PERSONAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 113, 12 May 1908, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Major Pitt leaves for Gisborne by the Moana this afternoon..

The' Hon. J. MeGowah, Minister fol Mines and 1 Justice, left for Wellington on the West Coast this afternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. Ivor Evans and lanuiy ■were passengers for via; 6yd« ney, by the Mokoia last evening. ■

Mr. 7. Kirker, general manager of'tSe South. British Insurance Company, left for Sydney by the Mokoia last evening.'

Mr. and Mrs. E. Withy, of Botorna, ■were passengers by the Mokoia for Sy<k ney last night, en route for England. *

Passengers for Sydney by the 3£oko» last evening included the Hon. Lindsay and Professor Dettman. ••-,,. ; ■-

Mr., and Mrs. A. Knight, senr., of Bid*, mond, left by the Mokoia last evening to join the Gneisenau at Sydney for liondon.. They are accompanied as far as '■.''. Fremantle by Mr. and Mrs. A. jnnr. >

MajorrGeneial J. M. 'Babmgton, Jor--; merly of the 16th Lancers, and lately. commanding the 2few Zealand ' Defence Force, has been appointed to commiari the Lowland-MMounterd r Brigade of .iia "Territorial Force in Scotland. '' V;

Mr Edward Wilson, a well-knowii;, Auckland carrier, -vvas at the AucHan3? Railway Station last evening the ledk pient of a case of pipes from his fellowcarriers on the occasion of his departure on a trip to Englank.

Mrs G." W. Binney and' Miss Binneyi leave Auckland by the Waikare oa>Sat> urday next en route to the old country, where they will remain for a year or two. Mr Roy Binney, who goes with them, intends taking up the profession of architecture, and will remain in , Loa , don studying for some six years.' ': ;

Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Cotterell, of Shafte*.; .bury, Te Aroha, leave by the Hakroto this evening for Rarotonga, Tahiti, and other islands of the Eastern. Pacific Mr. Cotterill, who previously resided for many years in the islands, intends to n> vestigate the possibilities. of one: of them with regard to the cultivation of tobacei and rubber. A social was tendered in the Federal Hall last evening by the Auckland Master: Butchers' Association . to Mr.'S. Wing, manager of the firm of Messrs. Hellabjj:•."■ Ltd.,-on the-occasion of his departing with Mrs. Wing.on a visit to England. Mr. Wing rwas presented with :: a- golf match box and a sovereign case by the Association. Mr. and Mrs. Wing leaiw by the Talune to-morrow. ;

With reference to the appointment of Mr.-Forbes-Mackay as electrical engineer to the Sydney City- Council, and the'extension of an. offer to Mr. A. Wyllie, elec- -■ trical engineer to the Auckland Council; of tt 3 position of chief assistant electrical engineer, Mr. Wyllie informed! a "Star? representative to-day that, while thanking .the Lord Mayor of Sydney for tit ' offer, he had ■written declining the situation, j Mr. G-. W. S. Patterson, writing- to'- %.'■ ' friend in Auckland from Port Arthur, stated b_e had just celebrated St. Patrick's D.?,y by a visit to No. 203, Meteii" Hill, one of the most important of the: city's defence forts in. the recent wan The place (he writes) is now a picture of' desolation, and 1 shows evidence on all sides of the struggle for. supremacy. Present guests at the Star Hotel in-: elude Mr D. Grant (Temuka),. Mr.R V Macaulay (Temuka), Mr G. Ward; (Tir .'.■: Jnaru), Mr M. McLeod (Oamaru), 3lr and Mrs Bailey (N.S.W.), MrW. S. Simmons (Patea), Mr R. W. Hamertpn (Patea), Mr A. H. Palmer (Patea}, Mr C. Schwartz (Wellington)-, Mr H, Braddell (Nelson), Mr and Mrs Scott (Syd< ney), Mr it. and Miss Archibald (Wei- -.' lrngton), Mr J. Kirby (Ireland), Mr P r A. Stewart (Scotland), Dr Young (Wet." lington), Mr H. Berridge (Pukekohe), Mrs Archibald, Mr H. de C. McArthur (Dunedin), Mrs and Miss Barry (Feilding), Mr and Mrs Bell and Miss Rutherland (Sydney), Miss Ward, Mr J". Pt. Shepherd (Sydney), Mr W. J. Andrews (Cambridge), Mr and Mrs E. Chilcott (Hamilton), Mrs Mills (London), Mr D.' C. Robertson (Sydney), Mr A. B..Carr (Melbourne), Mi- L. Waddull (N.S.WOV Mr A. M. Mills (London), Mr. B. Wanck (Dunedin), Mr A. J. Eattray (Christ' church), Mr 0. Robertson (Sydney), Mf E. E. Warnock (Melbourne), Mr C. B. Yoroker (Melbourne),' Mr F. Duncan (Wellington), Mr J. W. Wackios (Lyf* telton), Mr J. H. Johnston (Sydney),; Mr T. Winchester (Sydney), Mr and Mrs J. Hutchinson (Dunedin"), Mr W. D- - Stewart (Dunedin), Mr E. H. Strickland (Wairangi), Mr J. W. Lillim (Welling:.