PERSONAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 203, 27 August 1910, Page 8

PERSONAL.

Mrs. and Miss Carrick leave for Fiji •by the s.s. Houra on Wednesday next I en route to Vancouver. ; The Rev. Father Casey, of Wellington, left yesterday by the Moeraki for Sydney, on his way to visit Rome. Mr. S. Deans, of the South British Insurance Company, was a passenger for -lsborno this afternoon on relieving duty. Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Banks, of Waihi, arc staying at the Grand Hotel. On Monday they are leaving by the Maheno for Sydney. Mr. A. H. Glascow-, of New Plymouth, and his daughter, Miss Glascow, are at present on a few weeks' holiday in Auckland, and are staying at the Grand Hotel. Among the arrivals by the Main Trunk train this morning were Messrs. A. D. Campbell, an American visitor, and Chas. S. Owen, of Dunedin. Both gentlemen are stopping at the Grand Hotel. Mr. C. Schilsky, the Trinity College examiner, returned to town this morning from Whangarei, and is staving at the Central Hotel. Mr. T. W. G. Herdman, of Hamilton, is at present staying at the Central Hotel, awaiting the arrival of Mrs. Herdman, who returns by the Maheno to-morrow from a visit to Sydney. Mr. G. Beattie, chief mechanical engi l necr of the New Zealand railways, will arrive by the mail train to-morrow morning, accompanied by Mrs. Beattie, and will stop at the Grand Hotel. On Monday they proceed to Rotorua. Mr. P. Baker, who has been transferred to the Gisborne branch of the firm of Messrs. Mackay, Logan, Caldwell, and Co. from headquarters, was yesterday presented by tho local staff with a gold albert, Mr. *C. A. Brown, manager, making the presentation. Captain G. C. Hamilton, senior A.D.C. to Lord Islington, who arrived at Wellington from London ou Thursday by the Turakina, is a son of Lord Claude Hamilton, and nephew of the Duke of Abercorn. He was adjutant in the Grenadier Guards. The funeral of Father O'Meara took place in Feilding on Thursday, and was one of the longest corteges ever seen there. Prior to leaving St. Bridget's Church, Requiem Mass was held at 10.30 a.m., when there was a large congregaI tion of mourners. Included among those present were the Vicar-General, Monsignor CShea, Monsignor Devoy, Fathers Regnault, McKenna, Bowden, Power, Oostello, Le Croix, G'Dwyer, Hurley, Peebles, Lane, Murray, and others. The visiting clergy went to Feilding from all parts of the North Island. Eight members of the Anglican Mission—Oanon E. A. Stuart, Revs. H. V. Stuart, J. C. Fitzgerald, T. Rees, W. M. Kinloch, J. H. Darby, E. D. Evans, and A. B. G. lillingston, arrived at Wellington from London on Thursday by the Turakina. The mission will spend about a fortnight in each diocese, commencing at Auckland at tbe beginning of next month, and reaching Wellington on September 25th. The object of the mission is to help the evangelistic work of the Anglican Church in New Zealand. Five years ago a similar mission from England visited South Africa with very successful results. Canon Stuart, the leader of the band, arrived in Auckland with his daughter by the mail train this morning, and is the guest of Canon Mac Murray, at St. Mary's vicarage. He will preach at St. Aidan's Church, Remuera, tomorrow.