PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 4 December 1907, Page 2

PERSONAL.

llr. D. Cuddie, Dairy L'uiumwSioiK'l', is uii u visit to Taranaki. -Mr. Vi'. Moukhousc, of Stratford, purposes paying a visit to Hie Old Country ;it an early date. Dr. Poniarc, Health OJliccr to the Maoris, who lias been attending to the sanitation of Parihaka during the recent Ungi, and since then visiting some oi ilie inllucnza-strieken natives, lias re- 1 tiii-iiei] to Wellington. The J lon. W. Jiall-Jones, .Mrs. Hall- < •lonc.-i, and .Miss Hall-Jones will leave c Uuidoii- for Wellington by the Coriuthic on l;ith December. The sleamer is due on 28th January. A cable message received by the Premier stales thai .Mr. Hall-Jones is in good health. The death occurred at Wnitara yester'liiy «f an old settler in the person of

Mr. John Kelly, at the age of S2 years. < ile came out to the colony forty or liHy years ago, and took part in' the laranaki wars. For a number of years he farmed at fluira.ngi. Deceased wiis unmarried. The funeral takes phfce this afternoon, ' Mr. Torcpiil Vavasour Mackay, who has been connected with the Napier staff of the Lands and Survey Department for about two and a half years, hue received notice of transfer to the New Plymouth office, for which place he left by Uie express train. Prior to Mr. Mackay's departure, the staff' of the Napier ollice met him in the board-room and presented him with n smoker's outlit, as a slight token of their esteem. Mr. 11. Trent, Commissioner of Crown Lands, made the presentation, and in a I few appropriate words voiced the regret of (he whole staff at Mr. Mackay's departure. The recipient suitably responded. Mr. Mackay's successor will be Mr. Harding, of the New- Plymouth office—Hawkes Bay Herald.