Personal Paragraphs.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIX, Issue III, 19 July 1902, Page 170

Personal Paragraphs.

Miss Pow (Fernyhurst) is visiting friends in Christchurch.

Mrs. (Dr.) Barr, of Nelson, is visiting Mrs. Collins, of New Plymouth.

Dr. Grace Bussell has left Auckland for Sydney. Miss Travers, of Wellington, is visiting Mrs. Penn, of New Plymouth. Mrs and Miss Tripp (Orari Gorge) are visiting friends in Christchurch.

Dr. Valentine, of Wellington, paid a short visit to New Plymouth. Miss Wilder (Ngapara) has been on a visit to Mrs Boyle, Biccarton. Miss Ahier, of Auckland, is visiting her uncle, Mr. C. Ahier, of New Plymouth.

Mrs (Dr.) Hargreaves, Akaroa, is staying with Mr and Mrs W. 11. Hargreaves, Christchurch.

Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Hughes, of New Plymouth, have gone for a trip to the Old Country. Mr and Mrs J. Hume are living at Opawa, as they found it quite Impossible to get a house in Lyttelton.

Mr. Ashcroft, Official Assignee, has been on a short visit to Pic ton and Blenheim.

Mrs Lionel Harris (Christchurch) has gone to Auckland, finding the cold of winter quite too much here. Mrs F. Barker (Temnka) and her son were in Christchurch last week, and have gone up to Rotorua.

Mr. Penn, editor of “Taranaki Herald,” has returned to New Plymouth, after spending a well-earned holiday in Wellington.

Mr. J. G. Wilson (Bulls) is in Wellington on business connected with the Farmers’ Conference, of which he is president. Captain Weller, of the Westralia, with his wife, spent a few days in New Plymouth last week before going South.

Mr Maurice Denniston has passed his final examination in dentistry in New Zealand, and now proceeds to America to pursue his studies.

Misses I. and O. Burton, who have been visiting their sister, Mrs. R. C. Hughes, of New Plymouth, have returned to their home in Dunedin. Miss M. Newton, who has been staying with Mrs W. A. Moore, and other friends in Dunedin, returned to Christchurch on Monday.

Mrs Stevenson, who, with her husband, has been visiting her mother, Mrs J. B. Russell, in Auckland, returns to England by the next mail steamer. Miss Day and Miss Wilson, of Clutha. Dunedin, who have been visiting Wanganui, have returned to the former’s home in New Plymouth. Mrs J. H. and the Misses Hall, Glou-cester-strect, who have been at Sumner for two months, returned to Christchurch at the end of last week. Mr. J. Kowin, the New Zealand representative of Messrs. Lovell and Christmas, was in New Plymouth last Week. Mr and Mrs Duncan Macfarlane S,yndon), who went to Dunedin for ie Winter Show there, have returned. Mr. H. Graham, son of Mr. C. C. Graham. S.M., of Dunedin, is in British Columbia, where he has an excellent appointment in matters connected with dredging. Dr. Courtenay Nedwill, son of Dr. Nedwill, Christchurch, returned last week in the Delphic, but only on a .short visit, as he goes Home again by the same steamer. Mrs F. Waymouth, “Karewa,” Bicoarton, invited some of her <riends to an impromptu afternoon tea on

Tuesday, and like all gatherings of the kind it was most enjoyable. The Hon. F. H. Fraser, M.L.C. (Wellington), who has been seriously indisposed for some time, has recovered sufficiently to take his seat in Parliament.

Mr Foley, son of Mrs Foley, Papanui Road, Merivale, left for South Africa on Friday. This is the second son Mrs Foley has seeking his fortune in that country. Mr. W. C. Hunter, manager of the Wellington branch of the firm of A. Clark <fc Sms, is leaving very shortly for England on urgent private business.

Mr and Mrs A. E. G. Rhodes, Miss Ada Julius, and Miss Elworthy, who intended participating in the Coronation festivities in Wellington, returned to Christchurch at the end of last week.

Nurse N. Speed, who returned to New Zealand in the troopship Manila as one of the nurses in charge of the wounded of the Seventh Contingent, has gone back to South Africa on a similar errand.

The Count de Courte, French Consul for New Zealand, and the Countess de Courte, who have been absent from New Zealand for some time, returned to Wellington via Sydney by the Westralia this week.

Miss Fodor, Christchurch, has returned from her visit to Sir Logan and Lady Campbell (Auckland), and had the gratification of seeing for herself the estimation the people of Auckland have for her venerable host and hostess, as she was present when the news of Dr. Campbell’s knighthood arrived.

Mr. W. C. Fitzgerald, Wellington, has disposed of his business to a Christchurch firm, and intends leaving shortly on an extended tour, which will include visits to England and South Africa. Mr. Fitzgerald will spend some time in the latter country, with a view of eventually settling there.

Mr. M. McLaren, of New Zealand, has been appointed to the position of special geologist to the Indian Government. Mr. McLaren was a student at the Thames School of Mines, and was the winner of an 18S1 exhibition scholarship. A fellow-student of his, Mr. H. G. L. Kenrick, is reporting on gold mines in Siberia.

Mr. Murrell, general manager in New Zealand for the Huddart-Parker Company, has resigned his position, after many years’ connection with the firm. Mr. Murrell has made himself very popular during his residence in Wellington, and his many friends will be glad to hear that he intends to remain in the colony.

Captain Evans, formerly commander of the s.s. Aotea, is understood to be on his way to the colony to act as assistant to Captain Babot, who has been marine superintendent to the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company in Wellington for nearly twenty years. It is probable that Captain Babot will visit England towards this end of the year in connection with the company’s business. The late Mr William Bayly, of New Plymouth, whose death was announced the other day, was a veteran of the Taranaki wars. When the Maori rebellion broke out Mr Bayly, in common with other settlers, had to take his share in the defence of his adopted home, and at the battle of Waireka, on March 28th, 1860, he received a bullet in his shoulder which was never extracted and which he carried to his dying day. Mr James Monaghan, telegraphist and chief messenger at Newmarket, and who has been transferred to Wellington, has been presented on be« half of the business people with a handsome writing desk and material and smoker’s companion, whilst his friends at> the railway station presented him with a silver-mounted umbrella suitably inscribed. Mr Wells (stationmaster) made the presentation.

Mr. and Mrs. J. Searl, who are giving up the management of Searl’s Hotel. Wellington,were the recipients of a gift of a handsome silver biscuit box and a set of carvers, from the employees of the hotel. Mr. J. Dwyer (business manager) made the

presentation, and spoke very highly of the good terms on which the late proprietor and his staff had been, and expressed a hope that good fortune would attend Mr. and Mrs. Searl in their new venture.

A presentation was made last week by the members of the staff of the Wellington Post Office to Mr. Arthur Wiffin, on the occasion of his marriage to Miss Blanche Hall. Mr. Jago, Chief Postmaster, acted as spokesman, and presented Mr. Wiffin with a pipe and a handsome clock, wishing him, on behalf of the staff, every happiness in his future life. Mr. Wiffin suitably replied.

Among the numerous visitors to the Star Hotel during the past week are: P. S. Morse, F. Lascelles, H. Burrows, J. H. Lee, Mr and Mrs Milland, J. Stevenson, Harry Brown (Sydney), J. McKendrick, E. V. Coulter, L. Kaye (Wellington). B. Allen, J. Hurst, F. Buchanan, N- Dunlop, Max Eiclebaimn, C. T. Durrant, C. A. Biss, J. Hunter (Wellington), A. W. Ellin, Leonard Clark, E. George, H. C. Hunt, Mr and Mrs Colebrook and maid (London), A. H- Ayden, Eric Cales (Colombo), J. Barclay (Dunedin), Robert Allen (Christchurch), Mrs Ballantyne, Miss Haynes (Christchurch), Herbert Price (Hong Kong), E. Street, E. Branson (San Francisco), E. Davidson, A. Gaffney, E. Leonard, J. Williams, Mrs Wightman, T. Chadwick (Melbourne), Leon Curtis and valet (Naples).

Amongst visitors to Auckland last week the following were stopping at the Central Hotel: Mr. and Miss Williams, Wellington; Mr. A. B. Woolf; Mr. Barschall, Germany; Mr. Wise, Dunedin; Mr. and Mrs. Evans, Gisborne; Mr. and Mrs. Anderson, Taranaki; Mr. P. R. Dix, Wellington; Mr. and Mrs. Morris, London; Mr. and Mrs. Hayman, Christchurch; Mr. Bown, Melbourne; Mr. Lamb, Christchurch; Mr. Redstone, Wellington; Mr. Donald Macßay, Queensland; Miss Ry burn, England; Mr. Amos, Melbourne; Captain Dawson, Dunedin; Mr. Lambert, Dunedin; Mr. and Mrs. Doughty, Wellington; Mr. Handcock, Sydney; Mr. Murphy, Paeroa; Mr. and Mrs. Revol, France; Mr. Adams, Melbourne; Messrs. F. and R. Foote, Whangarei; Mr. Bissett, Whangarei; Mr. Chissell, Whangarei; Mr. Gray, Taranaki; Mr. and Miss Ames, Christchurch; Mrs. 'Wheeler, Christchurch; Mr. and Mrs. and Miss Murrill, Melbourne; Mr. Henderson, Christchurch; Mr. Robertson. Christchurch; Mr. Evans, Christchurch; Mr. and Mrs. Manning. Christchurch; Mr. Miller; Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher & Sons, England; Mr. Isaacs, s.s. Mararoa; Captain and Mrs. Rae, England; Mr. Gardiner. Sydney; Mrs. W. Wilson, Sydney; Mr. and Mrs. Bates, Sydney; Mr. Grimshaw, Whangarei; Mrs. Pilling, Te Aroha; Mr. Butters, Wanganui; Mr. Jagger, 'Whangarei.