PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16040, 5 October 1915, Page 9

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mb. W. H. S. Moorhouse, of Wellington, is a passenger bv the Makura. leav- ••--" ing for Suva to-day. ■■.;-'?•' . --; ' "i^Nl Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Studholme. of Can- =3i £*¥*£' leave Auckland for Suva bv the R.M.S. Makura to-day. * '■£ 1 Xj B j } lerc * T > o* left Auckland for the South bv the Main trunk express last night. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Gear, of Wellington, are on a visit to Auckland. They ire staying at the Star Hote!. Sub-Inspector Mcllvcnsv, who has been on leave, returned to Auckland bv th« afternoon express from Wellington-* Mr. and Mrs. H. Tomlie. of London, arrived in Auckland from Svdnev bv the Makura yesterday. Thev are staving at Cargen. " * b Major J. Hardie Neil left-~for Palmerston North last night to take charge of the camp of No. 2 New Zealand Field ~"~ -, Ambulance. Mr. Maurice Casey, of Auckland, who has been spending a sis-weeks' holidav in Sydney, returned to Auckland bv the'Makura yesterday Dr. A. W. Averill. Anglican Bishop of Auckland, left last night for Hamilton, where he will lay the foundation-stone of a new church this morning. Bishop Averill will return to Auckland this afternoon. Mr. W. NeiU Sprang, son of Mr. Weslev Spragg, of Mount Albert, intends proceeding to England to offer his services in the war aviation corps. He leaves by the midday train to-day for Wellington en route to England, via Sydney. The Rev. R. S. Gray, of Dunedin. general secretary of the New Zealand Baptist Union, and Mr. A. Hoby, of Wellington, treasurer of the Baptist MissionarySociety, will arrive in Auckland to-day to attend the annual conference of the Baptist Union. ■ Mr. George Esther, who recently assumed the position of secretary to the Auckland Patriotic and War "Relief Association, has resigned, owing to private reasons. Until a permanent appointment is made, Mr. H. S. Gulliver, assistant town clerk, will act as secretary for the issociation. Mr. V. J. Lamer, chairman of the Auckland Patriotic and War Relief Association's Relief Committee, left for Wellington yesterday by " the mid-day Main Trunk express" During his visit to the South Mr. Larner will confer with the Minister for Defence, the Hon. James * ■ Allen, concerning the affairs of soldiers and their dependants. Mr. R. M. Anderson, of Sydney, who las been engaged by the Auckland City Zouncil to report upon the departmental idministration and the general interests >f, the corporation, arrived in Auckland >"' jy the Makura yesterday. Mr. Anderson rill make an investigation of a ■ general iharacter, and -will not make special re- - erence to any department. The inquiry . iig vill take about three weeks to complete." The following resolution was adopted at '; : he monthly meeting of the Ministers' As- -. ociation held yesterday:—"That -we, the " nembers of the Auckland Ministers' Asso— £f uation; hereby congratulate our fellow nember. the "Rev. Alex. MTiler, on. this, , jfi «he 30th, anniversary cf his ordination md express our affectionate regard for rim and our appreciation of his robust . Christian character and strenuous work md our earnest desire that his service in the ministry of the Gospel may be x greatly : y prolonged and increasingly effective." Signaller J. H. Saville.; of the/"lSth t Battalion, Australian Expeditionary Force, arrived in Auckland by the Makura from ' Sydnev yesterday, and, will j proceed to - Kaikohe to visit his parents. .''> Signaller "'■''■•• Saviile enlisted at Brisbane, and was ■■/J.wounded about nine days after landing at Gallipoli. He was carrying - messages .-" along the trencherthe "nature of the country making signalling operations im-,»". possible—when a splinter from a shrapnel';' v shell struck him in the groin. Signaller :"' Saville will return'to the front : in •-about i ; ri; a month's time. *-% k • •>_••••, ■£