PERSONAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 274, 16 November 1905, Page 2

PERSONAL.

Mr J. G. Woollr-y. the American tern eranee lecturer, and Mrs Woolley went n the Islands yesterday in the .Man.* ouri. Colonel Drury, n retired oflicei of the lipcrial Army, arrived in Auckland yes iiiJiiy lij the M'.-.fiiv-hirc for the fishing Ei son in this eolt.liy. Amongst the passengers to Auckland y !he Morayshire yesterday were Mr . New comb and Mrs and Misses New D:nb. who have been on a visit Lo the Id Country. The Rev. Mr Kvans, who was offered le position of minister of the Presbyirian charge rf Papakura, has decided mt he cannot accept the call. Mr W. Gray, who was recently apsinted principal of the Wellington raining College, has also been elected 3 lecturer in education at the VieiTia University College. .Amongst the passengers to America 7 the mail-boat to-morrow will be Mr . Dovey, director of the We.lington hysical Training School, who is going ome for the purpose of familiarising rnself with the latest methods of phycal training. The millionaire merchant of St. Louis, r Daniel Nugent, who is travelling the lony with his family, has reached cliington, having proceeded there erland by Rotorua and the Wanganui vex. They now visit the Southern kes and proceed to Australia. Mr A. J. Black, the new missioner of c Central Mission, arrives to-morrow the mail-boat from Australia, and dl be accorded a welcome at the Al-rt-street Hall in the evening. He scribed as a young man of eonsider•le ability, who has been for four axs past chief evangelist of the Vicrian Society. Mr L. F. Ayson, the chief inspector of ; heries, will be a passenger to San ancisco to-morrow by the mail-boat th the object of bringing over undei ' 3 own supervision a consignment of ; nerican white fish and quinnat sal j >n ova for stocking the rivers. So fai c efforts to acclimatise the salmon | not appear to have been successful, | t the Department is not going to ninish its efforts, bfUeviag in the ;imate success of the project. Messrs. G. Coles and W. L. Rowland, presenting the S.Z. Master Bcotmak--3' Association and the Bootmakers' deration of New Zealand respective- , who have been attending a conferee at Christehurch, returned this srning. Thf> result of the dslibera- [ >ns of the representatives of t:ic mas- | -s and employees was that an amie- 1 le and satisfactory arrangement was I mc to regarding the award for the | iony in the bootmaking trade for the suing three years. Miss Nance O'Neil. who. with some | lef members of her company has been dting the Hot Lakes, is a passenger I Auckland to-day by the express. She : ;ves Auckland to-morrow for America the outward mail-boat to fulfil a igthy series of engagements in the lited States, in all probability Miss Neil will make periodical visits to jse lands, but her popular entreprenr, Mr McKee Rankin, will in all probility settle down to quiet life in the ites. He has gone ahead to arrange ss O'Xeil's forthcoming season in lifornia.