PERSONAL.

Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 50, 28 February 1901, Page 2

PERSONAL.

Mr Huddleston returned to Gisborne . yesterday. Mr J. H. Pope, Inspector of Native schools, left for Auckland yesterday. The post office at Hick’s Bay has been re-opened, Mr C. W. Ablett being postmaster.

Mr and Mrs G. W. Tiffen returned to Gisborne by the Mararoa yesterday morning.

Mr and Mrs E. Chrisp left last evening by the Mararoa on a trip to Stewart’s Island. They will be absent about a month,

Mr Harmood A. Banner, a popular member of the Bluff Hill Bawling Club, is at present visiting Gisborne. Mr Arthur Hutchinson, of Waikohu, and Mrs Frank Hutchinson, of Risington, Hawke’s Bay, arrived by the Moura from Napier yesterday morning, Mr Ritchie, manager of the National Mortgage and Agency Co., of Dunedin, is at present visiting Gisborne. He is accom, panied by Mrs Ritchie. Mr' A. Warnook, of the well-known Auckland firm of Warnook Bros., arrived from Auckland yesterday to attend tho local wool sales.

The friends of Mr Ernest Chrisp will be pleased to hear that he has successfully undergone the operation to his eyes, for which purpose he went to Dunedin. The operation was performed by Dr. Lindo Ferguson, ' Owing to the late arrival of the steamep in Napier on Monday, Mr A. Thomson was. unable to catch the express train for Wellington, and consequently he would not be in Christchurch for the first day of tho Fire Brigade competitions. Mr J. H. Samson, who has given great assistance in working up local entertainments, is about to leave Gisborne to take up a lucrative position in a shipping office in Wellington. He will be greatly missed in local musical circles.

Mr Simpson, General Manager of the Phoenix Assurance Society, was a through passenger jby the Mararoa yesterday. In company with Mr G. H. Norris, Mr Simpson made an inspection of Gisborne’s fire appliances and of the risks held by his company in Gisborne. Mounted. Constable Smith, formerly, of Gisborne, and now of the Coast, is quitting the'police force to take possession of a Coakt hotel; ; Constable Smith has proved himself an able and diligent officer; he did splendid service without offfci’ousness, and there is no doubt that as the licensee of an hotel he will manage the -house in a way that will ensure it a high reputation. Mr and Mrs Larson, the now lessees of the British -Empire Hotel, arrived from the South yesterday morning by the Moura. and assume control on Friday. The “.'British ” has been splendidly managed by Mr and' Mrs Charles Clarke, who have set their successors a hard task to keep up the high reputation of the house. Mr Trounson, of the ’Kaihu sawmills, was a through passenger by the Mararoa yesterday, in company with Mrs TrounSQn. While ashore, he had an interview witli the members of 'the Harbour Board, and a satisfactory coiitrSCl is being arranged for the supply of totara timber foil the harbor work's.. Mr Trounson goes South as a' delegate to the Wesleyan Conference.

In the course of reminiscences of a trip in the ill-fated City of Rio de Janeiro, Mr Shiel, of Messrs Nimmo and Blair's Dunedin establishment, ‘ states : “ Captain Ward appeared to be a most capable commander, always attentive to his duties and seeing that matters were going on smoothly, while he strictly , enforced discipline in the working of the vessel. He was of a somewhat reserved disposition, and kept aloof from the main bulk of the passengers, - When off -the bridge he sometimes spent his time on deck playing draughts with favored travellers, but more often preferred the seclusion of his cabin. He appeared to be a strictly temperate man, and on no occasion did Mr Shiel see him partake-of drink in any form. Mr Shiel would say that the captain was about forty-five years of age. On this particular occasion there were fully 300 Chinese on board, while no less than sixteen nationalities were represented amongst the passengers, and it was somewhat interesting to know that the English language was fluently spoken during the conversations,”