PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 4, 30 December 1912, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Miss Olive May, a Gaiety girl, lias been married to Lord Victor Paget, states a London cablegram.

Miss Helen Mackenzie, daughter ol the Hon. T. Mackenzie, leaves New Zealand for England in February b;, the Turakina.

Dr. Cook still claims to have discovered the North Pole, and is travelling through America lecturing on the sub ject. He is doing well. Mr Frank Foote, first assistant at the Palmerston North High School, has been appointed headmaster or the Gisborne High School, out of twentyeight applicants.—P.A. Mr Henry William Sutton, who for many years was associated with Hawera and the surrounding district and who took a prominent part in local government affairs, having served several terras as Mayor, has passed away. His age was 73.—P.A. wire. ' Mr John J 3. Thompson, analyst and bacteriologist to Messrs Thomson and Co., carbonated water _ and cordial manufacturers of Dunedin, has received word that he has been elected a Fellow of the Chemical Society, London.

Prince Albert Frederick, the second eon of the Ring, who is 17 years old, has decided to adopt a naval career. He will make an extended 'cruise in a battleship in the North Sea after the New Year. • Mr Edouard Muller ■ has been elected President of Switzerland. He wa: born in 1848, and was formerly in the army, with the rank of but had more recently been chief of tin Department of Justice and Police, li politics the new President is a Radical. Mrs Thomas Colson, another of Taranaki’s fast disappearing ' band ol pioneers, passed away on Saturday, after a short illness, at the great age of 85 years. The deceased lady arrived with her parents in the barque jEden, in the year 1850. A husband and- son are left to mourn their loss.

The death of Prince George Fatafehi (father of King George 11. o'. Tonga) is announced in the Tongan Gazette of November 21st. Prince George, who was born on July 2nd, 1842, devoted the, greater part of his life to the service of the Government, and leaves a record of faithful dutj to his people and country. The Rev. Dr. Gibb, of St. John’s Presbyterian Church, Wellington, was the recipient of a motor car as a Christmas, present from the members of his congregation.’ For some time past the pastor of St. John’s has been troubled with a form of rheumatism, which made it difficult for him , to cover his parish, and in order to make his task the lighter, a proposal to present him with a car was made.

Mr Mark Stephenson, a well-known and respected farmer of St. Andrews district, aged 74, dropped dead just inside the door of St. Mark’s Church, St, Andrews, as Re was entering to attend the morning service there yesterday. Dr. Wood, who had been attending Mr .Stephenson, was sent dor, but, life was extinct. Deceased was one of the church wardens of Sc. Marks. The sad occurrence spoiled all the anticipated _ pleasure of the Christmas Day service.

Mr R. H. Rockel, M.A., at present . acting-headmaster, of the Timaru Boys’ High School, has been appointed by the Technical School Board to the position of mathematical master in the Wellington Technical School. Mr > Rbhkei ss , 'l4 l 'y'ehrs : of age, has had 27 years’ experience as a teacher, and plays all school games save football. Mr I). L. Robertson, now in the Carterton District High School, was appointed commercial assistant-master, and Miss Catherine Cable, of Dunedin, temporary instructress in dress-mak-ing.