PERSONAL.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 256, 29 October 1929, Page 8

PERSONAL.

Lieutenant-Colonel E. Turton, of Lon don, is at the Grand Hotel.

Mr. J. 0. Christmas, of the Native Department, Samoa, was a passenger to Auckland by the Tofua yesterday.

Father Downey, resident priest at Howick, has returned from a visit to his relatives in Ireland.

Mr. J. Galvin, Mr. (£l Smith (Wellington), Mr. J. Whyt» (Thames), Mr. S. Larconi (Hawera) are at the Albert Hotel.

Mr. Geo. Paul, the well-known racehorse owner, who sold Aussie and Papatu in Australia, returned to Auckland by the Ulimaroa this morning.

Mr. Geo. Hodgson, of Auckland, who has been on a tour of the world, returned to Auckland by the Ulimaroa this morning.

Mr. J. A. Lamb, of the Parker, Lamb Timber Co., returned to Auckland from Melbourne by the Ulimaroa this morning.

Mr. and Mrs. It. Menzies (Hamilton), Mr. T. H. Duncan, Mr. R. J. Murphy (Wellington), Mr. A. G. Smyth (Suva) are at Hotel Cargen.

Mr. P. Hally, Conciliation Commissioner, left for Wellington last evening to attend to business in connection with the Dominion dairy workers' dispute. He will return on Thursday.

Mr. H. J. Jones, manager of the Vaitele plantations, which are owned by New Zealand Reparations Estates, Samoa, arrived in Auckland yesterday on a visit to the Dominion.

Mr. Albert Spencer, president of the Auckland Employers' Association, arrived from Wellington yesterday, after attending the annual meeting of the Employers' Federation.

The Rev. V. Courteney, who has been studying theology in Sydney for four years, returned to Auckland by the Ulimaroa this morning. Mr. Courteney will be appointed to a parish in the Auckland diocese. Arrivals at the Commercial Hotel are Mr. 0. C. Omerad (Gisborne), Mr. E. G. Appleton, Mr. Mudford, Mr. and Mrs. Bennett (Dargaville), Mr. R. Hewitt (Hamilton), Mr. and Mrs. Bentley (Whangarei). Guests at the Star Hotel are Mr. G. E. Watson, Mr. W. Barnett, Mr. P. A. Major (Wellington),. Mr. G. Richards (Hamilton), Mr. V. Edwards (Matamata), Mr. P. S. Rabone (Palmerston North). Mr. H. G. Pilling, a former assistant to the High Commissioner to the Western Pacific, arrived by the Tofua yesterday. He is en route for British Honduras, where he will hold the post of Colonial Secretary. Mr. Donald Sutherland, nephew of the Mr. Sutherland who discovered the Sutherland Falls, which were named after him, is on a visit to New Zealand. Mr. Sutherland is resident in Brisbane, and served with the 3rd N.S.W. Mounted Rifles in the South African War. Mr. Howard B. Johnson, who represents Cooke and Co., Ltd., Auckland, was a passenger from Sydney by the Ulimaroa this morning. Mr. Johnson has been on a world tour, and visited the United States, the British Isles, and the Continent of Europe. Among those at the Royal Hotel are Mr. L. A. Lawrence, Mr. R. Daue, Mr. L. Shaw, Mr. R. Tate, Mr. V. Lawson, Mr. F. A. Flower (Melbourne), Mr. G. Wansbone (Dargaville), Mr. R. D. Kelly (Whakatane), Mr. J. Fitzgerald (Wellington). Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Baxter (Tailiape), Dr. and Mrs. E. H. Roche (Cambridge), Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Trimmer (Whangarei), Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Clarke, Mr. F. Heaslip, Mr. M. Heaslip (Hamilton), Mr. H. Mainland, Mr. W. Morton (Wellington) are at the Central Hotel. Mr. J. Allison (Melbourne), Mr. C. D. Colling, Mr. J. Gravely (Sydney), Mr. R. G. Greenslade (Dunedin), Mr. and Mrs. Ellis (London), Mr. and Mrs. C. Hunter (Dannevirke), Mr. G. C. McCaul, Mr. R. G. W. Anderson, Mr. J. E. Brooks (Wellington), Mr. W. Duncan (Ruanui) are guests at the Grand Hotel.