Personal.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 41, 18 February 1914, Page 5

Personal.

The King of Belgium was riding in the Forest of Seiguies when his horse fell and his arm was broken, states a cablegram from Brussels.

Mr Charles Roberts, M.P. for Lincoln, has been appointed Under-Sec-retarv for India.—Loudon cable.

Lord Rosebery passed a good night and is progressing favorably, states a Loudon cablegram.

Maxim Gorky, the Russian novelist, has sold the copyright of all his works for £20,000, reports a cablegram from St. Petersburg.

Dean Stephen, of Melbourne, has been elected Bishop of Tasmania in succession to Bishop Mercer, who resigned, states a cablegram from Hobart.

A large number of the clergy of tlie Canterbury Diocese met yesterday afternoon at Christchurch to bid goodbye to Canon Sedgwick, who leaves tomorrow for Napier, where he is to he consecrated next Sunday as Bishop of Waiapu (states the Press Association). Archdeacon Gossett presented Canon Sedgwick, from the clergy of the diocese, with an episcopal ring, which had engraved upon it the arms of the Bishopric of Waiapu and also Canon Sedgwick’s own memorial hearings.

The estate of the late Colonel Goodlet (states a Sydney cablegram) has been sworn at £92,910. Besides bequests and shares to his employees and others, testator leaves 10,000 shares in the firm of Goodlet and Smith to erect a home for consumptives, 4000 to establish scholarships in Presbyterian colleges, while + be will distributes another 7000 shares to Y.M.C.A. charitable institutions.

The following changes in the staff of the Post and Telegraph Department are notified:—Mr J. J. Pickett, chief postmaster, Thames, is to succeed Mr W. H. Renner, chief postmaster, Gisborne, who is about to retire. Mr P. P. White, postmaster, Hamilton, will fill the vacancy at Thames. Mr J. T. Wylie, postmaster, Marion, will succeed Mr White at Hamilton. Mr R. A. Bayliffe, postmaster, Wairoa, will succeed Mr Wylie. Mr J. J. France, postmaster, Fairlie, is to be transferred to Picton. Mr W. Canning, postmaster, Ohakuno, is to succeed Mr France.

Mr Charles Edward Osmond, of Wallaroffa, New South Wales, can lay claim to having lived in the reigns of six sovereigns, which is an experience that falls to the lot of few people, as lie has celebrated his 100th birthday. He was born in Somersetshire, England, on February 9, 1814. He went to Australia in 1851 with his wife and seven children, the voyage lasting six months. Mr Osmond is still in possession of all his faculties, and is able to do gardening. His wife and one son predeceased him, but he has four sons and two daughters living, also 44 grandchildren, 50 great-grandchildren, and 15 great-great-grandchild ren.

Two of the weddiug gifts to Prince Arthur of Connaught were a pair of hand-knitted socks and a collie. The first was sent by Mr William Beattie, the old Ettrick shepherd, who now lives in Glasgow, and is famous as the champion male knitter of Scotland. The gift was accompanied by the following note: “Because you are taking to yourself a bonnie Scottish lassie.” Mr Beattie has had an acknowledgment of his gift, conveying Prince Arthur’s thanks and his pleasure in accepting “your kind present.” This old Ettrick shepherd is now in his eighty-sixth year, and both the. King and Duke of Connaught have already had socks from him. The collie is the gift of the London and Provincial Collie Club. Its name is “Colonel Dartmouth,” and it has won many prizes at shows.

The many friends of Mr J. B. Hine, M.P. for the district, will regret to hear of the bereavement he has suffered in connection with the death of his mother, which occurred at New Plymouth to-day. Mrs Hine, who had attained the grand old age of 77, arrived in New Zealand by the sailing ship Wanganui in 1879, and settled with her family on a farm at Tikorangi. About ten or twelve years ago Mrs Hine went to live in retirement at New Plymouth. Tinmembers of tlie family who are left to mourn the loss of their mother are Mr Thomas Hine (Wanganui), Mr .Tames Hine (Tikorangi, on the old home), Mr J. B. Hine, M.P. for Stratford (Toko), Mr Edgar Hine (Toko), Miss Hine (New Plymouth), and Mr Hubert Hine (in the practice of the law at Te Kuiti). Private interment will take place at New Plymouth.