PERSONAL.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14218, 16 February 1914, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr C. Hutton, who has befn on un extended to trip to tno Homo Countries, returned to town lust week. After concluding the Wanganui Snpreino Court sittings. Judge Edwards leaves' fbr ■ Palmerston North, whehr th« session opens on Tuesday of next week. Tile Hon. Dr. Pomare will proceed tomorrow to Jerusalem, on the Wanganui River, and will address a Maori gathering there oh the following day. Mr D. G. A. Cooper, Registrar of the Supreme Court in Wellington, will probably take up his duties as Stipendiary Magistrate during the course of the ensuing week. The Hon. W. C. Scott, Premier of the Canadian Province of Saskatchewan, arrived in Auckland bv the Makura from Vancouver on Wednesday. Mr Seott, who is on a health-recruitino trip, will go on to Rotorua, and later expects to meet various members of the New Zealand Cabinet. Captain A. C. Robinson, Captain N. C. Hamilton, and Lieutenant H. H. Wright, Army Service Copra officers now serving in New Zealand, ha ve been ga/elted As-sistant-Directors of Supplies and Trans-* port in their respective districts-. Lieut. H. M. lid wards, Royal Engineers, is gazetted Assistant-Director and Instructor in Engineer Duties. While so emph/ed, Eient. W right and Lieut, Edwards arc granted the (temporary rank of captain. The temporary rank of captain has been granted also to the following lieutenants of tlie New Zealand Staff Corps: -K. C. Dovey. J. M. Rose. W. Atwell, P. R. Henderson. J. Bishop, T. MeCristell, H. Peacock, H. R. Redmond. W. M. Bell. M. McDonnell., G. Walker, and J. Coleman.