PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13031, 23 November 1905, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

;V, .. . . • s Dh/V?. EL Thomas left for Sydney yes- ;; „ ; terday by the mail steamer Ventura. Colonel and Mrs. Varney were passengen'CS Sydney by the mail steamer Yentgf - tanv-^yKsterdiy* l , 4 ''"V* /"„■ Mr. and. Mrs. J, A. Plimmer, of Wellington, have arranged to visit Great Britain early next year. -V'. ' Mr. Charles Bauson, general manager of »; tho Northern S.S. Co.. returned from Wei* ■ ■ , lington last, night" by the Rarawa.' ' The Rev. C. S. Oodden, who arrived ;' •' from the New Hebrides on Tuesday, left for. Sydney by., the. mail steamer .Ventura yesterday. - - - •

- Major-General Babbitt-, of the U.S.A. Army, -Who is at present- in Wellington, , • 'is • making a- tour'of New Zealand with I Mrs. Babbitt. The Revs. Johnson. Wylie, A. Thompson, i* . Tait. Wood, McDonald, and Dr. Nicholson were passengers to th© South by the Rotoiti, front- -Onehun yesterday. The general manager of railways (Mr. '- - T Ronavne), the''chief, railway mechanical eni;inevr'{Mr. A. L. Beattie), and the chief ■railway traffic manager (Mr. $ H. Buxton), are inspecting the Hawke's Bay rail- " way system. They will •: afterwards go ■' r - over the other, lines in : the North Island.

Mr.' John Duthie. M.H.R.. leaves Wel- ;■ . lington for the North to-day. and will be absent from Wellington for about a week. ? - v -'-He intends assisting the Opposition cause on - the huntings, and"will probably speak in lie Wanganui and Tnranaki electorates. ' - -. Hi? programme, has, however, not yet been dednitely fixed: . . V-