PERSONAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 177, 25 July 1908, Page 5

PERSONAL.

. - Captain P. C. Ross, late chief officer of the Mokoia, has taken over the command of the Squall. '.. , Mr. G. L. Mercer, of the staff of the Christchurch Railway Parcels Office, has been transferred to Auckland: ' Mr Howard (Richmond, of Wellington; arrived this morning from the south, and will be staying in Auckland, for a fey? days. Mr. J. J. Shaldrick, manager of the Northern Co.'s oince at -Onehunga, returned from the South by thellarawa to-day. Mr. D. D. Hyde (Government Poultry Expert) leaves for Whangarei on a visit of inspection by the Ngapuhi on Monday; evening. Captain Louden, deputy harbourmaster at Port Chalmers, who died somewhat unexpectedly on Monday evening,' was formerly master of the defence launch at Auckland, and later at Wellington. Mr. Tabboys, of Dunedin, was last evening, appointed by the Wanganui Borough Council to the position of elec- . trie tramways engineer, "out of 33 applicants. —Press Association telegram. Mr. R. T. Douglas, for many years in business at the. Thames, and now a farmer at Miranda, in the Auckland district, is mentioned as a candidate for tho Thames seat against the Hon. Jas. McGowan: Dr. Schwarzbach, who revisited Aus- ; tralia and New Zealand last year, ■ has been invited by the Royal Geographical••• Society of Berlin o lecture on his late travels... His first lecture will be "Light and Shade in New Zealand." »■ It is authoritatively stated that General Botha,. Premier of the Transvaal, will visit Australia next year, in time ■•'-, to attend the Sydney sheep show and sales. The main object of his visit is in . connection with the purchase of stud sheep. Before returning he will inspect . several flocks in New South. Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. . . ; John McDermott, a porter at Grahamstown Railway Station had his arm crushed yesterday, the limb being caught between buffers and a compound fracture sustained.