PERSONAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 89, 15 April 1913, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Mr Murdoch McLean was a passenger by the midday express for Wellington. .Mr and Mrs B, Johnson, of :Manurewa,. left by the Wimmera last' evening' eh route to make a holiday ,t6iir."of: Europe. " Mr F.G. Earle, of Te Aroha, leaveaby, the;-. express, to-night for where he '"joins-the ■ Taihui oh' a the Old Country.' : Herr and Madame will' return to Auckland on Thursday, after a very successful concert: tour ..through:, thaDominion, and resume tuition on Monday, April 21. > - -_'-•» . Mr : of yiirtoria TetfT by the Wimmera last"night to-join'the Orient steamer -at SydneyOn : England. He will return L in about eight months' time via America. . •'.■.••.;• --..:" W= Taylor, manager in Auckland for", i Messrs. < Kempthome, - : Prbsser- andT Co.,* left -by the express this' morn- ; : ing for Rotorua. oh a holiday visit. Mri' Taylor will beaway for a'fortnight."; t .. Df p.- Archibald,' an English '•■ touristiwho lias been •travelling in" the Dominion for the 'pastftwo orltliree months, .will • return Home next month by .the new G. 'and. A. steamer 'Niagara, viai-Americait :,'. Mr F. C. .the..Public Trusi Office, was last evening, presented.by. the' Auckland staff with a.'; silveriinounted; ■-'_ handbag, suitably inscribed, : tfieyoccasiph 'being his transfer' to 1 the Napier office, for which he .left by the Main Trunk train"-last night., ~ :,i, r'7'7 7:; .-. Tlie Rev. Fattier MSby, wlio'has beciii'; associated-, with " theSßoman:* Catliolie ; Church'at,New, Plymouth for: some .time past, is leaving:on a -visit to his "sister; 'Countess Musil ybii Mollenbruckj and-Kerj',- .-;■. husband, who is the Austrian * Ambassa-' dor/at Cbhstantihpphv- - •-. A ', -.-■>: .'■'': : One of the earliest 1 settlers of: the, Paeroa district died in Auckland-oh* Sunday "evening""in-the"person" of .Mr' ~: Frederick Cock, -who passed" awayTat'.:the ripe 85 years. ' Deceased had rcW sided, in the Paeroa'district .since 18Ci8, and in 1885 was elected as thefirst Kihair-: man of the Oliihemuri County -Council:; He was also one of the first directors; of the Thames A^llcy,Co-operative Dairying. Company, which, position to-bold up to the time death,took plaw: while :he was on, a - visit to Auckland/ .He U by* 'm-nTOii-nn-family-- --• - '—:-:'" ' " "" ~