PERSONAL NOTES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 780, 24 March 1905, Page 2

PERSONAL NOTES.

King Kdward has remained indoors since his indisposition. A Court circular announces that he has improved. Mr W. C. Kensington, I'niler Secretory of Lands, has been appointed a member of the Land Purchase Commission. Sir George Clifford, Chairman of the llaeing Conference", and Lady Clifford were In New Plymouth on Thursday on their return trip, from Auckland to Chrislchurch. Archbishop lledwood, who returned to Wellington on Wednesday from a trip to Kurope, was last night welcomed back to the Archdiocese, and presented with an address and a purse of 000 sovereigns. To the regret of the wide circle of friends they have made during their four months' stay in New Plymouth, Mr and Mrs Alec Hill are returning to Wellington to-day. Mr Hill, who is one of a well-known and talented musical family, was warmly welcome I in musical circles, and during his visit gave his* services at several social and public functions-, his solids including vocal numbers of his own composition. It i« unders'iood that h's latest composition "Margorv,"" is now in the hands of trie publishers. Mr and Mrs Hill may poFsibly return and put in the winter here.

At the mooting of live ltorough Works Committee the 'Town Clerk mentioned that the recently appointed foreman, Mr Samuel Hooker, of Nelson, notified that he would take up his duties on the 27th insi. On MoitdaJ.- evening last, ;we Hetirn from the local Mail, Mr Hooker was given a -Venl-oli" by the Nelson Defence ItJlle Club, of which he was a committeeman and one of Hie lirst members, ahd presented with, a silver match box and a cigar caw. In thanking the company for tho gi/ti, the reeepient, who 'is evidently an int'husiasfjc rifleman, remarked thai he. would assist in forming a liille Club in Now Plymouth.

V'nder ihe heading of " who's who <m the hind Commission," M.H., a well-known writer on -tin" New Zealiiml Ili-rald, thus describes -Mr McCutihsni, the Taranaki commissioner :—Sir .McCiitclian iirst saw tJie light in County Longford, -10 years ago. 11-is father was a man of tin-ail!) in Ireland, mid young MeCutclvan, afUt pas-ing his examinations!, entered tin- Civil Service in London. Afterwards he was drafted into the War Office, but, being delicate in constitution, and of a nervous temperament, the doctors advised h*n to abandon ollice work. Accordingly. 27 years ago., ive Jiml him transformed from a War Office clerk to n pioneer in tlio b"Cic blocks of Xew Zealand, lie had a brother in liarclay's Hank', and another in the ten business in London. They, and his father n s well, came out and settled in New Zealand. Air McCutchan's lii-st experience on the land was not a lory -happy one. lie wont into pnrlnuiwhlp with two others', and in a Utile while he had the experience and ihey had the term. lie th-n had a turn at shovelling ironsand. but was nut strong enough for the work, and drifted into school teaching. Then, nothing daunted, he tackled the land again. Ills first 12 cows toost bim £l2O, but the trouble with the Taranaki Maoris then broke oul. and he sold then for half tin price he paid for thorn. Since tlv.'ii he has prospered, and is now the ocrupier of a freehold and <i hwld in the bush ronnlrv some <l(] milts east oi Sti Uiold whcie tlu w Iluniss oi woo-Is is b ng sul.du tl in tin ml lists ol th 'cttlu in of lie colom is a wluili It , s ,ii dent Lint hi his undo i close Hudi of the land question n n hich h I ikis a \ou kiui intiust On th Commission i, c puts ],| s ~„,,«J ot | with a diieumss an 1 <knilu& ( nj is loinmciilablo Ho will pjobalr, b Mini supporticg ft" tpft-Jwfo, dtfa££^ifejißaaiiMiteffiftß||||y T ,.