PERSONAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 176, 26 July 1911, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Mr. E. BL Taylor, M.P. for Thames leaves for Wellington to-night. Mr. A. Thorne r .a visitor froia-Bristol, is in Auckland, staying at the Central Hotel. .

Dr. and Mrs. Cole, of Gisbome, are leaving the town by to-day's r-boat, en route to take up residence in'Tauranga. Mr. A. L. D. Fraser, of ITsstings, is definitely announced as a candidate for the lla-wke's Bay seat at-fee nt?xt general election. Mr. JoJin MacPherson; commercial master at the Dunedin Boys'- High , School, died of heart failure on Association.) The Irish envoys' will be tendered * farewell banquet by the Hiberniari Society at Wellington to-morrow evening. The envoys leave for Sydney on Friday. His Worship the Mayor ot Wellington (Mr. I. M. Wilford) who for some time has been laid irp, is now sufficiently recovered to be able to leave his beU. for a- fetv hoars daily. In addition to the other members of Parliament who left-lor Wellington last evening, the Hon., S. Thome Gecrg?, ILL.C, journeyed South to be present at the opening of Parliament tormorro-s-. Mr. G. Hogben, Inspector-General of Schools, is at present in Auckland, and this morning attended the Education Conference in the Training College. Mr. Hcpben is staying at the ""Central Hotel. lir. Evan Parry, Government electrical expert, who arrived from England recently to take charge of the water-power development scheme, .will be tire guest of the Xew Zealand Club at Wellington tomorrow evening. There passed away at Awahuri oa Saturday a very old Manawatn settler, in the person of Mr. John jßeid), who for many years acted as a Judge at agricnltural shows, being considered one of the best judges of stock in New Zealand. I During the annual meeting of the InI etitute of Marine Engineers, held at Wel- ! lington on Monday, Mr. WHlianr Fer- ; guson, M.1.C.X., "who was recently elected J a life honorary associate, was presented ! vrith the gold emblem, of the institute.