PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18631, 12 February 1924, Page 8

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr, and Mrs. Arthur Mill will leave W the Makura to-day on an extended tear ® abroad. ' • -V y '" Lieutenant-Colonel A. S. Menzies, , of'iff Sydney, arrived by the Makura yesterday and ; is at the • Grand Hotel. ; M Chief Detective J. Cummings, who hia''.'': been engaged on the Wanganui murder mystery, has returned to Auckland. Mr. H. A. Goudie, Conservator of ££ State Forests, of Rotorua, accompanied by Mrs. Goudie, is at the Central Hotel. Mr. John Bodle, foreman of works to J < the Takapuna Borough Council for some years, has been appointed assistant- : engineer to the borough. ' ■ Mr. P. M. Page, Forest Extension Officer, is due in Tauranga ! next week and will confer with the Chamber of Com- : merce on afforestation mafters. Mr. C. A. Turner, one of the designers of the Sydney harbour bridge, is a through passenger on the Makura, which arrived from Sydney yesterday. Messrs. C. Healy, J. H. Sevan, G. L. Creed, M. Williamson and J. W. Foley, of Sydney, arrived by the Makura yesterday, and are at the Grand Hotel. Mr. H. P. McElhone, an ex-Mayor of Sydney, and Mr. and Mrs. A. Warns, of Amsterdam, arrived by the Makura yesterday and are at the Grand Hotel. Mr. Albert Spencer, president of the Auckland Employers' Association, accompanied by Mrs. Spencer, left for Welling-* i ton last night by the Main Trunk. Messrs. E. T. Fisk and L. J. Mulholland, of the Amalgamated Wireless Co., Australasia, arrived by the Niagara yesterday and left for Wellington last evening. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Catte, Mr. and Mrs. N. S. Catts, and Mr. and Mrs. F. Campbell, of Sydney, and Mr. and Mrs. J. Rodger, of Montreal, are at the Grand Hotel. Mr. J. B. Lusk has been chosen to fill the vacancy on the standing committee of the Anglican Diocese of Auckland, caused by the resignation of Mr. N. E, Burton. Mr. "and Mrs. T. H. Lowry, of Hastings, accompanied by thair two daughters, returned by the Makura yesterday from a holiday visit to England. They are at the Grand Hotel. Mr. Kenneth Mackenzie was yesterday selected by the nomination committee of ' the Rotary Club as president of the club for the ensuing term, in succession to . Professor H. W. Segar. Mr. W. M. Speyer, manager of the New Zealand Insurance Company in the United States, who is touring the Dominion, was a guest at the Rotary ' Club's luncheon yesterday. Messrs. H. A. Richardson and S. Leabrook, of London, Messrs. I. Perman," J. Clements and R. K. Cook, of Liverpool, and Mr. A. Beaumont, of the Channel Islands, are at the Royal Hotel. Dr. and Mrs. R. Godsall, of Sydney,-' and Mr. C. W. Bayliss, of Philadelphia. Mr. V. S. Collins, of Sydney, and Mr. C. L. Low, of London, arrived bv th& Marama yesterday, and are at the Grand > Hotel. ;<] Dr. Mortimer Reddington has resigned i 1 the position of medical superintendent of * the Waimarino Public Hospital, gays a Press Association message. Dr. Bedding* ton intends leaving for England, where he will study post-graduate work for twoyears. ■ .■ • * ■ ' Mr. W. Webb,. solicitor-general for , Queensland, is a through passenggr by the Makura. He is proceeding to London, in ' connection with the Brisbane tramways ; case, which is to go to the Privy Council, i • He will appear as junior to Sir John Simon, counsel for the Queensland Government. Professor A. P. W. Thomas left by tho Main Trunk express last evening for , Christ church to attend the annual meeting of the New Zealand University Senate. Afterwards the professor will represent the Auckland University College , Council on the deputation to the Prime •Minister at Wellington in regard to the \ proposed establishment of a dental school ;■ at Auckland.