PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19608, 9 April 1927, Page 12

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr. D. A. Ewen, of Wellington, w!ho has been visiting Auckland, left for the South last evening. Mr. and Mrs. H.' J. Harris, of Palmarston North, are at the Star Hotel. Mr. A. Valdez and Mr. E. Perez, of Sydney, and Mr. E. Shep-Dixon, of Wellington, are at the Royal Hotel. Mr and Mrs. T. Henderson and Mr. and Mrs. I. Bennett,-of Dunedin,. are at the Central Hotel. v Major-General R. Young, General Officer Commanding the New Zealand Forces, left for Wellington by train last evening. Mr and Mrs. E. Duncan, of Sydney, and Mr. and Mrs. C. A. tick, of the United States, are at the Grand Hotel. Mr. C. M. Hunt, of Wellington, and Mr. W. Wilson, of Hamilton, are at the Hotel Cargen. . . Mr. and Mrs. D. J- Laird, of the Argentine, and Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Clarke, of Wellington, are at the Hotel Cargen. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Glendining, of Dunedin, and Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Mountain, of the Bay of Islands, are at the Royal Hotel. Major D. B. Burt-Marshall, of London, Mr G. E. Bunting and Mr. L. M. Hatfield, of Sydney, Mr. F. G. Wood, of Wellington, and Mr. J. W. Smith, of Invercargill. are at the Grand Hotel. Mr. S. Gambrill, Mr. P. Shepherd and Mr. R. W. Holmes, of Wellington, Mr. W. Cooper, of Gisborne, and Mr. R. A. Mathew, of Taihape, are at the Star Hotel. * " Mr. T. G, Berry, of London, Mr. J, W. Rankin and Mr. W. P. Barnett, of Sydney, Mr. A. Admore, of Whangarei, Mr. PL Teplitzky, of Wellington, and Mr. W. Ellerington, of Waihi, are at the Central Hotel. . ? Mr. R. L. Pearless has tendered his resignation as engineer to the Tauranga County Council. The council has accepted the resignation with regret.. .. The Rev. A.' W. McMillan, representative of the New Zealand Y;M.C.A. in Fiji, will return to that colony by the Niagara next week. Later in the year he expects to return to" Auckland to settle with his family for an indefinite period before taking up foreign work again. Dr. P. H. Buck, who has performed valuable services to the Auckland Institute, was congratulated by the members of the council yesterday on his appointment to the task of directing Polynesian research' for the Bishop Museum at Hawaii. The chairman, Mr. H. E. Vaile, described Dr. Buck's departure as a severe loss to the institute. Dr. Buck thanked the members for their good wishes, and promised. to keep the 'interests of the institute in view when he went to Honolulu. «y'\