PERSONAL NOTES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7881, 25 July 1905, Page 2

PERSONAL NOTES.

Mr J. Smith, of the Imperial Ho- ] tel, left for Wellington yesterdav morning to attend tho Licensed Vio tuallers' Conference. Mr Smith is tho delegate for the Taranaki branch. Mr C. ,1. L. WrisJierg, one of the most successful dairy factory managers in the colony—for several years in charge of the Normanby Company's business—has returned to the colony, after : a visit to Denmark and i'-ngltin-l. Mr Wrisberg is'now rcpretenting the Anglo-Continentfil Produce Company, Ltd., of London. Mr Pedersen, the Danish Pairy Kxipert of the Dairy Commissioner's stair, who intends leaving the Government servic to take up a posjttom in the Argentine, is at present lyliu rather seriously ill in a private hospital at I'alinerston North. Mr Edwin Hall (AucklunU) hasten ■ip|).)intud permanent secretary of the annual conferences of the Ag'riciiltur.l Associations. A hearty vote of thanks was accordiSi to Mr M. Murphy, of Christc lurch, the ex-secretary, for his pj:ist services. Mr W. Jatiucs, Government Canning Expert, has returned to from trie North, where he conducted n series of lectures and addresses. Ue will remain at bead quarters for some time, niter which he will commence 1 lccturing-tour of the principal'fruit irc-di:cing districts in the Sout'.i! 'island. Mr .1. P. Mnlan. a well-known farmer of the Western Districts of Cape Colony, reached Wellington by the lonic. He. intends to tour New Zealand from North to South and iivestigato its agricultural and pastoral conditions. In an introductory letter from D. Jain, ospn. Premier of Cape Colony, which Mr Mnlan bears to the Hon. T. Duncan, Minister of Agriculture, the doctor nientilxns that Mr Mallan is one of the most pro-,'i\.s.-iive in th 'western 'districts, and that the result's of his observations will be watched for with interest by nil t/Ve agriculturists and pasioniiists of those districts. iMr Malan speaks of tile present prospects of his district as being poor, though good rains wore lktely experienced. The effects of the war are still in evidence, and there is still much leeway to be mado up.