PERSONAL.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 133, 8 June 1925, Page 3

PERSONAL.

Air. W. Norton left for the South last evening. Sir Robert Stout. Chief Justice, and Lady Stout, arc at Hotel Cargen. Mr. Pcrcv Butler, manager of -Messrs. Henderson.* Macf,ir!nne. underwent a minor operation this morning. Mr. 1-. G. Wood. Xew Zealand manager for tlie Canadian (lovernment Mercantile Marine, is at the Grand Hotel. j Air. and -Mrs. A. fi. I-"lei.ii.. X (Core-,. I Mr. and Mrs. J. Price (Invercargill), and Mr. \V. Welton (Wellington I are at the Star Hotel. Mr. S. S. Dean, chairman of the Management Committee of the Xew Zealand Rugby I'nion, is at the Grand Hotel. Professor MacMillan Brown leaves Auckland on Tuesday for Honolulu. He is writing a book on the Polynesian languages. Hotel Cargen guests include Mr. and Mrs. 11. C. Casper (Xew York). Mr and Mrs. 11. E. P. Bracey (Litligow. N.S.W.). and Mr. and Mrs. S. Douglas (Christchui-ch). Captain Hatfield, marine superintendent of tlie Canadian Government Mercantile Marine. Sydney, arrived in Auckland to-day by the Niagara. He will make a 'business trip through tlie Dominion. Mrs. Hatfield and their son are proceeding to Vancouver. Mr. C. X". Croft, acting Canadian Trade Commissioner in Auckland, left last evening for Wellington to meet Mr. I). H. Koss, Australian Canadian Trade Commissioner, who has been on a visit to Canada for the purpose of negotiating a trade treaty between his Government and that of Australia. Sir Hugh Keeling, representative of the Indian Government, who has been supervisor of the building operations of the new Government headquarters at Delhi, arrived in Auckland by the Xiagara this morning, on furlough. He is accompanied by Lady Keeling. They are at the Grand Hotel.

(.uosts at the Grand TTotel are Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Reynolds (Cisborne). ill-, and Mrs. Tingc'v I l-'.iiglaiid i. and Messrs. F. J. Miller" (Wellington). VV. Wright (Leith). (.. T. Covcrdale lie Kawa), X. Higgins (Wellington l. \V. S. Cameron and W. (:. .Martin i Mart in borough), and W. Anderson (Christchurch). Sir Aaron Dunks, one of the new Australian knights, and managing director of the well-known linn of John Dunks. Lid., ironmongers, of Sydney and Melbourne, arrived in Auckland by the Niagara to-day. Sir Aaron is also president of tlie Melbourne Hospital, anil is on a health trip. lU' is en route lo Vancouver. Travelling wilh him is Mr. I). York Syme. chairman of (lie Melbourne Steamship Company. Mr. Syme Inst, visited tlie Dominion 1-". years ago. He remarked to-day that shipping was si ill a troublesome trade, and thai ii was impossible, :.< yet. to know what t lie general effect of the trouble in Australia would lie.