PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 16, 19 September 1913, Page 5

PERSONAL.

General Sir George Richardson has accepted command ol" the Ulster volunteers, states a London cablegram.

King Constantino of Greece has arrived at Eastbourne, and will proceed thence to Paris, states a London cablegram.

The death is announced from Dunedin at the age of 91, of Captain William Tl : . ."'•'• >n, a very old identity, and at one time harbor-master under the Provincial Government for all ports of Otago. Subsequently he was har-bor-master of Otago harbor. Deceased was closely identified with the Presbyterian Church.—P.A.

Master Walter Buchanan, of Huiroa, whose brave action in endeavouring to save the life of a lad who was drowned some time .ago in the Waitara River was brought under the notice of. the Royal Humane Society, was last night presented with the Society's certificate by the Mayor (Mr W. P. Kirkwood), the presentation taking place at the Horticultural Society's show. He made a neat speech of acknowledgment and was given a hearty ovation by the large crowd present.

The death was announced recently of Rev. George Piercy, the first Wesleyan missionary to China. He went out as a layman at his own instance and cost, selling his farm to obtain funds, the society being unable to support him. Ho afterwards became a minister. The work grew, and claimed recognition, sympathy, and furtherance.

Regarding the marriage -of King Manoel, there was a sort of running accompaniment of speculation as to what title his wife would assume—or he given—and how she would be addressed. The "Pictorial" says: Why there should he any question about it is a bit of a puzzle, for although J)om Manoel is at the moment living in exile, this in no possible way alters the fact that he is a king, not

by a mere title, but by right of here-

dity and idrect succession, and, fur- * thermore, he has never abdicated nor in any. way abandoned his hereditary claim to the throne of Portugal. He indeed remains, to give him his official and diplomatic title, "Sa Majeste tres fidele," and is, of course, always given regal honours and precedence; so, as he married a lady of royal birth, the natural sequence is that she will share his exalted rank and that the prefix "Queen" will naturally be accorded her.