PERSONAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 205, 28 August 1909, Page 7

PERSONAL.

Mr. Ernest W. Hunt, of Wellington, is visiting Auckland, stayiDjr at the Star Hotel. Mr. W. D. Burnand, of Gisborne, was a passenger by the East Coast boat this afternoon. Mr. R. H. Pope, assistant inspector of industrial schools, has been promoted to the position of inspector. Captain Evans, late of the N.avua, proceeded to Dunedin for orders this after - roon by the Tarawera. The Hon. D. Buddo, Minister for Internal Affairs, leaves Wellington to-day en a visit to the Auckland district. Sir. R. E. Herron, of Wellington, came down from Eotorua by the express last night, and is stopping at the Star Hotel. Mr. C. B. Major, late M.P. for Hawera, arrived by the Main Trunk train this morning, and is staying at the Grand Hotel. Mr. C. E. Maudsley, of Wellington. wa3 a passenger by the West Coast boat this morning, and is staying at the Grand Hotel. Mr. J. Conolly, of Blenheim, who has been visiting Auckland on a holiday, was a passenger for the south by the Tarawera this afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Triggs, of Napier, ■who have been staying at the Central Hotel for the past week, returned home to-day by the East Coast boat. Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Barker, Mr. P. W. Neilson, and Miss McLean, of Gisborne, who have been visiting the thermal district, came down by the express last night, and are putting up at the Grand Hotel. Mr. S. W. Bacon, an English visitor to the Dominion, will arrive by the Main Trunk train to-morrow and make the Grand Hotel his headquarters till Wednesday, when he leaves for Fiji by the Navua. Mr. Hugh McNeil, Australasian general manager for Briscoe, McNeil and Co., will arrive from Wellington by the Main Trunk train to-morrow morning, tind will stay at the Grand Hotel till Monday, when he proceeds by the Mokoia to Sydney. Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Kennedy, of Gisborne, who have been visiting the Rotorua district, came down to town last night owing to the unexpected death of Mrs. Kennedy's father, the late Mr. W. Adair. They left by the Tarawera today, taking with them the remains of the deceased gentleman for burial at Gisborne. Mr. Yung Liang Hwang, Chinese Consul for New Zealand, who arrived from Wellington yesterday, will be banqueted by the Chinese residents of Auckland at the Grand Hotel on Monday night, to which invitations have been issued to a number of the leading citizens of Auckland. Mr Hwang will remain in Auckland till Wednesday or Thursday next, and shortly after his return he will pay a wait to Dunedin. One of the oldest surviving settlers in the Dominion, Captain G. F. Day, died on Tuesday at his residence, Armaghstreet, Christehuroh. Captain Day arrived in New Zealand with his parents some years before the foundation of Canterbury. Captain Day was in command of the ketch Flirt, and of a number of other coastal vessels trading to Heathcote. He was appointed harbourmaster at Kaiapoi, a position which he held for many yeare.