PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 54, 9 July 1913, Page 5

PERSONAL.

When King George and the Czar. Nicholas visited Berlin a few weeks • lg o a strange contrast of methods, 4-was seen. ■ The Czar made Ins en-| •' try into the German capital hedged i about with soldiers and policemen. The railway line was guarded for 40 miles by soldiers with, loaded rifles. . The streets around the railway station in Berlin were cleared before the j row.l train arrived, and the route taken by the Czar in driving to his palatial apartments was lined by soldiers six deep on both sides of thei road. The crowd watched the pro-v-v ceedings in silence. King George motored through Berlin in an open ■ motor car with a couple of policemen riding behind. He attended a race meeting and after receiving the Czar on the closely-guarded railway station he drove back to the palace along side streets where no special preparations had been made for him. When his car was stopped by an enthusiastic j crowd he cheerfully shook hands with a dozen citizens of Berlin who desired { the honor. The British King was safer as well as happier than his cousin from Russia.

Mr J. C. Williamson died of Bright's disease. Hia body, which has been embalmed, lies in the mortuary of the American Church, states a cablegram from Paris.

The death of Mr Fry, head of the .well-known cocoa firm at Bristol'is announced per Sydney Sun special -*a:vice. Deceased was not married, and lived in a modest fashion. He was a practical philanthropist and was beloved of the populace.

Jack London, the novelist, was operated upon in New York for appendicitis, and his condition is satisfactory, states a cablegram to-day.

The cricketers and spectators at Lord's (states a London cablegram) removed their hats and stool silent foi a few minutes during the progress of Mr Lyttelton's funeral. The mourners included Mr Asquith (the Premier) and Mr Balfour.

The Dr. Harrison memorial in Eltham is to take the form of entrance gates to Taumata Domain, with a memorial tablet. The meeting of subscribers on Wednesday, evening threw out the alternative,'proposal for treeplanting in one of!the principal streets.

The Rev. G'.' C.'Cruickshank, 'vicar of Whangarei, is "at 'present! in NewPlymouth (reports the Herald). Mr Cruickshank has resigned his charge at Whangarei, and will leave New Zealand by the Niagara on August Ist for England, where he intends joining the Crowley Fathers. The Rev. H. Favel, of Stratford, has' been appointed Mr Cruickshank'.s successor, and the two gentlemen will return to Whangarei on Thursday together by the mail train. Mr Cruickshank was two and a half years ago Home Missioner in the Taranaki district, and his loss to New Zealand will be distinctly felt by those with whom he came in contact.