PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 95, 17 December 1912, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Sir Thomas Borthwick’s estate lias been sworn at £345,437. Obituary; Captain Mitchell, ex-sup-erintendent of tne Dunedin hire Brigade.—P. A.

The King cabled to President Taft deploring Mr Whi tela w Reid’s deatn, wnom fie mentioned as an old friend. The newspapers pay warm tributes to Mr Reid.

The llev. J. Pattison, who, after two years of evangelistic work, lias accepted a call to fet. Andrew’s Cfiurcn, Stratford, is at prescat in Wellington. Ho will leave tor Stratford to-day, and will be inducted in his new charge on Thursday,

Mike Papatheodore Kuwomdropolis, a Greek, applied for citizenship papers at Freeport, Illinois, recently, hie assured the Court official that as an American citizen lie would be content to be known as “Mr Papa.” Mr Gavin Hamilton, private secretary to Lord Liverpool, arrived in Wellington by the Ruapehu on Saturday from London. The Governor-desig-nate’s household staff were passengers by the same steamer.

Mr H. Bateman, of the staff of the Hokitika Survey and Land Office, has resigned his position. Some time ago he offered his services to the China Inland Mission, and has now been accepted f'6r mission work in the East.

Mr Charles Kelly, recently on the staff of the Stratford Eening Post, has suffered a bereavement in the death of his sister, Mrs 'A. C. Bretherton (nee Kellie Kelly), which occurred in Wellington on Sunday morning. Deceased was a daughter of Mr John Liddell Kelly, and has resided for many years in Wellington, where she had a wide circle of friends. The Hon. Dr Pomare, Native Minister, passed through Stratford this morning by the mail train. Dr Pomarc, as Maori representative hr Parliament for the Western Division, arrived in Waitara yesterday morning and proceeded to Manakorihi Pa for lunch. The official welcome took place last evening, after which matters in connection with the native race were discussed.

Miss Edith Durham, representing the Daily Chronicle at the Montenegrin headquarters, :'s one of the most interesting of war correspondents, and is likely to become famous as one of the "first women war correspondents to bo accredited to a great newspaper. Miss Durham, who has lived in Montenegro for some time, lias written several books on the problems of the Near East, and has a greater knowledge of Montenegrin affairs than any other woman outside the Black Mountain State.

The Queen of Montenegro is herself a native of the country, and her marriage in 1860 with the handsome ruler was entirely a love affair. She still Retains a great deal of her beauty, and is adored by her numerous family. Her daughters were sent to St. Petersburg for their education, and their beauty and charm'ng characters have caused them to make brilliant marriages. The eldest married the present King of Servia, but she died young, leaving two sons and a daughter. The second Princess of Montenegro, Militza, is married to the Grand Duke Peter Nicholojewich of Russia. The third, Princess Stana, married first the Duke of Leuchtenberg on December 23rd, 1887, but was divorced from him on November 15th, 1906, and married on April 29th, 1907, the Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholojewitch of Russia. Princess Anna is married to Prince Franz Joseph of Batten berg, with whom she leads a quiet life at Darmstadt, and Princess Helene is now Queen of Italy. Millie, one of the celebrated Millie,Christine twins, known all over the world, died at her home near Wh'teville, Ohio, and Christine, although the two were joined together, liyed for several hours later. The twins were about 60 years old. Born in slavery times, the women, who were coloured, were sold for £BOOO to be used for exhibition purposes. While being shown in Philadelphia a few years after their sale, the Daily Telegraph New York correspondent recalls, they were stolen, and nothing was heard of them by their owner for several years. Finally he located them in London, and regained possession of them. He again placed them on exhibition in Europe and America. ■ Mill’s and Christine had two heads and two sets of lower extremities, but one body. What one disliked the other disliked, the same things made each ill ;\but they had their' differences, and sometimes quarrelled with themselves. They were I the wonder of phys’eians, anatomists, and biologists everywhere. On thej stage they sang in chorus and danced. j One'carried on a conversation with onel person while the other carried on a I different conversation with someone else.