PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 45, 17 October 1912, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Prince Lichnowsky has been appointed Ambassador at London in succession to the late Count Bieberstein. Ho is a friend of the Kaiser, a great landowner, and an advocate of Anglo-Ger-man amity. Mr. J. Townsend, organiser for the N.Z.. Shearers’ Association, is at present in the Masterton district. •‘Mri Henry Stead, son of the late Mr W. T.'Stead, assumes the editorship 'and management of the Australasian ‘Review ot 'Reviews’ at the end of the >. eaI ‘- .'.-.I- • J '.jMf. Q. C. Reade, formerly of the v Manq\y.atu, .Times,’ and more recently , of Auckland, - has been appointed ori,ganisey ,of : jthp , Australasian Town-; which is duo for 1914. ,Tliis inean <ai course, of ninety, lectures. p,ll, ,ovei< <Australia and: New ~ Zeiihind. At.\ : .4 1-

, ;, Mr.i Jj.> Dudley, has cbeen uhaiiimously; , chairmani of the ; Upunakh ,/TMwn .Board- .One member, facetiously l.yenfivykedi thati.’iMruDudley had thb> most time to waste in the interests of the town and,citizens.” Mr. Liggins, headmaster of the Kapuni School, has been appointed re-lieving-teacnei' in charge of the Manaia Scliqol. The former relieving teacher, Mr. Lyall, has returned to his own school in the Palmersion district. Kapuni School in* the meailthne ifb'ehargo'df h feriiale teachei*.’ ihg, has-been pleased >to ap-j ..prove-of ,'the .retention of. the. title of , by ,Mr,. Thomas Mac:,M^,;(who has served for more: than,j three years,, as a member of, the Execu- " 'five! Council of, the Dominion of New '! Zealand. The memorandum to this . effect was contained in the London ' 'Gazette’ of September 6. I The Rev. Mr. Welch, of Arrowtown, 1 Otago, will receive a call from the Op- ' unaice Presbyterian Church. It was decided at a meeting of the cong.egation that the call be presented ti the Taranaki Presbytery next week. If Mr. Welch accepts the call (says the ‘Times’) the vacancy will lie filled within a few weeks. Mr. Welch conducted servie in Opunake during the last two Sundays, lie is a married man with a family of five children. Mr Edward Page, barrister, of Eketaluma, has accepted a position as Stipendiary’ Magistrate, and will assume duty on 10th November ns relieving Magistrate in the North island. Mr Page, who is serving his fourth term as Mayor of Eketaliuna (says ) a Press Association message), has been a prominent figure in the public and private life of the town, and also holds the rank of Mayor on the active unattached list. i Concerning the Governor-elect and his wife, the London correspondent of the ‘Australasian’ writes as follows: “Lady Liverpool will undoubtedly bo very popular. She is Irish, and has an , open genial manner, and a passionate j liking for outdoor life and sport. She I and Lord Liverpool are particularly fond of gplf, fishing, and hunting, and in addition Lady Liverpool is an excellent gardener, is fond of all domestic work, and is a good musician. It is probable that Lord and Lady Liverpool will take out with them several horses, and it is already arianged that Lady Liverpool’s favourite cat, Thomas, shall go to Now Zealand.” Mr. H. G. Seigel, recently of Eltham, and well known as a prominent No-license worker in the Eg ront electorate, is at present in the Homo Country. Writing to a friend on the staff of* the ‘Argus,’ he states that lie is enjoying his holiday, and was then engaged mountain climbing and go.fing in the lake country in the North of England. Ho witnessed the ArnstBarry sculling race, nnd said the Englishman deserved his win, as he was the better man that day. A rust tea le a big bid for victory in the closing stages of the race, but hurried I (reparation weakened the New Zoaander, < Dr, George Ernest Morrison, formerly the ‘Times’ Pekin correspondent and now' political advisor of the President of the Chinese Republic, was married on August 25 at Emmanuel Church, South Croivdon, to Miss Jeanno Robin. The ceremony was a very • Vjniet one (states an English paper), dozen people present included the father and mother of the bride, who live at South Croydon, the mother and ■ sister of Dr. Morrison, and Sir J. j M'Leavy Brown. The bride and br‘de-| groom started from the church door] for a honeymoon on the Contmont, nf-| ter which they will go to Pekin. The bride is a New Zealander by birth, and ; Dr. Morison is an Australian. They met in China.’ The war in the Balkans has begun | in earnest, and the Great Powers will be lucky if they are not involved. Austria," looking ahead, has started to get more guns. It is a question as to who will win. There is no question about the statement that Crescent Tea wins in the tea - trade competition. Three, grades—2s. Is lOd. and Is 8d ner lb. It is good tea, and is good all the time, x