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Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 167, 15 July 1918, Page 2

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» Captain VV. B. Mercer, N.Z.M.C.. and - Mrs. Aiw-ccr, of Wellington, are on a visit, staying at Glenalvon. | Colonel N. P, Adams, Commandant of . I'eiithereton Camp, has undergone a ' eerioue operation in a private hospital in. I Wellington. i Among the passengers who left Wcli lington on Jfriday eveuing by the Moana, ; for San Francisco, was Mr. A. B. Donald, '■ of Auckland. Mr. Thomas Ilutcliinsou, an., of Greymouth, who has served on the bench for , twenty-live years, is about to retire on 1 superannuation. i Among the visitors at present at the ; Grand Hotel are Mr. and Mrs. S. T. i Spain, of Duncdin, and Mr. and Mrs. C. . Maudesley, of Wellington. Mounted-Constable Michael J. J. Roche, Nvho is to be married to-morrow, has received notice of his transfer from Wei- . lington to Auckland. Mr. Samuel Charles Farr died at Ohristchurch to-day, aged 92. He arrived at Akaroa early in ISSO, and hid marriage was the first in Canterbury.— (Frees Association.) A letter received in Wellington by the ; last mail from England announces the , death of Mr. James Harold, who for nioro than 25 years was London secretary to the Wellington and Manawatu Ea.ilway Company, Limited. Dr. J. C. Maddieon, of Christ church, who recently returned after two years -in war hospital work in England, arrived by the Main Trunk train on a brief visit yesterday, and is staying at the Royal HotelMr. P. V. Frazer, S.M., who has been relieving Mr S. K. McCarthy, S.M., on the Wellington bench for the past month, will probably finish his magisterial duties there to-morrow. He will continue to act as president of the Public Service Appeal Board for a fortnight, and shortly proceeds to Christchurch to preside over a sitting of the Board there. He will then return to Wellington for a similar purpose before coming back to Auckland.