PERSONAL.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 124, 25 May 1920, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. John Merson and Mr. W. R. Kane are at present touring New ZealandMr. A. E. iWhitaker ie a passenger by the Mafcura, en route for England. Dr. and Mrs. C. E- A. Coldicutt returned yesterday from Timaru. General Birdwood is to fee accorded a civic wekome at Wellington, probably at noon, on June Ist. Major.-*, A» 7 left by last night's express to attend a course for senior staff officers *t Trenthain. The Hon. C. J. Parr, C.M.G., Minister of Education, left by the express last night for Marton. Mr. George Birch, of Melbourne, and Mr. W. E. Courthope, barrister, of Perth, were passengers by the Maheno. Mr. A. Emmett Adams is a. through passenger for Australia. We is a wellknown Australian composer. Mr. A. E. Cave, of Colombo, Ceylon, arrived on a short health trip by the Maheno this morning. Mr. Hector Morpeth, of the firm of solicitors, Morpeth, Gould and Wilson, returned by the Maheno to-day. Mr. A. M. Bryden, a member of the Mount Eden Borough Council, returned by the Mtheno. Mr. W. J. Hamill and Mrs. Hamill, of Mount Eden, returned from Australia by the Maheno this morning. Mr. T. F. Haggitt, solicitor, of Feilding, arrived toy the Makura from Vancouver yesterday.

Mr. Daniel McGrath has been gazetted a trustee for the care and maintenance of Swanson public cemetery. Mr. W. H. Gummer, of the well-known 'firm of architects, Boggard, Frouse aid Gummer, arrived home yesterday by the Mak'ura. Sir Cecil Bodwell, K.C.M.G., Governor of Fiji, arrived by the Makura yesterday, and left by last night's express, en route for Timaru to visit his eon. The Rev. Fathers J. Treacey and C. Ryan arrived by the Makura yesterday from Ireland, and are to settle in parishes near Sydney. Mr. R. P. Grevitle, Crown Lands Commissioner, North Auckland district, -was a passenger for Wellington by last night's express. Mr. David Crabtree, sales manager, of San Francisco, arrived by the Maheno this morning. He is making a short business tour of New Zealand. Surgeon-Xacutcnant James A. Watson, eon of Mrs. "William Wateon, of Wellington, has been 'permanently appointed to the British Navy, his commission to date from 1914 owing to his tfar record. Among the passengers from Sydney by ! the Maheno this morning was Engineer ,' Commander de Paris, R.N., and Mrs. de j Paris, who have arrived from- Home to I visit relations in New Zealand. j Mr. Justice Mclnnes arrived by the Makura, accompanied by his wife, en route for Sydney. His Honor was at one time a member of the Canadian : Legislature, and also Governor of Klondyke. W. B. Carmichael, managing director of Caxmichael and Co.. Sydney, arrived by the Makura yesterday and is jat the Grand Hotel. Mr. Carmichael proposes spending three weeks in New Zealand before going on to Australia. The Chief Justice of Fiji (Sir Charles Davison) returai to Fiji by the Navua about June 2. He has been on vacation for twelve months. The Acting-Chief Justice (Hon. A. K. Young, XC Attorney-General) leaves Fiji fo r Eva- ■ land, via Sydney, per Levuka, on May 25 ;and will be the guest of Sir Walter j and Lady Davidson in Sydney, who are i very old friends of his Honor. 1 ' nie J! B *- w - 'Waaon, of St. Heliert Bay, wno am been a patient in the RawUngstone Private Hospital for the last cix weeks, returned borne on Satniday la«t. J* wffi probably be two or three month* before Mr. WiUon will be able to ratmne Uβ dotiaa v -net*. to the meurwbife, the mm. p. c»riw jThomae wffl fake the servleu »ts» I'Philiptf Church, St. *