PERSONAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 70, 23 March 1915, Page 6

PERSONAL.

Dr. C'leary. Roman Catholic Bishop of Auckland, left for Ohristchureh last night to be present at the funeral ceremony of the late Bishop Grimes. Mr. F. W. Flanagan, the Valuer-Gene-ral, arrived in Auckland from Wellington yesterday. Tf he continues in office till September, Mr A. Matthews, Waionongomai, South Wairarapa, will have been a continuous member of the Feathereton County Council for 40 yearsHis Honor Mr. Justice Cooper left Auckland for Wellington last night, to attend the sittings of the Court of Appeal. Mr. S. J. Harbutt, president of the Auckland Provincial Industrial Association, left for Wellington last night to attend the conference called to consider the proposal to form a New Zealand Board of Trade and IndustriesHis Honor Mr. Justice Hosking left for' Hamilton this afternoon to preside flt a session of the Waikato Supreme Court from to-morrow. He will return to Auckland at the end of the week, and will hold a sitting at the Auckland Supreme Court on Monday next. The death occurred at the Nelson Hospital last week of Mr. William E. Ham, whose son died in Egypt recently from wounds received in action against the Turks. The deceased, who was a native of Ireland, belonged to a family which lia 3 numerous associations with the! Army, not only in the past, but at the present time. The cause of death was pneumonia and heart failure. The member for Westland, Mr. T. E. .Y. Scddon, eldest son of the late Right Hon. Richard Seddon, was a<lmitted"as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court at Wellington yesterday. The admission wae upon the motion of Sir John Findlay, K.C., before Sir Robert Stout, Chief Justice. Mr. Seddon is attached to the office of Messrs. Findlay, Dalziell and Sim, of Wellington. Drs. Elizabeth Macdonald and Ada Peterson were entertained at afternoon tea the other day by the committee of the Women's Branch of the Otago District Educational Institute and some of the other leading members. Their beet wishes go with Dr. MaedoneM, wfco comes this week to Auckland, -where she is to take up the work of medical inspector. The teachers expressed their regret at her leaving Otago, and hoped that some day she' might return to work ■with -their popular medical inspector (Dr Ada Paterson) in ptago. Jt wae considered that there would be quite enough work for two medical inspectors.