PERSONAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 115, 15 May 1906, Page 2

PERSONAL.

lie Eev. Head arrived in town from •Whangaxei last night.

Mr and Mrs Goodson left by express this morning for Eotorua.

Mr. L. Berliner, of Auckland, ia at present on a visit to Christchureh.

Mr. A. E. Ussherwood was a passenger for Dunedin by the Mokoia to-day.

Inspector Cullen left this morning on a two or three -days' visit of inspection down the East Coast.

Mr A. E. Rees, barrister and solicitor, of Pretoria, is paying a holiday visit "to his relatives in'Gisborne.

Mr John Eoth, an English barrister, has been appointed fourth the Supreme Court of West Australia.' .

: Captain Meikleham, representative of the Chxistekuxch "Press," -was a passenger to iJapier by the Mokoia this afternoon.

Mr and Mrs John Rennie, late of Wanganui, proceeded last evening by the Manuka to Australia, ■where they intend to pass the winter.

Mr. P. Gleeson, who came up to Auckland to attend the funeral of the late Mr. Wm. Lynch, returned to Napier today by the Mokoia.

Mr A. Currie, of Dumbarton, Scotland, is- staying at Eotorua. "Hlh intention is to proceed through to Wellington via the Wanganui Eiver.

Messrs. A, Kidd (Auckland) and F. BFlatman (Geraldine) have consented to remain, in office as Government "Whips" daring another term.

Mr Justice Cooper -will leave Wellington for Dunedin on Saturday in order to take the criminal sittings of the Supreme Court at the Southern city.

' • Mir Wesley Spragg has returned to town after a visit to the various dairying centres in the Waikato and Kawhia districts.

Mr K. Gordon Bell, late chief officer on the Rotoiti, has been transferred to the Mapourika, and has left for Wellington to join her.

The Hon. J. W. Best, the well-known barrister of Melbourne, is at present on a visit to Auckland, and is staying at the Grand HoteL

Mr and Mrs J. H. Williams, of Wellington, were passengers to-day by the express for Te Aroha.

Mr J. H. Fowler, Government auditor for the Gisborne district, is under transfer to Auekland-Waikato circuit. Mr A. A. Bethrae, of Auckland, will be Ms successor.

Mr Justice Edwards leaves Wellington for Auckland on Friday in time for the opening of the criminal sessions of the Supreme Court on Monday next.

Mr. P. Chevassus, of the Christchurch "Press" literary staff, returned by the Mokoia this afternoon from, a holiday vj3it to Auckland and the Hot Lakes district.

Mrs H. Jones, of "Glen Orchard," Birkeniead, was a passenger by the Manuka last evening for Sydney, and proceeds on to Queensland for a three months' holiday.

Mr Robert B. Wilson, well-known a few years ago as an extensive woolbuyer in North Otago, died last week in his 66th year. He has been resident in Otago with his family since 1879.

Mr T. M'Cracken, -who for several years owned and edited the "Cromwell Argus," and who was also a well-known sharebroker in Dunedin, has purchased the "Wairarapa Standard," published at Greytown.

Captain Fleming, local superintendent •f marine, has been appointed Inspector •f Compasses for the port of Auckland. Captain Smith has been similarly appointed for Wellington, Captain Marciel for Lyttelton, and Captain Beaumont for Dunedin.

Mr John Mouat, of the Survey Department, Gisborne, has received notification that he has been nominated for appointment as surveyor to the tion. Department of the Federated Malay States at a high salary. Mr Mouat expects to leave New Zealand to take up nis new. duties in about six weeks' time.

Lieutenant-Colonel Norton J. Good•wyn, D.5.0., of the first battalion of pie Devoasnire Regiment, who arrived in Sydney from India, -about six weeks ago on a honeymoon trip, died~~at a private hospital;-from typhoid fever. The deceased, who was 44 years of age, was -fee second son of the late Brig-adier-General Goodwyn. He served with his regiment in South Africa, and -was wounded at Colenso. He held the office of Inspector of Gymnasia in India. Four months ago, at Lucknow, he married the widow of the late Mr W. B. Mitchell, a "well-known Sydney society lady.