PERSONAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 10, 11 January 1918, Page 3

PERSONAL.

■Mr. E. Walkley, of Sydney, is stay ing at the Star Hotel.

Mr. W. H. Edwards, of Wellington, is staying at Cargen.

'Major G. J. Raetrick, of Hamilton, is staying at Cargcn.

"Rr. Hugh Mac Donald, of Rotuma, Fiji, is etaying at the Grand Hotel.

Dr. Edwin Booth, of Dunedin, is staying at the Central Hotel.

Mr. and Mrs. Pearhouse, of Sydney, are staying at the Grand Hotel.

Mr. F. H. Williams has resigned the position of engineer to the Masterton County Council.

Mr. B. B. Swinburn has been appointed electrical engineer to" the Raehiti Town Board.

Mr. J. A. Young, M.P. for Waikato, ie on a motor tour through the South It-end.

Mr. Frank File, son of the late Mr. Chae. File, the original breeder of Romney Marsh sheep, ia at present on a visit to New Zealand.

The Right Rev. Monsignor Ormond, secretary to the Papal Delegation of Australasia, is at present spending three "weeks' vacation in Auckland.

Mr. C. W. Renn, former secretary of the Christchurch Typographical' Union, hae now taken over hie duties as secretary of the Federation of Unions.

Mr. A. W. Eames has been appointed Official Assignee at Christchurch, and Mr. A. D. how, of Masterton, appointed Deputy-Official Assignee for the Wairarapa district.

Mr. J. H. Pagni, Consul for Italy, and Mr, W. A. Beddoe, Canadian Trade Commissioner, waited upon the Hon. T. Wilford this morning, to pay official calls on the new Minister for Justice.

Mγ. D. B. Copeland, lecturer in history and economics at Hobnrt University, ia at present visiting New Zealand. Formerly he was on the staff of the Boys' High School, nt Christchurch.

Captain Oliver Powell, whose death occurred at Wcstport last Saturday, was well known in shipping circles. He commanded the old Stormbird, the Oreti, and other steamers trading to Wanganui.

Adjutant and Mrs. Rowlands, of Masterton. have been transferred by the .Salvation Army to New Plymouth. Adjutant Rowlands was stationed there about .'!0 years ago. Commandant and Mrs. Cook, from Napier, will take charge of the Masterton branch.

Members of the Rieearton Cricket Club presented Regimental SergeantMajor E. K. Caygill, the well-known Riccarton Club and Canterbury representative player, with a rug, partly as a wedding present and partly as a farewell gift.

"The Mayor (Mr. J. H. Gunson) has nominated -Mr. A. J. Entrican to represent the Auckland City Council "on the Committee of the National Apple Show, which is to be held in this city next April.

Mrs. Ann Woolf, who has j llß * died at Nelson, aped Sf> yea.rs. arrived in New Zealand with her parents in the ship Indus as far back as 1543. Decensed is survived by nine children. 34 grandchildren, ill! greut-prandchildren, and three great-f;reat-j. r randchi!dren.

The Rev. S. J. Hoban, Superintendent of the Central Mission. Sydney, is visiting Auckland, and will be accorded n welcome this evening in the Kast Street Hall by the Methodist ministers of this district.

Professor Thomas C. Trueblood, who occupies the chair of oratory in the University of Michigan, U.S-A,, is expected to arrive in Wellington from Rotorua on Saturday, and address a public meeting on "America and the War."

Captain A. Kinder. N.Z.M.C.. who returned to New Zealand last month, invalided from Egypt, is to take up duties in connection with the Medical Boards in Wellington shortly. He has just completed two years on active service.

Mr. T. H. lvey, who baa just died in Sydney, aged seventy-seven years, was for some time manager of the Hank of New South Wales. He joined in 18G2, and was acting-manager of the branch in Auckland in 1801. He retired from the service of the hank in 1012.

Captain 11. .1. Williams, who has been engaged in the Penang (East Indies) Pilot Service for the past thirteen years, and has lately retired, is at present in Wellington. He was for .several years a master in the Union Company's service, nnd resigned in 1004 to go to the East.

Major J. Macintosh Bell, formerly chief of geological survey in New Zealand, has been on active service for some time. About six months ajfo he was wounded in France, and, after recovering, was appointed for special service in Russia, where he was early in November.

Mr. W. A. Flavell, who has been appointed general manager of the Wcetport Coal Company, was presented by the members of the Central Club with a handsome dressing case. Mr. Flavell was also the recipient of a token of respect from the members of the Advisory Board to the Government, with which he is connected.

Second-Lieutenant T. J. Gordon, of Hokianga, ie said to be the only officer of the New Zealand Forces who has won the Distinguished Conduct Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal, and the Croix de Guerre. He left New Zealand as a private in tha Main Body, served throughout the Gallipoli campaign, and while in-Franee was selected for a commission.

Lieutenant-Colonel A. Plugge is now in. charge of the whole of the New Zealand Division in France in respect to phyeical culture and bayonet exercise training. The great aim of the British military authorities is to make soldiers for the trenches physically fit. To make this possible officers from the New Zealand, Canadian, and Australian forces receive instruction at the headquarters gymnasium at Aldershot. They are then placed in charge of this section of. Britain's great war machine. Lieut.Colonel Plugge has been through the course.

Lieut. C. Mullany, who returned to New Zealand on duty last week, is a eon of Sub-Inspector Mullany, of the Christchurch Police Force. He enlisted with the Samoan Force ac a private, returned to New Zealand, and was attached to the 3rd Battalion of the Rifle Brigade and sent to France, where he was twice wounded and also gassed. He was promoted to lieutenant nine months ago. While in England he dived from a pier at Brighton and rescued a drowning man, after three other soldiers had made unsuccessful attempts. A brother lost his life in New Zealand while endeavouring to save life. Another brother, Corporal E. J. Mullany, was killed in France in October last while endeavouring- to rescue a wounded comrade. V. J. Mullany, another son of Sub-Inspector Mullany, was wounded at Messines.