PERSONAL.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 249, 20 October 1924, Page 7

PERSONAL.

Mr. S. T. Crookes was a passenger for Wellington by the Main Trunk express last evening. Grand Hotel guests include MessTS.. .T. D Tanner (Sydney), K. C. LuttreU (Ohristchurch), G. H. Grange and A. \V. Hawley (Wellington). Major W. I. K. Jennings, D.5.0., X.Z.S.C., accompanied by Mrs. Jennings, has left for London. Jlajor Jenninge will undergo a two years' course of instruction at Camberlcy Staff College. Mr. John Sherriff, a New Zealandcr who has been in Africa for some 28 years, is at present on a v : .sit to his people in his homeland. He is passing through Auckland on his way to Australia, and is the guest of Mr. W. D. Ji. (Jlaister, of Mount Albert. Canon J. R. Wilford, principal of College House, Christchurch, was, prior to his leaving on a trip to England, farewelled by the students of College House. The Rev. W. H. Smith, chaplain of the Public Hospital, m!H act in the place of the Canon during his absence. Tho election of the Rev. F. K. Harry to the presidential chair of the Baptist Union by the conference just held in Christchurch is unique in the annals of the denomination, says the Welling-1 ton "Dominion." Mr. Harry has been only two years in New Zealand and he has already occupied a similar position among the Baptists of New South Wales, Victoria, and Western Australia.