PERSONAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 30, 4 February 1905, Page 3

PERSONAL.

jjr Hodcen, of Dunedin, is yisiting *Bddand. . . T Appleton, managing direeJrf the Huddiirt Parker Co., is about I! visit New Zealand. r Brogato, the Government viticulJ£ was at Birkenhead yesterday inLettog tie vineries Mr C F- Olnej has been appointed .T ,tE W ard of the s.s. Clansman, in £ of Mr.CCutts, resigned. * jiTfl. Dyer, formerly of Hamilton,. ji'afelv Land Registrar at Invercar*S htf been promoted to the S.M.-ship, Q has been appointed to the North Canterbury district. Paotain Archer, Messrs. Stoupe, A. P. ITriend, Charles Bagley and E. Gerard, fvLftl Assignee, were sworn in by Mr. Xf e Edwards as Justices of the Peace It the Supreme Court yesterday.

vf r J H. Syme, of Melbourne, jg expected to arrive in Auckland tnSow by the Manuka. He and a of Victorians are making a honJJ trip to the colony. The Canterbury branch of the New 7»<.land Accountants' and Auditors' Ass Son has appointed Mr F. H Labatt as delegate to the conference to be held in Auckland on February 21. Dr. Hocken of Dunedin, arrived at Willing* oll yesterday morning on his flay to tie Bay of Islands, where he is to gather material from private records for work on early New Zealand »nd the life of Marsden.

Mr Ruxton, who was chief officer of the Union Co.'s steamer Taieri, has joined Mr G. Croueher, of Wellington, in a shipping enterprise, for which, a new steamer was launched this morning by llr C. Bailey, jun.

11> Fred Earl, president of the Auckland Cricket Association, has been appointed representative of the Committee of the New Zealand Cricket Council to represent the Council in Auckland 'during the visit of the Australian eleven.

Mr F. M. B. Fisher, candidate for a Christehurch seat, declares that he is not an Opposition, but an Independent Liberal candidate, but to both personally and politically he is known to be entirely opposed to the Premier. Mr L. C. Woolcott, an old Thames boy, who has been a member of the literary staff of the Wellington "Post" for the past eighteen years, has accepted an appointment on the staff of the "Sydney Daily Telegraph." He will leave for Sydney on the 25th inst. The Rev. Bro. Justin, of Sydney, has been appointed director of the Sacred Heart College, Auckland, in place of the late Rev. Bro. Mark. Bro. Raphael, of the Pitt-street Parochial School, has exchanged places with Bro. -Jcachim, of iWellington.

Archbishops Carr and Bishops Dunn and Revel, and Fr. McCarthy, secretary to the Archbishop, who have been spending a holiday at Rotorua.. leave for Christehureh to attend the opening of the new cathedral on Monday next, travelling by way of the Wanganui river. Dr. G. D. Watson, of America, who arrives by the incoming mail steamer, is a well-known writer and preacher on religious subjects, more particularly that aspect known as (i The Higher Life." He is on a round-the-world tour, and begins Us work here at the Central Mis-sion-Hall, : to. which he has had a long Btanding invitation to conduct a series of services.

Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Clements, of Parnell, are leaving Auckland on Monday for a tour of Great Britain, Europe and imerica. They will be accompanied by their daughter, and will be away a year. Mr. Clements went Home twentyfive years ago by order ot the Grey Government to select emigrants from Ireland.

Mr. T. Midgley, who recently resigned the conductorship of the Auckland 'Leiuertafel, vms the recipient last night of a very fine smoker's companion from the ambers of the society. Owing to Mr. Midgley's ill-health the presentation was made by Mr. G. M. Reid, president, at a meeting of the committee instead of the members. The companion was suitably engraved, and the recipient feelingly acknowledged the appropriate gift, adding that although he regretted having to retire from the conductorship he was very pleased to be still associated with the society.