PERSONAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 152, 28 June 1911, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Sir James Carroll (Acting-Prime Minister) arrived in Dunedin from the Mon* yesterday. - - - - - : " " Rev. B. J. Westbrooke, Presbyterian minister at Methven, has resigned his charge owing to ill-health. Archbishop Redwood returned to Well- . ington by the Main Trunk- train-las* night, after a brief visit" to Auckland. Mr. and Mrs. F. E. : Taylor, of Pon- . sonby will leave-with their two children i by the Maitai on Saturday, en route for I Los Angeles.

Dr. Foster, left 1 Tfe.-Waikato. Sanatorium on Saturday last. He goes, to the Old Country, and will act as medical officer on the Drayton Grange, on ; the. homoward trip." . . -v The-many,.friends of Mr.. H. Desbor-ouo-h, of Thomas Cook and Sons' local office, will'he sorry to hear that he is j at present in the Te Huia private hos- j pital, having undergone a somewhat serious - and painful, operation, which will -: keep him an invalid for some/weeks. The Palmerstoh correspondent of the j "New Zealand Times" Teports' that.Mr. J, Hammond the New Zealand-Dorn airman, who recently .:tinderweht an operation for .appendicitis, is making .very sat». isfactory prdgress towards recovery but ■ it will be some time before he is able to j be about again.'' ..'..■"■■ • Mr Huco. Gorlitz, representative: in New' Zealand for the, Sheffield ■" Choir. ,j was a passenger for Wellington,', by .the , Main Trunk train last j Gorlitz will accompany the Sheffield Uioa for'the -remainder of the tour, and will ! then take.up.his residence in England.for an indefinite period. , The death is announced of ex-Inspec« tor Bucklev, of. the New Zealand police force. Deceased,, after serving m the. Canterbury, provincial police,; reached ■• the rank of Inspector at I*^ l^ 1 " He retired ab6ut twenty, years ago, and had since'followed farming pursuits at Hook, South Canterbury, where hifl death occurred. .. . An interesting function took place last evening at Messrs. H.M Smeeton, ,I£U • Queen-street, when Mr.. R. ;Bum -was presented with- a handsome -smoker. cabinet by the members of the.staff. Mr. a G B. Boulton, in a felicitous speech, made the presentation, and referred to ttie many excellent qualities of cipient as an employee, and especially m his capacity as treasurer of the Grocers Assistants' Union. Mr. Bum feelingly replied, and regretted having to break an association, of so many years; .but assured those present that «n.the:future, as in the past, his besV efforts ,wouW be for the betterment of the workers in the tTade. _..:„,. The members of the Sheffield Choir aive their last performance in Auckland to-night, and shortly after its termination will leave by special train -for Wellington, where . they will. srng tomorrow night. The choir and orchestra, comprising some 270 people, will • have breakfast on the tram, while a short stay will be made at Palmcrston. North for luncheon. On Friday the choir will return as far as Palmerston North, where a programme will be given in tho.. afternoon, and the big musical organisa-: tion will go back to Wellington and__give their second programme there on Friday evening, while a matinee and third evenin" performance will he given on Saturday. Four concerts will also be given in Christchurch, and a similar -number in Dunedin, 'the New Zealand tour concluding at Invereargill on Monday,-July 10th, with an afternoon performance. From New Zealand the Sheffield Choir goes to Tasmania, thence to Melbourne, \delaide, and Perth, and across the Indian Ocean to Durban. After touring South Africa the party.will sail for Lon« don, reaching home the beginning o{ October, after a journey of six and ahalf months. ' ' ■■"■ '-.-'."