PERSONAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 260, 1 November 1909, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Mr. W. R. Rutledge, of Opotiki, la leaving by the Winimera On a visit to Australia this evening. Mr. H. Vial, of Wellington, came up by the Main Trunk train yesterday, and i 3 staying at the Grand Hotel. Mr. T. Prosser, of Devonport, returned from a visit to the South Sea Islands and Sydney by the Victoria yesterday. Mr. H. H. Beauehamp, of Wellington, was an arrival by the Main Trunk train yesterday, and is staying at the Star Hotel. Mr. W. Bowles, traffic manager of the Auckland railway section, was a passenger by the Main Trunk train for Wellington last night. Mr. Eaton J. Johnson, of Toronto, and Mr. E. R. Bishop, of Ngaturi, were arrivals from the South yesterday, and j are staying at the Grand Hotel. I Messrs. S. D. Brown (of Sydney) and IR. Young (of Wellington), who have been on a brief visit to Auckland, return to Wellington by to-night's train. The Rev. J. Wilson, of the Auckland Methodist Mission, is to be granted 12 months' leave of absence a-bout the end of next year to enable him to visit England and America. Among the Victoria's passengers yesterday from Sydney were Messrs. J. Pettiger and H. A. Zlotknaske, visitors from New South Wales. Both gentlemen are staying at the Star Hotel. Mr. Robert Kennedy, 8.A., has been selected by Victoria College as its Rhodes Scholarship candidate. He i» 22 years of age, and has secured a first class in every class he has attended. Mr. E. V. Vance, secretary of the Wellington Cricket Association, arrived by the Main Tirunk train yesterday morning on a brief visit to Auckland, and is stopping at the Central Hotel during his stay. Among the arrivals by the Victoria yesterday, who are staying at the Grand Hotel, were Mr. and Mrs. Forsyth and Mr. Fowler, of Ceylon; Mr. E. J. Riddiford, of the Wairarapa; Mr. C. Whitehead, of London; Messrs. W. and W. G. Robertson, of Sydney, and Mr. H. W. McCullough, of Melbourne. The death is reported of Mr. James Edward Matthew, one of the pioneer settlers of the Matakana district. The deceased, whose age was 78, had been living in the district for 58 years, and waii one of the first to start fruitgrowing in the north, having imported trees from Scotland for the purpose. Considerable disappointment has been expressed by friends of Mr. Eric P. Hudson at that gentleman's non-arrival by the Victoria yesterday from S3'dney, as had been announced in a former issue of this paper. A cable message, however, has now been received stating that ihe had postponed his visit here to arrive by the Mahcno next Sunday. Mr. John Jack, a one-time well-known Wellington business man, died on Friday at the age of 81. Deceased was a son of Captain John Jack, a former harbourmaster of Dundee, and was for a number of years a prominent member of the Wellington Harbour Board, being chairman for two years. He was also an active member oi the Caledonian Society, besides being its musical director. In the Ellerslie Parish Hall on Friday last Mr Fraser Smith was presented by Mr F. Lawry, M.P., on behalf of the residents of Ellerslie, with an illuminated address as a token of the esteem in which ■Ihe is held. A very pleasant evening was spent in the form of a social and dance, : and general well-wishes were expressed , for the prosperity of Mr and Mrs Smith in their new home, which is to be in the Waikato. The Rev. Nicholas Manowitch, a Rusk sian priest of the Greek Orthodox Church, is on a mission to New Zealand to mm to the members of his own communion, and will probably settle in Auckland if he finds sufficient encouragement. Yesterday he was to have conducted divine .service in St. Peter's schoolroom, Wellington, the service to be in Greek, Arabic, and English, the sermon being in English. Mr. Manowitch has been working for some years among members of his own faith in the United States, and more recently in Canada.