PERSONAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 158, 4 July 1916, Page 4

PERSONAL.

The Hon. Arthur M. Myers, Minister for Munitions, will arrive" in Auckland on Saturday afternoon. Mr Justice Cooper has taken up quarters in Auckland. It is expected that he will remain in the city for some little time. Mr. Stanley Milroy, secretary for the Kauri Timber Company, left Auckland by the Main Trunk express this aftffl- ; noon, bound for Wellington i.-v business Captain P. Bennett, of the-''Chili Navigation Company, who is on holiday leave, and Mrs. Bennett are due to arrive here by the Madura on Monday.nest. from Sydney. Messrs. H. B. Williams' of Gisbbrne, A. B. W. Williams of Waipiro Bay,:anA'; K. S. Williams of Tuparoa, arrived-in Auckland this morning and are at the Grand Hotel Mr. H. D. Heather has been appointed Acting-Consul for Japan at Auckland.The appointment has been confirmed % his Excellency the Governor, the Earl'ot; .Liverpool.. . .-..;i„'f. The Hon. Dr. McNab, Minister.'for Marine, joined the Main Trunk express at Remuera last night on his way south. Dr. McNab is to resume his seat in TarI liament to-night. '.;'• J The Hon. G. W. Russell i s ; dueat (Auckland from Wellington by the M** Trunk express on Saturday afternoon. He is to represent the Governmentfii j connection with the visit of the Japanese ; J warships. '; Mr. A. Dimmock, of the lino operators 1 j staff of the "Star," has been accepted?; ' for active service. He was the recipient ; of a wristlet watch this morning, PT 6- '■ sented by Mr. E. Aldridge, on behalf of- . his fellow-employees, j Dr. and Mrs. Batchelor of Melbourne;Mr. Van Stavern, the Rev. William'and Mrs. Mawson, and the Misses Wri# and Prentice, of the Canton Village WM : sion, arrived in Wellington by. \th e /: - Riverina yesterday. 1 The Rev. H. B. Hughes, son of Mr." BY H.. Hughes, of Mt. Eden, has had-'con- ' ferred upon him the degree of Bachelor, of Divinity from the McMaster Univer; sity, Toronto, Canada Mr. Hughe* ffiU be returning to New Zealand very j shortly. Mr. Herbert Larkin, who has been selected to manage the Commonwealth . Government shipping line, entered thf:. i service of the Australasian UnitedSteam Navigation Company in 1800 as » clerk. In 1914 be bad risen to the pO* l ' Ijion of chief clerk, and had charge »| all oversea business. On the outbreak ?' , war. one of the leading shipping men if' | Melbourne wa6 asked to recommend * , suitable man to control Commonweal" 1 . transports. He recommended Mr. Larkin. , as one of the ablest shipping men in the ; city, and Mr. Larkin's services wereconv i mandeered by the Naval Department , After managing transport work in_A»". , tralia with complete satisfaction for . some time, Mr. Larkin was sent to-t™". , don to control the business of the Aib; I tralian, Naval Department at that endPreparations to increase the aY ? League Fund are being made by ti« ( Devonport branch of the Auckland ( Women's Patriotic League, and a street I collection is to be made in the borough , to-morrow. Street stalls are_ to_.b? , erected, and during the evening hot'!* freshments will be sold by the . This appeal will no doubt meet »itn 1 great support, and the result should considerably help to swell the funds. - '