PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14359, 2 May 1910, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

raps I'iflfi; - •Mil P. P. Jaukson, a tourist from Lon- ' ■ don, arrived in Auckland last night by the; . Wimmera from Sydney. He is staying at 'he Central HoteL - " ; Mr. - 'Richard Carter, of Wellington, "" . Secretary for Customs, has retired from the Department. Mr. Carter has been - connected with the Public Service tor : 45 years. " "-Mr and Mrs. G. Ellis, of Ocean Island, reached Auckland by the Wimmera, from , - *vdw, - last night. They are making a <• stay at the Central Hotel prior. to their return to the Islands. : Mr A. R. Meek, one of the lecturers at. Victoria College, Wellington, arrived in '• Auckland on a short visit by the Mam ? Trunk train yesterday. He is stopping at ;). the.Grand Hotel. •'.'■"> ■•'' Mr. J. J. Walklate. general manager, of ; ; the Auckland Electric Tramways Company, ■ : . left by last evening's express to ■ attend the }.' further sittings of the Tramway Brakes ■-, Commission at Wellington and Christ- . \jrch. Dr. and Mrs. Nathan and family, of I '-1-' Sydney, have returned to Auckland after, a | V: trip to Ritorua. They intend bringing j their New Zealand visit to a close on Mon- j Y day next, when they will leave for Sydney. ;. They arc .staying, at the Star Hotel. ; Judge A. G. Holland, of the Native .?. Land Court, lett by the Main Trunk train (root Auckland , last night, to res?u.ne a ■ - titling of the Court at Te Kuiti for the > purpose of dealing with King Country lands. ; "."' (he Court will adjourn to Taumarunui on : ; the 25th inst. ■ • ~ Mr. R. E. Wood, manager of the Wel-•{-Vf. lington branch of Kernptliorne, Prober, -'and Companv. Limited, has resigned tnat 1 position,, which he has held for the past nine . years. It is just 30 years since Mr. ; r Wood first entered the service of his pre- ; " sent employers, and he has now resigned ;!', /..his charge "to commence business oil'his •; own account. , . . ■ Mr. A. Beswick, .borough* overseer at Timaru. is leaving after having been 27 years in the -.service of : the ; Timaru Borough Council, to take up farming pursuit* In the Nelson district. He was met on Saturday I, (says a Precs Association telegram) by about 20 of his fellow ' employees. The Mayor (Mr. Craigie,, ; M.P-L on their behalf,: presented him with /* two,substantial^tokens ; "esteem, one ior r.'-V himself and one for his wife. v >.' ;• —: Dr. A. K. Newman, retiring Mayor of Wellington, will leave for a trip to England . next week. He will leave Auckland by the Navua for Fiji and will : there join ;. the Manuka for Vancouver. Dr. Newman, who is one of the recognised ' authorities on Maori folk-lore, is at present engaged in writing a book dealing with the origin of > i the Maori race. The chief purpose of his trip is to make researches in England, and . ' thereafter he purposes ; going ■; to Java. f; : : ; " : ; Sumatra, and India, where he hopes to ;. * trace the original-home, of the Maoris. ,; ' The remains of the late Mr. .Tho.s. Weils, ■ a Maori war veteran, and ex-Mayor of Camj bridge, were interred in the Cambridge cemetery yesterday afternoon. Th;; funeral teste (telegraphs Our correspondent) was the largest; ever seen in the Waikato, friends attending from all parte of the €ur-; ;ic v rounding district and Auckland. I A large : number of wreaths were received, a special carriage being "required- to:;eonvey them.: • The first portion of lie .burial service was ■; : conducted in St. Andrew's Church by.: Arch- / deacon Willis and tlte Rev. ;E. ; M.; Cowie. The former delivered a eulogy at the' eonc!u«ion of the burial service, and in the j evening at St. Andrew's Church he gave a memorial sermon in honour of the deceased ! ; as: a'churchman. - -'-'~ J " ' •.,--- )