PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 36, 11 February 1913, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Inventor Thomas A. . Edison celebrates his birthday to-day. He is 06 years of age.

Mr H. H. G. Rolfe, clerk of the Auckland Court, has been appointed assistant-Commissioner of the Cook Islands.

Mr J. McKain, of the local railway staff, has been transferred to the District Traffic Manager’s Office, Wanganui, and his place has been filled by Cadet J. Bishop, of the Wanganui Office.

Porter E. Jones, of the Stratford Railway Station staff, has received notice of transfer to Wingatui, and Porter W. Ellen, has also received word of transfer to Wellington. Both transfers mean promotion.

Mr J. Laurenson, of the local post office, who is being transferred to Wellington, has bpen instructed to proceed there immediately on the return of the Postmaster (Mr S. G. Stanton) who is on annual leave, Mr Stanton resumes duty on the 26th inst.

The Kaiser’s daughter has been bethrothed to Prince Ernest, of Cumberland, 'whose father swears allegiance to the Empire. The family’s Hanoverian claim has been abandoned, and Ernest becomes the Duke of Brunswick. —Berlin cablegram.

The Hon. W. H. Herries (Minister for Railways), Mr T. Ronayne (General Manager), and other officers of the Department arrive in Stratford this evening at 5.15 o’clock by special train. Deputations will he received in the Borough Council Chambers at 8 o’clock and on Wednesday the Minister will pay an inspection visit to Pohokura.

Mr A. Carr, manager of the Government poultry farm at Milton for about eight years past, has been appointed one of the city meat inspectors at Wellington. Prior to his departure Mr Carr was entertained at a farewell social, at which some sixty gentlemen were present, the Mayor (Mr C. King) presiding, and presented with tangible tokens of esteem, consisting of a richly gold-mounted fountain pen, and also a gold brooch with topaz centre on behalf of Mrs Carr.

Professor Stagpoole, a well known boxing enthusiast, was farewelled at the Eltbam Town Hall last night by a large gathering of “sports,” of whom Mr J. Heslop, chairman of the Sports and Pastimes Club, presided. The tokens of. esteem presented to Professor Stagpoole were a purse of sovereigns, a framed photo of local sports, and some silverplated ware for Miss Stagpoole. The profesor leaves for Aiickland to-morrow, where he will meet the members of his family who are billed for a tour of the dominion under the Puller circuit. He will be round this way in May next, all being well, and will leave for Australia in July.

Mr H. J. Barnard, of Eltbam, who was lost for a time on Mount Egmont on Sunday night, was discovered “all well” by a party of searchers yesterday. The Eltbam Argus says that on arriving on the scene the searchers found that the bush on the Kapuni side of the track had been thoroughly searched with no result, and they then proceeded to “do” the other side, one "party starting at either end. Those starting from the bottom found Mr Barnard, after tramping some two miles. “You are looking for me, I suppose?” he remarked with a smile, and in the course of further conversation it transpired that he had left the track in search of some ferns and had become bushed. He found a creek, and followed it for some distance, ahinking it was the Kapuni. Later doubts arose, and as it was becoming rather dark he endeavoured to light a fire. The dew was falling, however, and he failed in this, and therefore was troubled with the cold, and only secured a very broken night’s rest. He was, however, but little the worse for his alarming and unpleasant experience.