PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13391, 21 January 1907, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mb. F. 11. Bbowne went South by the Rarawa yesterday. Mr. Bethune loft-lor the South yesterday by the Rarawa. Mr. C. Grey left for New Plymouth by the itarawa yesterday. Dr. Mo Master left for New Plymouth by the Rarawa yesterday Mr. V, Ifwerson went to New Plymouth by the Rarawa yesterday. Captain W. Hutching.* is at present in command of the Tarawera. .Mr. J. M. Mennie left for Sydney by the mail steamer Sonoma yesterday. The Rev. Mr. Lane arrived from the South by the Tarawera yesterday. Mr. T. K. Flatty returned from the South yesterday by the Takapuna. The Rev Mr. Olpher! arrived from tiio South on Saturday by the Rarawa. Colonel Burns was A passenger from S%dnev by tit.- Manuka last night. Mr. David floldie returned from the South on Saturday by the Rarawa. Sir (J. M. O'Rorke was a passenger to Lvtteiton by the Talnne on Saturday. the Rev. Mr. M-D ii-!! was a passenger bv the Rirawa yesterday for th« South. 'I he Rev. Mr. Jordan and Mrs. .lonian returned from Sydney by the Manuka last night. Captain A. D. t'hnsp. of the Matiapouri. arrived from Oisborne by the Tarawera yesterday. Messrs. W. it. and J. L. R. Bloomtield returned from Oisborne by the Tarawera yesterday. Mr. Murdoch McLean left by the Rarawa for New Plymouth, en tout" to Wellington. Major J. F. Church arrived from San Francisco ou Saturday by the mail steamer Sonoma. Mrs. V.. 0. Betty, wife of the Rev. Mr. perry, left cat a trip South yesterday ,by the Rarawa. Captain \V. Cromarty, late of the Union Company, at rived from Sydney by the Manuka last night. Sir Edmund Lecimie.'e was, a passenger from San Francisco by the mail steamer Sonoma on Saturday. Mr. Joint Mackenzie, Commissioner of Crown Lands, arrived from the South yesterday by the Takapuna. Dr. Fell. .scan, and two daughters were •passengers yesterday afternoon for New Plymouth by the Rariiwa. Mr. George Court, jun., left for New Plymouth by the Raiawa yesterday, en route to Wellington and Napier. Mr. E. H. Rawson, of Wellington, was a passenger from San Francisco by the mail steamer Sonoma can Saturday. Mr. Weedon, Lord Mayor of Melbourne, and Wrs. Weedon. were passengers from Sydney by the Manuka last night. Mrs. L. F. Oocfcroft and her two daughters were passengers front San Francisco by the mail steamer Sonoma on Saturday. Mr. B. B. Bendftll, formerly of the Union Company's Service, is now purser of the Oceanic Company's mail steamer Sonoma. Mr. Julius Knight, tiie well-known actor, was a pass-conger from San Francisco for Sydney by the mail steamer Sonoma on .Saturday. The Rev. Mr. Evans, of New Plymouth, accompanied by Mrs. F.vans, arrived by th» Rarawa on Saturday, and they leave on a visit to Taur.uiga. Mr. ('has White, st-atioumasler at Filerslie, has left on a holiday trip to tiie South. During his absence, Mr. W. Ridgley is relieving at Kllerslie. Mr. H. P. Houghton, purser on the s.s. Takapuna. leaves that vessel to-day to join the Manapouri He will be succeeded on the Takapuna by Mr. P. It. Cooke, late of the Te Aran. Mrs. I Dr.) Rayner. who went to the United States some months ago owing to the.- illness of her mother, returned to Auckland on Satuiday by the mail steamer Sonoma from San Francisco. Mr. Eli Williams, the Mayor of Cobnrg {Melbourne) and Mrs. Williams, are at present On a visit to the Thames. Mr. and Mrs. Williams are making a tour of New Zealand after having visited the Exhibition. Mr. Sullivan is now chief engineer of the mail steamer Sonoma, Mr. P. Owens having retired to go Into business on his own account. Mr. Sullivan was for some time one of the engineers of the Pacific Mail Company, trading from San Francisco to the Eiifi. Mr. Alex. Robb. of Onehunga, left by the Rarawa yesterday for New Plymouth. His brother," Mr. James Robb, assistantmister at the Onehunga High School, was a passenger by the. Manuka, from Sydney, after a visit to England iu connection with the estate of the. late Mr. Samuel Luke. A smoke social was held in the Auckland Garrison Don-corn missioned officers' clubroom, on Friday last, when Battalion-Ser-geant-Major Willougbby. vice-president of the club, who is leaving for Dunedin shortly, -was entertained. During the evening the club, through its president, SergeantMajor Roberts'oii, presented Sergeant-Major Wi.lougliby with a fruit dish .suitably engraved, thank-d him tor his valuable services tactile club. and wished him all prosperity in the future, A musical programme was provided, and the usual toasts were honoured. Miss St. Clair Tisdall. the promising young Auckland inter of animals, leaves Auckland for Sydney by the Manuka today, en route for London. Upon arrival in England, alter paving a short visit to her father, the Rev. Dr. W. St. Clair Tisdall, M.A., it is Miss Tisdall's intention to settle at New Btislicy, about 12 miles out of London, in order to study under Miss Lucy Kernp-Welche, the- famous animal painter at the Bushev School of Painting. Bushey, Herts. Miss St. Clair Tisdall is accompanied by her aunt, Miss E. Tisdall, who will live with her.