PERSONAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10645, 29 May 1912, Page 4

PERSONAL.

The Prime Minister left -yesterday for Taranaki. "He will deliver a policy; speech at Opunake on Thursday night.. The Hon. G. Laurenson, -Minister of Labour left last night for Christchurch.—Press Association. Mr R. B. Ross, lato M.P. for Pahiatua, will shortly be tendered a complimentary social,.at Wcodville. The 1 H0n..,.T.j- Mackenzie,. Prime Minister, . ■ , will be present. - Mr Ama Wright, who has occupied ' tho position of manager of the Taw- * aha (Martin/borough) dairy factory 1 since its inception in 1907, lias'resign.. -V ed, in order to take a similar position v h aiiothev district, , A Wellington telegram states thatMr J. W. Collins,.-Chief Clerk in theI Labour Department, ha'<s been appointed Secretary to the Royal Commission set up to enquire into the costof living. 1 Mr J. Vigor Brown, M.P., in recognition of his valuable services to the district in-connection with the prosecution of the Napior-Gisborne railway,, as to bo presented by a number of his; friends and admirers with a shield ( sutably designed. A presentation v also to ba made to Mrs. Brown. *■ Mr D. J. Nathan, .of Wellington, was a- visitor to Masterton yesterday.

J Mr F. W. H. Kummer, of Masterton," has been elected a Vice-President . of the New Zealand Chess Association. Mr B. S. N.icholls, who lias been •■■- pointed organising -agent- fV v^ , License Party in P " ,-" **,?,,, is a.son of -^xertnipy,#«f."?^ l of v - uno of the pioneer settler*1 . »««-<c-aha, Forty-Mile Bush, was»presented with an address and purse' 'of sovereigns l\y the United Temper-" |*nce Reform Council of Dtuiedin on' j Monday evening. _. .4j

A meeting of representatives of the* I commercial travellers of Wairarapa' [and Hawke's Bay, was held at the' 1 Masonic Hotel, Napier, on Monday' 1 evening last, for the purpose of presenting a valuable gold watch. t& Mf ( C. W. Rusnbrook, who is leaving: ''the road" to take up tho responsible duties of warehouse manager for the Wellington Woollen Company, of Wellington. In making the presentation, Mr J'. Fox wished (Mr Rush brook every success in his future sphere. At the conclusion of -tho presentation, the guest's health was toasted with musical honours.