PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 9, 15 May 1913, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Tho Pope received the Bishop of Perth, who was the first Britisher received since the illness of His Holiness,—Cable. fvtT;-- ■'( . V'’ 'v •• • . V * Sir Gerald Lowther, British Ambassador at Constantinople, has resigned owing to ill-health, states a cablegram. Mr W. I>. Anderson, of Wake and Ando, son, barristers and solicitors, Auckland, is on a business visit to Cv Stratford, and will remain here until Saturday evening. Mr David Sturrock, for 19 years headmaster of Blenheim Borough Schools, has been appointed inspector for Marlborough from fourteen applicants. Sir James Carroll continues to make satisfactory progess towards recovery from his recent severe illness, but will not be able to see visitors for another week or two. Mr G. H. Clnstam, the New Zealand composer, has written a new. operetta, “Das Spitzen Henid” (“The Lace Chemise”)’ which is,to be produced shortly at Kurfursten Opera House, Berlin. Mr C. H. Poole, ex-M.P. for Auckland West, has recently :be©n on a visit to the Old Country, and is now in the United States, en route to New Zealand, it is stated that Mr Poole intends seeking re-election to Parliament at the next election.

Archbishop Redwood received yesterday an official cablegram from Rome announcing the appointment of. Dean O'Shea, S.M., Vicar-General of this Arch Diocese, as Coadjutor to the Archbishop of Wellington, with right of succession.

Mr E. C. Dowling, of New Plymouth, received notice that he is one of' the two successful candidates who S!it in "Wellington in April for • the final examination as a pharmaceutical chemist, lyir Dowling, who is now , eighteen years of age, ig the youngest chemist in New Zealand to attain this honour.

■ “Counciloress” Melville, the first • member of her sex to win municipal honors in any of the centres of New Zealand, is a clever young woman, of smart appearance, and a University graduate who has won her Bachelor -of Laws degree. She has also been admitted to practise as a barrister and solicitor, has her own legal, practice in Auckland, and has pleaded in court.

Our High Commissioner was recently • presented to the King. Apropos of which solemn event a North Island "visitor to London comments:—“Mr Tom Mackenzie, in full Court costume, ]• is ! one of, the loveliest natural objects of London. He is more rubicund than ever, and hfs smile never ceases. He has plump calves of an affecting shape- * liness. He carries his plumes with a dash that is most. effective. To see ‘Oor Tam’ waltzing with a Dowagerduchess is to see one of the real sights of London.” - Dr. Truby King has left for England, taking his departure from Wellington by the Willpchra on Friday. In proposing a vote of thanks to him for his lecture on “Health and Fitness” the previous evening, the Hon. R. H. Rhodes said that it had given him great pleasure to grant Dr. King leave of absence to visit the Old Country and to represent New Zealand ot a conference on infantile mortality. He believed that when Dr. King demonstrated the work he had done the members of that conference would be duly impressed. When the people of New Zealand, he added, fully realised the importance of the work done by Dr. King they would accord him the praise that was his diie. Harry Lauder, the famous comedian, whose visit to Australia and New Zealand will be one of the events of 1914, first, saw the light of day at Portobello, Scotland. Lauder is about 43 years of age—he was born on August 4,1870 t—andt —and for 30 of them has been a singer. He made his first,public appearance at a musical competition at Arbroath, Scotland. The boy, with .small confidence in his powers and iittle expecting success, confronted a crowded audience in a sog that had the pathetic refrain, “Though poor I’m a gentleman still.” Somehow the judges were touched by his rendering of the item, and granted him the first prize of a keyless watch. Needless to say that timepiece is now a treasured possession in the Lauder household. It was’ Harry’s first award as a popular vocalist;