PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81918, 5 March 1907, Page 2

PERSONAL.

A cable from London states that King Edward leaves London to-day on a visit to Biarritz.

Admiral Sir A. K, Wilson has been promoted to be Admiral of the FleetLondon cable.

It is officially announced that Mr C. IS. Button, of Auckland, has accepted the position of an Acting-Judge of the Supreme Court. He will probably act until the end of the present year at least

Miss E. Ingpen has resigned her position on the teaching stall' of the Inglewood school. Miss Mace, one of the teachers at Fitzroy, has also forwarded her resignation to the Education Board,

There is every probability of a contested election for the Eltham Mayoralty. Mr Geo. Tayler, who has occupied the mayoral chair since the inauguration of the borough will probably be opposed by Mr C. A. Wilkinson at the forthcoming election. A cable message from London announces that Sir Richard Henri Collins, Master oE Kolls. has succeeded Sir H. D. Day as one of the Lords of Appeal. Sir H. H, Cozen Hardy succeeded Sir It. H. Collins.

General regret is cxprcessed at Thames (says a Press Association message), at the death of Alfred Price, senior p-.rtner in the well-known firm of Price Bros., engineers, who have made the Thames famous for the quality and magnitude of their work. Deceased, who was held in high 'esteem, was ti'J years of age, and leaves a wife and grown up family lo mourn their loss.

A man named William Yoyie, about 33 years of age, and a former employee at the harbour, died at iloturosi on Sunday night, He had been in illhealth for a long time past, and had been a patient of the New Plymouth Hospital, which institution he insisted on leaving beforo lie was thoroughly recovered. He was again m a weak state at the end of last week, but he would noi be persuaded to re-enter the hospital. A'oyle has a brother, it is understood, at Pencarrow lighthouse,