PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15557, 14 March 1914, Page 8

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Pr. Sphott, Anglican Bishop of Wellington, and Bishop Sedgwick, of Waiapu, left Auckland by last night's Main Trunk express;.. o,

'Earl Grey has abandoned his visit to Napier,' and was expected to arrive in ltotorua yesterday, having travelled direct from Wellington.

The "Ron. W. H. Herries (Minister for Railways) will leave Wellington next , .Saturday. Joy (lishnrne, and will spend several' weeks in that district.

- The .Rev. G. Walters, of the Sydney Unitarian Church, arrived by the Makura yesterday on a six weeks' visit to the Auckland church. He will officiate as minister during his stay. Mr. W. D. S. MacDonalcl, M.P., re turned to Gis borne last evening, having sufficiently recovered from his lllnoss to be able to travel through from the Bay of Plenty.—(Own Correspondent.) Sir Newton James Moore, AgentGeneral for West Australia, returned- to Auckland yesterday from Ilotorua, where he has been spending a few days. He leaves by the Makura to-day for England. Mr. B. Reilly, a well-known resident of Hawera, and secretary of tho Hawera Bowling Club, died suddenly yesterday morning while working in his garden. He leaves a grownup family.(Press i- Association.) . Mr. and Mrs F. McGovern, of Greeuroeadoivs, Te Awamutu, and the Misses B. and 1!. MoGovern leave to-day by the Makura on a vist to America and the Continent. They will probablv be absent from New Zealand for about l2 months. Mr. Francis H. Morton;?of Auckland, who "ha*, for th«> past year been organist and choirmaster at the Milton Presbyterian Church, .has been appointed to a similar position at St. Stephen's Anglican Church, Ashbnrton, where a new organ will shortly be erected. Mr. J. L. R. Bloomfield. accompanied by Mrs. and Miss Bloomfield, arrived by the Makura yesterday from a year's trip abroad. They travelled extensively in , Britain, following round the yachting in the South ot England, and also visited France and Italy. Captain H. Johnson, harbourmaster at. ' Wellington, who was one of the passengers in tho coach which capsized on the road to Hangatiki on Monday, is now staying ir, Rotorua with Mrs. Johnson. His' injuries wero not so serious as was at first reported, being confined to bruises and a shaking. Mr. P. H. Kelly, managing director for ? the Richardson Steamship Co., Ltd., of Napier, arrived in Auckland on Thursday last, on a business visit in connection 1 1 with; 'proposed improved steamer service between - Auckland and East Coast bays, and ports. He left for Napier by the Main Trunk express last night. The Rev._ George McNeur, of the Canton;; Village Mission of the Presbyterian] x . Church,, has.orrived. in Wellington -fur-. 1 lough. -.He is" accompanied by Mrs. and -.Miss. MoNeur. • Mr. W. E. Soirter of the **;Nrti<Mtti» Bible Society of Scotland, who ' lor the'' last few years' has been stationed .... mi West China, is also visiting Wellington on furlough. • Mr. W. W. Nauzhton, a well-known ?P.9' t, »S; wr >t?f..Jn California, recently died . in San .Francisco. He was the son of a ' {'*-»»*• c l oi: ? miMio "' r of police at Auckfanny and: began, bin career- as a composi- , -wkA n V le W" 1 7jZALXX ° Herald Office. .- 3 j&ir si" sWI ayoung"man,!ie removed to Sydney, and soon became prominent -sporting circles in that city. He was an authority on boxing, and was •■• a regular contributor to the press on that subject, and also oh matters connected f! v 1 h : oU K°? r B P° rts - Man > V years, ago" he , vm up -his; residence in San Francisco, where, he soon, made his mark as a sport- , wig writer.' The late Mr. Naughton, who •• was "gj.Popular, was president of the . ■ **" Francisco Press Club for several years He visited New Zealand and , Australia Jess than three years ago.