PERSONAL ITEMS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXV, Issue LXV, 3 December 1913, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Captain H. BL Sargent, actingrhar-^ foormaster, has been appointed harbors master at Auckland, «ays a Prpes Association telegram from-Auckland. His, Excellency the Gpyernor, n^ith the Countess of Liverpool, left Aucfc■land for Wellington by express a% noon on Tuesday, acconmairied by Captain G. F. Huttqn, AjD.C, and Captain C. Shawe' (militarysecretary), says- a Press Association telegram. A Press Association telegram from Feilding'Btates that out of 3$ appli-j cants the Feilding Borough Council £a* appointed Mr W.R. Miller; electrical!; engineer for the lighting and power system, to be installed immediately.. Mr Miller is at present employed by the Wellington City Council. Mr E. H. Hiley, the new general! manager of the railways, took a flymg visit through: Taranaki on Monday. R» stayed for a while at Hawera and inspected the buildings, yard etc. He was accompanied by the district officers and Mr Ronayne, who has just relinquished the position. ■ Sir lari. Hamjltoa, Inspector-General of Oversea Forces,, is to arriye in Fremantle on February 3. On February 15 he will leave for Sydney, and after the inspection of troops in New South Wales camps, will return to Victoria, whence he will come on to New Zealand. Hawera people will be interested to know that.Mr Frank Hutchens is still in Sydney, ■' and geikting on well. At the fourth concert »r6f the Royal Philharmonic* Society^ for which the worldfamed oratoridf 'soprano, Madame Mary (Conly, was engaged, Mr Hutchens played a choral fantasia by Beethoven for piano ' arid .orchestra. The band and choi'bs nuinbei;ed 400. , It was certainly'an^Koii^to be afeociat«d with such fine vp'erfDrniers/y^He^ was alßp one of a snaall^^rW-iofi'musficiaiis who played at an "At-Honitei'' given to the Qainlan Opera Company. The' function included a string quartette and. a 'Maori legend in. four scenes, by Alfredl HilL formerly of New Zealand,'was one of the most effective