PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14934, 6 March 1912, Page 8

PERSONAL ITEMS.

m;. .V«aNQK a. Rem./M.P. ipr Bay of ; ■ -'Islands, left for Wellington'by,.wsfc. night s I 31aia Trunk express. ; '. 1 p;®/' ' *■■■■■• ' " • Mrs' Justice '.Cooper ; and 'Mr. Justice ||$£&v Chapman ; -were" passengers '■ for the South f v "by ' the Main Trunk express last night,. -C ; ''- 1 " " Mr. L. M. Lsitt, M.P. for Christchurch -V. North,-'who-is-' at present visiting AuckfkV' land, will leave for Eotorua tomorrow fej; morning. " >v- . ; ■ ' V " ' Mr.'C.'V. Houghton, local,'manager f ' for the* New .Zealand Shipping, Company, .loft by the Otaki, yesterday on a"..visit to '• .Southern, ports.- . . v . 'r -Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Harding, of North- ' ern Wairoa; arrived • hero yesterday on a ;f holiday visit, and are- staving at the Royal "Hotel. ' ; ta ;1 ■ ' f * ■ • v ■ •:> " ; ' Mr. jniV Mrji. H." W. Pownall, holiday Visitors from Master ton, 'arrived here by tho Slain Trunk express yesterday, and fV 1 are staying"aC'tho Royal Hotel. f!v : Mr. Arthur Guise, private secretary to His Excellency tho Governor, and Mrs. Guise, arrived from , Wellington by the Main Trunk express yesterday morning, and are staying at Glennlvon. , . ' " Mr. W. F. Massey, Leader of the Opposition, returned to Auckland "by yesterday's Main Trunk express train. Mr. Massey intends to. take a fortnight's holiday to-recover front tho strenuous political "work upon which he has been en- ; gaged almost', continuously isinco the commencement, of tho ,1911. session. Mr. W.-H. Hemes, M.P; for T&uranga, returned from Wellington yesterday. Ho !\ f hiis arranged to leave Wellington for London in the lonic on March 21, in company with Mrs. Eerries, whoso recent "illheal 'necessitates a recuperative sea •voyage. „In view, . however,' of the possibility, Parliament being .summoned to : - • meet again in April, Mr. Hcarries may be compelled to remain in New Zealand.* c •; ' 1 Another of Auckland's old identities, in the person of Mr, Wm. Singer, of Parfe»' nell, passed away on Saturday evening, f and ye is interred, at Waikaraka. on Moni.i'; ; day afternoon. Mr., Singer and his late wife came out by the John Wesley in 1851. as Wesleyan school, teachers, "and . for many years-conducted schools in Auck- ! land,- a goodly number of. their pupils \ being still resident 4 in. thq Neighbourhood.' - They then removed to the . Wellington district, where they carrie'd on teaching 1 work for " several years. About 25 ywars. ago they returned to ParnelJ, where they j' resided/ until death. Mr. Singer . was* Jhe oldest Methodist. local preacher .in the 'Auckland district, . , and was much esteemed by those who knew him. The only survivor of those who arrived by the Jhon Wesley in 1851' is now Mrs. 'j Collie, who resides at Epsom. .