PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 322, 23 January 1908, Page 2

PERSONAL.

•Mi .1. M. I'jiglisii has resigned (he st . c . runryship 0I Hi,. Aew Plymouth Rowing aml Rowing I'lub. Constaolc mease], who was badlv in.l'iri'd by a fullli.ji limb t iv<. , s -mi invalided, and suffer* much pain """ llllllv received, although the Post "" WS fOl ' ol "' ,ld I,avo liwilod.— .Mi Arthur Coxliead, formerly a rosiu! kapoiigii.. now of Whangamonioini. is about to pay a visit to the Old ""'I'.I'.V Tiler fifty years' absence, says st,,r - "e «w» by way of Sydney and Vancouver, and returns b the '.Suez route.

.Mi. ami Mis. w. Monklionse are to be publicly entertained at Stratford and presented with an illuminated address i i"' eK ' (,c l li "' tlll ' e f w England. .11. AlonUionse has been a member of l ie Stratford Comity Council, was'<nslriniienlal in th,> formation of the Ila I lord Ilospitiil District, and took a V-™ " U , CTO , sL 111 H''' Stratford District "I ».). and wasamongst the. pioneers 01 laranaki, carving out his home from tlie bush.

Sergeant Twmney, in charge of the (>t;ehunga police station, died on Afonday morning, after a brief illness. J)„. '•eased who was iitty years of age, was oniierly ln charge of the Opunake (lisnet. His remains are to be buried at I'eilding to-day.

Major-Gcneral Sir Arthur R. F. Dorward is at present visiting lloturua. (■(■ileal Dorward is on the stall' of the of South Africa. lie has had a distinguished military career, ami besides serving in the Afghan war being mentioned in despatches and receiving a special medal-he took part in the Burmese expedition, and later commanded Hie British, American, and Russian troops at Tientsin, when the oxers were defeated. He commanded the troops at Shanghai till -lime I'M)" and from 1003 till 11105 was in command' of the Straits Settlements.