PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2785, 1 June 1916, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

—« Sir Rider Haggard, who visited New Zealand as a member of the British Empire Trado Commission, some four years ago, arrived from Sydney by the Mnnifka yesterday. His mission on this occasion. - is to gain information as to the areas of land snitnblo for settlement that could be made available for soldiers, and the means of acquiring same from the Gov-, ornmcnt. Sir Rider Haggard is accompanied by Ilia private secretary (Mr. A. 11. Corbelt).

Mr. James Macintosh, of Messrs. W. and G. Turubull and Co., arrived back from a visit to Australia by the Manuka, yesterday. Mr. J. L. M'Cliiitock, manager of the Vacuum Oil Company, was also a passonger by tlie same steamer.

Bishop Cleary, accompanied by the Rev. Father Kelioe, who is on a visit to His Holiness tlie ,Po[ie, arrived in Homo Oil Friday last. His Lordship will go from Home to Great Britain and Ireland, and will then return to Auckland, where ho is due back about the end of the year.

Councillor John Fuller, junr., intends leaving Wellington at the end of tho month to take up his residence in Sydney, where he is to take a moro active part in, tho management of tho vaudeville business connected with tho name of Fuller than ho lias in tho past. In New Zealand Mr. Fuller has been more directly associated with tho firm's interest and proprietreship of theatres and in its big interest iA tlie picture business. Yet lie lias found time to participate in municipal in Wellington, and headed the poll at Jthe last City Council election. Mr. Fuller will be some considerable time absent from Wellington. As it is just possible, that ho may return in a few months' tiroo it is not his intention, to' resign from the council, believing in any oase ihat it is not advisable at the present jjitactnre to put tlio city to the expense ttfla by-election. That bmnsr the case, ho will ba granted extended leave ol absence.

Mr. G. G. Brodio, of the Empire Trad' lng Company, Wturned from a visit tc Australia Icf tho Manuka yesterday. The Rev.. Father O'Lcary, of Welling, ton, underwent .an operation for appcn* dicitis in the Bowen Street Private Hospital on Friday last. He is now on the high roai to complete recovery. ■ Sergeanteiiajor Hall-Jones, son of Sir William M.L.C., has been invalided hack to New Zealand, and is expected to i;eac;H Wellington towards the end of nest nipnth. >

A Press Association message from Sydney states that the late Mr. James Angus, an ex-New Zealandcr, has left an. potato valued at Mr. Angus came from Aberdeen to'-Siba Zealand in the . early days and mad& mark as a railway and bridge contractor, his operations being mainlv in t3ie Island. About 30 vears ago'he settled in Now South Wales. He met his divathi. last month through being 'run over jflry" a train near Ms home it Booty hill, Syclney- He has left a widow, a son, and a> daughter, and some relatives in Wellington.

A presentation ..was' made on Monday to Lieutenant H. 11. C. A. Parkinson, of the staff of tlie.Jtak of New Zealand, on behalf of his felfoteofficers of the produce department of ttyajt ■ bank. Mr. H. A. Keeling, manage* x>f the department, in making the presentation (a 6et of pipes and tobacco pouchA 6poke o.f the high esteem in which 'lieutenant Parkinson was held by his feloV-ofßcers. Lieutenant Parkinson goes inly* 'camp with the 19th Reinforcements.

Mr. W, Glenn, thb Allßlack footballer, and Mr. P. F. Neinnan, of Wellington, who hold commissjoiW in the Boyal Field Artillery, are both fkhting on tho'West front, Mr. Glenn Wflnmanding big gnns. at the front, and MriNewman in oharge of trench mortars ifiring from the trenches.

Mr. G. P. Jackson,, jvho is associated with tho Auckland firm of T. Mandeno Jackson, auctioneers, Jjas enlisted for active service. •,

Mr. J. SmaTt, a -.firmer resident of Riverhead, Auckland, lias obtained a lieutenant's commissionl in the- Australian Forces, and leaves shoiitly for the front. Mr. L. K. Stott, a pro to ment farmer of Saskatchewan, Canada, . and Mrs. Stott arrived in Auckland on Monday by the Niagara from Vancouveri, They purpose; settling in New Zealand. •

Dr. Latchmore, surgeon ■ tof the Maknra, who met with an accident* Tvhen that vessel was in Vancouver, returned to Auckland by the Niagara on lljonday.

Dr. W. Parkin, who is ;dtached to the staff of tlio State Hospitalof California, was a passenger by the Nllagara, which arrived at Auckland on IConday. Dr. Parkin is a New Zealand'«r, and took his degree in the seven years _L_