PERSONAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 80, 4 April 1905, Page 2

PERSONAL.

Mr. H. S. Rosenthal is returning to Sydney by the Sierra. The Rev. Mr and Mrs Greenslade ■Kent to Ne>v Plymouth to-day by the Earavra. The Rev. Father Dolan. of Melbourne, returned to the Commonwealth by the Manuka yesterday. Mr S. Percy Smith, who is now re•id.i:LT in T.:ra-ia!:i. lias be-Ti re-elected president of the Polynesian. Mr B. Kent, manager in Auckland for the Alliance Assurance Company, wont to Wellington yesterday by the Roioita. Mr P. J. O"llegan, who was at one line member of Parliament for the Bulier, has been admitted as a solitor in Wellington. The Right Rev. Dr. Verdon, Catholic Bi.->hop of Dunedin, who has been staying at Te Aroha, left for Wellington in the Mokoia to-day. Professor Biekerton intends to leave for Melbourne on April 28 in order to meet a number of scientists who are interested in hi? work. The Rev. G. \V. Watson went to Lytteltou to-day by the Mokoia. The Rev. J- Y\ alah was a passenger to Wellington by the same boat. Major Withers was a passenger to Wellington to-da}- by the Mokoia. Captain McAr'hur. who has been visiting Te Ar..'b.3. left Auckland by the Mokoia for Wellington to-day, much improved in health. Mr and Mia Gaudin, who were married a few days Ligo. went to Gisborne to-day by the Mokoia. Mrs Gaudin is the daughter cf Mr G. Kronfeld. Mrs. Eli/.a Ann Otter, who came to Auckland in lt>s9, died at the residence of her son. Mr. W. W. Otter, at Newmarket, a few days ago. The Anglican "bishop of Auckland (Dr. Nelig2.ni went to Waihi to-day. He visits some of the parishes in the vicinity j before returning to Auckland about j April 10. Captain J. Robertson, of the Union j S.S. Co."s Rotoiti. has been granted six ' weeks' leave. He has been relieved by Captain S. Halford. of the Pateena, who is a brother of Captain Halford, of the Takapuna. j Mr C. J. Hooper, son of Mr R. C. Hooper, was married at Coromandel yesterday to Miss Hilda J. Senior, daughter of the late Mr James Senior. ! The Rev. W. Thompson performed the eeremonv. | Before leaving Xew Zealand for Aus- : tralia. Sir Joseph Ward e xpres3td his intention of returning to Wellington by way of Auckland. Unless Sir Joseph has altered his plans, he may be ex- j pected here on Sunday week. The Minister for Mines, the Hon. Jas. j McGowan, will arrive in Auckland from \ Wellington via Onehunga to-morrow morning, and will leave for the Thames ; in the afternoon. He will be aecompan- i ied by his private secretary. Mr. Chas E. Matthews. Judge Bell, of Canada, who has been visiting Auckland and Rotorua. goes to j Australia by the Sierra un her depar- j ture from this port. Judge Bell has j a son and a daughter living in the ': Northern nart of Xew South Wales, and j he may settle there. The Rev. W. G. Monckton. M.A., cur- ! ate in charge of St. Helier's Bay, and ; tutor at St. John's College, has been ; appointed assistant-curate to the Rtv. A. F. Smith, vicar of Northcote-cum- j Takapuna. and will shortly take up his j residence at Takapuna. -Mr. < Set.rtre Matheson. Touring repre- ! seniative of Mr. J. C. Williamson's Gil- ' bert and Sullivan Repertoire Opera Company, has arrived in Auckland to make j arrangements for the season opening j at His Majesty's Theatre on the loth ; inst.. the opening piece being "Patience." ' Sir John See. the late Premier of New '• South Wales, wiio retired from active politics some time ago. is about to ; make a tour of the colony. He leaves I Auckland to-morrow for Rotorua, whence he goes to Wellington overland, and from there to the South. He eoes back Xo the Commonwealth by the Bluff. Mr M. G. Heeles. who has been gen- ; eral manager of the Wellington WoolJen Company for the past~ten years, nas resigned in order to take up his permanent residence in London. Mr W. H. P. Barber, M.H.R.. has been ap- \ pointed to the newly-created position j of managing director' of the company, j The Rev. E. D. Patehett. of Patea, is to take charge of the Paeroa and I Karangahake Methodist Churches in i place of Mr Cox, who is lea vine the i district. Mr A. Law has been ap- j pointed choir-master, and Miss S. Tet- j ley organist of the Paeroa Methodist i Church. Mr Arthur Appleby, the wellknown i Christchurch musician, has had a U!Os t unfortunate experience. \\ liile he was out cycling a few weeks ago, a >»cc flew against one of his eyes and inflicted such injuries to it that he has trad to suffer two operations on it. ±le is not yet permitted to expose his eyes to the light. The Rev. H. W. Williams, of Gisborne. who is preparing a new edition ' ol" the Polynesian Dictionary, intends ■ to make arrangements, during a visit ! to South Africa, for the use in the new work of documents deposited in the Public Library at Capetown by the late Sir George Grey Mr Williams will t>ear letters of introduction to the Premier of Cape Colony, given him by Mr ! fcedaon. - j Continsenters will be interested to knew that Mr. William X. Gordon, a number of the Fifth and Xinth Contin- i gents, and one of the volunteers selected for the Coronation Contingent was married to Miss Lavinia Thomas, daughter ot Mr. R. Thomas., of Hape Creek lhames. recently. The bride, who was * member of the choir of the local Primitive Methodist Church, was presented by i it with a set of carvers. . Uγ. Harvey Su*ton who i≤ the Vie- ; torian Rhode, Scholar for this year \ is an exceptionally brilliant scholar, j * S ot his w'uole education on scholarships, securing the medical deVei at i the a? e of 20. He is the ail-roW • amateur champion athlete of the Commonwealth, and was invited to reiro-l" Bent it at St. Louis. Dr. Muttol is,' I at present on the medical staff ofhhai Melbourne Children's Hospital. ] f