PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13170, 7 May 1906, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr. A. Bktiks loft for Gifilronw by the Tarawcra .cm. Saturday.; ; ;;

. Di\ T. Hope Lewis.left for the- South by the Rarawa yesterday.

Lady Plunket left Wellington for Christchurch on Friday night.

Mr. F. D. Clayton left for the South yesterday by the Rarawa.

Captain Tonkin arrayed from Napier yesterday by the Westralia.

Captain H. G. Morrisby has resumed command »f the s.fi. Monowai.

Mr. Warren Blyth arrived by the Takapuna yesterday from the South.

The Rev. Father Ohm© arrived from Tauranga by the Waitangi yesterday.

Captain Mitchell was a passenger to Napier, by the Tara.wera on Saturday.

The Hon. C. J. Johnston is gazetted Consul-General of Belgium at Wellington.

The Hon. A. Campbell, of Queensland, arrived from Sydney by the Zealaradia yesterday. .

Captain and Mrs. Kennedy were passengers from Grisborne by the Westralia yesterday. '/"■:■•'

■' Major Moore, of the Indian army, was a passenger from Sydney by the Zealandia yesterday.

Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bloomfield were passengers yesterday by the Raraiwa for New Plymouth. ,

Mr. Jaques, the Government fruit expert, arrived front New Plymouth by the Rarawa on Saturday.

The Hon. Jas. McGowam left for New Plymouth by the Rarawa yesterday, en route to Wellington. '

Mr. William H. Hales, late engineer-in- ; chief,' has been appointed to the commission of the peace.

Mr. Lockie arrived from the South by the AVestralii-' yesterday to join the Taviuhi as third officer. .

Mr. M. J. Sheahan, chairman of the Auckland Rugby Union, returned from Wellington by the Rarawa on Saturday. .

Sergeant-Major Cheator, of the local defence staff, was a passenger hot Wnangarei by the Ngapuhi on Saturday.

'Mr R Gordon Bell, chief officer of the Ro'toiti, arrived from the South by the Takapuna yesterday, on holiday leave.

I Captain G. G. Smith superintendent of mercantile marine, at Wellington, has been appointed inspector for the adjustment of compasses.

Lieutenant J. E. Duigan, of the New Zealand Engineers, will leave for England by the Rimutaka to undergo a course of instruction.'.

Mr Carlisle Taylor, general manager for Australasia of fche Equitable Life Assurance Society, Wellington on Saturday for Sydney by the Waikare.., ;

Captain Cliffe, of the. schooner Welcome who has been seriously dl for some time past, is making a good recovery, and will be able to resume duty shortly.

Miss Harriet Morrison, formerly secretary of the Tailoresses' Union at Dunedin, has been appointed an inspector, under the Factories Act, ; for the. South Island. :.- ' • \ '.*';..

Mr P. W. Grierson, one of the officers of "the Canadian .mail steamer Aorangi, arrived from the South yesterday by the Westralia, on a visit to: his relations in Auckland. . ~._■,.

Mr. C. J. Parker, the well-known sheep farmer, of Poverty Bay, and Mr. D. R. Lawlor, of ■ Wellington, left Wellington for Sydney on Saturday, en route for the Old Country. They, will be absent about six months. -:', _ „,. r> .

Dr. • Chappie and Mrs. Chappie hare booked 'passages - by .: the direct steamer Dorset for England, leaving Wellington in the course of two or three weeks. It is their intention to make a tour of the United Kingdom and Europe, and finally to return, to New Zealand by way of America. : ■" ;' \; ■■ ."'; ' ;: ;-:-.': !

' The appointment is announced of Captain W. Tinney, late of the Aorere, as harbourmaster and pilot at Patea. Captain Tiriney, who lias been in i the joint service of the Anchor ; Line and Messrs. W. and G. Turnbuil and Co. duMng past 15 years, recently accepted the position of acting-pilot at Patea when the late Captain Petersen was drowned. . '

Mr. Arthur. Foster Smith, whr waS f as-sistant-superintending engineer on the Coolgardie waterworks scheme for eight years, and subsequently held the position of clerk of the Petty Sessions. Court at Perth, has arrived in Wellington, with a view to settling in New Zealand. After leaving Australia Mi. Smith had experience in South Africa, where he was engaged in diamonddrilling operations.

' At St.' Paul's -'Pro-Cathedral, Wellington, last Thursday afternoon, Miss Leoni • Smith, of ' London (who arrived by the ■lonic a few days ago), v was married to Mr.- H. E. Gunter, the well-known musi- • cian, of Palmerstou North. The ceremony was. performed by the Rev. Mr. ": Woodward, of Palmerston North. The Rev: Mr. Handover; curate of St. Peter's, was best man, and Mrs. Heme, of Pal- : merston North, gave the bride away.