PERSONAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 168, 15 July 1916, Page 9

PERSONAL.

Mr. 0. Kicholson, Mayor of Mount Eden, was a passenger by the Alain Trunk express this afternoon. Captain H. Halwell, of the South Canterbury Rifled, is on a visit to Auckland. He is staying at tho Central Hotel. Mr. H. G. Banfos, superintendent of the Waihi G.M.C. Ltd.,. arrived in Auckland this morning. He is staving at the Central Hotel. Messrs. W. R. Stevenson, J. T. Foley, and L. E. Stevenson were farewellcd at a social given in their honour in the Coronation Hall, Albany, laet night, prior to proceeding on active service. Advice has been received that Nurse I=a Whyte. of Auckland, has been ap pointed matron in charge of a field

hospital in France. Second-Lieutenant A. C. Clayton, formerly of the 20th Company Ponsonby S-enior Cadets, lias been granted a commission, in the Royal Sussex Regiment. Messrs. A. S. Thomson (president) and J M. PhUlipps (ex-president), of the Auckland A. and P. Association, returned by the Main Trunk express this morning after attending the Dominion Conference in Wellington. Mrs. D. Hamilton, president of the Women's International League, and Miss A. Pankhurst, will return to Auckland from Rotorua by the exprtes to-day. The death of Mrs. Harriette Elizabeth Oldham, who was well known throughout the Dominion in connection with the work of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, occurred at Napiar on

Thursday night. She wae 'president of the Napier branch of the W.C.T.U. for eight years, and for five years was editor and manager of the "White Ribbon," , the official organ of the union. lire. i Oldham also served on the school committee. Mr. David Gallaher, of Auckland, who is known throughout the Empire as the captain of the original All Black football team from New Zealand that made a sensational tour of Great Britain in ' 1005, hae enlisted and leaves for Trent : ham training camp on Tuesday week. jOf late years Mr. Gallaher has been I connected with the export trade of I Auckland, and yesterday afternoon he was met by representatives of the export merchants of Auckland, who, at an informal gathering under the presidency of Mr. Van Veen, presented him with a puree of sovereigns, and wished him a "big bag" at the front ajid a safe return. ' I Captain Beck, D.5.0., added a personal presentation to his friend Dave Gallaher, . in the shape of the binoculars which ; the captain had used on Gallipoli, where ,he had won honours. The esport merchants generally expressed warm regard ! for Mc Gallah'er, who had won. their , confidence in the course of his business.