PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14144, 20 August 1909, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mb. A. E. Habding, of Dargaville, is at present staying at the Royal Hotel. .

Mr. A. E. Glover, M.P., is at present on a visit to Rotorua, returning next .week.

Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Harley, of Nelson, are at present in town, and are staying at the Royal Hotel.

Mrs. F. M. Lawrv, of Sydney, arrived from the South yesterday. She is staying at the. Star Hotel.

Mr. L. Marriner has resigned from the Dargaville Borough Council to toko up residence in Auckland.

Mr. D. C. Hallev. of Christchurch.arrived from the South yesterday, and is staying at the Star Hotel.

Mr. R, R. Martin (Opposition organiser) arrived by the Main Trunk express yesterday, and is staying at the Royal Hotel.

Mr. D. Buick, M.P. for Palmerston North, arrived in Auckland by the express yesterday, and is staying at the Royal HoteL

Mr. 11. B. C. Johnston, of Melbourne, arrived from the South yesterday, and will leave by the steamer of Monday on his return home.

Mr. F. W. Williams, of Napier, is expected to arrive in Auckland by the Main Trunk train this morning. He will stay at the Grand Hotel.

Mr. A. D. Campbell, of Cliristchnrch, arrived by the Main Trunk train from Wellington yesterday morning, and is staying at the Star Hotel.

Messrs. C. E. and B. Dodge and H. S. Appleton, New York residents, left for Rotorua and Wellington yesterday, after a few days' stay in Auckland,

Messrs. J. A. Harbroe arid L. A. Fisher, of Hobart, returned by the express from Rotorua vesterdav. They are staying at the Star "Hotel, and leave for Sydney on Monday.

. The Mornington Borough Council has appointed Mr. Frank Young, at present town clerk of Gore, to the position of town clerk and tramways manager, says a Press Association message from Dnnedin.

At a special meeting of the Invercargill Borough Council last night (says a Press Association message), Mr. John Sturrock, of Wellington, 15 months out from Scotland, was appointed town engineer out of 34 applicants.

Miss Violet M. Greig, M.A., at present first assistant, in the Waitaki Girls' High School, has been appointed headmistress of the' Napier Girls' High School (says a Press Association message), in succession to Miss Spencer, resigned.

Mr. W. W. Spargo, of the Union S.S. Co.'s Tofua, came on shore last trip, and has passed his examination for a chief's certificate in engineering. Ho joined his ship again on Tuesday, and left for the Islands and Sydney.

Mr. H. W. Bishop, who -was appointed to hold an inquiry into the efficiency of the police force, and Mr. W. Dinnie, Commissioner of Police, returned to Wellington from Napier on Wednesday night (telegraphs our correspondent). Mr. Bishop left for Auckland by the Main Trunk line yesterday, and Mr. Dinnie -will leave for this city either to-day or to-morrow.

Sergeant-Major Redmond, stationed at Nelson, has been promoted to warrant, rank. It is interesting to recall that Ser-geant-Major Redmond is the holder of the first G. O. Stead gold model of the Royal Humane Society of New Zealand, awarded for conspicuous bravery displayed in rescuing four people from drowning when the Nelson-Blenheim coach capsized in the Collins River on November 5, 1906. ;! -

The. remains of the late Mr. , A.E. Remington, M.P. for Rangitikei, were interred in the Karon cemetery, Wellington, Yesterday afternoon, the Rev. A. L. Hansell, of St, Mary's, Karori, officiating (telegraphs our " corespondent). 'The Ministry was represented by the Hon. G. Fowlds and the Hon. Dr. Findlay, and there were also among those present Sir W. J, Steward, and Messrs. A. W. Hogg, W. H. Field, J: P. Luke, and R. A. Wright, M.P.'s, representatives of the Hur.terville Town Board and Mangaweka branch of the Farmers' Union, Mr. F. Castle (president of the Pharmacy Board of New Zealand), and Mr. A. Hobson (president of the Central Pharmacy Association). ■■'■!-,.',

Cable advice wi.s received in Gisborne j yesterday of the death of Mr. E. A. Rees, youngest son of Mr. W. L. Rees, of Gisborne, at South Africa (telegraphs our Gisborne' correspondent). The late Mr. "Ted" Rees was widely and popularly known. He was educated at the Gisborne High. "School, and the Christchurch High School, and took up the legal profession, and during the South African war was an enthusiastic volunteer of his services. Shortness of sight, however, prevented his' acceptance with the New Zealand contingents here, and, nothing daunted, he worked his passage across to the scene of action in charge of horses, and landing in South Africa he enlisted with the Hotchkiss Battery, subsequently joining the "New Zealanders in South Africa, and returning to the Dominion with a batch of the Third Contingenters. „' He then joined the Eighth Contingent, but left that company at Auckland to take up a commission in the Ninth, returning to the Transvaal for the second time. At tlie conclusion of hostilities Mr. Rees settled down at Pretoria, entering into partnership in the legal profession with Mr. Joubert, grand-nephew of General Joubert.