PERSONAL NOTES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7966, 1 November 1905, Page 2

PERSONAL NOTES

A painful accident happened to Mr Officer, of Stratford, on Thursday, when he was severely scalded by the I'alliinp; oi a kettle of boiling water. Tliii injured man is under the car'!' of l)i: Paget. It is exptctid it will lie some time before he is about again-.

forty fritnds of Messrs W. A. liowie and P. McNab, of the Stratford office of the Public Works Hepar I men I, who are leaving the district, assnnbled in the County Hotel on Saturday evening to wis,i them goodbye. j\lr W. <!ray, wlin has been appointed principal of the Wellington Training College for Trade.rs, wis educated at Wairuna Public School, passin?) tlu> highest standard in IKN2, at the age (|l- 12 years, and remaining until lie was l-i years old, working al secondary subjects. !n ISji-l lie Was appoitili'd a pupil livelier al Dunedin and linislicd his course in 1887, gaining a Trinity College Bursary. The following year he attended training college classes, commenced his University course, and enlil 18!)7 occupied different assistant shirs at Dunedin schools, pass-mg from the lowest' grade to (lie highest, and gaining the 11.A. and M.A. degrees. In 1897 lie was chosen by the Otago Ivducation Hoard to fill the position of vice-principal of the Training Collegit and Normal Schj-jwl (5511 scholars). This position lie held until tho Hid of 1901. lie also supervised the Model School, and took part -in the ■general oversight or the. students. While vice-principal he gained the H.Sc. degree, awl undertook a postgraduate course in zoology. In 1902 lie entered the service of the Wauganui Education Hoard as head master of the Palmcrston District/ High School, and eventually worked up to Chief Inspector of .Schools. During 1904 and 19115 he visited the United States and Canada to 'investigate the methods nsed in three countries. The results of -his observations are contained in a pamphlet published on his letnin, "Some Aspects of Kduca-

lion' in America." The Premies' left Wellington oi: Tuesday evening for Christchurch.

Messrs Pikrtd and Bullol telate that on their visit to Timaru last

week in conucsi-ion with the building trade conference, the first 'hiiig that caught tho-ii -gaze in the Timaru Council Chambers was a fine photograph ol Mr George 'Cliffi builder and contractor, talf.n when lie was Mayor of that town over twenty yeurs ago, since wh.-n ha has resided in New Pi) mouth, and taken an active part in municipal affairs. Despite the kitg lapse of time, tlu visitors statu state that the photograph is readily recogiii»al,;le. The Rev. S. S. Osborne, of New Plymouth, has l:t:en nominal til by the Taranakt Presbytery for the position of Moderator of (he Genenal

I'resbyU-riaii Assembly of New Zealand. Mr J. Hawkins, who has c,)iid.:.-,led hotels in this district, has departed for W( l.'inntcn to take over ihc Metropolitan Hotel, 'vhicli he ncciitly purchased.

Mrs Nathaniel, Sutherland, who died at. Wellington en Friday, aged !)ll years, was one of tile pioneer settlers of the colony. She was born in Edinburgh on Sept. ;i, IXIS, and arrived in Wellington in the ship Stains Castle in January, IXII. Mrs Kutlieiland whs Wivic.' married, and leaves a son and daughter hy the lirsi marriage (Ml John Waters, ol Wellington, and Mrs James Bertram, of Devonporl, Aucklandi, and two sons hy the sec' on 1 niai'ci-ge (Messrs Nathaniel and Archibald Siit'heiland, of FordcJl Wanguiui). Th.re are 31 grandchildl'cji and 38 great-'g-randchildrcn. His Excellency ihe Governor is to give an official dinner in honour of the Kings Hinhday at Auckland ii: November 9, Given fine weather lb Governor and Lady Plunkel, with lln Hon. Kathleen ITunkel and Capl-iir Branhwaiic, A.D.C., will travel tc Auckland per motor-car, v| a Napiei laupo and Rolorua.

RitNtii|;fcjiiitf,,i-ms ihe Waitans Mail tlnii a pij-vcii l ost I,as < A vii slit cestui!}' wlal.lisl.til few,,:, the coal mines at Maryvilb aml Mokau n( , ;l(|s ine n.iils ere carrying mtssairi's as "",1 thanks" in a crca? »>™sn, v lo Mr L,.„ j ac , u , l;s , „„ 111 tell \vh i twer has occu rr-edI This Sir X-r s R '' 1 '- l bo °"' "H-ssa K , stales ihalt ii < <r 1 Clt ' rk in till' ost ofhcc therefor 17 years, is r.-tir- "!•" 011 a pension aflcr ii years' service, and was on Tuesday m-i'ienini by Iheiiiicirbcr.s of the staff of t| u . I<£. « d-istrict r , ollh ,. wjlli 11 ; Pr'c i if, t, ,nei ' servit-i'. Mr in which Id f i , i« "iiiiedi,], vice " 1 Wltmtl lh <' str-