-•law, Aurora Terrace, where ho has. been jiving. He has been granted leave of absence from his Parliamentary duties. _ At the farewell smoko concert accorded to departing "commercials" in khaki at.tho Commercial Travellers' Club last evening, the chairnjan (Sir. AYin. Bridsonj presented Mr. J. Lloyd _with a pair •of glasses, which had been given by Mr. I. .J,. Rothschild. for the first \member who volunteered for service after a certain' date. In making the presentation,. Mr. Bridson expressed the hope thaj the glasses would bo the means o| his life and those of many of his com. mips. On behalf of Mr. James Broderick, Mr. AV. 6. Duthie presented Mr. Doughty with an auto safety-razor, and on behalf of Mr. F. W. Manton, the chairman. presented the same gentleman with a pair of prism binoculars. Tho recipients returned thanks in manner brief but sincere. Mr. AY. Clarkson, who has been. appointed to take charge of the Post and Telegraph stores branch at Christchurch, and who is well known i* musical circles in Wellington, has left for thf south to take up his new duties.