PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18888, 22 December 1924, Page 12

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr. J. A. Warren-King, from Wellington, it at Cargen. •■•••. Major R. Wynyard Joss, of Brisbane is at the Grand HoteL ' Sir James Coates returned to Auckland yesterday afternoon from Wellington. Mr. and Mrs. Newburgh, of Bunmor Christchurch, are at the Grand Hotel. ' Mr. B. L. Hammond, secretary to the Employers' Federation, left Auckland hut evening for Wellington. Mr. and Mrs. F. Cairns-Hill, of Perth and Mr and Mrs. F. Hall, of Gisborne! are at the Royal Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Hilford, of Opotiki, and Mr. and Mrs. McEldowie, of Gisborne, are at the Central HoteL Mr. W. H. Hamer sailed from Auckland for London yesterday morning by the Shaw, Savill and Albion steamer Mahana. Messrs. S. M. Davis, of Wanganui, Jl. Khoufi, of Christchurch and F. F. Perkins, of Whangarei, are at the Boval Hotel. T ' .' Mr. C. P. Skerrett, K.C., of Wellington accompanied by his sister, arrived at Auckland by the Main Trunk express yeater- - day afternoon Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Gillon, of Welling, ton, and their son, Mr. J. Gillon, are at the Central Hotel. They are leaving tomorrow on a holiday visit to Rotorua.

Sir Thomas and Lady Henderson, of Hawick, Scotland, who are on a combined pleasure and business visit to New Zealand, loft Auckland on Saturday morning for RotorUa. ' *

Canon Young, vicar of All Saints' Church, who was knocked down by a' motor-car while crossing Ponsonby Boad on Friday last, was yesterday reported to be making favourable progress.

Colonel and Mrs. Dunville, of Belfast, who have been fishing for the past few weeks at Russell, returned to Auckland on Saturday, and are at the Grand Hotel Their son, Mr. G. Dunville, of Sydney, is also at the Grand Hotel.

Mr. T. Harle-Giles, ex-Conciliation Commissioner, has been confined to bed at his home for the past seven weeks with a severe illness. Acting under medical advice Mr. Giles is now going into the hospital to undergo an operation, which it is hoped will result in his restoration to health. . ' • ,

Major Corbit, of London, and Messrs. D. Melville, of London, W. H. Campbell,' of Ayrshire, H. G. Kiernander, of Ayrshire, H. S. Pratt, of London, F. N. Adams, of Christchurch, H. R. Glennie, of Detroit, and I. L. Reckeft* and W. H. Slack, of Wellington, are at present at the Grand Hotel.

Major-General C. W. Melvill, General Officer Commanding the New Zealand Forces, left for the South by the Main Trunk express last evening. While in Auckland General Melville paid a visit of inspection to the. Narrow Neck camp, where the members of the Permanent Staff are undergoing a fortnight's training. Mr. A. T. Markman, secretary to the General Post Office, is arriving in "Wellington this morning by the Maranja from Sydney. Mr. Markman attended the World Postal Conference at Stockholm. He travelled to England via America and came home through Europe,-.and the Suez Canal to Australia. Mr. Markman is accompanied by Mrs. Markman.