PERSONAL MATTERS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 86, 12 April 1911, Page 7

PERSONAL MATTERS.

Mr Justice Cooper leaves for Hamilton to-morrow. Mr. J. Lieherman, ' of Messrs. C. Hill and Sons, Lambfcon-quay, leaves for an extended trip to the Old Country tosnoiTow. Mr. John S. Swan, who has been , spending a- holiday in Sydney and Melbourne, returned to Wellington by the Marama this morning. ' The Wellington Industrial Association last evening passed a motion sympathising with Mr. J. R. Palmer, Town Clerk, in his recent bereavement. Mt. Charles' Holdsworth, general manager of the Union Steam Ship Company, arrived in Wellington, from Sydney to-day. He leaves for Dunedin this evening. Colonel Stuart Newall, C.8., who recently resigned the secretaryship of the .Wellington Commercial Travellers' Club, is to be fareweUed by the members this evening. Mr. Churchill, on© of the Rechabite delegates touring New Zealand, visited Wanganui yesterday. He wafe entertained oi tea by lodge members and subsequently addressed a public meeting. -Mr. W. H. Millward has been appointed chairman of directors of the Geai Meat Company in succession to the late Mr. James Gear. The consequent vacancy on the -board of directors will not be filled. Messrs. H. L. Cummiags and D. E. Parton, -of the Post and Telegraph Department, have been appointed to positions in the Fijian Telegraph Department, a<ad left yesterday for Auckland, en< route to the islands. Mr. R. Fletcher, lately appointed as a combined district representative on the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, took his seat on the board for the first time yesterday, and was formally welcomed, jay the Rev. W. A. Evans (chairman). Mr. Hector Lee, who recently resigned the local managership of Butterworth Bros., is about to leave on a world's tour, embracing in his travels India, China, and Japan, which countries he will visit after an extended stay in Great Britain. Mr. Lee has for some time now been prominently connected with swimming in Wellington, and as vice-president of the Thorndon Club he has done -a great deal for the good of the sport. He was a. keen enthusiast, and was extremely popular. By way of showing the respect in which Mr. Lee is held, members of the Thorndon Swimming Club gathered in force last evening to wish, him farewell. A most enjoyable, time was spent. Amongst tkose present was Dr. Iza-rd, who wished Mr- Lee ©very success and a quick return. Mr. Lee, in responding, stated that he would look forward to returning to "the best lot of fellows on the globe." , He expected to be away about - '-elv-o months. The Berwick Advertiser of 17th February refers at some length to the life and works of the late Canon Hastings M. Neville, 8.A., Vicar of Ford, Northumberland (father of Mr. Neville, of Victoria-street, Wellington). The Advertiser says that the deceased gentleman was perhaps the greatest authority of his time on the customs and traditions of the North Country people, and Jiad written several interesting books upon the subject. Canon Neville's death, it says, will be keenly felt throughout the whole of Northumberland, where, owing to his kind and genial nature, he made many friends. He was beloved by old and young alike, and the deep interest he show-ed in the training and welfare of the younger people was evinced by the irumerous little social societies he organised. In an appreciative notice, Dr. Thomas Hodgkins, of Baxmoor Castle, says that from a mere literary and archaelogical point of view tho loss to Northumberland through the death of Canon Neville is great.

The rates in the Miramar Borough collected in full during the present council's term of office (two yea=n>) amomited to £15,018 10s Id.