PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18317, 6 February 1923, Page 8

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr. A. S. Bankart, via a passenger *o Wellington by; last; evening's expreifc, £Vh ■; The Rev. A. S. Wilson left by qM : Main Trunk express ; ;for ; Wellington evening. ,v. .•'.,-' ; . :^- ..»' ,-' ; ■;-/ (M -*j^ € Mr. Cyril Ward, of Christchurch, awl Mr. T. W. Taylor, of Sydney, are *iM Grand Hotel. . Mr. R. L. Williams, of Hastings,.' wW has been on a trip to California, arrive! 1 back ;at Wellington on Friday by t£* •Tahiti. '.. _ " , 4^M Mr. : Clinkard, who unsuccessfully '■£&& tested: the Rotorua seat in the electJojili is ;»> candidate for the Mayoralty -«jj,3 Rotorua. - ■ $$M . , / ,: Father :Gondnnger, who has besfc &. a visit .to i Great Britain, returned to W. lington on.Friday by the Tahiti, front gga Francisco. Mr. C. E. Bevan-Brown, of Christoharch,' is making a good : recovery from . his reQ serious illness, and is now convaleiciijg^Cashmere. ::. '"'..':.' •-,'.• -''^km . : Mr. J.. A. Flesher, the present Deputy, Mayor . of Christchurch,, has ;Cor*enfeM£f stand for the mayoralty at ..ibilssmt next April. „ ' : Wm .'.': Dr. *'■ S. > Bickersteth and Mrs. Bicker^-- > are" vioiting Wellington. ' : • Dr. Bick«ai||| is a chaplain to >: the ,King: and . at]ffi3 M of Canterbury Cathedral. . ; . ai '. ; Lord Digby,' aide-de-camp to '■ ster, Governor-General 1 : of the Co%Jp wealth, is among the visitors at "rsapj. He will spend a fortnight there fishing" - The Grand Duke and Grand Ducha* . Dvorak Ivanovitch, who 'are at prsasnt yachting l in the Mediterranean, projpfeif l coming to Now Zealand. -. .-. A■■..':.;.. ;-: •::..', : —-.-..■■ . ■■■f^iMM Mr. Humberto Bidone, the new Argentine Consul for-New Zealand, will/arrive! ;at Wellington tomorrow, accompanied by his wife and child, by the Athenic, fnMa' London. '.■','. sj ":■ Mr. F. ;W. : Furkert, engineer-in-chief| and Under-Secretary to the Public Workf Department, : is visiting Greymouth, wheti) he is to go into the question of improving the harbour there. His visit to the West Coast will occupy a. week. ,' .:■';;M. Paul • Serre has assumed > his official; : position as ~~ French Consul for Auckland. The ; ex-Consul, M. E. T. de BMiureguard, leaving shortly for \ Vancouver, , but \ ha next place ;of - appointment has .Xyetl been fixed. ♦ ~■,., ffl ■ Mr; Cecil Wray, New Zealand rept# sentative on the English Rugby Union, was i recently handed ■ a gold badge by Mr,; G. G. - Aitken, on behalf of the New land Rugby "Onion, in ; recognition of ;has services -as their representative. '-.#>:.££*; Messrs. J.S. Dickson, Allen Bell, J.Q.. Rolleston, .J. A. Young, ;M. J. i Savage J, ■ A. Lee, W. E. Parry, M.P.'s, and the Hons. G. J. Garland, J. P. Campbell, and W. Stewart, M.L.C.'s, left for Wellington by the Main Trunk express last evening. > Mr. A. G. .A/'Hirmsworthfand 'CaptainThomas, who have: been on >a ; visit te Canterbury extending over about four' months, leave Christcnnrch to-morrow for Wellington, en - route '. to After short visits *to ;' Queensland and i Tasmania; they will go to South America and then to England, - where they are .s due; at the; end of August. Oil his return to the OW • Country Mr. Harmsworth, who is a nephew of the late <I»ord; Noiihcliffs, will: stake' up journalism, starting on one of, the Harraswcrth papers, \ 11 ... ;. ' . ' /-. ■ ; ".-'.:f