PERSONAL NOTES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7819, 11 May 1905, Page 2

PERSONAL NOTES.

Mr Symes, M.11.R., is now touring the Palea electorate and delivering addresses.:

Dr. Mason, Chief Health Officer, is visiting Oamnru, Timaru, Dunodin, ind Invercargill on departmental lousiness.

Mr T. W, Glover, the well-known temperance lecturer, who spent ten years in New Zealand, died recently ut Portland, U,S,A, Mr C. J. ReakcTv Assistant Chief Government. Veterinarian, is 'on a visit of inspection' to the Taranaki district.

While Mr 11. S. Izard, solicitor, was gutting into his gig at Martinborough (Wairarapa) G n Sunday, he fell against the vehicle, breaking, two of his ribs.

Mr 11. H. Ostler, Associate to his Honour the Chief Justice, ivas on Saturday morning admitted by his Honour as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court.

Donald Stuart, who is: regarded as one of Otago's best forwards, and who was chosen as a membes of the team to tour. England, has had to abandon football under medical advice.

At the Mayoral installation ceremony at Gisiborne the veteran Mayor of Gisborne, Mr John Townley, announced that he hud been on the Borough Council since 1877. This is probaWy a record.

Mr Wii'lliarn C. Kensington, Undersecretary for Lands, arrived in New I 'lymouth last night, in connection with the Ngatimutgnnga Commis•ion, which opens to-day. Messrs A ' s ; Killich and P. Ilorlihy, who ale acting as reporter and interpreter, respectively,, accompanied Mr Kensington.-

An old colonist, Mrs James Darker ,°.t , ala l'oi on Sunday. With ■H'r late husband Mrs Darker arriv- ■ w l. Jjyttelt °n in the ship Cressv ■>he had completed about fifty year's ics,e nee ' n . 'he colony, and claims to be the first European woman to lake up her permanent residence at kaiapoi. it was in h c r house thai the Methodists ami Presbyterians held their tirst services in Kaiapoi. Ihe deceased was eiglity-seven years 'il age. She leaves ten children, 37 chT/d ren Bnd 2!{ S.'eat-gra.>d-