PERSONAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 68, 21 March 1910, Page 5

PERSONAL.

His Excellency the Governor (Lord Pltmket) and the Hon. G. Fowlds (Minister for Education), returned to Christ;- , church from the West Coast on Satur- . day, and left the same evening by steamer for Wellington. . : . Mr. Einile Kowe (of Sydney) was a passenger by the Victoria yesterday, and. is staying at the Central Hotel. . Mr. Chas. D. Grey, Mayor of Auckland, accompanied by Mrs. Grey, have returned to town from their trip to the South". Captain and Mrs. Hugh Clark, of Onehunga. left by the s.s. Rarawa yesterday, on a holiday visit to New Plymouth. Mr. G. A. Banks (of Sydney) arrived from Wellington by the Main Trunk train yesterday on a short visit to Auck- ' land. Mme. Boenfve, ivife of 'the French. Consul of New Zealand, left by Saturday's express on a visit to the thermal district. • . , ~-.... Mr. Paul Alliston, a 'London visitor, who arrived from Sydney by the, Victoria yesterday, is staying at the Grand Hotel. "' -■ -. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur' Earnslaw, Sydney visitors, who have been t'ouriag the Dominion, return by the Wimmera this evening. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Muir, of Gis- : borne, arrived by the Wimmera yester- . day, and intend spending a fairly lengthy ~ holiday at Auckland and 'Rotorua. Mr. and Mrs. John. Clarke {of Gisborne) are leaving , by the Wimmera this evening for Sydney, en route; to the' Old Country, on a holiday tour. Mr. E. J. Hyams, Australian represen- - tative of P.a£he Freres, the big movihgr'_ picture-film producers, of Paris, is.a.t.'prS-:" sent in Auckland; staying at the Grand Hotel. Messrs. A. E. Ytrang, of London, and H. Winkelmann, of Auckland, leave by,.the LWhrimera for Sydney to-night, en route for Tasmania, to join Mr. •F. K. ■Mβ--' Clean's solar eclipse .party; •--.:..; . Dr. Chas. H. Roberts (of. New York); arrived by the Victoria yesterday on his way. to test the. curative of-. the Rotorua baths. While iri Auckland, . he is staying at the Grand Hotel. Sir James Milk, managing director .of- : the Union Steam Ship Company, left oil.; Saturday for Rotorua, where he will stop. . a few days before proceeding by. way of the Main Trunk line to the South.- — Mr. Gerard T. Williams, of Tuparoa ■ (H-B.), leaves by the Wimmera this everting for Sydney, en route for Home on-a holiday trip. Mr. W. Junior Smith, of Melbourne, also leayes by the Wimmers this evening for Sydney. Mr. W. Mitchell, sen., Mr. ~W. Mitchell, junv and Miss Mitchell (of Edinburgh) arrived by the Victoria from Sydney yesterday. They intend to tour. * ' the Dominion, and are at present stay* ing at the Central HoteL . ' Count Bismarck, a grand-nephew of the great Chancellor, arrived by the; express" from Rotorua on Saturday, accompanied! by Herr. C. Weber, and stayed;: at. the Grand Hotel till, this morning, when-iihey; left by the express for Tamnaorunui,'; to proceed down the Wangamii River, on . their way to Wellington,, where they;, catch the Sydney'steamer on Thursday.' - Mr. H. Beane Walsh, Engineer to the - Sydney Harbour Trust, and Mrs. Walsh, left the Grand, Hotel this morning to visit Rotorua before-returning to r Aus- ■ tralia. Mr. Walsh has completed the' work which brought him across :the Tas■man Sea—investigation -with , the.: Chief Engineer to the Public: .W;«rks Department (Mr. Holmes) into the circumstances leading to<.-:the collapse of the : ■ Freeman's Bay retaining .vpiall. Mr. David C. Ingram, the papulae travelling representative of Messrs. L. D. Nathan and Co., Ltd.,. who isabout to sever his association with tha firm to start business on his; own, was on Friday night presented with purse of sovereigns by the residents of mandel as a token : of their well wishes for his future prosperity. Captain Bwindly presided at the gathering and made the presentation (wires our" correspondent). ;.: ■ ;. '