PERSONAL ITEMS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18396, 11 May 1923, Page 8

PERSONAL ITEMS

Mr. R. W. Smith, of Taihape, is at the Central Hotel. : >,*'•:'■■.

Mr. H. A. Goudie, conservator of State forests, Botorua, is at the- Central Hotel.

Sir John Salmond is presiding over the Supreme Court sessions in Palmerston North.

Mr. A. G. Burgess, of Wanganui, and Mr. E. Cameron, of Dunedin, are at the Grand Hotel. _ ■

Mr. E. G. Banks, superintendent of the Waihi Goldmining Companv's mine, is at the Grand Hotel.

Mr. John Edie, M.P. for Clutha, ha* been confined to his bed for the past ten days, but is now making satisfactory improvement. . "

Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Baker, of the Malay States, who have been visiting Rotorua, have returned to Auckland and are at the Grand Hotel. .

i The Rev. Frank Harty was instituted vicar of tho Frankton Parochial district yesterday, the ceremony being conducted by Archdeacon Cowio. * The congregation numbered over 300.

Lieutenant Mervyn Somerset Thomas, R.N., who has been appointed to H.M.S. Chatham, is an Auckland boy. He is the eon of Professor W. E. Thomas, of the Auckland University College.