PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11, 4 May 1914, Page 5

PERSONAL.

7 Harry Lauder entertained the convicts in Pentridge Gaol for two hours, states a Melbourne cablegram. -General Hamilton arrives in AVellington early to-morrow morning from Nelson, and will leave at 7.45 for Takapau, where he* will inspect the Wellington troops in camp, states a Press Association message to-day.

’ Mr H.,P. Chinchen was entertained by the members of the Stratford Cluo on Saturday evening last; and made the recipient of a present, as a mark of the esteem in which he is held, prior to his departure to Auckland.

Prince William of Wied is not the first member of his family to leave the luxuries of civilisation for comparatively savage regions. His ancestor, Prince Maximilian of Wied, was one of the early explorers of the prairies and backwoods of North * America. His base was St. Louis, then a town with two streets and six »thousand inhabitants. Setting out thence, he lived for a considerable time among the Indians, who had a great respect for him because they believed that the spectacles which he wore enabled him to road the secrets of their souls, • Prince Alexis Karageorgevich, who has taken up his residence in America with his American bride, who was Mrs Huger Pratt of Cleveland, is a claimant to the throne of Servia. He fought ,in the ranks of the Servian army as an enlisted man in the war . with the Turks. The ’ prince is a cousin of King Peter of Servia, and asserts that he is entitled to the . throne. Following the assassination of King Alexander and Queen Draga and the accession of King Peter. Prince Alexis was exiled to Paris. Ho lived there until the Balkan war.