PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 10380, 5 December 1912, Page 5

PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

Mr A. Burns, member of Education Board, returned to Thames to-day. Mr, H. A. Lev/is, the popular &ei> idtiaay v$ toue Druaas Juouge, was last uig:ixt> appointed Huiuaeti reproaeiiiitar tive of tne lodge at tae Grand Lodge Conference to be held ay Morton. Bio. P. K. Warner at last night's lodge meeting was elected head 01 the Druids', lodge ior the enauing six months. Mr W. Parry, the president of the old Waihi Unioa, lei't Huntiy yesterday for VVaihi, while Mr A. Jjranklin, woretaiy o± the 'mow defuncrti union, returns to Waihi to-day. Messrs EL Seniple and P. G. Webb, organiser and president of the: Federation of Labour, are still located in Auckland. Their future movements are not known. Hon. A. L. Herdmaai, Minister for Justice, leaves Wellington this evening for Auckland to commence his (projected tour of the prisons of the Do'miniioni. 'He will visit Mt. Elden Gaol, homes for inebriates at Pakatoa and Roto Rtoa, kid the tree planting damps at Wlaiotapu, Waipa. Mb.' W. Hi. Herries, Minister for Blaihvays will spend most of the time from now until Christmas in Wellington, but may shortly pay a visit to Napier. Towards the end of Deeemiber he will g!o to Auckland, and will spend the early pert of Januairy in his own district. While in the North the Minister will pay a visit of inspection to the lines under constellation in the North Auckland peninsula ■. Mjr W. McCtallougih returnjeii tip Thames to-day after a short business trip to Auckland. .Messrs- Franklin, Lloyd, and Jvathnn retailed from Thames to I their respective 1 ■desfeinatiions this

noraing 1 Mr A. W. Morrison, of Dunedin is paying a. -visit to the Thames Valley district, and- will be at Thames early next week. Mr Mkyrrison is said to Ibe more thaia f iWourably. im-pa'e-ssed ■with some of (die orchards in the Thames district-. Mir Li. Jahnsow, assistant, seci-e----tavy to the Thames' Hospital and Gharitdble Aid t&wwk, has taken up his duties as from, the Ist inst. A Sydney cable records the death of Lady Windeyer. Mil- Ike." Speer, the popular representative for the well known, firm of At H. Nathan anld Co., is a,t present, on Thames on one of his periodical visit and is as usual meeting •with a cordial reception at the hands of his many friends. Mr Hi. J.. Blow, UndOT-Slecretary for Mines, ■who has been on a short visit to Thames in connection with fle-piarttmemtal matters, mainly sheventilation of the Thames deep levels, I left 'by train this morning for Rlotorua, accompanied, by Miss Blow. MrJ. M. Reed, Government Mmmin" 1 Engineer, who has been looking into mining matters on Thames, left by the morningl express for Botorua. Messrs J. M. Lennox and J. Frater «.nd ath'er directors of the Kin-anui '• G-.M. Company, returned to Thames to-day. T>v Lapraik, who has been present a.fc the annual oonference of the Mfedidal Asslociatiow, returned tn Tluunes to-day.