PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8011, 23 December 1905, Page 2

PERSONAL.

At the Kltham Borough Council meeting on Wednesday evening. Ihe following motion was unanimously passed.:—"That this Council learns with regret thai Mi' Mc,b,'ml is about to i;e(.ci' his (loiuicetion with, the

['• Argus " and the town, anil places it on record on Ihe minutes »f the Council that Mr Mcbeud has given every satisfaction in hi< reports of the Council's meetings and has shown every courtesy to the members." Mr Me Ijeod, who has made his mark in journalism, is joining the Takanaki Daii.v iS'fiws'st-.ilV, whiei( «ill be further strengthened h| the year •liy .Mr 0, M. Hill, for several vears manager of the " Waimale Witness."

Messrs Ainbury Bros., employees paid a surprise visit to Mr J. li. Honey, field's residence at Motnroa on Thursday afternoon, Mr Way making a presentation of au egg-cruel, to Miss Jessie H.oneylii'ld, who is leaving the linn to enter another sphere of life.

Xcws has been rccei\rd from Svduey o| |lje deall| nf i\lr.|ohi| Whilojey King, »l|o. ncar.lv a quart e,i: of acc.itfu.v !)ack \yas editor of the Taiian.iki kws, but for some time past has been secretary if the Pustora.lists' Association in Sydney. He was a son of Mi's Hawsoii, of ffew Plymouth, and Has well-known by all the old idenlitios here

Mr G. A. Burgess, manager of the Bank of at ilokitika, was the recipient of several presentations on Friday, oil the eve of his departure to Pahinttitt for to which jilace has been transferred.