PERSONAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 180, 29 July 1916, Page 9

PERSONAL.

Mr D. M. Findlay, of Wellington, Is staying at the Grand Hotel. Mr. F. Williams, of Xapier. is staying at the Grand Hotel. Mjss .Barr, of Gisbornc, has been appointed principal of the Girls' High School, Xew Plymouth. .. ,3tr "l**alter 31. Miller, for many years 6ccretary to the North Canterbury Hospital Board, has just died, aged 82 years. Mr. N. Meuli, president of tho N.Z. Buildere' Association, is at present staying at the Royal Hotel. Dr. W. W. Sedgwick. Bishop of Waiapu, and Arclidcason W. W. Williams, leave (for the south by the ex press. - Rev. W. E. Williams. 8.A.. of the Unitarian Church, Ponsonby, who has exchanged pulpits for three months with the Rev. G. E. Hale, 8.A.. was welcomed this week at the Wellington Church. ~>ii_,_r.«.._"_ank Shncklock, formerly Mayor of Dunedin, has volunteered to "go as a y.ILC.A. Commissioner to Flanders, and will probably leave on August Sth. Mrs. Mary Ann Carter, who died in Dalton,- Xcw South Wales, recently, had tiie distinction of having lived in the reigns of six British Sovereigns. Deceased was «7 years of age. and landed in Australia when a girl of fifteen. Arrivals at Cargcn yesterday and today include:—Mr. W. Carr" Rollett, ,Matanukii; Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Banks, Waihi; Mr. W. C. Bright. Dunedin; Mr. and Mrs. C. AI. Edson. Wellington; Mr. John H. Salmon, Wellington.

Mr. Selwyn Mays, of Devonport, is up with a poisoned arm. In attempting to .regcup a man who had fallen into the harbour about a fortnight ago, Mr. Mays had the misfortune to scratch his arm on the barnacles adhering to a wharf

Midshipman Esmoniin, a son of Sir T. H. G. Bart.. M.P., was lost with the invincible. Sir Thomas has received messages of condolence from His Majesty the King, Cardinal Logue, and Lord Macdonald, and the UnderSecretary for War. Sir Thomas was one of the Irish delegates with Mr. John Dillon in 1889.

.Mr. P. A. Wisewould, M.A., acting general secretary of the Australasian Students' Christian movement, arrived in Auckland from the South yesterday. Mr. Wisewould is to remain in Auckland for a fortnight prior to going South to complete his tour of the Dominion. He is to meet the Auckland student* at St. Andrew's Hall on Wednesday next. Mr. Leonard Pauling, who died at Te Atatu, near Henderson, on the 19th instant, aged 60 years, was highly esteemed by many friends. For some time he was organist at the Wesleyan Church, ,Te Atatu. The interment took place at Waikumete Cemetery. The mourners included Mrs. iL. Pauling (widow), .Messrs. Leonard and Percy (sons), Mi. VV. LiTJey, Mr. A. C. McFarlane, Air. J. Rogers (sons-in-law), Mrs. W. Liliey, Mrsi J. Rogers, Mrs. A.. C. McFarlane (daughters), and Mrs. P. Pauling (daughter-in.-law- of deceased).