PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17139, 19 April 1919, Page 10

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Fryer, of Hastings, are at Cargen. Mr. K. Duncan, cl Wellington, is afe the Grand Hotel. Mr. J. B. Harcourt, of Wellington, ij at tho Grand Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Curry, of Blenheim, ara at the Grand Hotel. Mr. C. W. Obilman, of Wellington, i| at the Northern Club. Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Nelson, of Apia, Samoa, are at .Cargen. Mr. Charles Haines, of Welling on, is at the Northern Club. Mr. and Mrs. J. Corry, of Blenheim, are at the Grand Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. L. Stanford, of Stratford, are at the Grand Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. T. H, Dowry, of Okawa, Hawka'a Bay. are at the Grand Hotel. Mr. and Mrs, G. B. Currie, of Kai. lwi, Wanganui, are at tho Grand Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Kember, and Mien O. .Kember, of Wellington, are at the Grand Hotel. Mr. Errol Reid and Mr. D. Piimer, of Blenheim, and Mr. G. Bush, of Nelson ara at the Grand Hotel. Mr. John A. Nicholls, of Boston, U.S.A., and Mr. Robert Cutting, of Sydney, are at Cargen. I Mr. and Mrs. V. Riddiford and Mr. and Mrs. D. Kiddiford, of Lower Hutt, are at the Grand Hotel. Mr. R. W. Kane, a director of the Bank of New Zealand, and Mr. W. Callender, general manager, aro at the Northern Club. The Rev. R. B. Gosnell, of the North Shore Methodist Circuit, has been appointed to the Waiiarapa, and leaves fon his new district next week. Dr. J, M. Scott is at present in charga of ! tie Rotorua Sanatorium until a per. ' maii:. : nt appointment is mad©. Dr. Scott was mcdical officer of tho institution about sis years ago. The Mayor, Mr. J. 11. Gunson, and Mrs, Gunson, left the city on Thursday afternoon for a brief holiday at Waiheke. They will return in time for the Anzac Day celebrations on Friday next. Mr. F. G. Ewington, on account of fail, ing health, has retired_ from the position of honorary official visitor to the Mental Hospital. Mr. Ewington was appointed 33 years ago. His fellow-visitor is Mr. J. W. Stewart. Captain Warwick Smeeton, M.C., Royal Field Artillery, returned to New Zealand by the Willochra last week. • Cantain Smeeton, who is the son of Mr. H. M. Smeeton, of Auckland, enlisted in Eng. land with King Edward's Horse, as a trooper, on August 9, 1914. He received a commission in the Royal Field Artillery in December, 1914, and went to Franca with tho 37th division, in July, 1915. Ha was promoted to lieutenant in January, 1916, and received his captaincy in th» following September, attaining his acting, majority in September, 1918. Captain Smeeton was wounded at Henin, in May, 1917, after having participated in tha battles of the Sorame, the Ancre, and Arras. He also took part in the third battle of Ypres and in the remainder of the last campaign, He gained the M'llitary Cross at Trescourt, and is entitled to the 1914 Star.