PERSONAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 293, 10 December 1910, Page 10

PERSONAL.

Alderman Allan Taylor has been reelected Lord Mayor of Sydney. Mr. K. S. Williams was a passenger to ■Gisborne. by the Mokoia this afternoon. An ex-Governor of Nevada, Mr. Adams, was one of the Aorangi's passengers from ban .Francisco on Tuesday. Mrs. and Mrs. Barton, of Gisborne, are returning to the East Coast town by the Mokoia to-day from a visit to Auckland. Mr. W. S. Fisher, Official Assignee, leaves by the Main Trunk to-morrow night on a visit to Dunedin. He will be away from Auckland about ten days. Owing to business pressure, Mr. E. Yates tendered his resignation yesterday as a member of the council of the Chamber of Commerce. The resignation was accepted with regret. Mr. R. Walker, of the engineering staff of the Public Works Department, has been elected an associate member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, which has its headquarters at Storey Gate, London, S.W.

Mr. J, Hodge, the English Labour politician, did not arrive in Wellington from Sydney this week as anticipated by the Trades Council. The other evening he was presented with an illuminated address by tiie Labour Council of New South YVales.

Mr. J. O. Harkness, of Wellington, secretary of the National Dairy Association, will go to England this month to inquire, into the conditions under which the dairy produce of the Dominion is marketed. He will probably be away for four or live months.

The Hon. Sir Charles Bowen, Speaker of the Legislative Council, has booked a passage lo London in order to be present at the Coronation of the King. It is reported that Sir W. J. Steward also contemplates making the trip, and the Bon. A. R. Gninness may also go.

Mr. T. R. McPherson, of Auckland, will be presented next week with the certitlcate of the Royal Humane Society of New Zealand and the Stead gold medal for the heroism displayed on the occasion of the Strand Arcade fire in August last year. The presentation will be made by the Mayor at the City Council Chamber at 7 p.m. next Thursday.

At the meeting of the Auckland Chamber of commerce yesterday afternoon, the chairman (Mr. J. H_ Gunson) moved a vote of sympathy in the death of Mr. S. Carroll, late secretary of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce, the minute to be put on record and a copy of the resolution to be sent to the Wellington Chamber. The tribute to the memory of deceased was passed, and many members spoke in feeling terms of the courtesy of the late Mr. Carroll in nil business between the two Chambers.

Mr Robert Mackie, a pioneer of the Te Aroha district, died this week at the ripe age of 80 years. Deceased arrived in the colony 50 years ago, and took part in the early days of the Otago gold rushes. He came North and settled at Te Aroha before-the opening of the goldfield there, and subsequently went into business. He is survived by a widow and family of four sons and two daughters, three of the sons being in Waihi and one in Canada, while both daughters are married and live in the district. The funeral yesterday was largely attended.