PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 25, 30 September 1913, Page 5

PERSONAL.

1 ■ Mr Joseph Hale, of Stratford, has been appointed clerk of works at the | building of the new Ngaore cheese fac- I tory. There were seven applicants. ( Dr. Strong lias resigned the charge | of the Australian Church, Melbourne, i states a cablegram.

Mr Hugh Latter, of the Cheltenham College staff, has been appointed headmaster of the Collegiate School at Wanganui. (London cable.)

Captain R. J. S. Seddon, of the New Zealand Staff Corps, who recently returned from London, has been restored to the establishment.

Captain Connor died at Greymouth this morning at the age of 74. For many years he was captain on intercolonial boats, and for tne last twenty years was harbormaster, at Grey.— P.A.

Mrs Ellen Mullauy, at the patriarchal age of 110 years, died recently at Roscommon, in Ireland. Mrs Mullany had fourteen grandchildren, and thirty-six great-grandchildren, and among her children are Mrs A. Stanley and Mr M. Mullahy, of Christchurch.

, Sir Joseph Warton, F.R.G.S., a member of the British Parliamentary Party, arrived by the boat from Melbourne at the Bluff yesterday (states a Press Association message), and afterwards left for Queenstown, where he will remain till Wednesday, after which he will tour the Dominion, remaining there about a month. He will later visit South Australia and West Australia. He intends to learn ail about New Zealand agriculturally, Commercially, and politically. 'He stated to a reporter that the British overseas trade this year would easily break all previous records, and that they would have to seriously consider at Home the establishment of a system of military training similar to that in vogue in New Zealand and Australia.

King George, like his father, i© a heavy smoker, and prefers a full-fla-voured cigar to a pipe. .But his indulgence does not cost him much, for his supply of cigars is kept up by presents from Royalties abroad, and the King does not pay Customs duty on his smokes. The Prince Of Wales looks like following in’ his father’s footsteps in this respect. Needless to say, Queen Mary never touches tobacco, ahd has strong views upon the question of .ladies smokirig. ’ But Queen Alexandra. has been known on Occasion eo enjoy a very' mild cigarette, and she , stocksi a choice brand for the use df her sister,, i the DowAger-'Empregs 1 of Russia, who is a confirmed smoker. The Princess Victoria likes a cigarette (states an English paper), and Prince Albert, who is up to most mischief that comes in hi® way, smokes everything that he can get hold of, and his ambition jis to colour a meers.chaum. : ,

The Duke of Atholl occupies the unique position of being the only ono of the King’s subjects who maintains an army of his own. By a special act ofgrace the late Queen Victoria, shortly after she ascended the throne, presented the Atholl Highlander® with regimental colors, and thus they were duly constituted an “army.” The Duke himself is colonel of the “regiment,” while his eldest eon, the Marquess of Tullibardine, and his two brothers, Lord James and Lord George Stewart-Murray, are officers. Many of the leading gentlemen in Perthshire also hold rank. The men, numbering about 250 strong, are drawn almost without exception from the vast estate® of Atholl. They are sturdy, stalwart Highlanders, many of them standing 6ft 4in high. Many of the Atholl Highlanders have long records of service, some of them having completed fifty years in the corps.

The many friends of Mr E. H Robinson will be pleased to learn of his continued success with Messrs, Farmer and Company, the leading drapery house in Sydney. For the past six months Mr Robinson has ha i charge of the ladies’ costume department, and during that time put up a record turnover. As an appreciation of his effort and ability, the directorate have now appointed him to the sole supervision of the fourth floor of that extensive establishment, which is said to be the finest showroom this side of the Line. This appointment carries with it a salary commensurate with the position. Considering that it is barely twelve months since Mr Robinson left Stratford, he is to be congratulated on his rapid promotion.