PERSONAL NOTES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7803, 20 April 1905, Page 2

PERSONAL NOTES.

Judge Kettle, who has been on an extended holiday in the South, has returned to Auckland,

Mr N. Alfred Nathan; 1 ' who hus! been on a visit to Europe, has returned to Auckland.

King George of Tonga is expected to puy a short visit to Wellington before returning to the Islands. Mr 11. Okey, chairman of the Taranaki Counts' Council, announces that he will bo a candidate at the next general election, Mr F. D. Bourkc, of the Cable Company's staff at Cable Hay, has been transferred to the company's station at Adelaide. Messrs 11, Faull and J. Wade were at Tuesday's meeting re-appointed as the Taranaki Board of Education's representatives on the Hoard ol School Commissioners.

Mr T. A. Pctcrkin, Locomotive Engineer of the Napier-Wellington section, who is retiring from the service, was entertained by the Napier employees and presented with a memento of esteem.

Captain J. W. lloldcrort, fornierlv of the County Hotel, Stratford, has been appointed chief officer of the four-masted barque Inverness-shire, which i\, loading coal at Newcastle for Valparaiso. Mi- George Harrison, of Maylield, Canterbury, has just threshed a 1 fiacre paddock of Carton outs, which yielded 147 bushels to the acre. This is believed to be a record for tfiis colony { The Hoard of Trinity College of Music, London, announce the appointment of Mr Alfred Mistows.ki; .Mus. H. Oxon., as the examiner for the College in New Zealand and Tasmania this year (1903) in practical subjects—pianoforte, organ, violin, singing, and violoncello.

Dr. Henry Goldstein, an " old boy " oi tho Auckland Grammar School, who Went to Edinburgh six years ago to complete bis modica'l studios, died at Crook, Newcastle-oni-Tyne, a few days ug<>, at the early age of Uvonty-Uiree year.?. He was the younger son of ila'jbl Goldstein, of Auckland.

Mr Unpaid Mcl'iier.son, president of the Bunedin Commercial Travellers-' and Warehousemen's! Association, left for Sydney by the Woißore on Saturday to represent 'his association at the conference of affiliated associations- to bw held in Sydney "in a few days,Lady Morphett, the widow of the late Sir John Morphett, a name well known in the early history of South Australia, has just celebrated her ninetieth birthday. Lady Morphett is a memlber of the w<»11-known I-'i: her family, who, thiity years ago, were celebrated on the turf, of Yic-j-oija. Of Lavl.y Morphea's ' brothers and sisters, Mr James Fisher, who resides in ICugluml, was eightv-olidi t years old last birthday ; Mr C, It. Fisher, of -Melbourne, is In his eigh-ty-seventh year : Mrs John .lames, who is living in London, is eightvono years of age ; Miss Fisher,' who resides with Lady Morphet t, is seven-ty-eight ; Mr Hurtle Fisher, o( Melbourne, celebrated Ws hevimiv-fourth birthday 0 (t February 27th ; and Mrs Palmer, who lias been a resident of New Zealand for forty-nine, years, ia sixty-eight years old! The combined' ages of the seven living umiiiboi'«t «< the FisJieV faindy thus total iive lumdre,d and years.