PERSONAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 180, 30 July 1903, Page 2

PERSONAL.

Mr John Shaw, ex-Mayor of Adelaide and of Coolgardie, who has been visiting Fiji, has returned to Auckland. The railway men at Pukekohe entertained Ganger T. Kennelly at a smoke concert on Saturday last, and Mr. A. Craig presented him with a gold albert and pendant on behalf of the men. Mr Kennelly has resigned the service after 26 years work in it. Mr Justice Conolly returns to Auckland on Saturday. He will hold the usual sittings next week prior to the oP enin | of the criminal sessions on the 10th of next month. Mr R. G. M. Denny, till lately purser in the Union S.S. Co., went by the Hauroto to Tonga, where he has obtained a position. . , Dr. Makgill is at present visiting the Cambridge Sanatorium. He returns to the city on Saturday. Mr Justice Conolly will arrive m Auckland from "Wellington on Saturday morning. He travels on the Takapuna. Mr Samuel Brown, the employers' representative on the Arbitration Court Bench, is making progress towards recovery from his illness. Mr Brown will probably take the trip to the South Seas which his sudden illness caused him to put off. Mi- W. H. Stevenson, the famous English billiard champion, is at present playing in Australia, and is due in New Zealand on 21st August, commencing his tour at Auckland.

The foundation stone of the Stratford Technical School was laid to-day by the Hon. C. H. Mills.

Dr. J. W. Browne has been appointed port health officer at Hokianga, in place of Dr. Wheeler, resigned. Captain E. Wheeler left Aucklana for Fiji in the Hauroto yesterday. It is his intention to remain at Fiji for about two months, returning home via Sydney. The Hon. Colonel Pitt is to be entertained in Nelson in August in recognition of his appointment to the Ministry..