PERSONAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 41, 17 February 1910, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Mr- E. E. Dymock, of Wellington, Iβ staying at the Grand Hotel. Mr F. H, B. Fisher, MJ\, is expected t» arrive in Auckland to-night. -The Hon. George Fowlds leaves, far. New Plymouth by the Rarawa. at sjjfeM; Sir Horace HanneTl and Miss jßpii Hannell, from Sydney, are staying aTth* Star HoteL- . • . Mr G. W. S- Patterson, of Auckland, has been elected a member of the Royal Geographical Society.' Mr. W." Pryor, secretary, to the New Zealand Employers' Association, is inBa- :- torua on a holiday visit. ' The Rev. G., Bond-left last night by the Main Trunk in order to attend t3» Methodist Conference in Dnnedin. Messrs. G. F. Todman, Henry Gorman, P. Meagher and J. M. Dibble,'all visitors from Sydney, are staylnjr at th« Grand Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. McPhail, .of Gisborne, ■who have, been on a visit to Rptorua, are now in Auckland, and are staying at the Central Hotel. : . Mri;W i: T. Thompson and Mr. WT L. Jamieson, of Ch-istchurch, arrived in Auckland and are stavimr at the Grand Hotel. ■■. J » Sir J. Batty Tuke, MJ, is a pa*. senger for -Wellington by the Tamui, which is due at Wellington from London on Saturday night. Captain Bryce-Wilson' and the- Hon. Dr.. Findlay,. who have been staying-at •the Grand Hotel, left for Wellington by, the express.last night. . . _Mr G. 'Allison, the present Mayor of Ghristcharch, has acceded to the request of a deputation to allow-himself to bo nominated for a further -term.- ' Mr. A. J. Paterson, who has been pointed borough engineer: of Gisbornai, ; will sever his connection with the Wellington City Council on Saturday next. Mr. R, E. Mcßae, a weD-inown Hawera sportsman, who will be remembered &s the owner of Torpedo, Whalebone and several other noted turf performers, is lying seriously ill at his residence. Sir Joseph Ward will open the new chemical laboratory at-Canterbury. College during Lord Kitchener's -visit-to Christehurch next week. Sir Joseph has been asked to invite Lord Kitchener to attend .the ceremony. Captain David J. Watson, secretary of the Merchant Service Guild, will arrive in Auckland at the end of the week to confer with,shipowners on a number of questions relating to the employment oi masters and officers. '. Mr James Armitage, who was head of one of the clerical departments of Messrs John Chambers- and Sons for some years, left by the Navua yesterday, en route for Honolulu, where he has an' appointment in a sugar manufactory. The Bey. Dr. Tador Jones, who established, and for some years conducted, the Unitarian. Free' Church in Wellington, was entertained by the congregation., J last night, and-was presented with a -g purse of sovereigns. In returning, g Dr. Jones asked the'congregation to axsr- ] '" cept a contribution of £25 to the build? ing fund, and promised to get.£4oo. ct~£soo sent out when : he returned Home. ' There died at her residence in Ppasonby yesterday at the advanced age of 82, Mrs. A. J. Judd. Anyone jvtio duiw ing the past generation hasi.been. connected with philanthropic projects ia Auckland will be familiar with deceased, for she. was associated with every clasa of good work. Mrs. Judd paid- a bigger penalty for her activity in euch object* than is exacted fri>m most, for it cost her the loss of a foot. When canvassing for funds for the Victoria Maori-Girls' ■ 'School ehe sprained her ankle so badly that fhe amputation of the foot was found necessary. Mrs. Judd-was secretary of this Maori School movement for a"number' of "years, one of J the'most active, members of. the Qrphaa i Home committee. Deceased was the relict of Mr. Andrew Judd, and had been resiI dent in Auckland over 'forty years. The I interment is fixed for to-morrow., and a special service ia to be held at 2.30 at.St. Paul's Church, of which for a length* period she was an active membe'