PERSONAL.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2489, 30 April 1909, Page 5

PERSONAL.

A Press Association telegram from Nelson last night states that' at the Nelson District Court yesterday . the members of the Bar farewelled Judge Haselden, who sat for the. last time in Nelson, owing to the abolition of the District Court.

Mr. H. V. Gully, the retiring Nelson Town Clerk, was the recipient last night (says a Press Association message) of. six presentations from other branches cf the municipal service. Mr. Gully had held his position for thirtyfive years, and is retiring to enter legal practice. Among the recent, visitors to Auckland were Mr. W. W. A. Fitz-Gerald, son of Field-Marshal- Sir Jolpi Fite 'Gerald, County Clare, Ireland, and his wife, Clara Lady have- just completed a tour of jNew Zealand. Arriving at the Bluff on February 14th, they proceeded to the cold lakes, and from thlere to Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington, and Napier, and from Napier, by coach, across to Lake Taupo. After spending a fortnight fishing on the shores of the lake they did the sights of Wairakei and Rotorua, and then returned to Taupo. They then proceeded by coach across the Waiouru Plains to Ohakunc, and from Oliakunc to- Pipiriki, where they caught the Steamer and went up tiie Wanganui River as far as Taumarunui, coming on by train to Auckland. Both Mr. Fitz Gerald and his wife have travelled most parts of the world, and the former has written and published a most interesting account of his experiences in British Fast Africa, Zanzibar, and Pemba. Mr. and Lady Fitz Gerald left on Tuesday for the Islands, proceeding home via Vancouver. The candidates in this year’s contest lor the Wellington City Mayoralty were Ciialfr with if i a lively . fastuon -by “Civis” in the current issue of “Ihe Citizen.” Here is what the writer said cf Mr. T. M. Wilford, M.P. “He is likeable. Of what might be called the votes for affection, a largp proportion will go to him. He is full of simple tricks as any book-canvasser. He is, first and for most, what the man in the- street calls a good chap. Mark him as he walks along Lambton Quay, He is looking composed and a trifle doubtful, almost stern. Then a man comes 1 towards him on the pavement. Mr. Wilford’s mouth relaxes, and liis eyes begin to twinkle. A large roll creeps into his gait. ILs considerable chest expands. He oozes geniality. He looks as happv as a hobbledehoy in full enjoyment of an unexpected holiday and a. sovereign picked up in the road. Mr. Wilford would twinkle a greeting, even if he met Death on the Pale Horse. The twinkle is his speciality. It got him into Parliament; it secured him the presidency of the Harbor Board; at the back of his mind he relies on it to get him the Mayoral seat.”