PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12699, 31 October 1904, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

■Me. H. M. Smeetok returned from the South yesterday by the Rotoiti. Mr. Wesley Spragg was-a passenger to •New Plymouth by the Rarawa yesterday. Professor 11. B. Kirk, of Victoria College, Wellington, left on a trip to England, via Australia, on Saturday. Mr C. C. Marks, secretary of the Auckland Trotting Club, . was a passenger to New Plymouth- by the Rarawa yesterday. The Hon. S. Thome George, M.L.C., and Mrs. and Miss Thorne George, were passengers from Wellington by the Rctoiti yesterday. . Mr. T. E. Bonne, Superintendent of the Tourist Department, now at St. Louis, is expected to reach New Zealand at the end of December. The Rev. Pargiter and Mrs. Pargiter f ;of Patea), and Mrs Pargiter and family ,of Petone), leave on a trip to England ii ( December. Mr. J. Mc-E'downey, of Messrs. Macky, jgteen and Caldwell's, and Mr. McGregor Wright, leave on a trip to the Old Country in January. ' Mr. George: Duxbury, of London, who sias been residing at Wanganui and Feilding for some months, left Wellington for England bv the Kimutaka on Friday last. Mr. Thomas Morrin was a passenger to !New Plymouth by the Rarawa yesterday, e:a route for Palnierston North, where he officiates as one of the judges at the forthcoming show. . ■ „ The many • friends ot' Captain G. I\. Greenwood, of the barquentine t Silver Cloud, will to pleased to learn that lie is making a good recovery from the illness which prevented him from faking his vessel to Sydney on her last trip. The Anglican Bishop of Auckland (Dr. "Nelitran) leaves Auckland by the Rotoiti to-day, en route for (Xiristctiurch, where fca is to preach at, the special services to be held in connection with the completion of the Cathedral. The Bishop 'trill return in the course of a fortnight. 1 lr. Charles Schultz, accountant, in the Melbourne branch of the A.M.P. Society, has been promoted to the resident secretarv at Adelaide. Mr. P. F. Schultz, ac comV&nt in the Wellington branch, leaves short for Melbourne to fill the office recently' held by his brother. -Mr J. N. Thompson, who has been in «he employment of Messrs. R. Hannah and Oo Wellington, for some lb years, and who is now severing his connection with that- firm to enter into business on his own account, received a presentation from his feliow employees last Wednesday evening. At Wellington, on Thursday last, an order was made by Sir Robert Stout, Chief Justioe, for the admission of Mr. G. P. .Wake as a barrister of the Supreme Court. The application for admission was made Toy Mr A. K. Guinness, Speaker of the House of Representatives. v The applications for the position of extra pilot at Wellington have been eonsidered by the Harbour Boarc, and, although no announcement has been made, it is generally understood that the position haa been offered to Mr. Hayward, chief officer of the «JJmon Company s steamer Herald. „ „. At St. Mark's Church, Wellington, on Wednesday last, Mr. E. Scott, limes, second son of the late Mr Fraaoa Im**, of Auckland, was married to Miss Ada Webb, eldest daughter of Mr. P. Purvis Webb, chief audit inspector for the colony. "The marriage ceremony was conducted by film Rev R. Coffey. The bridesmaids were Misses Doris and Amy "Webb, eisters of the bride, and Miss Olive Mills. Mr. H. S limes brother of the bridegroom, was test man, and Mr. J. M. Mowbray groomsman After the ceremony the parents of •the bride held a reception at their home ia Crosby Terrace. Mr Alfred Saunders, for many years a ■member of the House of Representatives, war, a passenger to Wellington by the Paparoa r from London. He has lived for the past eight, years in. England, but (says ©or Wellington correspondent) he has con-,« back to settle in New Zealand for the remainder of . his days. Mi-. Saunders does not propose to re-enter politics, but will devote himself to the task of writing the lives of the 10 Premiers, whom he has seen iii New Zealand, - and with whom he has been more or lees intimately acquainted. Mr. Saundars is halo and vigorous, not■withstanding his eighty-five years. He left for Christ church on Saturday night.