Personal Paragraphs.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIX, Issue XV, 11 October 1902, Page 940

Personal Paragraphs.

Miss Cotterill (N«pler) is the guest of Mrs Abbot (Wellington). Mr. and Mrs. Norman Macbeth have gone a trip to Sydney. ■Mrs Clay (Otaki) has been on a abort trip to Wellington. Mr. and Mrs. V. Hargreaves are •pending the week at Sumner. Mrs Burnes has returned to Wellington after a visit to her relatives in Dunedin. • 4 Miss Foot' ‘Hawke's Bay) is th? guest of Mrs Rsnk-n Brown. Wellington. Miss Fitz'ier! -rt (H;»tt, Wellington) is on a visit to Mrs Perry. Crissoge, Hawke's Bay. Mr. and Miss Cowlishaw have gone to Rotorua for the benefit of Mr. Cowiishaw's health. Mrs. R. D. D. McLean, of Napier, ■who has been staying in Auckland, has returned home. Mrs. D. Macfarlane. of Lyndon, and family, are staying at Sumner for a few weeks. Mrs. Satchel!, St. Albans, who has had much sickness in the house, is staying at Sumner for a change. Mr.. Mrs. and Miss Ronalds, and Mr. and Mrs. F. Archer are shortly expected back from England. Hr. and Mrs. Moore, of Tennysonstreet. Napier, have gone for a visit to Taupo. Mr. Speneer Gollan. who paid Hawke's Bay a visit last month, is returning to England by the China from Sydney. Mrs. Gerald Tolhurst is visiting Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Tolhurst, Grant-road. Wellington. Miss Neave is also their guest. Dr. ar.d Mrs. Crooke (Christehureh) returned last Friday from a holiday trip to Nelson, and even there they had some bad weather. Mrs. Mounter (Auckland) has been spending a week or two with Mrs. H. J. Hali. Gloucester-street West (Christchurch). Mr. D. Mclntyre has purchased Mr. W. B. Cowiishaw's 'house. Papa-nui-road (Christchurch), and moved in last week. Dr. Ovenden left Christehureh last week for a trip to England: he expects to be away about seven months. The Earl and Countess of Seafield arrived from England this week on a visit to Christchurch. Mr. and Miss Townend are to meet them. Mr and Mrs Vawdrey Baldwin passed through Wellington last week on their way to Palmerston North, where they intend to lire. Mr. and Mrs. and Miss Stead (Christchurch) have gone to Rotorua. Mr. Stead is suffering from rheumatism, and hopes to get relief. Mr and Mrs B’akiston arrived in Wellington by the Monowai from Sydney on Thursday, and proceeded to the South Island. Dr and Mrs G. E. Deamer passed through Wellington recently on their •way to Featherston, Wairarapa. where Dr. Deamer intends to practise. Mr. and Mrs. H. Winter (South Canterbury) have been staying at Mrs Everest's, Montreal - street, (Christchurch). for the week for Miss Winter’s wedding, which took place on Thursday. Mrs. Montgomerie (Wanganui) is staying with Mrs. Harding. Thorn-don-quay, Wellington. She came down to meet her daughter, who returned from a trip to England by the Rimutaka. .Mr George Fi.-her. M.H.R. for Wellington. was recently presented with a handsome gold watch and chain by the members of the Dock League, with which Mr Fisher has actively Identified himself. Mrs W. Barton (Trentham). who has l»een for some time in Wellington, in Mrs Menzies’ house, on Thorndon Quay, has taken the honse at the Lower Hutt recently occupied by Mr •nd Mrs Parfitt. —

The members of the Honse of Representatives presented Miss Alien, daughter of Mr James Allen, M.H.R. with a handsome silver vase, on the occasion of her approaching marriage, with Mr Montgomery, of Ellesmere.’Canterburv.

Great praise is due to the students of the Wellington Technical School, who have been highly successful in the recent South Kensington examinations. Miss Maud Kim'oell distinguished herseif by carrying off the national bronze medal and book prize, which is open to art students of the United Kingdom as well as to the affiliated branches in ail other parts of the world. Sir Arthur Douglas (Under-Secre-tary for Defence), who is leaving on a holiday trip to England, was presented by the staff of the Defence Stores (Wellington) a spirit flask, travelling beg. umbrella and rug. Mr O’Sullivan aeted as spokesman on behalf of the staff. In returning thanks for the gift. .Sir Arthur Douglas spoke very highly of the splendid way in which the Defence staff had worked in equipping the many contingents. A presentation of a dressing case and a goldmounted greenstone brooch was made to Miss Douglas, who is accompanying her father. A bazaar in aid of the Veterans’ Home was recently held in ■.Veilington by a number of young people residing in Home-street. Major-Gen-eral Babington performed the opening ceremony. The profit came to -£4O for the afternoon and evening. The principal promoters were Misses Jones. Hutchings- Croll. Cohen, Mackay (2), Hawley and Freeman (2), who were assisted by Mesdames Kinniburg, Harold and Barnes, all oi whom are to be much congratulated on the success of their efforts. Captain Harry R. Potter returned from South Afrk-a via the South last week. This young Auckland officer was mentioned in Viscount. Kitchener's final despatch. When he volunteered to go to South Africa he received a commission as a lieutenant in the Auckland Company of the Fifth Contingent, which left here in March. 1900. After serving under General Carrington, he was appointed to the charge of the New Zealand Battery at Zeemst, which was besieged for over six months. On being relieved by Bond Methuen, he acted as A.D.C. to that officer until he was reappointed to Zeerust, attached. to the Royal Artillery, and promoted to the rank of captain. He has been continuously at the front since he left here, about two and ahalf years ago. which, it is stated, establishes a record for a colonial officer in the late campaign. In Auckland at the Grand Hotel last week the following were amongst the guests: —From England, Captain and Mrs Gonne, Master Gonne. Miss Davies, Mr Robert Galloway. Dr. and Mrs T. Copeland Savage, Mr and Mrs C. B. Lamb, Mr and Mrs W. E. Jacobs, Mr F. Ferriss. From Ireland, Mr Francis J. Jones. From Canada, Mr W. C- R. Fisher. From America, Mr H. F. Franks. From Germany. Mr Fritz Schroeder, Mr norst Weber. From Sweden, Mr C. S- Andussan. From New South Wales. Mr and Mrs W. G. Henderson (Albury), Mr H. G. Jones (Sydney), Mr Sydney Smith (Sydney). From Christchurch. Mrs R. Harman. Mr L. E. Clark, Mr Leslie Orbell, Mr and Mr- A. M. Mclntyre. From Wellington. Mr J. F. Silly, Mr J. Salmond. From Palmerston North, Mr and Mrs Allan Strang, Mr C. S. Costal!. From Upper Thames, Mr W. D. Ulph. At the Central Hotel, Auckland, last week there were as usual a very large number of guests. From Wellington. Mr Ahery. Mr T. C. and the Misses Williams, Mr Wilson, Mrs Barnes. Mr Sims, Mr Midlane. Mr Mitchell, Mr Budge. From New Plymouth. Mrs Dell, child and maid. Miss Ellis. Mr Pascoe, Mr R. Cock. From Marton. Dr. Scott. From Wanganui, Dr. Connelly. From Hawera. Mrs Nolan. Mrs Woodward. From Hunua, Mr Davis. From Christchurch. Mr and Mrs H. H. Cook, Mr Shanks, Mr Holmes. Mr Foster. From Sydney, Miss Allen. Mr A. S. Murray, Mr and Mrs Blake, Mr T. H. Hood, Mr F. J. Miller, Mr J. S. Lane, Mr Grout. From Melbourne, Mr Clark. Mr G. H. Barnes, Mr T. H. Havell, Mr B. Hunt,

Mr Dean, Mr W. Espie. From London, Mr Franks, Mr Walters. From Kaikobe, Mr G. F. and Miss Dickeson. From Awanui, Mr Evans. From Thames, Mr Adams, Mr and Mrs Ker-sey-Cooper. From Paeroa. Mr Nathan. Mr Torrens. From Waihi, Mr and Mrs Gooch. From Coromandel, Mr Colthurst. From Rotorua, Capt. Macdonald. From Whangarei, Rev. Mr and Mrs Wyatt, jnnr., Mr A. H. Mason, Mr Mason, junr. From Waikato, Mr Smith. Mr Schaelfer. From England, Dr. J. H. and Mrs Hay, General Latouche. From Nelson, Mr Fell. From Hastings, Mr and Mr= Powdrell. From Fremantle, Mr P. S- Brown. From Mr Musgrove's Opera Company, Mr T. P. Hudson, Mr and Mrs Lauri, Miss May Beatty, Miss Davis.

Amongst the numerous visitors at the Star Hotel last week were:—From Sydney: Messrs W. E. -Stevenson, A. J. Luckey. W. H. Thom. A. Thom. H. J. Burnell. E. D. Fox, L. Ritchie,-A. L. Taylor. J. Grant. Mr and Mrs Harding and child. From London: Messrs J. R. Robertson, John Gordon. From Rangitikei: J. Dalrrmple. From Wellington: Messrs Tudor, Atkinson. J. Rothschild, E. Henning, A. Bethune. E. R. Wilson. From Melbourne: W. Winnell. From England: Miss Sewell. From Scotland: Mrs Pringle, Messrs R. Stuart, Gough. E. Howard, R. Fergusson, Mrs Gough. From New York: Mr and Mrs Wells. From Philadelphia: Messrs C. Popper, A. E. Chapman. From Dunedin: Mr and Mrs McGregor. Messrs H. Kemprhorne, Harrison-Jones, F. Dawson, N. Dunlop. From Christchurch: Miss York, Miss Parkinson. Mr and Mrs Craike, Mr and Mrs Cewlishaw, Mr and Mrs G. G. Stead, Miss Stead. Mr Henderson, Mr Miller. Mr Fife. From Paris: Mr and Mrs Smellie, Mons, de Argente, Mr A. R. Willis. From Western Australia: Mr and Mrs Wedge, Mr F.

Andrews. Mr J. La-'celles. From Melbourne: Dr. and Mrs Godfrey, Miss Godfrey. Mr R. Stenson. From Tahiti:' Mr Paul Heifele, Mr Erie D’Oyley. From Colombo: Mr and Mrs Dunean.