PERSONAL.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 95, 23 April 1926, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Mr. Eric W.Yates left for Sydney today, and'will be awray for several weeks.

Ciiests at the Grand Hotel include Messrs. E. P. Andreas arid S. D. Burson (Sydney), Messrs. T. H. Young and E. S. James (Wellington).

Mr.. YV\" &. Brodie (Melbourne), Mr. N. T. X. Bluck (Hobart), Mr. and Mrs. A. Spencer (South Africa),' and Mr. Percy Hunter (Sydney) airc'at the' Hotel Cargen. ,

Mr. V. H. Potter, M.P. for Roskill, is seriously "ill. He improved slightly yesterday, but it is expected that it will be-a couple pf Weeks before he will be able to leave his ted.

': Messrs.'.. R, Niinn May, T. P. McDonald, A. H. E. Molson, and Paul Reed, the English debaters who have just Completed a' four - weeks' tour of New-Zealand, left for Sydney by the Ulimaroa to-day.

Tlie Governor-General, Sir Charles Fergusson, will appoint the Hon. C. P. Skerrett, Chief Justice, to be the- deputy, of the : Governor-General during his Excellency's temporary absence from the Dominion while on his Island tour.

Staying at the Star Hotel are Mr. G. <W. Wyles (Wellington), Mr. P. H. Gales, Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Lynch, Mr. T. Brook, Mr J. Holmes, Mr. J. H. Q. Best (Wellington), Mr. W. Coom (U.S.A.), Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. J. S". Sutton (N.S.W.). . . . • ,

Mr. A. D. Cook, lately manager for New Zealandof the Sun Insurance Office, has been appointed assistant .superintendent for Australasia and manager for Xew South Wales of the Sun Insurance Office and the Patriotic Assurance Company, Limited, with headquarters at Sydney..

Mr. Justice Reed,- who has been relieving at the Auckland Supreme Court civil sessions will leave for Wellington to-morrow- It is expected that Mr. Justice Stringer, who has been attending the Court of Appeal' in Wellington: will return to Auckland at the beginning cf. next week.

Cential Hotel guests include. Mr. H. Braden (Dunedin). Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Sidey (Dunedin); Mr. O. Buckley (Wellington), Mr. F. Coddy- (Tauranga), Mr. W. Sutherland (Melbourne), Mr. F. Birgona (Ceylon), Mr. S. R. Tonga (Christchurch), Mr. A. A. Stewart (Eltham), Mr. W.". Berry (Te Kuiti), Mr. A. D. Hogg'and Mr. S. Mitchell (Whakatane).