Mostly About People.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 156, 23 January 1902, Page 3

Mostly About People.

The BeV. i\tl;hc v returned yesterday afternoci. iiv.;i> ',. husichui'Ch. We regret to hest r.S Mr 11. Ball, of Hook, is suffering severely from pneumoniae General Babington, the now Commandant of the New Zealand forces, will reach Wellington from Sydney by }he Monowai to day. Mr J. Stewart, Waimato's popular stationmaster, is at present taking his annual holidays, leaving on Tuesday for Ohri'itchurch. Mr McComba is acting as relieving stationmaster. Mr Thomas Humphries i-r to bo Commissioner of Crown la.iuU and Chief Surveyor for Ca from February Ist, vice Mr Weotman, who u retiring from i.!;-, rci'vkQ. Mr J. Hardy, a pupil of the \\ <ii,. i.te District High School recti v.'.i v.ord last week that he had received an appointment in tho Wellington office of (ho Lands and Survey Department. He loft on Tuesday to take up hu duties.

Mr Tom Mann, the English labour Isader, arrivod at WullingtononTussday from London by the Ruapahu. Ho intends to sottte in Wellington. Asked wheihor hs would enter politics, ho said that ho would probably do so, but wag not certain.

Dr T. Nishikawa, of the Fisheries Kuivau of the Japanese Government, Ims b•■■pu:i a tonr of inspection of the Now Zealand fisheries. Japan huo extensive fisheries,-and e.a export trade of largo dimensions to China. Dr Nishikawa's missions to Australia and New Zealand is to ascertain the kind of fi-di which live in these watemi, fishing methods, curing methods, and ail about fisheries generally. Oa his return to Japan, Dr Nishikawa reports to his Government, with a view to bringing the Japanese fish industry ia perfection. On Thursday, says a correspondent of the Dunedin Star, the visitor went to Lake Wakatipu, which, he said, was famous, and where he hoped to see evidences of successful of trout. He Was pi..:.--;. 1 and instructed by his visit. !"v ':;, .bikawa's lour ia part of Japan's 'fi:".-t to expand commerce. Exports hi iiining, engineering, agriculture, and other branches of trade are now basily engaged in Europe investigating the most modern methods and machinery ia use, with the object of bringing Japan thoroughly up-to-date. Dr Nishikawa is a graduate of Eio University. He speaks English accurately, though not fluently, and reads French and German. As a representative of the progressive, enterprising Eastern race which has come to the front so rapidly in recent years, Dr Nishikawa is a m oat interesting man.