PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 94, 9 April 1908, Page 2

PERSONAL.

'Uie death is announced of Sir Howard p "ft?- 5 cable. Fii i '?' t,onnt ' V olerk . »"d Mrs. Mils leave this morning for Wemiwton 7 wute to Christchuvch and tl u West CWst of the South island. Wcbt the Dunedin University Council vos■,te f "J 11 v T Mpre«»tativß on the Seni>re svl LBlVew,t y * N ™ Zcaland.--

Mnil,l f r ' "' hU tour of tenhv fe ' rewlM!d fromweU y,e Sll«.i. Air n "'" S by tho Jlon. Mr. Duncan and Messrs. Barclay, well l ' h "' , aud W ' FrMer - Afc 0»m-----Ji. Mc\.ab and .Mr. (;. Uiircnaou, M.V. the Ministers received several deputation* on local n,atter>.-i<re Ss w ire! Uptam Herbert j,. Da Costa succeeds U| an, J. i,. j iri( i S(m t0 tho comniand id the Challenger this month. Captain Ua Costa has an experience of naval life -'Mending over thirty years, and is very <een on gunnery. Me saw practical A«ik in this department at the smasU"S")' ot Aral,, s defenee of Alexandria, ;nilst a midshipman of the old ironclad '"l'l'vb. Captain Da (.Vista also commanded the Pyladcs on the Australian tation, 1002-03

i.eneral Sir Drurv Curaon DrnryUnve is dead, lie entered the Army in 18.il, at the age of 24. He served in the Crimea i„ 185:>, and in the Indian Mutiny in 1858 and 1851). He commanded the regiment which eonducted the I Zulu campaign of 187!); in 1881 he served in South Africa as a cavalry commander. lie distinguished himself in the Egyptian campaign of. 188» j n which he commanded a cavalry division His services were rewarded"with rti» J ».■ of K.GB. and the thanks of Douses of Parliament,