PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13390, 19 January 1907, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mil. K. H. Barakr went South venter- j day by the Takapuna. | Mr. C. Harrop left tor New Plymouth ; by the Takapuna- yesterday. Mr. C. O. Hawke went on to New Ply mouth yesterday bv the Takapuna. Mr. J. P. Ritchie arrived from the South by the Takapuna yesterday. Dr. Woodcock was a passenger by the' Takapuna from the South yesterday. The Rev. M. Terras arrived from New Plymouth by the Takapuna yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. .1. N'orthcroft left for New j Plymouth yesterday by the Takapuna. j Mr. Alfred Kidd, M.H.R., returned from j Wellington by the- Takapuna yesterday. j The Rev. T. Wooltoxall. of Waihi, re- ! turned from the South by the Takapuna yesterday morning. , Cantain D. McLean, of the N'avua, who \ h*s Ineu on a visit to Duiudin, returned to i Auckland yesterday. Mr. L. Blundell, proprietor of the Wei - uigton Post, left by the Takapuna yester- . day for New Plymouth. The Rev. Father GilUur. V.G.. of St. ' Benedict's Church, returned yesterday from : the South by the. Takapuna. Miss KniH, of W.mganui. has booked pas- • sage for London by the Gothic, to sail from Wellington on February 23. Makea Daniela. head chief ~t the island ' of M.uigaia. of the Cook Group, arrived: I'rnni Wellington yesterday by the laka- I puna. ! Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Russell, of Hast- | ings. Hawke's Bay. will leave Wellington by the lonic on 'March 28. on a visit to England, j —— Mr. H. Tegetmeier, chairman of directors; of the Auckland Tramways Company, re- i turned from the South by the 'takapuna j yesterday. | Captain George Holford, late of the ! Tuviuni. arrived from the South yester-j day, and takes command of the Hauroto : next week. i Dr. and Mrs. Fit-hett left Wellington' vesterday for Auslrdia, to join a Messageries"liner for Europe, on a, six months' . holiday trip. ; Captain Hannah, of the Indian _ army, j was a passenger from Sydney to Wellington by the Morrowai on Wednesday. He intends spending hi* furlough visiting ; places of interest in New Zealand. • i i Dr. Webster, of Wellington, intends I visiting the Old Country in March. He will travel via the Canadian Pacific route, j and proposes spending from six to nine j months in England and on the Continent, j Captain Corrock, who was in charge of I the Union Company's harbour tug when i she narrowly escaped collision with the ferry steamer Cobar at Wellington list j Saturday evening, has been relieved of his j command. I

Mr. (J. Haselden. formerly of Patea, nephew of Judge Haseld.ll. was a passenger from Svdnev to Wellington by the Monowai 011' Wednesday. Mr. Haselden holds a position in the Colonial Secretary's office at Pretoria.

Mr. Lex Noall. who is a certificated pupil of Louis Pabst, director of the Conservatorium of Music at Riga, has arrived in Auckland, and intends to take up his permanent residence litre, opening a studio at the Mutual Lite Buildings, Queen-street.

Dr. Robertson, acting-medical superintendent of the Wellington Hospital during Dr. Ewart's absence in the Old Country, has been granted one month's leave of absence. Dr. Robertoon left Wellington by the Moeraki yesterday for a holiday trip to Sydney and Melbourne.

The Rev. E. G. Gauge. F.R.A.S., one of the best- known Baptist ministers in England, is at present touring Australasia, and may be expected in Auckland about the first week in February. Mr. (binge- was for many years minister of the Broadmead Church (Bristol), one of the most- noted churches in the annals of English nonconformity.

Yesterday the Premier of Tasmania (the Hon. J. W. Evans), in company with the chairman of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board (Mr. L. J. Bagnall). paid a visit to the Cost-lev Home and the Auckland Hospital. Mr. Evans was especially pleased with the Costley Home, and thought i* one of the best institutions of the kind he had seen. The manager and staff, lie thought, deserved the highest commendation/ ' The arrangements at the hospital also met with Mr. Evans' approval, its position and .surroundings especially so.

The employees 01 Mr. George Court met in the Federal Rooms the other evening to bid farewell to Mr. Charles Court, a member ot that firm, who is about to take his departure on a. trip to the. Old Country. About 70 ladies and gentlemen, including a number of relatives and friends of the guest, sat down to an excellent repast. The guest was the recipient of a handsome travelling bag, and Mr. T. Frost, manager, in making the presentation on behalf of the employees, spoke in eulogistic terms of the manv good qualities, of Mr. Court, and of the "good feeling which has always existed between him and the employees. The toast of " The Guest" was duly honoured. He responded in a very happy little speech, in which he thanked the employers heartily for their good wishes and expressions of good feeling towards him. Mr. George Court, senior, proposed the toast of "The Ladies," after which an excellent musical programme was proceeded with. Mr. Charles Court leaves by the Manuka on Monday.