PERSONAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 65, 16 March 1907, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Mr. Hicks-Ross went to Lyttelton by the Talune to-day. Captain Allen, of Paga Pago, has returned to Auckland from Wellington. The Yen. Archdeacon Cole was a passenger for the South by the Takapuna yesterday. Madame Staunton was a passenger on the Talune, for Napier, this afternoon. Mr. J. D. Ritchie, secretary of the Department of Agriculture, has completed a lengthy holiday at Rotorua. His Honor Mr. Justice Button has appointed Mr. Harold Buddie, Auckland, as his associate and secretary. Dr. Valintine, inspector-general of hospitals, was a passenger for Gisborne by the East Coast. Mr. J. W. Shackelford, who has been attending the Wesleyan Methodist Conference in Christchurch, returned to Auckland yesterday. Mr. A. G. Bartlett left for Christchurch yesterday to act as judge of watches, clocks, electroplate, etc., at the Exhibition. The Rev. James Wilson, of the Methodist City Mission, returned from the conference to-day. Mr. G. D. Porteous, who arrived from the South yesterday, is making arrangements for the Auckland season of the Besses o' th' Barn Band.

The Rt. Rev. Mgr. O'Reilly, of the Thames, arrived from the South by the Takapuna yesterday, after visiting the Exhibition.

Colonel Robin, chief of the Defence Council, has been selected to represent New Zealand at the Commonwealth volunteer manoeuvres during Easter week.

The Rev. Fr. J. Ryan, of Geraldton, who has been spending a holiday in New Zealand, came up from the South by the Takapuna yesterday. The rev. gentleman leaves for Australia in the Manuka on Monday next.

Mr. Macky, headmaster of Waihi East End School, was the recipient of a presentation last evening from the senolars and teachers of the Devonport schools. The presentation was made on their behalf by the chairman of the Waihi committee.

The Rev. Fathers Clune and McDermott, of the Redemptorist Order, arrived from the South per Takapuna yesterday. Father Clune opens a mission at the Parnell Catholic Church on Sunday, and Father McDermott commences a mission at the Newmarket Church on the same day.

The many friends of Captain Gustav Hensen, or, as he was better known, "Dr. Hensen," will regret to hear of his death at Wertheim, Germany, on January 23 last. Dr. Hensen, who had reached the age of S3 years, was for many years a resident of Auckland, whither he had come in the days of the Maori war. He was a highly educated man, and a thorough master of English.