PERSONAL

Evening Star, Issue 19789, 13 February 1928, Page 5

PERSONAL

The mayor (Mr W. B. Taverner) Is arranging for a visit to Wellington, leaving to-morrow by the second express, and returning at the end of the week. Mr Ivo Whitton, Australian champion eollcr, left Dunedin this morning on his way hack to Melbourne. Mr John Buchanan, of Auckland, went off for the north to-day, after a visit to Dunedin. Mr Kenneth Cameron, health inspector. went to Oamaru to-day. Mr P. L. Hoisted, ealloo to Wellington on business, travelled to-day by the 11.34 express. Mr George Myers (Captain Myers of the war period) went hack to Christchurch from Dunedin by to-day’s second express. Mr John Ringland was a passenger for Christchurch by the second express to-day. Mr James Somerville travelled to Christchurch to-day by the 11.34 train. Messrs G. L. Denniston, E. C. Hazlett. Crosby Morris, and C. W. Chamberlain, directors or tho Westport Coal Company, and Mr W. A. Fiavell, gene-: ral manager, started this morning for their annual visit to tho company’s West Coast mines,

Sir Henry Harwell, recently appointed Agent-General in London for South Australia, arrived at Auckland from Sydney by the Aorangi last evening on a holiday visit to New Zealand.' Sir Henry was Premier of South Australia from 1920 to 1924. _ This is not his first visit to the dominion, as ho was here at tho time of the Dunedin Exhibition. Ho leaves Australia in March for England.—Auckland correspondent. At an enthusiastic gathering at Tauranga on Friday night representatives of all the public bodies in the Bay of Plenty tendered a farewell to Mr E. S. Dyson, district engineer of the Public Works Department, who left the following day to take charge of the Otago district. Tho Mayor of Tauranga presided, and tho gathering of so many public men was a striking testimony to the esteem in which Mr Dyson is held. Eulogistic references were made to his work, and tho speakers strongly stressed the help he had given in carrying out much of tho development work in the district. News has been received of the death in Sydney of Dr David Burt, fourth son of the late Mr Alexander Burt, of Dunedin. Tho late Dr Burt,, who was fifty-six years of age, was an eye, ear, nose, and throat specialist, who graduated at the Otago University, and took his degree at Edinburgh, Scotland. He practised in Dunedin for a short time prior to his departure for Sydney. Dr Burt leaves a widow and two sons.

Among the recent arrivals to the Excelsior Hotel arc Mr A. G. Atwood (London), Mr R. R. Martin (Wellington). Misses Barton (Eoatherston), Messrs W Austin. R. 0. Talbot, and Mr and Mrs Morrison (Christchurch), Mr and Mrs G. Muir, Mr and Mrs D. Bell and .Mr W. L. Kcrse (Invercargill).

Now visitors to tho Grand Hotel include Mr and Mrs Rupert Monger (Perth. Western Australia). Mr and Mrs W. H. St a I lard (Karri Kurri. New; South Wales 1, Mr H. M. Davie, Mr A. H. Davie, Mr Thomas Purves (Melbourne), Mr M. V. Anderson, Mrs C.R. Anderson, Miss Anderson. Miss NJenkins, Mr T. Prosser, Mr C. Bowan, Mr R G. Hanger, Mr R. W. Ranger,' Mr J. Wilson (Auckland), Mr F. WMillar (Wellington).

An early settler of the Auckland province, Major Benjamin Harris, cied at His residence at Epsom yesterday, aged ninety-two. Tho deceased was bom' in Ireland in 1836, and came to New Zealand with his parents in 1847. During tho progress of the Waikato War he was several times under fire, and subsequently received the New Zealand War Medal, also the long service medal. He served in tho Auckland Provincial Council from 1874 to 1876, and in 1879 was elected to Parliament as tho member for Franklin, holding the seat until 1896. In 1897 he was appointed to tho Legislative Council, resigning his appointment in 1923. The deceased leaves a widow, one son, and three daughters.—Auckland correspondent.