PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 20 December 1907, Page 2

PERSONAL.

Colonel Davies, Inspector of New Zealand forces, is expected to arrive in New Plymouth to-day or to-morrow. The llcv. Mr Kickaby, newly-appoint-cd vicar of the Church of England at , luglcwood, has taken up his duties. The Rev. Mr. Evans and ill's. Evans arrived back in New Plymouth liy last night's mail train, and were warmly welcomed by their friends. .Mr Morrison, manager <3f the Moturoa Freezing Work*, was injured in an accident on the Kclburue tramline, Wellington, oil Wednesday afternoon. Oi.e jf his feet was badly crushed by a car, md 1)1'. Holmes had to amputate three )f bis toes. The foot was lacerated ,-ery much, and a severe operation was iccessary. ilr Morrison ■»'»» also ladly bruised about the body. The Wellington Harbor Board lias iccedcd to the request of the Victorian iovernment that Mr W. Ferguson, the board's engineer, should be allowed to ;o over to Melbourne and report for he Victorian Government on a scheme or the improvement of thejrort _of Iclbourne. ' A cable message received yesterday norning at Ghvistchurch announced the ieath in Paris of Mr J. a Wilkin, inanging director of the LytteUou Times and a well-known figure in commerial and newspaper circles in Christhurch. Mr Wilkin was born in Lonlon in 1843, and arrived in Lytteltou n March 1851. He entered the office of lie Lyttelton Times in 1856, and sias teen associated with that journal evei ince. _