Personal

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIV, Issue 277, 3 November 1924, Page 4

Personal

Mrs. R. Pinckney, of . Hastings, left this morning fqr Plimmerton, on, a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Reeves. ■ ■ . • Mr T f( Struthers* of Caroline road Hastings, left to-day to attended the Royal bhow at Palmerston North. Mr and. Mrs George Ebbett returned to Hasting? on. Saturday evening, after a holiday in Australia. Mr C. E. Pickford, of t and Mr, and Mrs J. R. Hamilton, of Queensland, are visiting the Dominion. j . A London cable states that Air Marshal Sir J. M. Salmond has been appointed to the. new position of Air Commander-in-Chief in Britain... Mr. 11. S. Brittain, of the Hastings branch of the Bank of New South Wales, left this morning for Dannevirks, where he takes up the position of teller, on promotion. A Tokio cable says it is reported that Chichibu, the Emperor’s second son. will visit Europe in 1925. He intends to stay three or tour years to study military affairs. The date of his depart* ure has aot yet been decided. e.'Mf,. W. W. Adams, caretaker of the Hastings public reserves, is at present on bio annual leave, his duties being undertaken in the meanwhile. by Mr. W. Bennison. tlie first assistant. Mr. Adams resumes control on . the 16th inst. Mr and Mrs Herbert . George, of Dunedin* who have just returned to New Zealand aftei; a tour of. Great Britain and the Continent, arrived in Hastings on Saturday night, and are staying with Mr aud Mrs A. A. George for a few daya. The engagement ig announced of Miss Christina Campbell, youngest daughter of the late Mr aud Mrs Donald Campbell, of Hastings. and of i Inverness, Scotland, to Mr Alfred Roy i Dixon, second son of the late -Mr T. ! Dixon, of Te Ante,, and Mrs Dixon, no h ! of Heading, England, I The following are guests at the Masonic Hotel, Napier:—Messrs, J. E.. Tanqer A. Kirkpatrick,. I>. Kirkpatrick. Jtl. R. CLiinie. H. Kahn, J. Beattie, L. Ress, J. B. Lawrie, G. H. Grange E. W. aimmons (Wellington), F. G. Tucker (Auckland), Mr and Mrs G. Anderson (Wairoa), Mr and Mrs C. Dennis (Palmerston North), Mr and Mrs C. Matthews, Mr and Mrs J. Hunt. (Gisborne), Mrs C. Williams (Otane), Mr and Mrs H. Guthrie Smith (Tutira). Lost Saturday night, after dosing time, the staff of Messrs. Sutherlanci and •■Mitchell; drapers, entertained Mr. W. ; S’.■ Mitchell, who is severing his connection with the firm in order to go into business on his account outside of Hastings, at a supper in the Rialto Tearooms. Mr. R. £>. Sutherland occupied the chair, and, at the conclusion of the refection, the chairman addressed the staff in a happy speech, during which he spoke of Mr. Mitchell’s kindly disposition, his commercial integrity and his capabilities as a business man. Ihey were all. sorry at his departure. He .then called on Mr. n’ho in a brief address, asked Mi\ Mitchell to accept from the staff a pencil case of pure gold for himself anu a handsome .Moorcroft vase for Mrs. Mitchell, as a marie of the esteem in which the both are held. Mr. Mitchell replied feelingly and the re-union concluded with the singing of “For They Are Jolly Good Fellows.”