PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19976, 19 June 1928, Page 10

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dr. and Mrs. A. Wilson, of Wanganui, arc at the Grand Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Strutton, of Sydney, are at the Hotel Stonehursfc. Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Hewitt returned by the Niagara yesterday from Honolulu. Mr. R. N. Jones, Chief Judge of the Native Land Court, is at the Hotel Stonchurst. Mr. ancl Mrs. L. 0. Tighe and Mr. and Mrs. W. Moffatt, of Sydney, are at the Hotel Cargen. Lieutenant-Colonel F. Symon, Director of Artillery, left for Wellington by train last evening. Mr W Grounds, chairman of the Dairy Produce Board, left for Wellington by train last evening. Mr. and Mrs. W. Willoughby, of Wellington, and Mr. and Mrs. B. Harvey, of Waver!ey, arc at th© Star Hotel. Professor W. F. Osborne, of Manitoba University, arrived by the Niagara yesterday. lie is at the Grand Hotel. Commander F. C. Bradley, of H.M.S. Philomel, and Mrs. Bradley, retuinei. yesterday from a brief visit to Suva. Mr. C. Sunderland, of Fiji, and Mr. A. R. Streetor, Mr. J. B. Mawson and Mr. J. H. Hay, of Wellington, are at the Star Hotel. Dr. W. Yates, of Bournemouth, England, and Mr. T. Ranford and Mr. A. E. Whitehead, of Palmerston North, are at the Hotel Stonehurst. Mr. J. IT. Waller, director «£ the Y.M.C.A. at Suva, is a through passenger to Sydney by the Niagara. Ho will spend a holiday in Australia. The Rev. Father G. Ashe, of Los Angeles, is a through passenger to Sydney by the Niagara. He will take part in the" Eucharist ic Congress in Sydney. Colonel T. D. Young, chief veterinary inspector in London, arrived in Auckland vesterday after an extensive tour of New Zealand." He will leave for Australia by the Niagara to-day. Mr. J. Neale, traffic manager in Wellington for the Union Steam Ship Company, returned by the Niagara yesterday from a holiday abroad. He was accompanied by Mrs. Neale. , Mr. IT. Versey, of Melbourne, Mr. C. Powell, Mr. J. T. Deehan and Mr. J. Tait, of Wellington, • Mr. C. I. Parrott and Mr. D. Cox, of Christchurch, and Mr. L. Ashton, of Wanganui, are at the Royal Hotel. Mr. C. E. Lowe, of London, Mr. F. H. Walls, of Christchurch, Mr. W. Price, of Thames, Mr. W. Johnstone, of Te Awamutu, Mr. G. H. Mends, of Paengaroa, and Mr. F. H. Wilson, of Portland, are at the Central Hotel. Mr. A. Sessions, a New York organist, is a through passenger to Sydney by the Niagara. Mr. Sessions, who was organist at the American Church in Paris for three years, is on a holiday tour, and after visiting Australia, will proceed to England and the Continent. Mr. H. Gillett, of London, Mr. M. D'Alroy, of New York, Mr. H. Ronge and Mr. C. Lefevre, of Paris, Mr. M. D. Richards and Mr. W. Parkhurst, of Sydney, Mr. G. W. Linch and Mr. W. Hopkins, of Melbourne, Mr. F. E. Burnett, Mr. R. L. Gracey, and Mr. E. Hevmanson, of Wellington, and Mr. O. M. "Jones and Mr. J. Christiansen, of Christchurch, are at the Grand Hotel. Sir James Gtinson returned by the Niagara yesterday after having been away for 17 months on a tour of Great Britain and the Continent of Europe. Lady Gunson and the members of the family will remain in England indefinitely. Sir James will be given - a welcome home luncheon by tho members of the Pacific Club to-day at one o'clock, and on Thursday he wiil be welcomed by the Chamber of Com-' merce at luncheon. He was met yesterday hv Mr. 11. T. Merritt, president of the chamber, and members of the council.