PERSONAL

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 928, 22 March 1930, Page 9

PERSONAL

Sir George Klliott returned Dy the j Limited express today. Sir Alexander Herdman arrived in Auckland by this morning's Limited express. Mr. T. Bloodworth returned to Auckland from Wellington by the Limited express this morning. r< d. Ward, of the Health Department, who has been appointed secretary to the Apia Public Hospital, left by the Tofua today. The Leader of the Opposition, the Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates, will arrive i i Auckland from the North this evening. He —ill be at the Grand Hotel tomorrow. Mr. A. C. Turnbull, the recently appointed secretary to the Western Samoan Administration, sailed today by the Tofua for Apia. The Rt. Rev. Dr. Liston, Roman Catholic Bishop of Auckland, left today to bless and open a new church at Kawhla on Sunday. Mr. W. Peterson, chief engineer of the Government steamer Tutanekai, is to leave Wellington for London by the Corinthic on April 9. He will supervise the work of fitting the engines into the new steamer which has been ordered by the Government to replace the Tutanekai and which is expected to reach the Dominion next October. Dr. Kathleen Curtis, mycologist at the Cawthron Institute, Nelson, will attend the International Botanical Conference at Ca.mbridge, England, in August. Leaving: the Dominion at the end of May, Dr. Curtis will travel Home via the United States, and Canada, where mycological research stations will be visited. Following the conference. Dr. Curtis will spend some time on the Continent before returning to New Zealand at the end of the year. HOTEL REGISTER Grand.—Dr. Hughes Steele ton)Cargen.—Mr. J. D. Fraser (London). * * * Star.—Mr. J. E. Engel (Wellington), Mr. J. C. Brown (Palmerston North). * * * Central. —Mr. T. R. Murphy (Wellington), Mr. J. L. Flower (Marton), Mr. F. W. Baas (Christchurch). « * * Royal.—Mr. J. Hamilton. Mr. J. Macken (Whangarei), Mr. D. Powell (Portland), Mr. T. Lynch (Kerepeehi).