Personal Notes.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 261, 8 November 1904, Page 2

Personal Notes.

Mr William (not John) Redmond has sailed on a visit to Australia. M. Paul Cassagmac, one of France's veteran statesmen, is doad„ at the age of 61 yearß. Private cables announce the birth of a son to Earl Itaauohainp, a former Governor of New South Walos. Mr \Y. Courtney, who has lately been In this district, was a passenger for the North by the Raraw ft last evening. A military funeral was accorded to ex-Trooper Show at Thames yesterday. Deceased was buried with full military honours. Ilia Honour Judge Edwaixis, who has been attending the sittings of the Ap|K>al Court, in Wellington, returned to Auckland by the Ila raw a last night. A cable message from London, received last night, says that a Sunday newspaper stated that the l'i'ince of Wales was consumptive, and that he toured the world on Sir Frederick Treves' advice. Lord Knollys, private secretary to King Edward, declares the story is an unmitigated and mischievous falsehood.

The highest marks recorded so far in New Zealand in the musical examinations being conducted at the various centres by Mr Graham Moore, representative of the Associated Hoard, have lu■en obi.tuned by Miss Violet Mcintosh, of Blenheim, who was a candidate in the singing division. She is credited with 148 out of a possible 150, and this is believed to be the lidgiiest marks ever gained in the colony.

Mr Tavornor, Victorian" Agwittonoral, is returning to ' Melbourne to answer Mr Sinclair's statements made before tha Butter Commission. Me declared h e believed that it was' a conspiracy on the part of certain persons to persecute him. Ho reg'aided tfie whole thing as a most con'fj-iii[)Lilj]e persecution, 'backed up l>y a few enemiVis, and it was a most, un-liritisli way. During his absence on the other side of the world he had never had the slightest interest ill tlie products handled by his department, and when Minister ho courted t'h 1 ,; fullest inquiry, ami had nothing to fear from the result. We (lhuvera Star.) regret to hoar that Mr K. -A. Adams, of Piatea, dial oit Saturday morning. Mr Adams, win) was born iai Wales, served his tiimo us an apprentice to the drapery trade in Liverpool, but ho was of too restless a disposition to sottlo down to business life at so earl.v an age. He was still not much more than a youtih when he came to New Zealand, and he soon found himself in one of the military lorces in tho Auckland district. He hod experience 'in the Waikato war, and subsequently came to Taranaki and served here. After a time he lelt she force and ;;ottlod down in I'atea, and built up a large business, which for some time had branches at Hawora and Elthiain. The history of Patea during the past 80 years is the story of Mr Adams' life during that time. Ho was a member of every local body, and to the fore ii every local movement. During the last year or so ho has suffered from bad 'health, and for some time it w-as only too apparent that he had not long to live.