PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19882, 28 February 1928, Page 10

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Martin, of Napier, are at the Commercial Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. J. Anderson, o! Whanga.rei, are at the Star HoteL I)r. P. P. Lynch, of Gisborne; and Mr. P. Sharkey, oi Wellington; are at tho Commercial HoteL Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Russell, of Sydney, and Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Tonks, of Hawera; are at the Central Hotel. Sir. G1 Garrick, of Suva,, is a through passenger by tho Niagara to Sydney. He is accompanied by Mrs. Garrick. » Mr. and Mrs. C. Vizard, of England; and Mr. and Mm. M. Lethbridge, of Te Awamutu; are at the Grand Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Gravestock were passengers from Vancouver bv tho Niagara vesterday. They are at tho Hotel Cargen. _ Mr. P. S. Gilkinson, of Wellington; Mr. A. R. Vee, of Whangareiji and Mr. D. M. Evans, of Dargaville; arc at the Royal Hotel. Mr. F. N. Maclean, electrical engineer attached to the New South Wales railways, is returning to Australia by the Niagara after a tour abroad. Mr. W. Morrison, prominent banker of Denver, Colorado, is a through passenger by the Niagara to Sydney. He is accompanied by Mrs. Morrison. Mr. J. Craig. Mr. H. Higgins, and Mr. C G. Dean, of Wellington; Mr. W. Softer and Mr. C. Earle, of Wanganui; and Mr. B.'Sladen, of Tauranga; are at the Star Hotel. Colonel R. Stewart, of Ottawa, Canada, was a passenger by tho Niagara from Vancouver yesterday- Accompanied by his wife and two daughters he is on his way to Australia. Mr. A- A. Bnrnand, of Delano, California; Mr. J. Rowlings, of Sydney; Mr. W. H. P. Bogers, of Melbourne; and Mr. W. H. Gaisford, of Dannevirke; are at the Hotel Cargen. Mr. H. Parker, formerly of New Zealand and now a resident of the United States, was a passenger from Vancouver by the Niagara yesterday. He is on a holiday visit to the Dominion. Mr. T. W. Brawn, of the staff of the Union Steam Ship Company in Vancouver, was a passenger from Vancouver by the Niagara yesterday on a business visit _ to the Dominion. He is at the Grand Hotel. - Mr, John Smith, of Glasgow, arrived at Auckland from Vancouver by the Niagaira yesterday* Mr. Smith, -who cclpbrated' his 77th birthday yesterday, will visit the graves of his parents m the Hawke's Bay district. Dr. A. B. Fitt, Professor of Education at Auckland University College, who has bcten on a. year's visit to th® United States, returned by the Niagara from Vancouver yesterday. He was accompanied by Mrs. Fitt and family.

Captain L. M. Isifct, of Christchurch, who has been undergoing a course in flying jn England, returned to Auckland by the Niagara from Vancouver-yesterday. He was accompanied by Mrs. Isitt, and they left for the south last evening.

Mr. H. E. Taylor, of Portsmouth, Ohio, United States, "arrived from Vancouver by the Niagara yesterday. Mr. Taylor, who has large newspaper interests in America, will pay a short visit to Australia before making an extended" tour of the Dominion. He is accompanied by Mrs. Taylor.

Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Cowan, of Toronto; M?\ and Mrs. E. H. White, of Boston; Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Cook, of Sydney; Mr. and Mrs, M. Clements, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Kennedy and Dr. and Mrs. W. G. H. Tregear, of Melbourne; Mr. and Mrs. F. Oakes, of Wellington; and Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Crimp, of Hamilton; are at the Hotel Cargen.

Mr. A. lilingsworth, of Canada: Mr. A. N. Thompson, Mr. A. B. Ballinger, Mr. S. Morton, and Mr. C. Webb, of Wellington; Mr. H. M. Taylor, of Christchurch ; Mr. P. M. Clark, of Dunedin: Mr. R. W. Wakeman, of Taihape; and Mr. D. J. D. Noble, of Waitomo; are at the Central Hotel.

Commissioner J. Hay, commandant of the Salvation Army in New Zealand, will leave for Sydney by Niagara to-day to preside at a special council of Army leaders called by General Booth to consider future extensions of the Army's operations in New Zealand and Australia. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Hay arid Colonel C. Knott.

Mr. J. C. Russell, of New York; Mr. A. Markov, Mr. W. Cline. Mr. L. Collins and Mr. H. J. Smith, of Hollywood: Mr. A. E. MacCulsky, of Seattle; G. P. Donnison, of Honolulu; Mr. W. V. Drynam, of Hamilton, Canada; Mr. A. H. Roberts, of Suva; Mr.. A. J. Hyder, of Wellington; Mr. L. Lumb, of Dunedin; Mr. W. C. Wedderspoon, of Christcllurch; and Mr. A. G. Bignall and Mr. A. S. Burgess, of Wanganui; are at the Grand Hotel.

Dr. James E, Russell, retiring dean of thd Teachers' College, Columbia University College, New York, arrived from Vancouver by the Niagara yesterday. Dr. TRussell who is one of the leading educationists in the United 'States, is visiting New Zealand in connection with the Carnegie endowment, and he will investigate the education systems of Australia and New Zealand.