PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 2, 27 December 1912, Page 5

PERSONAL.

The Rev. Norman Long, the Archbishop of York’s brother, has beer appointed Bishop of Leicester.—Lon don cable.

Mr Robert Triggs, one of the newly appointed Civil Service Commission ers, is to leave Melbourne for Wellington on the 30th instant. Sir James Fairfax .(says a Sydney cablegram)was presented with a hand spine memento by his staff on the completion of sixty years’ active connection with journalism.

A Mr Robert Stout, M. 8., B.S. (Loudon), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Eng.), who has been for some time Resident Ob stetrician in Guy’s Hospital, London, has passed his examination as M.D., London University.

Mrs Harry Rickards, to perpetuate the memory of her late husband, arranged to * give a Christmas dinner to 1000 of the poor of Sydney in the basement of the Town Hall. Mr C. A. Budge, for many years judge and starter at the Taranaki Jockey Club’s meetings, was yesterday made the recipient of a presentation in the shape of a substantial tea and coffee service, by the stewards of the club.

The Bishop of Khartoum has received from the family of the late General Gordon a prayer mat used by Gordon in the Soudan. It is made of woollen needlework. The mat will be placed in the Khartoum Cathedral. ■"Mrs Charles M. Alexander, wife of the well-known evangelist, is at present in a private hospital in East Melbourne after a serious operation. Mr Alexander, who was in Perth conducting meetings with Dr. Chapman, returned to Melbourne by the Malwa.

Mrs Gerald MTCellar, a resident of Gilgandra, New South Wales, gave birth, in a private hospital to four children—one on Saturday, December 14, and three on Sunday. Two were boys and two girls. Two of the children are still living.

The Ring (states a London cablegram) attended the distribution of fowl to the tenantry of Sandringham oti Tuesday evening, but a slight chill prevented his participation in the Christmas service at Sandringham, or Queen Alexandra’s dinner on Christmas Day. His Majesty is recovering.

Mr Nicholas Knuckey, who died at Waitara Road o n Saturday morning, was one of Taranaki’s pioneers. He had reached the ripe old age of eighty. He came out to New Plymouth with bis parents and family in the barque Essex, arriving on Janury 23, 1643. During the intervening seventy years he resided continuously in Taranaki, except for a few years in South Australia.

Sir George Reid, High Commissioner of the Commonwealth, proposes to visit Australia next year. He has communicated his desire to the federal Government, and, as the visit •relates to so purely personal a matter as the marriage of his first daughtei (Miss Thelma Reid to Mr Jack Playfair), no objection has ’ been taken. This’visit is to be entirely of a private character. The wedding will probably take place in Sydney in June. i

Mrs Walter Raynor,‘wife of a wellknown trainer and jockey, died very suddenly at Wanganui on Tuesday while under chloroform for, an operation which was considered serious. Mi Raynor had left early in the morning for New Plymouth with a couple oi horses (says the News), and the sac news must have come as a great shock to him. Deceased, who was widely respected, was quite a young woman, being only 29 years of age. She leaves a family of three children. The Rev. Father Cognet, S.M., parish priest at Otaki, died at the Catholic Presbytery, Wellington, on Tuesday morning. The late priest, who was fifty-five years of age, came to New Zealand about twenty-five years ago from France. For some time he was stationed at Otaki. He then went to Taranaki, returning to Otaki about three years ago. He had not been in good health for some time past, and his death was not unexpected. The remains are to be interred at Otaki this (Friday) morning. Mr Y. H. Hall has been appointed by the Board of Governors assistant master at the New Plymouth Boys’ High School. Mr Hall was educated at. the Napier Boys’ High School, was dux for one year, and won a senior national scholarship in 1908. He took his B.A. degree at Victoria College in 1911, and sat for honour© in French and English this year. He represented Victoria College in the in-ter-varsity tournament at Easter last. Mr Hall will commence his duties with the first term of 1913, reports the Taranaki Herald. The death occurred at Stratford yesterday of Mr Adolph Wolfe, brother of Mr Harry Wolfe (Cardiff). Deceased, who came over from Tasmania with his wife and three children five weeks ago to join his brothers, was a very prominent bandmaster in Tasmania, having been the founder of the Gladstone and also conductor of the Pioneer Band, which was the leading hand in Tasmania. Deceased took a leading part in Freemasonry, having been a member of the Tasmanian Lodge. Bright’s disease was the cause of death. The funeral will leave the Stratford Hospital for the place of interment, Kapuatama Cemetery, at 1.30 p.m. to-mqrrow.

Rev. H. M. Dancey, of the London Missionary Society, who has been in New Guinea for about 25 years, states that Papua is making steady industrial progress., In his district, in addition to cocoanuts and rubber, they are going in for cultivating sisal hemp and tobacco. Generally the outlook is very encouraging. The natives are nob deteriorating, and are not dying off, whatever may be the case in other islands. . Mr Dancey thinks that the Papuan will survive, especially if he acquires the habit of steady, sustained work, which, however, is not at present a characteristic of the race.

Dr, Elsie Jean Dalyell, who has wqr a Beit Fellowship (value £260), is the first lady in New South Wales tc earn such a distinction. She sham the honour for Australia with Dr. Harrie Schutze, of Melbourne. L well for Australia that of ter open to all the Empire three should be won by Australians. Dr. Dalyell was born in Sydney, and her parents are from Fife, Scotland. She has been identified with the Sydney University for eight years, and graduated three years ago with firstclass honours. For 18 months she has been resident doctor at the Lady Renwick Hospital for Infants; she is resident doctor at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, and resident pathologist af the Children’s Hospital. She at present ig demonstrator in pathology al the University, which position she has held for two years. Dr. Dalyell, who is tire first of the Beit fellows tc take up the subject of research in gastroenteritis in children, will leave for the Lister Institute, London, probably about May, to pursue her investigations.