PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13369, 26 December 1906, Page 8

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr. E. Dignax arrived from the South yesterday by the Rarawa. . Judge Edwards -was a passenger for the South by the Waikare yesterday. The Rev. Mr. Cobb was a passenger for the South by the Rarawa yesterday. Mr. Justice Cooper is a passenger by the Zealandia from Dunedin to Wellington. ■! • - : __— Mr. Duncan, of the Stock Department, Arrived from the South by the Rarawa yesterday. Mr. D. Mcßean and party, of Melbourne, ■were passengers by Monday morningV express to Rotorua. Mr. A'. C. White and Miss White, of St. Heliers Bay, returned to Auckland from Australia by the Manuka. The Rev. C. E. Fox, curate of All Saints', Ponsonby, left for the South by the Waikare yesterday. The Rev. John Urquhart, of London, arrives this week, and will occupy the pulpit at the Baptist Tabernacle next Sunday. . '■ ' , ■ ■- Mr. George Morse, handicapper to t-Tie Auckland Racing Club, arrived from New Plymouth yesterday by the Rarawa, in order to take part at the Summer Meeting at Ellerslie. Mr. R. R. Martin, organising secretary of the Political Reform League, /eft Onehunga by the Rarawa yesterday, for a short holiday visit to Christchurch and Wellington. *'• • ; Mr. Hawthorn© Millar, son of the Hon. Jas.-Millar,-who has been on the staff of the Auckland Railway Department for the . past'- 12 months, has been transferred to Wellington. Mr. Roy Sellars, who has been in the New Zealand Insurance Company's office at Auckland for some years, has been transferred to the Wellington branch on promotion. He leaves for the South today. •' - • ' The Rev. J. B. Russell, of Knox Church, Parnell, has intimated to his congregation his intention of resigning his charge, with a view to proceeding to the Old Country. His resignation will probably take effect in the end of March. Mr. F. J. ! Sanderson!' manager of the shipping department of Messrs. L. D. Nathan f and Col, who' has been absent in England on ' six months' holiday leave, is returning to the colony by the s.s.' Kumara, due in Wellington about the 28th of January next. • - X* 1 : iv- >:■ *■■ " Mr. Geo. Hatch, of Melbourne, general manager for Australasia, of the firm of Thos. Cook . and Son, left Auckland for Rotorua, by the express on Monday mornling. Mr! Hatch • intends to tour right through New Zealand. He is accompanied by his wife, ' After maSs at the Sacred Heart Church, Ponsonby, yesterday morning, the choir assembled in the schoolroom, where the Rev. Father Molloy, on behalf of the clergy and choir, presented-the musical director, Mr. A. B. Reynolds, with a silver hotwater urn, suitably inscribed. 'V. I : ■ ■ '• Mr. M. Finiffrock, of Sydney, Mr. and Miss Zillessen/ of London, and Mr. M. Focke, of Bremen, Germany, went up to Rotorua as one party, by the express from Auckland,'' on Monday morning. . After viewing the sights of New Zealand's "wonderland, they will proceed overland to Wellington. : ' -V,. - —— Lady Sarah Wilson, who is aunt to Mr. Winston Churchill „ (Under-Secretary for the Colonies), and distinguished herself as a war correspondent in. the South African campaign, , was...among the passengers by the mail steamer "Oroya, -which -arrived at Sydney last week.. Lady Sarah is the sixth daughter of ' the seventh Duke of Marlborough,- and is married to Major Gordon Chesney Wilson,'M.V.O., who also is a passenger by the same steamer.j Mr. Dougald Crawford, for many years in the service of - the Union Steam Ship Company, and until recently chief engineer at the Bruce Woollen Mills, Milton, Otago, has resigned the latter position to enter into • business on his own account. Mr. Crawford was, on his retirement last week from the WooUen Company, made the recipient from the employees of a travelling rug, portmanteau, and handsome silvermounted umbrella. The presentation was made -by the manager,' Mr.' Gilbert Simpson, who wished Mr. Crawford every success in his new venture.' > On Friday - afternoon last a pleasing ceremony took place at the warehouse of Messrs. A. J. Entrica-n and.Co.', Limited, when Mt. R. J. Entrican, who is severing his connection with'.the firm to commence business on his own account, was made the recipient of a presentation from his many friends on the • staff. .i/. Mr. A. G. Maugban, in making the presentation, which took the form of a silver coffee service, spoke of Mr. Entrican's many good qualities, and of the high esteem in which he was held by his fellow employees. ' Mr. Entrican responded very feelingly. Mr. A. J. Entrican also spoke 'of the devoted manner which his brother, Mr. R. J. Entrican, - had applied himself to the interest of the company, and on behalf, of the proprietors tendered his best wishes for his future success.