PERSONAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 69, 22 March 1910, Page 5

PERSONAL.

;' „" » ':■■ ■'■: ■ ■■■': • ■:■ -"..-:'--.- ' ,--■.' >-■; .-•;--- - ■-•-;' ,' Mr. David J. Solomon has been elected Warden of I—vul—..- ' " :;• Inspector Cut— - returned by the ex- ' press last evening from an official visit . to the King .'Country. " rJ --._ .-. ;-,---"-;• \: Mr7_r_."i.ouglina_ has been appointed city solicitor at Christchurch, in place 'of ; Mr. G.'B.--Fisher,'deceased."-•'• : - kU ■: ■■■'* I', Mr. and Mrs. Abel -:Rowe, who ha -f /been spending;;a: holiday in -Wellington, , : returned by Saturday morning's ■'.- express...... train. -~ : '- . ■::.■ .." '"".."'■' _ """'■:.... ... Mr.- 'and Mrs..,' Deacon, of New Ply-.;■ mouth,' came :■ down from Rotorua.. by the ; express.last evening,; and are,staying'f—f, ; a.few; daysat, the Central HoteL.' ' .?• Mr. and Mrs. G." A. Macdonald, of '•■■ Napier, came ;t through-; by 'r, train thi». morning ■■: to spend -_..;. week of two in Auckland; They, are staying at the Central Hotel. ' v -r- ; t •>-. .-.• -- >■<-• •; ■ . Mr. H. A. Lomax and -Mrs. R. .Phar*zyp, of - ; Wangai' were arrivals 'by —— Main ; Trunk train ' "'morning -on .1 short : visit'to Auckland, ;during; whicJl they.are stopping at the . Central Hotel. .": ' ', The Hon.._. M- L -C., and Mrfc iTrask, .'of : Nelson,', arrived 'by the Main

—.-«—-., ... _, —A———L, . —.X — - —v uv ■ ——_ . ...^>n ; Trunk train ,; this ; morning, ; and '; are /'at, ! present staying at the 'Central', HoteL They leave ,in a day or two . for Rotori __, Messrs. Walter',Brock.and- J.:-;A v 'Mac--,, '-. Connell; and the Misses E. M. Brock and '. Ambler, Scottish .tourists,—arrived last ' evening. from the Rotorua. district,, and are'at present''staying at '= the Star Hotel. ';. Drs. Inglis and Sweet, who retired from the honorary visiting 'staff at the Auck- , land Hospital by rotation, were yesterday; re-appointed: for' another? three years. For Dr. Sweet's position there were two* applicants, and .for ■ that of Dr. Ihgl_ (surgeon) there were five. • - --.' • ■'■'-■ , :

l-u-g.uiiy musid. w-.o -re. The .Earl' of Meath", whose name has been. closely associated with T - the Empire Day -movement, is "at present the/guest* of the Earl of Dudley,', at -Melbourne. Ha is to' tour the colonies, arid -will take advantage ■' of ' the 'bpportirnityi. of -speaking. on the '■ movement'; he ;^^ instituted. - •'"-' -. -'' /. Messrs. ;W. and'W. Mitchell' arid.—Cisai* . Mitchell, Edinburgh visitors, who arrived [ from l Australia on Sunday,.- go "to Rotorua : to-morrow, and•;-. proceed via tie Wanganui River to Wellington. After ' doing- the' Cold Lakes district they return -/•■ Home via the Islands and Canada. -""' ~ .'. Admiral ' Sir -Richard Poore •, has - ac« '■■ ; cepted the' invitation of the , CanterburyJockey: Club -,f of, himself /aridv-_.c officers ' ! /of the flagship to be present at. the au-. | tumn meeting at Riccartpn next Monday J Tuesday. .-'_, They, will be ■■. entertained,, at/luncheon ■'' by I the £ stewards and 1 corii- ?■. mittee. .' '■. -._- --.... ;,;Miss. Whitson;left:last :,evening by "-tha! :' _ 6.5. Wimmera/for Sydney, where. she will join the Orient-liner Orsova, en route to England and .the •"'Cori'tinent.' Miss Whit- '»■'' son,will' be : met /by /her, nephew, Dr. - Tel-. f at Naples," who will accompany - her upon the tour through the.'Continent. l ■' . Mr R. C. ' Holmes-'. storekeeper'_>on tha Railway wharf; was on j Saturday last / presented by - his; fellow-employees -with . a.marble, clock .^ and silver vket-tie", on .the;'-: occasion;_pf his marriage. ."-,'••Mr.j Kenneth Sisam, the He Zealand ',- Rhodes scholar. of 1910, was appointediby the .'Auckland:-. University . College; Council yesterday-as assistant to thai,-' .professor in -English for. the; next term, //' the ■ Chairman ' (Sir G: ; Maurice f CRdrke) -'/

f remarking that ;: it - would be a. graceful f "' recognition.of honour Mr;; Sisam hase brought -on _ the college.. On .the motion -- - v of ' Mr." G. L.. Peaepcke, :a • resolution was f' ' t passed, tendering to Mr.: Sisam.the i Coiinl hearty congratulations upon his J. i selection for the Rhodes scholarship. '"' - . \\ For ..the post, of matron at the A—_■ ' ' land Hospital,.,which was r rendered: vacant - - by .the .fesighatidn of Mrs. Wootton,the l' '* i Hospital Board received thirty-four, appii-^ J cations. 'These were, considered by the/ : Board yesterday, the ballot resulted J in "Miss Dora Peiper-being "chosen:' for —i i •'.'.,-. ; - vacancy. r : Miss Peiper 'was' formerly in . . , charge,of ;;St/ Helens 'Hospital, ,in: Arid!--*--i ' : , land, and .was. recently transferred to a -■ . - similar post at: Christchurch. She has i. excellent* credentials, and should fill ber ' , new: post at';the Auckland Hospital'^with'; y, - much, success.. . " - ' , 1 , We record with regreir the death of ■ Mrs.',T.> T. Masefield, an old and", well- , known, resident of Ponsor—y, who passed .- away at. twenty J minutes to :(t_reetpiri ; on .Monday"^ after, a;■ shortf illness, the ,- . - ultimate .-'cause.; of death ■', being ; heart -.-,.' : failure, she not having rallied after .an .. I operation, which took place a ' month • - ago. As one "of the original 'residents'-_—'"/■: ; the western suburb," .-Irs: ..Masefield had -; I seen it : change, from a ; wilderness 'of tii tree to a thickly-populated district, arid" - : from then to the present time was-always '.. i greatly, j respected, for ;• her kindness fto > the sick and' poor, and'her general, genial -' '.•,' ,; disposition to - those ..who have had the '. • pleasure of ting v her. v She leaves'a [ daughter "(Mrs. "Dufaixr) and '"two ■ sons . '•':■'.'■ . (Mr. R' and Mr. "V. Masefield) to mourn': . her death,, aid her demise .will be : deeply, ' regretted by -a' large' circle of friends: ! Count. Bismarck, a :i-grand-nephew^,.; ' the, great Chancellor,'; who, in company , with--ds-jfriend, Herr G. Weber, is visit-;?, ''■-. 1 ing : the ■;.Dominion, -is _ enthusiastic over 1, ; . 'i ■ the beauty : .of, ; the New Zealand Vse_neiy.'.';' ; ':-'■'; _ The- rugged grandeur of some :of the. southern scenery impressed him. as 'being - : . in every way comparable with the sight- '")'.'■ , seeingto 'be .found among the mountains , and ravines of: Switzerland and Norway, . '-." . while the :weird. wonders of our- thermal region surpassed what he -had-seen, any-- , where.else in the world. What has struck :. the- Corinth about;; our thermal- region . when compared, say]' with- Yellows—ne'„ * . Park^btheifflbund'anee of beautiful vege- . . tion. to .; be; everywhere 'found, .impart-:' ing j. much... of, the /picturesque -to., . t ' the eye than is suggested by. the awful.- ~' : : , scene of desolation presented, at Yellowstone Bark.; Both he and his friend *'' regretted.: that their, stay in New:Zea-" ■ 'J, land-could; not-.be extended. They were-- *■ ; •well assured that as a tourist resort New . Zealand. offered' many attractoils' that in :"'•■': the whole, world were- unrivalled. • -.'

.At 2,Launcestonj'a v woman, 'Catherine ... Hills (58), was knocked down by a float in the street, and died before reaching the: hospitaL, / ■:-.■■:. ' '-"'■'"■ - - '