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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 162, 9 July 1907, Page 2

PERSONAL.

mtc J. E. Levin went South by thq iSgapuhi to-day. Ite- WyEe came up from New~"Plysnoufh by the Ngapuhi tius morning. Colonel Ellis arrived from the South £y the Ngapuhi this morning. Captain W» E. Norbury. of the s.s. Barawa, left by the Mokoia for Sydney yesterday. Mr. Edwin, who came Tip from the South by the Mokoia on Sunday, has joined the Manapouri as chief officer. Mr. C. V. Roberts, from the Thames, has been appointed ckrk of court at Sending, in succession to the late Mr. Matravers. Captain MaiMeson takes over the command of the barque Aldebaran, in [which he has purchased an interest, in a few days. Mr. P. C. Rose, late of the Hauroto, has joined the Mokoia as chief officer. Mr. Waffis, of the Manapouri, joins the Hauroto as chief officer. Me._ and Mrs. C. J. Parr left by tho Mokoia yesterday for Sydney. They propose making a tour of Queensland and -will be absent about a month. Captain J. B. Eaittey, of the Napier, staff of the Tyser line," arrived in Auckland yesterday, by the Star of Japan, to superintend her loading for London. Mr. H. J. Bathgate, of the industrial schools branch of the Education Department, -will leave Wellington shortly to become sub-manager of the Burnham industrial School. A Press Association telegram states ifcat •Mγ. Harry B* Smith, of the firm of [Messrs. Smith and Smfth, of Dunedin, is seriously ill, and that his condition is causing grav-e anxiety. Mr. James Kirker, general manager of the South British Insurance Company, EEturned to Auckland on Sunday, after visiting the company's branches in variOns parts of the world. The successor of the late Rev. Father I&ewds, as Vicar-General of the Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington, has been chosesa by Archbishop .Redwood in the , person of the Rev. Father O'Shea, who itas been. in. cSarge of the garish of Ie lAio. Mr. TC. A. Tanner, a son of the member for Asson, and an employee in the Post Office service at Wellington, has been awarded the gold medal for the best essay on the subject of " Disarmament 3, in connection with the Home Industries Section of the Exhibition. On Saturday evening Messrs. Death Bros, were entertained to dinner in the Alexandra Hall, Cambridge, by a number of their friends, and a social evening was spent as a. send-off to them. They nave lately Bold their estate at Maungatautari, and are leaving the district. About fifty were present, and a most enjoyable evening was spent, songs, reciitations, and , the usual toasts making up the programme. Prior to his departure from Auckland, Sir. E. J. Edwards yesterday was the recipient of a presentation from the coo mittee of the~West End Rowing; Club. Mr. Edwards, who has been transferred from the local Puhlie Works Department to Invelcitl-ul, ~vUs ! or two ye 3 -' 3 deptrfcy-captain of the an l h Jxa loss will be felt by the club, of which he has been a zealous and painstaking Officer.