PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14824, 30 October 1911, Page 8

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr. G. T. Williams was a passenger from C borne by the Wimmera, which arrived yesterday. '

Mr. Jas. : Land els, of Hastings, arrive in Auckland yesterday, and is staying at the Central Hotel.

' Mr. John Duthie, sen., who has been on an extended visit to England and America, has returned to. Wellington.

Captain and Mrs. Rnthe and their son, of Auckland, are at present in Melbourne, .where they have gone to see the Cup.

' Mr. J. Kinsella, ex : Dairy Commissioner lor New Zealand is living at Rook wood, near Sydney. He is in very bad health.

Mr. Martin Simons on, a Melbourne visitor, arrived in Auckland by the South boat yesterday, and is staying at the .Grand I lot el. "

Captain J. King, marine superintendent for the Union Steam Ship Company, at Dunedm, left for Dnnedin by the Mokoia cm Saturday.

Mr. T. M. Wilford, M.P. (Mayor of Wellington), caught another chill last week, and was expected to be unable to fulfil his engagements until to-day,

.. Mr. J. Have], of Wellington, who has been on a week's visit to Auckland, staying at the Central Hotel, left by the Main Trunk express last evening.

-Captain Watson, of Wellington, who has been m Auckland in connection with Conciliation Court business, returned by the Main Trunk express last evening.

Dr. S. E. Jones,- of the Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, and an ex-pupil of the Ipswich (Q.) Grammar School, has accepted an appointment in Dr. Mawson's Aim arctic Expedition.

"Mr. "G. R. Hercus - , of Dnnedin, and Mr. jW. S. Pratt, of Wellington, arrived in Auckland by the Main Trunk express yesterday morning, and are staying at the brand Hotel. - " C V

Mr. Norman Pert?ton, accountant of ' the Sydney, branch of the Bank of New Zealand, leaves with his daughter at the end of the. year for a six months' visit to the Did- Country. - " ' '

Mr. J. A. Young, Mayor of Hamilton, >ho was in Auckland, attending the 'hiheral of the late Mrs. W. E. Young, resumed to Waikato last night by the Main 'Trunk express. -

. . Mr. Thomas Hall, of Sydney, who has been" visiting various places of interest in the Dominion, arrived in Auckland from the South on Saturday morning, and is staying at- the Grand Hotel.

Mr. W. Dimmock, of Wellington, arrived by the Main Trunk express yesterday morning, arid is staying at the Royal Hotel. Mr. Dunmbck will remain in Auckland till e.boßt the end of the week; >

" Mr. W. T. Carmichael. of Sydney, and - ' Mr. E. C. ' Whitney, of London, who inv lend to spend some time in touring New Zealand, arrived by the Victoria from Sydney yesterday, -and'are" stay at the Central Hotel". V-.-l'T'

- " The New Zealand visitors in Sydney when the last mail left included Messrs. E. O. : Johnson, C. GOuk, E. H. : Drinkwater, T.' B, O'Connor. A. De Groen, W. Ryan, J. Sea tree. A. Coleman, Bert Crane, and Mr. and Mrs. H. Newton, all of Auckland.

; ill - . J. Philips;'.who made, a-fortune out of rubber" in the Malay States, has sold 'his house at Pott's Point, the most fashionable part of Sydney, and leaves shortly for an extended tour abroad. Mr. Philips, is an Aucklauder, being a son of Mr. P. Philips, the first Mayor; who is akoVivimr in Sydnev. ' ■* ;; UVing

' Proiessor Black, cf the Otago University, i.i retiring, after 40 years' service. Steps have been taken to commemorate ins long and faithful r service rendered to the university. A public meeting is to be held in Dunedin, for the purpose of bid- , ding him -farewell," on October 30.

Hen. G. Fowlds, Mr. A- M. Myers, and Mr. C. H. Poole, M.P.'s, returned! o Auckland by the Main Trunk express yesterday morning. - A spcciat train, consisting of an engine, two carriages, and a dining- : car,, which left Wellington after the close of the session, arrived at 5.15 p.m. yester'day, with the majority of the other Northern members."'

'Mr. W. E. Taylor, F.R.C.0., organist at St. Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin, died rather suddenly at mid-day on Saturday (says a Press Association telegram].. ~. . He* had been unwell for the last three weeks; but was v thought to be ' convalescent, arid was in the garden during the morning. ' The deceased 'was 44' years of age. - - /

The death of /Mr. r William Spedding, of K\yber Pass Road, was referred to by the " Rev. Snowies'" Keinptoa" yesterday at a ' special service in the Baptist Tabernacle, , where deceased had been an elder. The . ' (funeral left the church in the afternoon, and the remains were interred in the Waikaraka cemetery,, there being a large and representative attendance of mourners. .

j. Mr. . Spencer . Von Sturmer, an ex-judge , "or the Native Land Court, who has had a . .most varied and interesting career in New . Zealand, is living in retirement at MosJnan's Bay, near Sydney. Mr. Von Stunner,, who was stationed at Hokianga in the early |ays, as well as in other parts of the North Island, has , a valuable collection of letters . By BLr-hop Selwyp,. Governor. Fitzroy, and -Judge Mailing, and other documents of his{toric interest.' ;"'. .. > v ; :

Mr. . . R. ; ■ Leckie * has been ap- •> pointed chief clerk '"."in the District .-"-Lands Office, Christchurch, and Mr. J. G. Bendlev chief clerk in the .: Auckland Lands * Office. The following further appointments are Gazetted Mr. 'J. r.l. -"Boscaweri, inspector of kauri sum ;. reserves and forests, Auckland land district; Mr. A. F. Wilson, rabbit inspector, Department of Agriculture. ' ■' . V