WELLINGTON.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2226, 25 June 1908, Page 2

WELLINGTON.

[Si'eciai, to “Times.”]

WELLINGTON, June 24, PERSONAL.

Mr. Leo Ackland, of Canterbury, who received serious injuries while tiger hunting in India, arrived by the s.s. Muoraki ,to-day accompanied by Dean Harper and Mr .and Mrs. Hugh . - Reeves, of Christchurch, who went to Melbourne to meet him. Mr. Acland, whose wounds have healed, will remain in Wellington for some days before going on to Christchurch. Arthur Joseph Wicks, music teacher, Wellington, returned from Sydney by the s.s. iMooraki today :in charge of Detoctive Lewis. Four charges in- 1 volving dishonesty have been laid against him: Tho following changes in the lighthouse service are announced: Mr. Powell, of Wellington, who has just joined the service, is to go to Cape' Campbell, vice Mr. Turner, assistan- . keeper there, who lias been promoted W bo principal keeper on Stephens Island. Mr. Grieig, in charge at . Stephens Island, is to bo transferred t 0 Waipapapa- Point, Southland', where be will replace Mr. Givynne, resigned. (Mr. Trudgeon has joined the - service, and will become an assistant-! : keeper at Farewell Spit, vice iMr. Harvey, who is moved to Taiaroa Head, where he will replace Mr: • ; Clarke, resigned. " I Mr. G. Watt, rabbit inspector at Haumer, is to be transferred to Mas-ter-ton. j A FOOTBALL INCIDENT. • The English footballers hive on ono or two occasions not been enamored of the New Zealand refereeing, and | Dr. MeEvedy, vice-captain . of tho Anglo-Welsh team, writes to the “Dominion” thusly: “In your issue of'Tuesday under the heading,‘AFoot--1 hall Incident,’ Mr. Laws denies hav- ' mg apologised for disallowing a .try in the recent Canterbury match. I have no desire to enter into a coni trover,s.v on this subject-—it can serve, no useful purpose—but I beg to remind Mr. Laws that while discussing the incident at half-time he made the following remark to me, ‘I am extremely sorry about it, but at the time '1 gave my decision I was under the impression that Dibble had gone into toucli-in-goal.’ This, in Mr. law’s opinion, may not be an apology, but \ I certainly took i ; i as such, at the time 1 : , -and still consider it one, even should Mr. Laws still deny if.”