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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 62, 15 March 1913, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Lord Inchcape has been formally appointed chairman of the British, Indian, Australasian, United Steam Navigation Coy.—Cable.

Mr F. G. Magnusson, town clerk at Dannevirke for several years, has tendered his resignation, which will take effect from July.—P.A.

Dr. Ramage, who has been in Waitara for just about three and a half years, has disposed of his practice to Dr, Campbell, of Hawera, and will shortly be leaving Waitara.

Mr Malcolm Bose, the New Zealand officer of the Empire Trade Commission, is leaving on Monday, March 24, by the Malieno, en route to Europe, where he purposes spending a year in travel.

The Right Rev. D. Crossley, Anglican Bishop of Auckland, has returned to that city after an extensive tour in the northern part of the province. The Bishop was much struck by the number of settlers from Taranaki and the South Island, men with skilled knowledge of farming methods, who are taking up land in the North.

Princess Mary, the King’s only daughter, attended a matinee performance of “As You Like It,” at the Coronet Theatre, at Netting Hill Gate, on Monday week, and occupied a seat in the front row of the stalls. The management on being made aware that the Princess would be present at the performance, offered to place a private box at her disposal. The King (says a cable message in the Sydney Sun) thanked the management for its offer, but said that he preferred his daughter to sit among his people.

Dulcie Deamer (Mrs Albert Goldie), late of Masterton, and at present in Sydney, received news by the last Am- ; crican mail of the publication of her book entitled “The Suttee of,Salaj7. in Xew York. Messrs D. W. Dillingham and Co., the publishers, announce the work in the following flattering t terms: “A wonderful tale of the pas- , sion-scented, languorous East; a novel dealing with the tremendous motif of mother-love triumphant over sexlove. Filled with amazing colourful pictures of the life and thought of Hindustan, the story is brimming over with sympathetic humanity. A jubilant freshness of jeu d’esprit bubbles up on every page. It tells of people of India and of lovers, passionate and intense, burning with all the ardour '. of their tropical nature', who are poig- ‘ nantly alive in every exultant fibre of their being. They are as human as you or I, and their problems are as vividly real to them as the overshadowing actuality of yours or mine. The element of spirit mysticism and hypnofism—Yogi power—involving an exposition of thought transference and individual mob control, lends an unusual touch to the story. Full of dominating appeal of motherhood, the writer has infused so much of passion and romantic charm into the story as to make it a book of more than passing interest to the discriminating reader.”

The new Governor of New South Wales, Sir Gerald Strickland and Lady Strickland, received an enthusiastic welcome on their arrival at Sydney yesterday. Speaking of His Excellency, at the Methodist Conference recently, the Rev. Dr. Youngman (President of the Australasian Conference) said that in Sir Gerald Strickland they had a Christian gentleman of entire impartiality who would render such assistance to the Methodist Church as he had opportunity to give. Recently his Excellency said:—“We have come to a time in Australia when in view of the literature in circulation, Churches of all denominations must learn to combine in defence of Christian institutions—the sacredness of the Lord’9 Day and the sancity of the home; to preserve the Sabbath as a day for worship and better things, and the sanctity of the home, the sacredness of marriage, and all that stands around Christian parentage.” “If my word goes for anything,” addl'd Dr. Youngman, “you can take it for this—you can give him a cordial welcome as one who will do his duty to the people he will represent.”