PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13305, 11 October 1906, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mb. W. McCctchlcon returned from his " ': visit to the Islands by the Atua yesterday. Captain Gregory, late of'the s.s. Haweu, returned to Auckland yesterday by the ;■'<. :■'- : Rotoiti. • ■ ;'■'■'! .1 S Mrs. Winter, wife of Mr. N. A. Winter, >'/ 8.A., of Onehunga High School, left yes- ]' terday on a visit to Christchurch.'..-. • Mr. J. C. Cran, teller in the' Westport i branch of the Bank of New Zealand, is '. / under orders of transfer to Timaru. ' The Hon. C. C. Bowen, M.L.C., is a passenger by the'Rotomahana, which left Lytteltou for Wellington last night. ■/ .Messrs. Curtis and Kirton, of Feilding, V * who have been on a visit to the Islands, were passengers by the Atua yesterday. '~ Mr. W. J. Leach, conductor of the Pres- / byterian choir at Karangahake, has been ■' presented with a handsome silver inkstand, its a mark of appreciation of the valuable services rendered by him in connection with . ■'■ the church. Mr. A. J. Black, of the Central Mission, ;' j- will leave by this morning's express for / Raurimu, the terminus of the Main Trunk line, where he will conduct a special mission to the men engaged on the works. He / will be accompanied by Mr. H. Hercus, 'the / newly-appointed country evangelist for the Central Mission. ■":,'■.'•.-■ Residents in Fiji, and especially business men in Suva (says the Fiji Herald), will be sorry to learn that the colony is to lose Mr." William Burton; manager in Fiji of the Bank of New Zealand, who is retiring in the beginning of December. Mr. Burton has had 42 yearn of banking life, the last 16 in the service of the Bank of New Zealand, '.> . eo it must be admitted that he is fully ■*' entitled to, and has quite earned,--a- rest from'active'life. During" his long residence in Suva as 'manager..of the Bank, Mr. Burton has'gathered around him a host of friends both in business and social circles, ,•■'■;;.'• and he will be much missed in the capital.