PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81912, 27 December 1906, Page 2

PERSONAL.

llr ,1. 11. Uov ami his wife left for ' Christehnrch vcsCrdav. j A cable from |.„n,i,>„ states the: ! Mi- Nellie S! -.car;, ill • v.cil-I.i:v.v:'i , aclve-s. Is ncvciiiie: from an onerr- I lion for tin 'on ih- shoulder.' i The lion. ('. Kowhi-. Minister for ild'-ci.lion. and ih- llou. I): Fiedle.v. Allorney-Ccuera!. are in Auckland. Mr ilenrv Vats. „f iiine street. \<-,v Vly.-.iouth. which occiriv.l .. iriy on brld'-'" laipent'er on tile railways."' lie . a fortnight ago with typhoid . which afterward* assumed an ..-iitc form. The y„ung feh'ow—he was but :il vcav, < f age- -leaves a wife and three children, for whom ■ real sviiipaih'.' is l'eit. The funeral Uiifeu.'h the Minister for Railways I imd public Works (the Hon. \V. Hall- ! Jones) is as usual attending to his I duties, he is far from well. lie has : .-oi been able to shake oil' the eil'ects ' of the illue--, (the Wellington Tost . say,-) tiiat ci niined him to his bed ■ toward.-; tile eic.se of last session, llis . medical advisers have ordered him to lake a complete rest for some weeks, . but apparently lie cannot see llis way j clear to spare hiiuseif in any way, and consequently his health shows no signs of improvement.

.Mr F. ll.'lJrittain, of the (Stock Department, together with his wife and family arrived in New Plymouth on Monday. Mr Urittain will take charge of the New Plymouth district under the Deiiaruncnl. Un Saturday afternoon .Yir 11. Clifton, on behalf* of the Auckland Department, presented Mr JSrittain with a splendid framed enlargement of the nii'inhers of the stab'. and after referring to the good feeling that had always existed between Ihe .-dull' and Mr iiriltain concluded by wishing him every success in his new siihere.

Following is the. Terminus Hotel's \;i.-iioii' |lif|t during the holidays: ylcssrs iloliertsou (.Mahoenui), Aitken. I'arkes (2, U'anganiii), McWil. liaim, and family (llawera), Harry (L'hi'islcliiircii), Harding (Chliist church), Clay, lissc and family (South Taraunki) Clarke (Mahoeiiu'i), Stevenson, Jury and family (llawera), Harford (Itaholu), McKay, Thompson (Awakino), Corbett, Okato), McTavish (Wellington), Cooper (Stratford), Cosgrove, ltobertson, l'oley, Aitkcu, Wood, O'Lcary, Jessop; Misses Porder (2, Waiiganui), Saleks (2, South Taranaki), Mrs Diamond and family (Waiiganui).

The liev. Father Barrel', who preached at 61. Joseph's on Xmas Day, was a passenger by yesterday morning's express for Napier.

\Ye understand that it is the intention of ;Ur J. Upton to embark in business in Wnnganui. The New Plymouth business will bo conducted by Mr J. W. Upton, jr, Mr E. Docknll, the Mayor, had the misfortune to break his right thumb yesterday, through the jambing of a window. Despite the jceident he was at his post as usual at last evening's festivities.

At the Omata Anglican Church on linxiug Day, the marriage was solemnised of Miss Ivy Whitehead (daughter nf Mr Whitehead, of Spotswood) and Mr Sydney Murray, of Wellington. The liev. P. G. Evans olliciatcd. The happy couple left in the afternoon for Wellington, where thev will reside. Hon. J. A. Millar visited the Sailors' Home at Auckland last night, and was entertained there by the Council of the institution. He expressed pleasure at the good work being done by the Home, and also spoke of the need of improving the

accommodation for seamen, and bettering their condition generally, if it was desired to remove the present reproach as to the larae number of foreigners in our mercantile marine. Mr Millar lands in Wcllingon on

Friday. Amongst the visitors at the Criterion Hotel arc:—Mr and Mrs O'Neill, Messrs Greaves, Coi'rigr.u, E. Cooper, O'Connor, A. Alexander, Gray, R. 1.. llclliie.- and Goodwin (ITawera), Mr Sjmes (Siraiford), Messrs Best, Gorman, Dalton, ami Pollock (Wavcrley), Messrs A. Wood and Merrine (Hawke's Bay), Mr S. McGuincss. (I'renui), Mr Carter (JHtintervillc), Messrs Godfrey, Richards, Davis and .IJelaroy, Mr and Mrs Brittain and faniliy. The following visitors are domiciled

at llio While Hurt Hotel:—Messrs Lawrence, Oxford, Jacebi, Henderson, Jones, Bairn 1 ?, Nixon, Delcher, Gilbert,

Tobin, M.ackie, Pike, Lomas and Neame (Waneanui), .Mr and Mrs Hohlsworlh (New Plymouth), Messrs Oadley, Le Grove, Horroeks, Larkie, Palmer, Abbotl, Young, Woodlionse, Ahereromine, Abraham, Mr and Mrs .Miller, Mr and Mrs Quick, Miss

Wilson and Mr and Mrs Davis (Wellington), Mr Kicharda (Palniorslon North), Mrs Simpson (Auckland), Messrs Umlsc Gordon and Mitchell, (Manaia), Miss Bishop, Miss Mc--1 Poor-son, Mcs-rs Lynch, Ccrroy, Nicholson, Chisholm, B-enucdy, Merrinian, Darleyman, Council, Quum stud (lorringe, Mr,'nnd Mrs Forster (Ilawera), Mr, Mrs and Miss Evans (Tasmania), Messrs Budge, Archer, Mrs Paget (SU'atforcl), Miss Marie Narelle, Miss usher, Messrs Fenttee, (Jottle, Watkins, MeConuell and ft emus.