Personal Notes

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 152, 1 July 1904, Page 2

Personal Notes

Miss Govett Is a passenger for New Zealand from London by the P, and O. Mongolia, which arrived at Freman tic yesterday. Colonel Bloomfleld Gougih, who participated in tho battles of Belmont and Enslin, South Africa, was killed, a London cable message states, in a carriage accident at Kelso, Sir Arthur Rutledge, who has been summoned to form a now Ministry in Queensland, was Attorney-General in the Philp Ministry which was succroded by the Morgan party last September, Sir Arthur is a native of New South Wales. He was called to the bar in 1878, and at different times has represented the electorates of Enoggera, Kennedy, Charters Towei's and Maranoa, in the Queensland Parliament. He was one of the delegates to the first Federal Convention held in Sydney in 1891. An unostentatious visitor to Wellington during the past few days, says the Times, has been Professor William A. Sctchell, Professor of Botany to the University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A. Every seven years this gentleman is given twelve months' leavo of absence, which he usually employs in botanical studies in different parts of the world. On the present occasion he elected to spend part of his holiday In New Zealand, a decision which he by no means regrets. Professor Sctchell was a passenger from New Plymouth to Auckland by the Wainui on Wednesday. Before leaving tho colony it is his intention to tour that picturesque part of New Zealand to the north of Auckland. He is Hooked to return.to CaliforniaKtf the Ventura, which leaves Auckland for San Francisco on the 22nd p' - v" - Sir Mauratv. "D'Rourke, ox-Speaker of the House of Representatives,who has been called to the Upper lloubc, was born in 1830; was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, where be graduated B.A. in 1852. In the same year ho emigrated to Victoria and two years later settled in New Zealand, 'being called to the bar In 1868. He was Speaker of tho Auckland Provincial Council from 1865 to 1876, and for some time DeputySuperintendent. In 1871 ho succeeded Mr Carloton as Chairman of Commute in tho House of Representatives. He occupied the position of Secretary for Crown Lands and Min-is-tor for Immigration in the Waterhouse, Fox, and Vogel Ministries (which were, in effect, the same Ministry), from October, 1872, to August, 1874, when l , not being able to agree with Mr Vogel'B (after Sir Vogol) project to abolish the provinces, ho resigned. Under the Piw miership of Sir George Grey he was appointed to tihe Speakership of tho House of Representatives in July, 1879, in succession to Sir William titzherbert, an office that he held to 3'JO, and again from 1894 until he las defeated by Mr Kirkbrtda at th» 305 elections.