PERSONAL NOTES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7895, 10 August 1905, Page 2

PERSONAL NOTES.

Mr T. K. Skinner lias returned i'i>m Australia. Mr J. A. Thomas, for nine \ears tys Ix-on in tiic National Hank's Stratford branch, has received notice >f promotion to Wellington. Mr 10. J>, Benjamin, one of the managing ■directors of L. D. Nathan ami Co., Ltd., of Auckland, will avrive to-day on a few days' visit to New Plymouth'.

i u" nil ,' thu pri "'«toof New 51® land 'has heard tha't the Mister and ;:^ JWS »' MWafcn College, Caml)i idge, have Riven directions tlint. the bishop S family «rnis shall he emblazed on the Windows of the college

Mi- A. c. ]<oolces, of New Plymouth, and hm daughter. Miss Grace Fookes, hu\e, since their arrival in England, been visiting relations i n Bedford, Yorkshire, Eastbourne, and are now doing Lortdon, after which n, run will' 1)0 made to the Continent 1

Old residents, especially, will learn witb regret °f the death, at. the age of 78 of Mrs Kibby, relict of the late Levi Kibby, for the old lady bad made herself popular with one and all. The funeral will leave the residence of Mr Robert Kibby Molcsworth Street, for Te Henuj Cemetery, at 3.15 p.m. to-day.

' Ppdorscn. who has severed his connect ion with the Jtnirv l>ivisi (tf v of the IJepartment „f Affricnluiro. has been the recipionl of an appreciative testimonial Irom thi,. Chief flairv Commissioner (Mr Kinsella) iimi his staff accompanied , vil)l n Bold am) stonn eh'a, n ami albert. Mr IVdersen for the fast three 'weeks has been h--15. L " Hospital, w eie he has undergone an operation for Appendanti«. ]| c i m , H , s to , ))( , suf _ fkiently recovered to. 1.0 able to proceed to Denmark early next

Miss Nelli a Stewart met with' an accident while playing "Sweet Nell"' in fnvereargill. T n (lie second act.fn her bou(J)ii' interview with the King Stewart, with that abandon . characterises all her acting, tnicw hoi self Imckwnrirl, strucH rt chair tind fell somewhat Heavily. At first the aiwlienei; thought, the scene Ms in the play, l,„t it , |ll)( . kly evident that Miss Stewart was 'in distress, and lhe o „., nin WI(S ()| . ed. Ihe uncertainty and difmav of the audience wero emlo.l when the'ma linger appeared and airjounced thai Miss Stewart was-aide.to go„n. thu piny would proceed.

Mr Samuel Johnston, of Waipawa ,s d "« d . ae«l 79 years. Ho was a Very old identity of I!a\vkc>'s Hav, where ho held many positions of trust. Deceased, who was one of the or.k'St iK'Wspapor workors in ttt'nhmcl, camo out from .Knglnntl'wiU)' a numilHji- „f others to the AlhwMaml Settlement, north of Auckland, in and founded the AlnertHmd Cazetto. The paper originally appeared on shlidionrd. and was afterwards issued on en a montlv, The parents of Mr Justice Cooper were amongst th> first of the Albertland settlers, mid Mr Cooper, as a boy, nss-istH Mr Johnson at odd time-i iby rolling the type. l|i t.lie deceased went to Ufarliiorough, arvd founded tHc Express which ho Conducted for fifteen yearp. After a visit to England ho settled in AValpawa, wheee lie resided for twenty-two years. For a time *!-' was proprietor of (he Waipawn Mail. As one of the trials journalists had to face in the e a rly days, it mav I*' mentioned that Mr Johpson had t ft ; tramp to Auckland from A|bet'!llinrl Settlement- to replace a part of his printing press, the Journey occupying a week. Deceased, who was an ardent Libera! in politics, aful a prominont. Mason, had in hid time occupied positions on various local lmdies, including the Hawke's Bay Education Hoard. Mr V. Johnson, of the. Writing! op 'llostnl DepartiiWit, is ft Son ol the '4^^b4l