PERSONAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 48, 25 February 1913, Page 7

PERSONAL.

Mr L. G. Monk has arrived to make arrangements for the Allen Doone Irish drama season on March 10.

J The Hon. J. A. Millar returned to ■Wellington from Dunedin on Saturday. iHe will take a trip to Australia shortly. j Captain V. Kuart, 01 .NuKualofa, ar- : rived by the Atua from the Islands, j accompanied by his son. The captain returns again tfcis week. ' In response to a resolution from tlie ; Grey Lynn Rorough Coum'il last night. ! Mr. George Baildon agreed to stand lor I another term as Mayor. : Mr. p. Upton, inspector for the South I Britsih Insurance Company, left by the Maheno for Australia on a tour of in--1 spection, which will last several months. I Mr. J. Marshall, of Auckland, arrived jat Melbourne yesterday by the Otranto, len route to New Zealand, from England, : where he has spent an extended holiday. J Mr. Alfred Fowler, a well-known Syd- ,' ney business man, and formerly associat!ed with the staff of the "Wellington 1 Post," left by the Maheno on his return Ito Australia, after spending a holiday in j the Dominion. ! At Wanganui this weejc Drs. Hardie j Neil, Purclms, Dudley, Parkes, and CopeI land Savage are representing Auckland jat the, B.M.A. Conference, which has ! opened at Wanganui, and will continue i its sittings till the end of the week. j The Hon. E. Mitchelson is gradually recovering from the effects of hie recent accident at Takapuna, but it will still be several days before he is strong enough for removal home from the residence of Mr. H. H. Adams.. Takapuna, where he was taken after -.he accident. Mr N. Grenier, captain of the Parnell Cricket Clubs senior team, was on Saturday afternoon presented by Mr R. B. Lusk, on behalf of the club, with a goldmounted fountain pen, suitably imscribed, the occasion being hie departure for Singapore. Mr Grenier, in reply, assured hie fellow clubmen that although 7,000 miles away, he would follow the doings of cricket in the Dominion, and of the Parnell club in particular, with close and sympathetic interest. He left by the Maheno last evening. To-morrow his Excellency the Governor and the Countess of Liverpool, accompanied by Mice Foljam.be and Captain Hutton. will leave far the Taihape district, where they will be the guests of Mr and Mre StudJiolme at Ruanui. On Thursday the Governor will preside at the opening of the A. and P. Show at Taihape. and after a few days" stay in the district will come on to Auckland, where their Excellencies will reside for some weeke.

A pleasant evening was <spe.nt in the tsnchil hall at the Central Fire Station, Wellington, on Friday evening, the occasion being a farewell to .Statio>n Olficer A. Craig, who has been appointed captain of the Remuera Volunteer Fire Brigade. On behalf of the officers and men Superintendent Tait presented to Mr Oraig a. portmanteau and eet of hairhruehee, and in doing so wished him every success in hie new position, assuring him that he carried with him the good wishes of all connected with the brigade. Mr Craig arrived by the Main Trunk exprese to-day to take up hie new duties.