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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 293, 2 March 1928, Page 9

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w John Barr city librarian, has * granted leave for six months for Sealtli reasons. . vfr T. W. Rhodes, M.P. lor Thames, ' ho has been in Wellington, came *orth on the Limited last evening. raDtain Basil Thomson, of HongtoniT who has been visiting Auckland, ill be a passenger for Sydney by the Jarama this afternoon. •Vir A. W. Mouatt, a member of the vew Zealand Railway Board, together *ith Mrs. Mouatt, left Auckland for Jje South last evening. Mr. H. C. Ifulme, of the Lands and Survey Department, left by train for Wellington last eveni ng. He -v*ill attend a meeting of the Public Service Appeal Board. Canon C. H. Grant Cowen, who has been on sick leave for the last two months, is to resume his duties at. St. Matthew’s Church on Sunday next. Colonel G. A. Strutt and Mrs. Strutt, 0 f England, left for Wellington last evening on the way to Pembroke. South Island, where they will spend jom# time deer-stalking. Mr. and Mrs. J. Norrie have rt;signed from the positions of librarian and assistant-librarian at the Leys Institute, in order for the former to take u p the position of chief librarian, Wellington. Mr. G. A. Campbell, of the railways booking office at Auckland, has been transferred to Westport. His place in Auckland will be filled by Mr. P. G. j. Temm, formerly stationmaster at tfaungaturoto. Mi. E. J. Tait, managing director of Messrs. J. C. Williamson, Ltd., reamed yesterday from Russell, where ie had been big game fishing, and sailed for Sydney by the Marama this afternoon. Mr. M, J. Savage, M.P, for Auckland West, and Mr. J. A. Lee, M.P. for Auckland East, who have been in the South in the interests of the New Zealand Labour Party, returned to Auckland this morning. Mr. W. A. Low, representing the New English Company, which will present, by arrangement with J. C. Williamson, Ltd., the London comedy, “Nobody’s Widow,’* arrived in Auckland to-day. The season will commence at His Majesty’s Tneatre to-morrow week. The Minister of Agriculture, the Hon. 0. J. Hawken, who is visiting Tauranga, spent yesterday morning receiving deputations introduced by Mr. C. E. Macmillan, M.P. This afternoon he visited many citrus groves in the district, and also the curing shed recently erected by th© local growers. HOTEL REGISTER Cargen.—Mr. D. O. Low© (Dunedin). ♦ * m Star.—Mr. W. C. Row© (Christchurch), Mr. P. E. Pearce (Wellington). * m * Central.—Mr. H. T. Kitto (Sydney), Messrs. K. and E. Devine (Palmerston North). Mr. M. Dark© (Hamilton), Mr. G. H. Edwards (Huntly). m * m Commercial.—Mr. J. Williamson iDunedin), Mr. E. H. Butt (Hamilton), Mr. H. Edwards (Masterton). Royal.—Mr. H. C. Robjohns (Napier), Mr. T. Leslie (Gisborne), Mr. G. A. Gavin (Mamaku). Albert.—Mr. W. Smith, Mr. T. Kingston (Wellington), Mr. L. Little, Mr. W. S. Smith (Dunedin).