PERSONAL NOTES.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 3717, 2 November 1926, Page 4

PERSONAL NOTES.

Miss LylJe was a passenger to Queens town by last might's steamer

Mr Jas. Boyne of Gore spent the week-end in Queenstown on business.

Miss Boyd, who has been re-visiting Queenstown, returns to Dunedin tomorrow.

Mr J. Thornton, who has been on a business trip- to Invercargill, returned! to- Glenorchy this morning.

Mr and Mrs Hubert Wilson of Dunedin arrived in Queenstown early in the week on holiday. Mr W. R. McLaren was a passenger by last night’s: steamer. He went on to Glenorchy to-day. Mrs Robt. Gilkison was a passenger by the steamer yesterday morning, en route to Wellington. Mrs -Sydney J. Webb of Dunedin, is on a visit to her mother, Mrs W. Davies, Eastern Terrace, Queenstown Mrs Edmund Wilson of Invercargill is making a short .stay in Queenstown for the benefit of her health, -Mrs L. Mann went to Dunedin yesterday on her way to TLmaru and Geraldine, where she purposes visiting friends. Mr Clifford Romans, organising'teacher, Southland Education Board, lias come to the district on a round oir inspectional duty. Mr Eric Mcßride, eldest son. of Mrs J. C. Mcßride, was a passenger by last night’s steamer. He is on his annual holidays, Mr D. A. Straohan, Southland Education Board Inspector, arrived in Queenstown Last night. He is examining at the local Convent to-day.

Mr and Mrs H. Harraway, of St. Kildla, Dunedin, are on a- visit to Queenstown for the- benefit of their health.

Mr and Mrs D. Boyd of Dunedin have been, on, a visit to Queenstown. Mr Boyd has just completed his fourth tourist cottage, an artistic looking building, on the Western Terrace.

Mr and Mrs Herbert Wilson and Mr and Mrs J. Scott of Dunedin, who are regular visitors- to Queenstown, arrived here on Thursday by motor via-Central Otago-. They are ia!m!ong the guests at Hamilton House. R. M. Firth, Government Tourist Agent at Invercargill, and Mr Wilson, the Dun-e-din representative of the Department, visited Queenstown during the week.

Mr Sydney Smith, left Queenstown on Friday on a trip to Australia on business connected with, the flotation of a Company holding interests in the Shotover river at Big Beach.

Miss Wright, of Mimihau, who has been appointed to succeed Miss I, C. Mackenzie as first assistant at the 10-cal Public School, arrived in Queenstown last night and took up her duties this .morning.

Mrs W. Thomson of “Tutuila” private hospital, who went to Dunedin a short time ago owing- to her daughter’s illness, returned to Queenstown early in the week. -She was accompanied by Miss Peggy, who is now quite convalescent

Mir E. G. Grim wade of Auckland, who has been in "Tutuila" private hospital here for some weeks past has recoveredl sufficiently to be able tot return, to Ms home. He and) Mrs Grimwade will leave Queenstown tomorrow en route to Auckland.

Messrs Eobt. Lee, W. E. CL Reidt, R. T. Duthle and H. J, Guthrie of Dunedin, arrived in Queenstown by oar on Friday and proceeded next day to the Sandhills, Upper Shotover, on mining' business.

Mr Jas. Holland, son of Mr and Mrs W Holland, spent a week-end in Queenstown recently. Commencing an the local branch of the Railway secvice, Mr Holland was transferred five ■months’ ago to Invercargill where he is now permanently employed dn the carpentering branch.

Mr and Mrs T. J. Melville, who went on a visit to relatives in. Great Britain in May last, returned to Queenstown on, Wednesday evening, fit and well. They were accompaled by little Miss Violet Dunn, elder daughter of Mr and Mrs T. G. Dunn, •- who went to- her paternal grandparents in the Home Country under their care.

New arrivals in the town are Mrs Arthur Ashworth and her family, who come from the Wellington district. Mr Ashworth, who is a brother of Mrs Jas. Davies,, has gone to the .Falkland! Islands' under engagement with the Imperial Government, and during his absence’ his family will reside here.

New .guests' at the White Siar Hotel since the 2M ult have inducted: Their Excellencies the Governor-Gen-eral and Lady Alice Fergus son, Captain Wentworth, Mr 0. Dawson and Miss A .D, Br union, the Hon. G. J, Anderson (Minister of Mines) and hie private secretary, Mr F. M. Sherwood (Wellington): Mr and Mrs F. Pennington and Mr J. W. Thomas (Melbourne); Miss Mabel D. Hark ness (Katoomba. Blue Mountains); Mr Sidney 8. Haigh (Woodville); Mr and Mrs V. B. Mclnnes (Timaru); Mr and Mrs Allan Brenmer, Messrs P. C. Stewart, H. E. Clark, A. J. Spence and Mis si E. G. Spence (Dunedin): Mr and Mrs S. C. Knowleis (Glenorchy)

Shearing operations will soon be well under way in Otago, and local labour agents are now booking for early sheds from Novenii>er 5 until Christmas, states the ‘Evening Star. For an early start, there is* a surprising lack of blade shearers, though there are a good few machine mem on the market, the wages offering in both eases being 30s per 100. which is 2s (5d above the award rate. The large supply of machine shearers at present on hand is accounted for by the fact that machine men go over to Australia for the early season there, and get back in time* for the commencement of the season in the Dominion, with the result that the- market is rather overcrowded just at the moment.