PERSONAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 135, 29 May 1908, Page 2

PERSONAL

Whilst accompanying Sir Joseph Ward Southwards yesterday. "Mr. W. T. Jennings, JI.P., received iiitinntlioH that his lu'ollier. Jlr (J. Jennings, had died at Auckland. Jlr. Jennings went north by last night's steamer. Jlr. (!. 11. Schullield, of the New Zealand Times' stair, has been appointed Loudon correspondence editor of the Now Zealand Association Press, which comprises the New Zealand Herald, Evciiinj; Post, Christchureh Press, and Olajfo Daily Times.— Press wire. Jlr. 11. jlunro, inspector of stock, at Oh.u'.iwai. has been promoted to a senior position at New Plvmoulh. The New Zealand friends of Lady Dorothy Onslow will lesum with regret that slip is suffering from typhoid fever, away from England (writes a London correspondent under date llith April). Lady Onslow returned from Valeseure to London hist week, leaving her daughter at Valeseure, hut in consequence of the receipt of the news of Ladv Dorothy's illness she. immediately relumed thither. Lord Onslow and the linn. liuport and Liidy Cwondoleii lliiinliess followed as sunn as possible. It is hoped that favorable news of I lie patient will shortly reach England, for Lady Dorothy is very popular among her friends. A communication from Mie Archbishop of Canterbury to the Governor ol Fiji stales that f'iio (lev. T. 0. Turtchell, vicar of All Hallows, has been appointed Missionary Bishop of Polynesia, lie will minister'ln the members'of the Anglican scattered over the inlands which have no episcopal supervision. His ijiiai'lcrs will probably be Fiji. lie will have, three ordained clergymen, and in addition to ministrations to the white people, will engage in mission work among the Indian coolies and other imported laborers. He is to exercise the greatest care not to touch the work of the Wcsleynns or London Missionary Society on any of the Island*. H is announced (hat under the will of Mr-. Klizabeth Watson, of Pultoueyslreel, Duth, who died on Kith March, provision is made, subject to certain contingencies, for establishing a fund 'in lie known as "The Klizabeth Watson Fund." under the control of the Bishops of New Zealand, with delegates of one clergyman and one layman from each diocese, for the purpose of allocating pensions to clergymen who have served in I lie. diocese on reaching the age of o\j years. No annuity to any clergyman is to exceed .UJOO. A seeoiid object of the fund is to provide annuities iiot ox-

ccedlng £V>{) to tliu widows nf clergy ami annuities to their orphans. The U'sliitiir was 1 In: relict of .Mr. Kobert WaUson, formerly resident in Christchurch, X't-w Zealand.