PERSONAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 85, 9 April 1906, Page 2

PERSONAL.

Mr Seddon returned to Wellington on I Saturday from Ms visit to Timaru. Mr and Mrs W. Handley returned by j ihe Takapuna from-the South yesterday. Mr John Heslop has been reappointed i, member of the Taranaki Land Board. Mr and Mrs D. P. Barrett, of Feilding, returned South by the Rarawa yesterday. I Captain and Mrs Briscoe were passengers for Sydney by the Victoria to- ' day. The Revs. Bertram and "Wills were passengers by the Victoria from the South. The Rev. C. Griffin, accompanied by j Mrs Griffin, -went South by the Zealau- j dia to-day. i Mr C. Seeling, one of the members of ; the "All Black" team, arrived in Auckland by the Takapuna on Sunday. j Mr Owen Champtaloup. who has been j absent in the South for several months. returned to Birkenhead yesterday. : Or. (■. Somerville was married to Jlliss • M.ardoii on Saturday last, and will be i absent from town for about a fortnight, j ♦r T. Garrard, who has been secre- I tary of the ("iiristr-hurca Musical Union fur lti \i-ar-. lias it tired from that posi- i Captain O. Schultze. who took the ' Rawhiti to Sydney last year, was a 1 passenger from Sydney by the Zealaudia. j Dr. K. Dawson, son of the late Dr. j Dawson, was a passenger for Sydney by the Victoria en route for Capetown, J where he is stationed. Mr C. H. l'oole. M.H.R. for Auckland West, who has been on an extended trip to New South Wales, returned to New Zealand by the Victoria. Mrs Fitzsimmons. an old TimavuTesident, has died at the advanced age of 90. '. Her seconri son is the noted pugilist and athlete. -Bob'" Fttzsbmnons. j Miss Jennie TolJock. an Auckland I girl, now a leading member of the ! Bland Holt Dramatic Co. returned to ] Sydney hy the Victoria to-day. j The Rev. D. Dutton has been nomin- j ated as Moderator of the Otago and Southland Presbyterian Synod for 1907 by the Presbytery of Southland. Mr C. Williamson, who left Auckland some time ago to visit the Far East, has been detained by illness in Australia, aud advised not to proceed further. Lommissioner Mc-Kie, head of the Salvation Army for Australasia, who has been conducting special meetings ; throughout The colony, returned to j • Sydney by the Victoria to-day. ) A private letter received from Sydney | states that Mr Robert Brough, the , popular actor, is seriously ill. and doubts | are entertained for his recovery. He is . suffering from an affection of the heart, j Mr P. W. Robertson of Dunedin, the 1905 Rhodes' scholar for New Zealand, will spend the vacation which com- i menc-es next June, at Griefswald, in Germany, studying under Professor Anwers I the eminent scientist. J -, The Rev. R. F. Flynn Anderson, chap- j lain on the African Government Rail- i -ways, who served as chaplain to the I Imperial and colonial troops during the Boer War. is at present spending a few j days in Dargaville. The Hon. Albert Pitt. Attorney-Gene-ral arrived from Wellington yesterday, accompanied by his private ■'secretary. Air Hislop. The Minister opens the Parnell Post Office this afternoon; to-night he will he„present at. the smoke social tendered to Mr F. Lawry, M.H.R..; and to-morrow be will return to Wellington. The staff of the Union Steamship Co. at Port Chalmers met last Tuesday for the purpose of making a presentation to Mr J. R. Campbell, the. manager of the works at the port, who is leaving New Zealand this week for the Old Country on the eompany-'s business. Miss Lily O'Gara and Mr J. Donovan, members of the St. Benedict's choir, were presented on the occasion of their approaching marriage with a very handsome dinner set. Mr S. Jackson, the conductor, made the presentation on behalf of the choir. Mr Donovan has been appointed to a position at Wellington.