PERSONAL

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 421, 1 August 1928, Page 9

PERSONAL

. John Russell, of Roehampstead, England, is staying at the Grand Hotel The Rev G. R- B. Wilkinson, curate -I Taumarunui, has been transferred ; 0 putaruru. The Rev and Mrs. J. M. Simpson, of Dunedin, left yesterday for England ' y the Aorangi Vr R Chapman arrived in Auckland this morning from the South by , M Limited. ~ H Douglas and Mr. 11. Arnold drived m Auckland this morning from .he South. \fr S Irwin Crookes, of Auckland, hy ‘the Aorangi yesterday for a .holiday tour of Canada and the United States. raotain G. Nakagawa arrived by the Aiaheno yesterday to take the Waipori •i Shanghai. He has with him a crew of 28 officers and men. Mr A Bostock, a mining engineer, rrived yesterday afternoon by the MahUo to take up a position in New Zealand. He was formerly in Turkey. Mr and Mrs. J. H. Boyd, of Auckland ' sailed by the Aorangi yesterday on a holiday tour of Canada and the United States. Mr G N. Morris, Official Assignee Auckland, is in Wellington in connection with the Public Service Appeal Board, of which he is a member. Cir Frederic Bang and the Hon. E. IV Alison, M.L.C.’s, Mr. H. G. R. Mason, Mr. M. J. Savage and Mr. E. N. Bartram, M.P.’s, left for Wellington last evening. Mr J B. Johnston resumed his seat at the Auckland Harbour Board's meeting yesterday, after having undergone an operation. Mr W. J. Holdsworth, chairman of the Auckland Electric-Power Board, left for Wellington last evening to attend a meeting of the Local Government Loans Board. Mr. w. Wallace, chairman of the Auckland Hospital Board, left last evening for Wellington to attend a meeting of the executive of the Hospital Boards' Association. Major R. Furse, of the British Colonial Office, and Mr. R. Robinson, Technical Commissioner to the British Forestry Commission, arrived in Wellington to-day on the Marama. Mr. D. O’Donoghue, Deputy Public Trustee at Invercargill, has been appointed to succeed Sir. A. Marshall as District Public Trustee for North Auckland, with headquarters at Wliangarei. Mr. J. H. Witheford, at one time chairman of the Auckland Harbour Board, has passed his 80th birthday. On the motion of Mr. M. 11. Wynyard at yesterday afternoon’s board meeting, it was decided to send the board s congratulations to Mr. Witheford. Mr. F. G. Cray. Wellington manager of the Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation, and chairman of the Underwriters’ Association, has retired. At an assembly of insurance representatives on Monday he was presented with an inscribed gold watch. The death of Mr. John S. Colhoun, formerly headmaster of Ngaruawaliia school and a teacher lor 43 years in the service of the Auckland Education Board, was mentioned with regret at a meeting to-day. and a motion of sympathy with the relatives was passed. HOTEL REGISTER Grand.—Mr. L. Clark. Mr. D. Bay, Mr. E. M. Hunt (Wellington!, Mr. C. Carlyon (Melbourne), AJf*. N. McMahon (Sydney), Mr. B. Fitzgerald, Mr. N. Fitzgerald (Gisborne). * * * Cargen—Mr. V. R. Gunn (Wellington). * * * Star—Mr. J. McDonald (Tauranga), Mr. J. McEnnis (Whangarei), Mr. B. B. Russell (Hokianga), Mr. J. W. Hodd (Wellington). Central.— Mr. W. Magno (Sydney), : 'tr. AM. Holmes, Mr. E. Tait (Well”jSton), Mr. C. F. Mitchell (Dunedin), ' ~ A. Robertshawe (Dannevirke). » » * ,I»val.-Mr. 11. McClellan (ChristiwS”’ Mr - p - Bruce, Mr. T. Ford (Wellington). * * * Snt! b ; rt ’— Mr - A - McMillan, Mr. R. H. ■-P gnt, Mr. A. Aldridge (Sydney).