PERSONAL.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2340, 5 November 1908, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Sub-inspector Dwyer, of Hawke’s Bay, paid a dying visit to Gisborne yesterday on business connected with police matters, and returned to Napier in the evening. Mr. Justice Sim, and Messrs Brown and McCullough, of the Arbitration Court, went South by the s.s. Victoria last night. . Rev. E. Whitehouse, Vicar of Ashburton. returned South by the s.s. Victoria last night. • Sir Robert Stout, Chief Justice, was a passenger for Auckland by the s.s. Monowai yesterday morning. Mr. A. J. LeCren, representing Messrs Thomas and Cook, London, woolbrokers, went South by the s.s. Victoria last night alter spending a week in the district.

A Press Association telegram states that .among the passengers from London by the Corintiiic, which arrived at Wellington yesterday afternoon, were the Right Rev. Bishop Williams of Waiapu and Miss Williams, Mr. and Mrs. David Jones, of Wellington, Lieut. Knox, organising secretary of the Navy League. Mr. G.eorge George, director of technical education, Auckland, Mr. Relf, tlie Auckland cricket coach. At St l . Mary’s Church yesterday afternoon, Chas. Parker, eldest son of Mr. Thos. Parker, of Gisborne, was married to Miss Nellie Malone.daughter of Mr. Patrick Malone, of Makaraka, the Rev. Father Lane officiating.

Mr. A. R. Hislop, who is organising the engineers of New Zealand, is to visit Gisborne in a few days’ time. Lieutenant Evans and Dr. Michell arrived at W elliiigton from Sydney by the s.s. Ulimaroa yesterday eu route to join the Antarctic exploring ship Nimrod at Lyttelton. Amongst the estates of deceased persons certified to last month was that .of Catherine Craill, Gisborne, £2043.

Bishop Mules, of Nelson, and Dr. Mason, Chief Health Officer, returned to the Dominion by the s.s. Ulimaroa from Sydney yesterdav. llie- following Gisborne district l appointments in the Post and Telegraph Department have been made:—Permanent: John Francos Donnelly, cadet : Blanche Deasou Robinson, cadette, telephone exchange. Nonpermanent : H. Cooper, postmaster, \\ aerenga-o-kuri; Dennis Malone, postmaster and telephonist. Puha. Mr T\ . Miller reports the. following bookings through the local' office of Thos. Cook and Son:—Mr and Mrs Ben. Taylor and Mrs Handle for Loudon, per N.D.L. Friedrich dor Grosse, leaving Sydney February 20th. Mr Ciilpa n tor South Africa, per W kite Star s.s. Seuvic leaving Sydney December 23rd. Mr and Mrs Edmund Glirisp for London, per Sliaw SavjJLl Coy.’s s.s. Atlienic, leaving Wellington March 25. Mr ami Mrs Marker for London, per Orient Royal Line s.s. Asturias, leaving Svdney March 23.