PERSONAL NOTES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7713, 16 January 1905, Page 2

PERSONAL NOTES.

Ilcce-int advices state that Sir Alfred CaUtnaa, Speaker of the Legislative Council, is in a very critical slate of health. Mr W. I'\ Massey, leader of the Opposition (says the Otago Daily Tiimcsi) will visit Iho South after Easter t(!me, and address puilvJic meetings on; political matters in Dimcdin and one of the injaad towns. Word ; was received in Australia last week that His Holiness the Pope luvd received the Kov. John Fcehun, of Oatlands, Tasmania, and had sent special salutations and his photograph to Archbishop Murphy, of Xlobart. At St. Augustine's Church, Napier, on Wednesday, Mr Percy Wright, of New Plymouth, was married to Miss Alice Clack, youngest daughter of that late Mr It. Clack, of Melbourne. The llev. C. L. Tuke was the' ollieiating clergyman. Sergeant Twomey, who Ims been stationed with the Wellington police for the past three i years, formerly in charge at Opunake for some years, has been ordered to transfer to Onchunga. Constable 0. Hastie, of Pahialua, will fill the vacancy at Wellington. Mr J. W. IVitchard, who for some time past- 'has 'been local mtfinafevr for; the Dresden Piano Company, was on Saturday morning the recipient of several valuable presents from well-wishers in this* district. The presentation was made 011 account of Mr Pritcliard's retTrcment from the linn's employ, in order to take up a position in Manchester, EngI'^nglaml. Ncwa comes from Dunedin of tho death at Milton of Thomas AUchin-, who for many years was connected witli the printing trade in Otago. Deceased, who succumbed to acute pneumonia, was a widower, about seventy-five years of age. Ue fought in the Crimea war, and in tlie Indian Mutiny campaign, where he snlTei-cd a permanent injury to one of his legs.. After 'being associated with various printing ventures throughout Otago, deceased became manager of the Bruce Herald, a post which- he occupied for a number of years, until in 1899 he decided to start as a jo-b-priiiier on his own account jn M.tiUon ( . .Latterly he carried on business under the name o.'f .Vilehin and Urantv'having admitted Mr Charles L. (J rant to partnership i n 1901. Mr AUchin was a pi'ominemt bowler for a "quarter of a century.