PERSONALIA

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8611, 23 December 1913, Page 3

PERSONALIA

Mr and Mrs Montague and Mr and Mrs Button left for Auckland by the first express yesterday. A very slight improvement was reported in the condition of .Mr Allan Maguire last evening. Mr Thomas Buxton, M.P-. is staying at the Hotel Windsor while in ,W ollington.

Miss Mary Pkoctor, lecturer on astronomy, has been appointed an associate at the Hector Observatory, Wellington.

• Passengers to Auckland by the first Main Trunk express yesterday included Me.-srs Bradshaw, Finlayson t 3), Davies, Veal, nmi Cleave. His Honor Mr Justice Cooper has returned to Wellington Irom Auckland, and will remain here until after tho holidays.

Passengers to the north by tho second Main Trunk express yesterday included Mr and- Mrs Reeve, and Mr and Mrs MoGarty.

Tho Rev. E. A. Kirwood (president of the Baptist Union of New Zealand) returned to Auckland on Saturday from a holiday in 'X ictoria. Mr and Mrs Dewsbury and Mr and Mrs Hunt left for tho north by tho third Main Trunk express last evening.

Auckland residents staying P-l the Empire include Messrs A. S. Pratt, L. Mark, J. R. Leggo, and W. G. Ciow-

Mr A. M. Samuel, of Lower Hutt, announces his intention of contesting 'the Hutt seat at the uext general election.

Visitors to Wellington .staying at the Albert Hotel are Air Cecil Rickard (of Auckland), Air C. D. Lightband (of Taradiile), aud Air E. Young.

Among those who left for the north by the Alain Trank express last night were Alessrs Richardson, Hunt, F. B. Moran, O’Brien, AlcGuire, Clark, Rid-> diford, Thompson, and O’Connor.

Mr E. A. Belcher, headmaster of Christ’s College, is expected to arrive in Wellington from Christchurch by this morning’s ferry steauier. He purposes spending Christmas here. Recent arrivals at the Grand Hotel are Alessrs J. Ai. O’Brien (Duncdiu), S. N. Rorke (Palmerston North), N,. Halse (Hastings), and R. A. Wilson (Dunedin).

Among the passengers to ..Auckland by the second ‘Alain. Trunk expreaa yesterday wore Alessrs Burns, Beeseley, Newey, Buddock, Shadbolt, and Wolff.

Air P. H. Harris, Hamilton representative of the South British Xiusur-; anco Company, has been notified of i his appointment as manager of tin* Napier branch, and leaves, to take up hie new work early next month. Dr Bernstein, the recently appointed medical officer to the Cambridge, Sanatorium, and late chief medical, officer of the Brompton Ohest Hospital, will reach New Zealand to-day by the Tainui,

Dr D. A. Lawson, of Achnahaird, Scotland, will arrive from London today by the Tainui. He is on his way to Auckland, where he hopes to do » good deal of cruising round about the northern coasts before going on to Taupo for fishing. Mr T. A. Fraser, manager at Dunedin of the Colonial Alutual Life, haa been promoted to a position at the head office, Melbourne, which will be his headquarters. Mr Fraser leaves Dunedin towards the end of next month.

The appointment of Superintendent N. Iviely to the charge of the Auckland police district in place of Superintendent A. J. Alitchell is announced.. Superintendent Kiely has been in charge at Auckland practically since the beginning of the strike. —Press Association.:

The death occurred on Saturday afternoon of a highly-respected resident of Napier in the person of Mr Hans N. Hansen in his fifty-first year. The late Mr Hansen was born in Christiania, Norway, and came direct to Napier with his parents forty ygars ago on December Ist. He had lived, in Napier ever since. He left a wife and two children. Recent callers at the local TouristBureau include:—Mr 11. H. Martindale (Manchester, England), Mr E. P. Barbour (Queensland). Mr E. Harris (Johannesburg), Mr 0. Crispin (Manchester, England), Miss Gertrude H. Gardiner (New York), Mr S. Crobbo (London), Air T. Milne (Scotland). Mr M. Elton (Svdney), Mr E. M. KildahJ (Melbourne), and Mr M. E. Astbury (Victoria).

It is understood that Air F. Y\. Fairey, of Nelson, has been waited oa by certain representative citizens requesting him to stand in the Government interests for the Nelson sent at the next election. Mr Fairey has not decided what action he will take in. the matter. The name of Air C. J» Harley is freely mentioned as the probable official Government candidate (says an exchange). Air George Inncs, at present assis-tant-manager of the Bank of New Zealand at Auckland, has been appointed acting-manager of the bank during the absence in England of the manager, Air H. Buckelton. The duties of assistant-manager will he discharged by Air F. AV. Carter, who was accountant of the bank some years ago, and has been an inspecting officer during the past two years. Air A. S. Thompson, of Pakuronga, a prominent member of the Auckland A. and P. Association, has just returned to Auckland after a holiday tout in the United Kingdom and on the Continent, extending over some eight months. During Ids stay in the British Isles Mr Thompson spent sometime in Cumberland and York and visited all the principal agricultural shows in the Kingdom, paying special; attention to the Royal Agricultural Show at Bristol. Subsequently he travelled over tho North of Ireland and /visited France and Spain. Mr H. Buckelton, manager of the. Bank of New Zealand at Auckland, will leave on a year's visit to England on December 29th. He will be accompanied by Airs Buckelton and Alisa Buckelton, and the party will join tho steamer Theraistoctes at Melbourne and travel via South Africa, returning by the Suez route, and reaching Auckland again about January 15th, 1915. During a period of some months Air Buckelton will he attached to the London, office of the hank. In June ho will join the president (Mr W. J. Nathan) in Paris to represent the Auckland Chamber of Commerce .at the Permanent Congress of Chambers of Commerce.