PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13234, 20 July 1906, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

:ffj|^;p'DKi^vEAST, ; was a passenger by the Apanui from, the Great Barrier yesterday. %)' T.' Mr. arid : Mrs. J. H. Eggers, of Welling- ' ton, left yesterday by the Athenic. for * London. Mr/ W. .T. Jennings;; M.H.R. for Eg--1 . mont, has returned home after a trip to the South Island. ' 1 v V Sergeant-Major J. B. Russell, of Christ- :) ' church, left Wellington for London yester- . day by the Athenic. Mr." J. J. Ker, of the Northern S.S. Co., returned to Auckland yesterday from .New ' Plymouth by the Ngapuhi. The superintendent of the Tourist Department (Mr. T. E. Donne) will probably ;visit Rotorua shortly on departmental busi-' ■ : ness. .' ' Inspector Cullen returned to town last evening from a visit to all the Bay of . Plenty police, . stations from : Opotiki ; to Tauranga. ■. * Messrs. Ronayne and Buxton, of the Railway Department, left Wellington for ■. Blenheim on Wednesday, in connection with the opening of the new railway station there. .. Mr. J. G. Lancaster, who lias obtained ' his degree of Master of Science, is relinquishing his temporary position of electrical instructor to the .Thames School of Mines to. further his engineering studies at Canterbury College..; • • 'r.u. ; >? •• The To Aroha branch of the Liberal and Labour Federation has arranged to tender a social to Mr. Hugh Poland, M.H.R. The function will take place this evening, Messrs. Lawry, Jennings, Greenslade. fiifi'i".' M.H.R.'B. and others have promised to at- ■ tend. ■ . .. : :V;-i ■ ';v,' U:

, A' Wellington Press Association telegram states that last night's Gazette publishes . the appointment of Mr. W. J. Culver, late ! organising secretary to the New Zealand Liberal and Labour Federation, to be an inspector under the' Factories Act. It is understood that. Mr. Culver will be stationed at Napier. • ■ ' Major-General Babington (officer commanding the Colonial Forces), and Colonel Davies, C.B. (officer commanding tlio Auckland provincial district), returned to Auck,V,C-' ' land yesterday from Rotorua, after inspecting the various squadrons of the Fourth 'j-'-s/ Battalion, Auckland Mounted Rifles. On Saturday afternoon Major-General':Babing-ton will inspect the whole of the Auckland ;l y, -Garrison-'in the Outer Domain, at three ■ . - p.m. He proposes leaving for the South again on Sunday. This will, in all. pro-. llf*-? Ji bability, be the Major-General's last visit to Auckland prior to his departure for England in September next.

• •A' pretty wedding was celebrated at St. Luke'si Church, Mount Albert, on Tuesday last, when Mr. A. H. Skelton was married ~ ' to Miss Katherine A. Reid, second daughter I ; of ,Mr. C. Herbert Reid, .ot Norwood, *' " Mount Albert. The bride was given away by her father. She was attended by her ' sister, Miss A. Reid, and . Miss L. Skelton 1 (sister of the bridegroom). ! Mr. C. A. Hamlin acted as best man, and Mr. G. S. Reid .. . : as groomsman. The gift of the bridegroom ' to th© bride was a handsome gold chain -• bracelet. The service was performed by io> i -the Rev. W. H. Wilson; vicar of the parish. The wedding gifts were numerous and handsome. . .

; The influx of agents from other countries v - ; 1 desirous -of investigating New Zealand's > - methods still continues. The latest arrival $£/'■>: is Mr. 'J. Knight, >, well-known officer of the Victorian Agricultural Department, who ' • is at present in Auckland with a view to '<'. 1 ' gaining . information regarding the flax infi ■ ijdustry. He is . inquiring into the growing , . 'of the plants, with a view to the utilisation of waste lands in Victoria by medium of ' the flax industry. While here he will also make inquiries into New . Zealand's methods of export of agricultural produce gener- " ally. He has been through the South Island, andl is now starting on ai tour of the ' Auckland province. 1 .■■■: . - ' ■ '■■ ■ i... ■■ J- ,■ I & ■ ■ :• ■ . . - I