PERSONAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 245, 13 October 1908, Page 4

PERSONAL.

a ■ The Hon. Geo. Fowlds wul leave Wet ": lington for Auckland to-morrow morafaa, s Mr. Reginald Tuck, of London, has . left Wellington for a tour of the Hot .. Lakes district. '-■'-' I Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Dale, of Capetown. !. have left Wellington for Auckland, by ; a way of Napier and Taupo. "• ■'.•-','. > Mr. and Mrs. Louis Becks hart ra» ''.'- ---> turned to Auckland from Rotoroa, aai t are staying at the Grand Hotel. ... ''j " The Revs. R. H. Khowies Kemptonaaf : E. A. Kh-wood were passenger* for tat South by the Takapuna yesterday after* [ " noon. - ■•'' ;.j/.;:.',' ," : ; : j Mr. H. G. Stringer, secretary to the Auckland Fanners' Freezing Assodatfea. t is in Christchurch on business comitiiJti with the freezing industry, t The Prime Minister will speak at t Palmerston North next Monday, and at c Feilding next day. The Hon. W<'H»B- .. Jones will inspect the. central sectionaf'V t the North Island Main Trunk-line before proceeding to Timaru. The Hon. R Me--8 Nab will attend a complimentary banquet r to Mr. Major, M.P., at Hawera, bo ..Fri-..,-.., B day, returning to Wellington qu ( Baturi . day, and proceeding South on Monday.-- . Press Association. ,f ",'''_■" i Miss Linda M. Stirling, formerly a pupa 1 of the Whananaki school, wh« raaeed 1 the recent candidates' examination, and who has since received an appointment to the New Lynn School, received,.on October oth, a cheque from the school children of Whananaki, with ■ which to purchase something, ~1 ••'•'"'-' -» : .' t slight acknowledgment ; thenT i regard for her. Mr. Ebxburga , made the presentation, and'Mr J Walker, • > teacher of the school, fespondrt. ■ " - on behalf of Miss Stirling. -j" \-V f Amongst the guests at.i. tli 1 Hotel are.—Mr. O. Harcourt (Mel. ;' • bourne), Mr. S. Brown (Wellington),lit I W. Sullivan (Suva), Mr. P. V. Bennjr (Suva), Mr- W. Blacklock (SyAiey), Me. J L. Sandstein (Nukualofa); Mr. H. K. ' Chamberlain (Wangaaui), Mr; and Mrs, c H. Smith (Pahiatua), Mrs. Blake (Wdf r lington), Dr. J. M. Bell (Wellington), Mr. B. C. Aston (Wellington), Mr. K-M. ' .* Graham (Hamilton), Mr.'W.'Meflefllk): (Scotland), Mr. Koning ((Sydney), Mfc G. A. and Miss J. N. K. Simpson (Mac* ton), Mr. S. H. Merrikin (London), Messrs. C. S. and F. SJ r Fitzroy..'tHart-; -" ings), Mr. F. H. Wilson (Melbourne), Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hambourg (London), Mr. F. S. Tait (Melbourne), Mr: y.Joami son (Dunedin), Mr. J. S. de Beer (Donedin). v „-"' Mr. D. J. Round, who has been leadinf » painter in the Newmarket railway shops v I for the last eight years, was on Friday ( last presented with a very handsome ■ tea and coffee service by the officers and employees. Mr. McArthy (workgbopa. manager) made the presentation. On Saturday evening Mr. Round was ed a smoke concert in the Newmarket Hall, when Mr. Austin (workshops' foreman) presented Mr. Round with a silvermounted umbrella on behalf of the Bails * t way Fire Brigade, and also a cjgarette»holder from the workshop apprenticea,' Mr. Round was captain of the Railway, Fire Brigade, and will be greatly missed. Mr. Round has been promoted to ..the. position of workshop foreman at Adding- - ton (Christchurch) railway shops, and - leaves for that place on Tuesday. '.