PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 34, 1 June 1914, Page 4

PERSONAL.

The Hon. A. Samuel and Mrs Samuel, who have been on a visit to Japan, are due to arrive in Auckland tomorrow, where they will spend a fewdays before returning to Xew Plymouth. Mr R. F. Bollard, the sitting member for Raglan, has been unanimously chosen as the "Reform" candidate for next election, states the Press Association. The German Emperor takes great pride in a cannon of solid gold which he possesses, inlaid with precious stones. Its value, purely as a piece of jewellery, is set at £SOOO, and it is specially guarded. The trustees of the Hamburg Museum had previously cherished it for two centuries. Mr Allan J. Hill, the new secretary of the Stratford A. and P. Association, was introduced at the general committee meeting on Saturday by the president. Mr E. Jackson. Mr Jackson said Mr Hill could rely on the hearty support of all members of the Association, and he hoped he would boost the Association along and make the Show the best in the North Island. Mr Hill, in returning thanks, said he would do his very best for the Association and would certainly endeavor to make the Show the best in the Island. Mr P. Thomson, of Stratford, received a telegram yesterday informing him of the death of Mr Archibald Halliwell, brother of his partner, in Hawera, Mr Herbert Halliwell, who left for Auckland this morning. The deceased gentleman was aged about 45, and was on the staff of the Public Works Department in Auckland. The Press Association report from Auckland states that Mr Halliwell, whose age was about 35, was found at sis o'clock on Saturday morning in Albert Park in an unconscious condition with a fractured skull and abrasions to the arms and knees. The man was well dressed and his pockets contained a watch and gold chain, seven sovereigns, and a document from the Public Works Department. He was conveyed to the hospital, where he died later. A later message states that Mr Halliwell died without gaining consciousness, and that the indications pointed to death caused by hemorrhage of the brain as the result of a fracture of the skull caused bv a fall.