PERSONAL NOTES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7933, 23 September 1905, Page 2

PERSONAL NOTES

Mr Lome (says the Elt'ham Argus) who has been connected with the Borough Engineer's office for some time, and has supervised the laying of the greater portion of the water and drainage works, has joined the Government service and leaves for New I'lymouth to-tlay. Mr W. G. Linthoin, late of Bristol, England, who has had a long and varied experience in the boot trade, both in ..the manufacturing and retail branches, has purchased the A.B.C. Boot and Shoe Company's business in Devon Street Central. Mr Harry Good, one of the owners of the racehorse Mauiapoto, has returned to Hawira from Sydney. He attributes Maniapoto's defeat in tW Epsom Handicap to the fact that Soult's son was shot with light aluminium plates, which caused him to slip on the Irani ground. In the Metropolitan Handicap the horse was shod diiletently. Soult's son has been sent to Melbourne for the Cup race, it has not yet been decided, whether Manianoto will start in th.f Caul field Cup. Mr Ogiet has been selected from among fourteen applicants for the position of Town Clerk at Ing,ewood.

We learn that Adjutant Dickens.whoj was one of those injured in the Devon Street bolting episode, has made a good recovery, and is now able to get about. The little girl Butterworth, who sustained injuries to Iter chest on the same occasion, is progressing sat isfaclorily. Mr D. O'Sullivan, who recently left the hospital'after a severe illness, has proceeded on a trip to Wellington to recuperate. He will return to business in about six weeks' time. The friends of Mr Bernard Boyhan will learn with regret of his lie?th, which occurred at the residence of Tiis stepson, Mr W. Christie, on Thursday evening, after a short illness. The deceased, one of our hand of respected veterans, had passed the allotted span, being aged 77 years at tlie time of his death. He was a member of the OSth Regiment, with which he served in ih<* Maori war. After leaving the Army, he fought as a volunteer, and at the conclusion of hostilities, took up farming pursuits in the Tikorangi district. At a later stage he came to New Plymouth, where he resided, with the exception of a period spent in the Opunakc district, up to the time of his decease. He leaves a widow and several step-children. Mr A. E. Sykcs is away on a business tour, which will occupy some weeks.