PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14806, 9 October 1911, Page 8

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Sift .Jobs FeCdlat. Attorney-General .and candidate for the -Parnell. seat, arrived from .Wellington yesterday morning.

Mr. W. G. Stead and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stead, of Christ-church. were passenger: Jo Auckland by the Maheno yesterday.

Mr. K.R. Martin, Opposition organiser, arrived in Auckland by the Tarawera yesterday. He is staying at the Royal Hotel.

Dr. Averill, Bishop of Wai&pu, arrives in Gisborne on Saturday next to visit the whole of the Poverty Bay portion of his diocese.. • >

Captain Reaney, superintendent in New Zealand for the Tyser line, arrived in Auckland from Napier by the Tarawera yesterday. ; • - . v -

Mr. Geo- T. Nieoll and Mrs.- Nieoll. of Remuera. who have been on a visit to Sydney*, returned to Auckland by the Maheno yesterday.

Mr. .1. Millward, a director of the Pacific Cable Board, arrived in Auckland by the Maheno yesterday. He is staying at the Grand Hotel.

Messrs. Chas. Plimmer and J. trimmer, of Wellington, who have been visiting Sydney, were amongst the passengers on tluMaheno yesterday.

' Messrs. E. C. Welsh (Melbourne) and T. Smidmore (Sydney) arrived in Auckland by the Maheno yesterday, and are staying at the Central 'Hotel. ' .

The Rev. P. B. Fraser. of Hawera, has been nominated by the Taranaki Presbytery for the position of Moderator pf the General Assembly.

Captain G. Hertford, of the Union Company's Island steamer Tofua, accompanied ~ by Mrs. Hoi ford, returned to Auckland by Ihe Tarawera yesterday. "

. The Hon. J.»A. Tole will be confined to his bed for some days as a result of being thrown heavily to the ground while alighting from a linear last week.

His Excellency the Governor (Lord Islington), who has been oil a visit to Hawke's Bay, returned to Wellington on Friday night by the Napier express.

Messrs. A. H. Tripe and W. H. Tripe, of Wellington, arrived in Auckland yesterday, and leave for Sydney by the Maheno to-day. They are staying at the {star Hotel.

-The Rev. Father Holbrook. of St. Patrick's Cathedral, who . accompanied Bishop Geary to Timaru last week, .returned Jay the Main Trunk express yesterday morning.' ,/, . '■ *

Messrs. J. E. Baines (Brisbane), C. H. Knight (Sydney). D. X. Hindle (Sydney), and A. Cornell (London) are amongst: the passengers by the Maheno who are. staying >t the Royal Hotel. .' . rJ .,.

- The Rev. R. B. S. Hammond left for the Thames on Saturday. After a tour, which will include Rotorua and -the Waikato. Mr. - Hammond - returns to Auckland on the 20th instant. . L ' " v '

Passengers by the Maheno who are staying at the. Grand Hotel- include Mr. J. JMunro Ross (Me!bourne)^, Mr. Norton S. Coney (Vancouver)," Mr. and Mrs. J. Cole {London) and Mr. E. Chidley (Sydney). >

Sir Joshua Williams, who has been ill in Dnnedin for some time, is now.on his way !' to Wellington to attend the sitting of the. Court of Appeal .<■ His Honor (says a Press Association message) is completely restored p> health. ~i

Dr. and - Mrs. ~ Purehas, Dr. and 4 Mrs. Parlcps. Dr. and Mrs. Hope Lewis, and. Dr. and Mrs. Giant, who have been visiting ' Australia in connection with the Medical Congress, returned I to; Auckland by the Maheno yesterday. .* .v> »

Mr. W. H. Anderson, a member of the fctaff of the post office at Paeroa, who has been : "transferred to Auckland, was on Saturday the recipient of a:' purse of sovereigns from his friends in Paeroa. Mr. Anderson was also presented by Mr. G. W. .Woods, postmaster, with a . travelling ; bag from the local post office staff. *; * Captain Pearson, who died at Balmain,. . » suburb of Sydney, last week, was well ; r -known in New Zealand, having commanded many vessels* engaged in the timber trade between Sydney and' New Zealand. The last vessel he was master of was the scow Whangaroa, which.v was abandoned near Lord Howe Island about three months ago.

Mr. F. 3lander, M.P..» who is lying ill in a private hospital in Wellington, will 'probably be unable to resume his place in the . House of Representatives this session. Though he is, recovering, it is feared, that he will not be able to make a complete tour of his electorate before the election. >r The serious illness of Mr. Mander is attri- , buted to his returning to the House before he had thoroughly recovered Irom an. attack of influenza.* Another member who > is down with influenza is Mr. i). "iiuick, . the representative of Falmerston North.

Mr. C. J. Parr, Mayor of Auckland, left .-for Wellington by the Main Trunk express last night, and. expects to return on Thursday morning. Mr. Parr intends to look " into several municipal matters which • are at present "hanging fire" at the Wellington end. Among other things he will communicate with the Government in connection with the Orakei Estate. " Sir Joseph .Ward is not yet well enough to leave his room, but through the good offices, of Sir John Findlay arrangements were made for • the Mayor to interview the Prime Minister on Wednesday morning. ;

Dr. Cleary, Roman Catholic Bishop of #th 9 Auckland diocese, arrived in Gisborne by Saturday morning's steamer on his ' initial visit to that portion of his diocese. Last night His Lordship conducted a confirmation service at Orinond, and to-day he •will. motor round the country, visiting the parish churches. He proposes to-leave by Wednesday morning's- steamer for Tokomaru Bay, and will drive back to Gisborne in order to visit the intermediate townships. On Sunday, October 15, Eis Lordship will conduct a confirmation service at St. Mary's Church, and will perform the ripening ceremony in connection with the , Coronation Bazaar. He leaves for Auckland bli the following Wednesday. -