PERSONAL ITEMS.

North Otago Times, Volume CVII, Issue 17164, 22 March 1927, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

The Honl G. J. Anderson was a passegner for Gore from the North yesterday. President Doumergue has accepted an invitation from King George to visit London on May 16, 17 and 18. The Bishop of Dunedin (Right Rev. Dr. Richards) returned south yesterday after officiating at a confirmation service at St. Luke's Church. Mr A. Lloyd, who left yesterday for Dunedin, was met bj a number of friends on Saturday evening and presented with a silver-mounted cigarette holder as a mark of the esteem in which he was held. At the meeting of the North Otago Rugby Sub-Union last night, tne president (Ms C. Mollison) made sympathetic. reference to the illness of Mr W. D. Burns, a keen Rugby enthusiast and a patron of the SubUnion. The secretary was instructed to convey the sympathy of the meeting to Mr Burns. The Governor-Generai, Sir Char-' les Fergusson, who is accompanied by Captain "Wentworth, A.D.C., arrived in Dunedin "from the North yesterday. He will go on to Invercargill to-day to say goodbye to the Duke and,Duchess of York. Sir Charles will leave Dunedin on Thursday morning by motor car on an official visit to Maniototo CounSimilar blue anu wmte scarves played an important part in a reunion after 52 years of two sisters aboard the Corinthic, which arrived at Southampton from New Zealand. They. were Mrs Lilley. of Auckland, who has gone home on first visit since slie went went to New Zealand in 1875, and Mrs Howes of Chelse^i, who purchascd two scarves in London and oostp.d one to Mrs Lilley. RL Hon. J. G. Coates (Prime Minister) and Mrs Coates, and the Hon. K. S. Williams and Mrs Williams arrived in Dunedin from the North last night and continued their journey to Invercargill. They will take part in the farewell to their Royal Higlinesses at Invercargill to-day. The Ministerial party will leave on Wednesday morning and will stay in Queenstown that night. They will make a visit to the Kawarau dam 011 tlie following morning and thence travel to Pembroke over the Crown Rangc and 011 to Clyde and Alexandra, at one of which towns they will stay a night. On Friday a tour of inspection will be made througli Chatto Creek, Manuerikia, Poolburn, Ida AL.lley, and 011 to Roxburgh, where the party will stay for the night. On Saturday visits will be made to Millers' Flat, Lawrence, Tuapeka Mouth, Balclutha, and Milton, and the party will arrive in Dunedin on Saturday night. They will keniain in Dunedin till Tuesday morning and then leave fc-v tbe North, r