PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 54, 22 February 1908, Page 2

PERSONAL.

-Mr. li. !•'. Gibbons, resident iii^j<i- 1 -..ir i ol iliu Jiank of New /.calami at Wciiing- i luii, ia resigning ins position to become I a partner in tlic linn of BanaiM and | Abraham, Palnierslon North. Lieut. Held, the judge of liie Band Contest, arrived by the mail train night from Wellington. His Kxcclleiiey the C.uvernor and parly left Wellington by I lie Maori la.-l night for Lyttelton. There they join the. Tutanekai and proceed further" south by her.

licv. Made, president of the Method- i ist Conference, arrived in town last j night, and is staying here for the day, leaving to-night for Auckland to aileihl the conference next week. | Mr. lien. Wells, who has Iwen for many years accountant at the Taranaki Meal Bazaar, is leaving on a holiday tour of Australia, and yesterday Mr. .1. Harvey, on behalf of the staff at the three shops, made him a present of a pipe and pouch, filled, and ready for duty, in wishing Mr. Wells a pleasant ■holiday and a safe return, Mr. Harvey mentioned that some of the staff had worked with the recipient for over twenty years, and all could testify to j his many good qualities. Mr. Wells suit-

ably acknowledged the gift, and the gathering dispersed after the singing of "lie's a ,lo]|y flood Fellow."