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Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 122, 24 May 1909, Page 5

PERSONAL.

The Hon. D. Buddo, Minister for Public Health, visited Waipu Consumption Sanatorium fco-dav. The Hon. A. R. Guinness has indicated that he will again offer himself as a candidate for the Speakership. Advices from Wellington state' that Mr Alfred Hill, the well-known musician and composer, is gradualh regaining his health. Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Taylor, after five years' residence in Auckland, v leaving by the Main Trunk this evening en route for England. Mr. Brent and Mr. Trite are expected by the Rotorua express this evening, and will stay at the Star Hotel, proceeding by the island steamer to-morrow. Captain Wcston, formerly of the N.Z. Shipping Company's steamship Papanui, has been appointed to the command of the Turakina, which left Plymouth on ;■ the 15th inst. Dr. Morrison, of Gisborne, was a pas- ■ senger to Auckland by the East Coast ; boat yesterday, and is putting up at the Grand Hotel. The Hon. T. Mackenzie, accompanied ; by Miss Mackenzie and his private secretary (Mr. L. E. Johnson), arrive this evening , from Rotorua, and will stay at ■ the Star Hotel. The Government has appointed Mr. A. W, Rees its solicitor at Gisborne to ' represent the Advances to Settlers Department, iv succession to the late Mr, \ W. Sievwright. General Baron yon Gayl, a veteran . of the German army, who is making a , pleasure tour of the world, recently | arrived on a visit to .Sydney from Japan by the German steamer Prinz Sijrismund. Professor Lowrie, recently appointed Director of Agriculture in Western Australia at a salary of £1000 per year, I has been offered the Chair of Agriculture at Sydney University at £1000 a year, with a 12 years' engagement. Mr. G. C. Tothill, of Christchurch and Invercargill, general representative in New Zealand and Australia for Messrs. Sutton and Sons, arrived by the Main Trunk train from Wellington yesterday, and is staying at the Grand Hotel. Chaplain Lieutenant-Colonel and Rev. W. E. Gillam, Vicar of St. Matthew's, ■ was presented with a long service medal i for 16 years' service as a volunteer ! chaplain at the garrison, church parada C yesterday, the Governor making the i presentation. 1 Professor Manes, of the University of ; Berlin, who is about to make an investigation into the labour problems and ; industrial legislation of Australia and I New Zealand, arrived in Sydney on May 16 from the Far East by the German 1 steamer Prinz Sigismund. Sister Margetts, of the Auckland Hospital nursing staff, -was entfertained by her sister nurses at supper on Saturday j night, and presented with a gold pend- . ant set with pearls and emeralds, to mark her departure after so many years' association \vith the nursing staff. ; Mr. A. Tudehope severed his connec- . tion with the Advances 'to ISettllera Department on Friday, after ten years' , service, and was the recipient of a presen- \ tation from his fellow workers. Mr. , Tudehope, who has been in charge of the I Advances to Settlers Department's legal . work since the inception of the Department, is starting business on his own j account at .Tauranga. 5 Lieutenant Shackleton visited his Em--5 inence Cardinal Moran in Sydney. Their j respective familes hail from almost the - same place in Ireland, and are old friends. ; The famous explorer was accorded a - mast cordial reception by the students r of Manly College, and was visibly affect- ; ed by it. In the course of his remarks, 1 Lieut. Shackleton said of the numerous . famous men whom he had met, and with i whom he had conversed, not one of them, 5 had so impressed him as Cardinal Moran - had done. 5 The death occurred yesterday, at his ' residence Fairfax-street, of Mr J. W. f Russell, an old and well-known Auck- ■ land identity and sportsman. Born at ' Epsom in 1855, the late Mr Russell has ; been out of Auckland but once all his f life, that occasion being his visit to > Wellington to give evidence before the ' Licensing Commissioners at Wellington. - For 20 years prior to his death, the ; late Mr Russell was proprietor of the *■ Occidental Hotel, Vulcan-lane. One of ■ the founders of the Auckland Tattex--3 sail's Club, he was a keen racing en--5 thusiast, and owned several well-knowa racehorses at various times. Deceased, 7 who was a general favourite, leaves a - widow and a large family. The funeral - will leave his late residence for Purewa 7 to-morrow.