Personal Notes.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 59, 14 March 1904, Page 2

Personal Notes.

The .Premier, who hns been touring Outgo, returned to Dunedin on Saturday evening.

Kev. HerU'aiii, of Tlawera, conducted the services in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church yesterduv.

According to present arrangements the I'reniier will he buck in Wellington next Wednesday morning. Air A. \V. Budge, of Stratford, who has been slaying for a oouple of (lays in New Plymouth, returns to Stratford this morning.

Uev .1. Clover, I lie Primitive Atethoilist minister in charge of the Stratford circuit, is spending a few days in New Pl\mouth.

The .Methodist Conference has appointed Kev. .J. i'endray to Wail urn. Kev. \\. (Jrillin to Stratford, and Kev. l». .Marten to Opunake.

We regret to leatu of the death of Airs K. Snowball, of Old t.'arrington Koad, who passed away on Saturday after a long illness. Mr .lames 11. H. CoaU'S. general manager of the National Hank, leaves on a trip lo F.nglaml by the White Star liner Athenic on the iWth prox.

A deputation of burgesses of Wellington is lo wait upon the lion. T. liislop to request him to consent to nomination for the Mavorallv oi Wellington. In last, week's (lazette notice o( the following appointments appears: —Mr -John William Thurston, a ranger of Crown lands for Taranaki ; .Mr Frederick A. Cullen, a receiver of land revenue at Taranaki.

Mr C. Beckett, until recently editor and proprietor of the Mannevirke Press, has made arrangements to establish a new daily paper, the North Auuklaiid Press, at l>argnville a rising town in the north of the Auckland province.

Lord Jiani'urly will take his departure from New Zealand on May 21st. His Kxcellency goes lirst lo Sydney, thence to his estates at Mildura (Nictorin), am! leaves Australia by the Vancouver .steamer from Brisbane.

iMr C. J. Hewlett, of the magistrate's Court stall', Wellington, has been appointed Clerk of I he Court at .Stratford, vice Mr J. B. Stonoy, who is retiring, owing to tho age limit regulation after about, 'it years' service. Mr Hewlett will be succeeded at Wellington by Mr Dixon, of Invercaririll.

The Mayor of Wellington, Mr J 0 Aitken, M.H.K., will not seek re-elec-Hon to the mayoralty. He informed tile City Council the' other evening that he wus not feeling as well as he would like to feel, ami Ins private ■H" I public business were proving something of a bur,leu. Councillors icceived (lie intimation with expressions of regret Mr Aitken has blvn » the Mayoral Chair oi Welliiitfton lor lour successive years

lin,. ~, ' lu ' visitors 10 Welngton ate Lieutenant-tic,leral Sir Uttel \ iveash Tanner, K.C.8., and Ludy 1 aimer who are engaged upon a tout ol the colony. Lieutenantei'eral I aimer was born in 18:S2, and entered the army in 1850 He was crenled u knight in 1882, and in the same year married Bessie the daughter of Mr U. Finder. He'served in the Indian Mutiny in 1858 and rn Ai'Hjhnniwtnu in 1878-80, in which later campaign he was mentioned In despatches. In |8»B he commanded a brigade in Kgvpt, and was again mentioned in despatches He was then appointed to the command ol the division of the Indian army, whivh he retained during 'lie years 188:1-88, and in 1802 was promoted lo a lieutenant-gener-alship.