PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13289, 22 September 1906, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mas. Grace Neck, left for the South yesterday afternoon by the Takapuna. Captain E. McLeod, of the Apanui, has has been transferred to the new steamer Ngatiawa. - ... Judge Haselden and the Rev. B. Horace Ward left. Lyttelton for Wellington last night by the Rotomahana. Captain Stringer, of the Rakanoa, who has been on holiday leave, arrived from the South yesterday, and rejoins the steamer on her arrival from Fiji. Mr. W. R. Blow, the officer in charge of the Auckland Tourist Office, is at present visiting the Waitomo Caves and the Wanganui River. He will return on Wednesday. Mr. A. 11. Nicoll, who Tins filled the position of accountant for Messrs. Souter and Co., Cambridge, for a year or more, leaves shortly to take up a responsible position in Auckland. Mr.' W. R. Douglas- is at present on a visit to Qneiiuiiga. He has just returned from a trip to Glasgow in connection with a dredge for the Timaru Harbour Board, and broke his journey on his way back to Duncdiu. A Press Association telegram from Wellington states that Major-General Babington, whose term of office as Commandant of the New Zealand Forces expires shortly, will, with his staff officer (Captain Campbell), leave for London, via Sydney, today. Among the recent callers at the Government Tourist Office have been Mrs. Merritt, of London (who is making a tour of the colony); Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Lamb, New Vork: and Messrs. N. Wilks (London). -I. Stuart Clyde (Sydney), J. E. King and W. Mangow (Melbourne), C. J. Stokes (San Francisco), E. J. Barton and E. M. Hall (London), and E. Whitby (of Suffolk, England). Mr. G. W. C. Moon, who is in charge of the Government Tourist Office in Christchurch, has been visiting the tourist resorts of the North Inland dining the past couple of weeks. On Wednesday Mr. Moon leaves for the Waitomo Caves, the Wanganui River, and then goes on to Mount Egmont. He will then have a thorough knowledge of the scenic resorts of both islands, which may be used for the benefit of the visitors expected at Christchurch during the Exhibition. The Launceston Daily Telegraph of September 7 says:—"A large number of the fellow underwriters of Mr. H. P. Kissling met at the Launceston Hotel yesterday, for the purpose of saying farewell to their departing friend, who has been transferred to the head office of the New Zealand Fire Insurance Company, and to present him with some tokens of their esteem. The latter took the form of a beautiful silver tea service, and a framed photograph of the underwriters in the north of Tasmania. They were inscribed as follows : 'Presented to Mr. H. P. Kissling, by his fellow underwriters, on his departure from Launceston. September, 1906.' On Tuesday evening Mr. Kissling was entertained at the Launceston Club by a. number of his friends, when a farewell supper was held. Complimentary speeches were made by a number of friends present, and an enjoyable time was spent.' Mr. Kissling arrives in Auckland to-morrow.. ~..,. ~,,.