PERSONAL.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 292, 10 December 1925, Page 10

PERSONAL.

Mr. J. McParlane, of Wellington, arrived this morning from Wellington. He is at the Central Hotel. The Hon. Mr. G. J. Smith and Mrs. Smith, of Christchurch, are at the Grand Hotel. . ~ Sir Charles Barrie, of London, and Mr. B. E. Lewis, returned from, the South this morning to the Grand Hotel. Mr. A. Verner-Walle, of London, returned yesterday .from ijt 'at'-Hptel Cargen.- " '." " ; {':' S" ''% :Mru- J;.: S. Dent,';ex-Mayor-of Wiiangarei, and -the present chairman of the Whangarei Fire Board, is visiting Auckland in connection with the Fire Board'j affairs. The Hon. J. G. Coates, accompanied by Mtb. Coates, was in Eltham last night, , and the Premier presented trophies won 'at the Flower Show, before proceeding to I New Plymouth to attend a Reform rally there.—Press Association. His Honor Mr. Justice Reed is ci' pected to return to Auckland from Gisborne on Monday. He has been presiding at the Supreme Court sessions there; j and will resume here after the departure of the Chief Justice, Sir Robert Stout.. \ , : : Grand Hotel guests include: Mr. and Mrs. C. Agar (Christchurch), Mr. E. X.. Murphy (Gisborne), Mr. E. Eskell (Wellington), Mr. H. H. Colombie (Mcl;, bourne), and Mr. A. W. McClung (Wellington). Guests at the- Star Hotel include Mr. Young (Vancouver), Mr. and Mrs. J. Hi Cattell (Sydney), Mr. A. H. A'Hefn (Sydney), Mr. T. S. Gregory (Ballarat),. Mr. J. D. Brosnan (Wellington), Mr. W. Davidson (Wellington), Mr. H. Angell (Christchurch), and Mr. W. Jones, M.P. (Marsden). The Rev. C. W. Turner (Taumarumii) has been- appointed vicar of Matamata; the Key. J. M. Beaufort (Hauraki Plains) has been appointed vicar of Raglan; the Rev. W. W. Averill (curate of Caniv bridge) has been appointed vicar ofHauraki Plains; the Rev. F. B. Dobson, (Paeroa) has been appointed vicar of Manurewa. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Chapman (NewYork), Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Ballinger (Michigan, U.S.A.), Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Murray (Sydney), Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Williams (Hamilton), Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Harris (Tauranga), Mr. W. E. Spencer and Mr. F. A. Brown (Welling ton) are staying at Stonehurst. Mr. J. W. Woodcock (National Diploma of Agriculture) has been appointed to the Agricultural Fields Division. Mr. Woodcock comes from Leeds, and for about two years and a-half has been gaining experience in the South Island. While Mr. Wild remains incapacitated, Mr. Woodcock will take up the duties of that gentleman on the East Coast.