PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16020, 11 September 1915, Page 9

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr Justice Cooper leaves for Hamilton to-day. r<u l *\ ?" 9" BeU ' dental surgeon at the Lhristchurch Hospital, is a visitor to Auckland. a Mr. G. J. Garland, chairman of the Auckland Education Board, returned from Cambridge last night. £: J ,V H - B]ow - Under-Secretary 1 P arrived in Auckland from Wellington by yesterday afternoon's express. »r?i~/- J A H ; >. M.p. for Taranaki. arrived in Auckland yesterday afternoon He is staying with Mr. J. Veale, of Heme Bay. ' nvi't>, JUStiC€ . De " m ' ton - who presided n V eCent Supreme Court sessions t:dSr outh ' is e^M ™ A *<*- Mr. Justice Chapman and his associate, Air. rl. A Chapman, arrived in Auckland yesterday afternoon, and will leave for Gisborne by to-day's steamer. Mr. Alfred Hill. t!,, well-known musical composer is voting Wellington, after a,. absent of five year. He will remain in New Zealand probably for some weeks. at the Magistrate', Court at Taumarunui lor the first time yesterday. He was welcomed by Mr. Shetland " <»> '■•■:■ meirber of the Bar. ?\ G. P. Finlay, .solicitor, of Te Kuiti, who lias been staying at the Star Hotel will return to Te Kuiti to-dav He intends to leave shortly on a tour of the Islands for the benefit of his health. Mrs Hull, wife of Mr. Francis Hull, a member of the Auckland Stock Exchange, died on Thursday. At the first call on the Exchange yesterday a vote ot condolence was passed to Mr. Hull. The Rev. George Budd. late of Feildin ? , will arrive in Auckland bv the Main trunk express on Monday afternoon. He will be inducted into the charge of the Devonport Presbyterian Church the same evening. Lieutenant L. J. Culliver-Cradwick, First Regiment, Canterbury Infantry, who, while in Egypt, obtained a commission in the Imperial Army, has been posted to the Ist, Esses Regiment now at the Dardanelles, and placed in command of a machine-gun company. Mr Henry Baiter Speight was admitted as a barrister of the Supreme Lourt by Mr. Justice Cooper yesterday on the motion of the Hon. J. A. Tole, K.C. His Honor made the admission in open Court. It had been decided, he said m future to revive the old custom " that the ceremony should take place in open Court, because it was moje in accordance with the dignity of the proDr. Prendergast Knight, Mr T S Weston, and Mr. Ralph Jackson," the members of the local board of directors oi the Talisman Consolidated, Ltd . arrived in Auckland from the South yesterday morning on business connected with the proposed, transfer of the head olnce 01 the company from London to iSew Zealand. Mr. Weston returned to Wellington by last night's Main Trunk express. Mr. N M. Bell, of Christchurch, has secured the degree of Bachelor of Divinity ' with first-class honours at London University. Since leaving Canterbury College six years ago, he has passed through Cambridge and Liverpool Universities, and is now studying education and chemistry at St. Andrew's University, Scotland. Me is also employed in chemical research work for the British Government in connection" with the war. Mr. Harold Gregson, organist of St. Pauls Church, Auckland, is at present engaged in giving recitals at the Panama ■Exposition in San Francisco. j He spent a month in Honolulu, where he gave five I recitals on a new organ in St. Andrew's Uatfaedral, the farewell performance attracting a very large audience. Mr. Gregsons recitals on the organ in* the auditorium of the Festival Hall at the Exposition have been most successful. Ho • expects to conclude his engagement on October 13, and to leave shortly afterwards on his return to Auckland.

The death of Mr. J. Wickstead, postmaster at Newton for a number of vears, occurred on Thursday night. Mr. Wickstead was an operator in Ireland, and came to New Zealand in 1880, when he joined the Post and Telegraph- Department as an operator at Auckland. He afterwards saw service, at Wakapuaka, Wellington, and Whangarei, and was postmaster at Tenui, Waipu, and Newton, from which place he retired on super-* * annnation in 1912. He was 66 years of age, and extremely popular in and out of the service. Deceased leaves a widow, five daughters,, and four sons. a: The .resignation J_of Mr. Robert Burns I from the presidency of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce, on account of a breakdown in his health;-' was received at yesterday's meeting of the council of the chamber. The vice-president, Mr. E. Anderson, said he knew he was voicing the views ° the members of the council, the chamber, and the business community generally when he said that the news came as an unexpected shock. Mr. Burns had been a very active and energetic president, and his retirement would be a distinct loss to the chamber. All hoped he would return restored to health. (Hear, hear). On the motion of Mr. Anderson, the resignation was accepted with regret, and it was decided to place on record appreciation of the able manner in which Mr. Burns had conducted the affairs of the chamber. Sincere regret that Mr. Bnrns had found it necessary to resign the presidency was expressed in the motion.