PERSONAL.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 5667, 15 August 1905, Page 5

PERSONAL.

TJio Superintendent of tJio New Zealand Tourist Department, now in Australia, is duo in Wellington at the end ot* tho month.

Tho Y.M.C.A. will bo represented in tbo union debate on Friday by Messrs J. M. A. Ilott, A. Hean, and H. N. Holmes (secretory). Mr G. H. Baylis, of Island Bay, is to bo nominated fm’ the vacancy on the City Council caused by the death of Mi- George Wiltshire. ‘ Professor Rutherford, of Montreal, who has been visiting New Zealand, left Auckland for Suva on AVednesday last, en route to Canada.

Satisfactory progress - towards recovery is being made by Mr P. W. Tait, who was knocked down by a train at Thorudon on tbo otli inst.

ill’ llichard Cock, Mayor of New Plymouth, will bo a candidate for the Taranaki seat at the general election. Ho will stand in tho Liberal interest.

Mr Vi. Duncan, who for the post eight years has boon’ connected with -Mr C. Smith's drapery establishment, was yesterday presented with a useful gift by tho assistants of tho linn. Mr Duncan is entering into business on his own a< count.