PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 312, 9 January 1908, Page 2

PERSONAL.

Mr E. Pridliam, principal at the Mew Plymouth High benoot, leaves witli Airs Prnjham this morning for Wellington, en route to Australia and England, lie will be absent on leave for about u year. 11l regard to the recent change in the proprietorship of the London Times, it is interesting to note that Mr Cyril Arthur Pearson, who is the new blood ill the concern, first joined the stiff of auother great newspaper owner, Sir George Newnes, and rapidly rose to the position of maiager. He occupied it for tour years, and then left to start Pearson's Weekly. He made a rapid supcesg of tftis, and followed it with Home Notes, Pearson's Magazine, p 0 ral Magazine, Novel Maguuu, M.A.P., Rapid Review, and other periodicals. He' started the Dally Exprew, a halfpenny London morning paper, Ja 1900; and since then founded the North Mail and Evening Mail in Ncwc«»tie-on-Tyne, the Gazette and Express fa Birmingham, the Evening Despatch la (b* same citv, and has acquired the oontrollinp interest in the .Standard. The Evening Standard he has amalgamated with the St. .Tames' Gazette, whieh was already tinder his control.