PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21162, 20 April 1932, Page 10

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr. and Mrs. T. McGrath, of. Mel bourne, are at the Hotel Cargen. Mr. W. J. Cuttle returned by Maunganui yesterday from a visit il Sydney. Mr. Ray Fuller returned by th* Maunganui yesterday from a business visit to Sydney. Mr. S. Westmacott, of Otorohanga anrl Mr. R. T. Reid, of Hamilton, are af th Hotel Cargen. " 9 Mr. ft. A. Hamilton, who has sponfc several months in Sydney, returned by tile Maunganui yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. B. Ireland, of Invercargill, and Mr. and Mrs. IT. E. Peters* of Dunedin, arc at the Star Hotel. ' ' Mr. W. Slaughter, officer in charge of the Labour Department, in Auckland, returned from Wellington yesterday iugMr. H. W. Hobbs, of London, and Mr C. Cladburn and Mr. G. H. E. Ha' z le'. wood, of Wellington, are at the Grand Hotel. The Hon. J. Trevethick and the Hnn G. J. Smith, M.L.C.'s, and Mr. W. p Endean, M.P., left for Wellington last evening. The Rev. Joseph W. Kemp, -who has been attending an Easter evangelical convention in Sydney, returned by * the Maunganui yesterday. Mr. G. 11. Colley and Mr. .A. C. Gillies of Sydney, Mr. G. Falconer, of Christ! church, ami Mr. P. K. Quin, of X 9 Awamutu, are at the Star Hotel. Mr. M. J. F 'vage, M.P., who has b»en ill for some time, attended a me'etin-» of the Auckland Hospital Board yester. day. He was welcomed by the chairrhan Mr. W. Wallace. ' Sir Francis Wylie, formerly secretary to the Rhodes Trustees, Oxford, who is visiting New Zealand, left for Wellington by the limited express last evening. Hs was accompanied by Lady Wylie. Mr. W. N. Davidson, of the Malar States, returned by the Maunganui yes", terday from a visit to Sydney. He will spend another two months in the Dominion before returning to Singapore. Mr. R. H. Batten, of Victoria, Mr. H. A. Smith, of Sydney. Mr. A. L. Saunders, of Wellington, Mr. J. S. Connttt, of New Plymouth, and Mr. A. McCarroll, of Whangarci, are at the Station Hotel. The Rev. J. Richards, late of Morning, ton, Dunedin, lias been installed as minister of St. Paul's Methodist Church, Cambridge, in succession to the Rev. J.. W. Parker, who has been transferred to Warkworth. Mr. J. M. Smeeton, son of Mrs. H. M. Smeeton, returned by the Maunganni yesterday after completing his studies at Cambridge University. • He intends joining the interdenominational Kwato mission in Papua.

Commissioner J. Cunningham, head of the Salvation Army in New Zealand, left for Putaruru by motor-car yesterday. Colonel L. Taylor, chief secretary, and Colonel F. Burton, field secretary, left for Wellington by train last evening.

Mr. H. E. Hughes, of ' Bury St. Edmunds, London, arrived by the Maunganui yesterday on a visit to tha Dominion. He will devote a portion of h'3 stay to trout-fishing at Taupo. Ha is accompanied by Mrs. Hughes snd Miss Hughes.

Mr. D. H. Hare, of Melbourne, Mr. C E. Forrest, of Sydney, Mr. G. D. Gillanders, of Canterbury, Mr. R. Foi, Mr. T. F. Gilmore and Mr. 0. H. Green, of Wellington, Mr. R. White, of Bulls, and Mi*. W. Magwick and Mr. E. A. Mahonev, of Nga'tea, are at the Central Hotel.

Surgeon-Commander A. G. Bee, R.N., -who arrived by the Rangilata from London on Saturday, is taking the place of Surgeon-Commander Gunn, of H.M.S. Diomede. For the last two and a-half years he has been attached to the South Africa Station of the Royal Navy. *

Captain F. C. Steed, formerly stationed with his regiment in Baluchistan, and for the last three years attached to tha British Embassy in Tokio, Japan, arrived by the Maunganui yesterday on ft visit to relatives in the Dominion. H» will visit England before rejoining hii regiment in India.