PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13195, 5 June 1906, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mb. W. Gordon, private secretary to the Hon. Jas. Carroll, has. arrived in Auckland from Wellington. '• Mr. J. P. Grossman, M. A., of the Auckland iUniversity College, returned to Auckland after a short visit to Australia, ~ Mr. C. Hflll, M.H.K. for the Waipawa electorate, who has been in rather indifferent health, is at present recuperating at the Kamo Sanatorium, Whangarei. I The Hon. Jas. Carroll, Minister for Native Affairs, will leave to-morrow morning for the Waikato, where he will meet the natives at various centres in regard to native land matters. ; ' * Mr. R. S. Smythe, '"the muchly travelled," arrived from Sydney by .the Zealandia yesterday. Mr. Smythe's many friends in New Zealand will bo pleased to hear that ike is in splendid health, ' . Captain Mayoss, formerly of the Ruapeliu, who went Home invalided on the Rimutaka, is, according to a cable message received at Wellington from Monte Video, progressing satisfactorily. ' . The Minister for Lands (Mr. Duncan) and the Government veterinary (Mr. J. A. Gilruth) left Wellington by the Mararoa last night, to attend the winter show of the Otago A. and P. Association. Mr. Win. J. Stevenson, lately of the Customs Office at Wellington, and now at Ravotonga, is gazetted Treasurer to the Government of the Cook Islands, Collector of Customs, and Postmaster at Rarotonga. '-. Commander Sargent, of the United States cruiser Baltimore, has left on a visit to the Hot Lakes district. The commander lias been ill for some time past, and it is hoped that his visit to Rotorua will be the means of restoring his health. i Rev. J. Walker, vicar of St. Thomas', Wellington' South, is about to leave on at visit to England. The Rev. Mr. Clarkson, of Taihape, will have charge of the Wellington South parish during ft portion of the time' Mr. Walker is away from the colony. '

. : Mr. Frank Bullen, author of "The Cruise of the Cachalot," who is to commence a short' series of lectures in His Majesty's Theatre next Monday, arrived yesterday by the Zealandia. It is announced that the plan of seats for the opening lecture, ••Romance and Reality at Sea," will be opened at Messrs. Wildman and Arey's on Friday. \ , .

: At the warehouse of.Messrs. Briscoe and • Co., Limited, yesterday, Mr. H. Griffiths, who is severing his connection with the firm, was presented by Mr. Ivor Evans, ft manager,' on behalf of the staff, with a handsome travelling valise, gold sovereign 'j case, and silver-mounted walking-stick. Mr. Evans, in making the presentation, re- ; ferred to the high esteem in which Mr. Griffiths was held by the whole of the staff, and wished him every success in his new appointment. Mr. Griffiths is leaving to- ■ : morrow for Greymouth to take up a position v. 5 with Messrs. McLean and Son.