PERSONAL

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 545, 24 December 1928, Page 11

PERSONAL

Slay ii'-o' ; -t Hotel Car gen are Mr. and jli *K. Crombie, of Nuhaka, Hawke's

Vt the Bbyal are Mr. and Mrs. Des- , t ires, of Gisborne, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. ! -cott,* Wellington, and Mr. and Mrs. ! H. M*. Williams, Christchurch. At the Grand Hotel are Mr. and Mrs. { c, M. Currie, of Wanganui, Mr. and j Mrs* W. Cattell, of Sydney, Miss V. i G Pickering, Napier, and Miss S. Mcßeland, ew Plymouth. Major and Mrs. J. Ariel, of Paparoa, Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Rathbone, of fihikino, Hawke’s Bay, Mr. and Mrs. \V. Batley, of Taihape, and Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Batty, of Otorohanga, are >laying at the Central. Mr. Murray Kean, secretary of the >,'ew Zealand Lawn Tennis Association, arrived in Auckland this . morning to manage the forthcoming Dominion tournament. The Hon. A. J. Stallworthy, Minister of Health, will spend the afternoon of Christmas Day in visiting the Waikouhai home for retardates. He will leave tor Wellington on Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Errol Fuller left for the South by the Limited last evening. Mr. Fuller, who has been associated with, the him business in Auckland for some ars, will take over the new Regent Theatre in Nelson. Mr. and Mrs. J. Laurie, of Christchurch, Mr. and Mrs. R. Hanum. of Cambridge, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Smith and Mr. and Mrs. J. Brown, of Wellington, Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Merriken, of Raurimu, and Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Scott, of Christchurch, are guests at the Star Hotel. Mr. Maurice Lees, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Lees, of Mount Eden, has passed his final medical examination, being the only candidate to pass out of 43. Mr. Lees will now go to London for hospital experience before practising in New Zealand. The Hon. T. M. TVilford, Minister of Defence, is being approached this afternoon by a deputation representing the Auckland Aero Club. After to-day he will not resume public duties until December 28, when he intends visiting Devonport, to go into the question of dock extension and other affairs. The Rev. G. R. Monteith, who- was ordained deacon on Friday, began his duties as curate of St. Matthew’s Church yesterday. After the evening service Mr. Monteith was entertained by the parishioners at a social gathering. Speeches of welcome were made by the vicar. Canon C. H. Grant Cowen, Mr. A. C. Hallett and Mr. E. O. Flicker, churchwardens, and Mr. W. Birss, lay reader. All expressed the Hope that Mr. Monteith would find his work . pfro»€ua»frt and fruitful. HOTEL REGISTER Star. —Mr. M. W. Gates (Lower Hutt); Mr. J. Arnold, Mi*. E. D. Richards and Mr. G. Shrimpton (Wellington); Mr. S. P. Mirams (Dunedin) ; Mr. K. A Wilson (Nelson); Mr. M. S. Cellars (Christchurch); Mr. R. McCallum (Blenheim ). * * * Hotel Cargen. —Mr. W. T. Hazlett • Southland); Mr. G. D. Greenwood, Mr. P. N. Quartermain and Mr. A. T. Donnelly (Christchurch); Mr. R. W. Simson (Te Awamutu); Mr. W. G. Stead (.Hastings); Mr. A. R. Alison (Waiheke); Mr. F. Couzens (Wellington). *, * . Grand.—Mr. T. Newman (Nelson); Captain S. Godfrey (Ireland); Mr. G. Magnus and Mr. K. Duncan (Wellington); Mr. F. G. White (New Plymouth); Mr. J. Seed-Going and Mr C. (Christchurch):: the Hon. T M Wilford and his private secretary. Mr. G. F. Dickson (Wellington). * » » Central. —Mr. E. Gibson (New Plymouth); Mr. A. Andepson and Mr. G. B. Donald (Christchurch) Mr. C. Bayliss and Mr. E. GlasfeSord (Gisborne). ... Royal.—Mr. De Costa (Gisborne); Mr. H. Mendham (Wanganui); Mr. W. Kitson and Mr. W. Cowan (Wellington); Mr. S. Sutton (Invercargill).