PERSONAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 296, 9 December 1908, Page 3

PERSONAL

The Rev. D. Gib!, has been elected •Moderator of the Wellington Presbytery.—Telegram. Mr. •!. 11. MacFwan, principal of the firm of J. 11, MacKwan and Co,, was in New Plymouth yesterday, together with Mr. D. J. McGowan, manager of the linn's Auckland branch.

Mr. John Lomas, Chief Inspector of Lalnir, was in New Plymouth yesterday.

.Mr. o. W. Telfar. who lias been associated wit ii the Manaht branch of the Bank of Australasia for some lime past, has been transferred to the New I'lvnth branch. Mr. Telfar was the recipient of a souvenir and send-off by the Manaia townsfolk. Mr. Alfred Hill, nf Wellington, ine well-known musical composer, has been seriously ill for the last few days. A surgical operation was necessarv. ami from the effects of this Mr. Hill made a good recovery. He is, however, i|n a very low state, though it is believed that all occasion for alarm concerning his condition has now pas-,ed.-Tinies.

I'rior to leaving New Zealand the lion. Kathleen .Hunkct. in mi interview with tin. "Dominion's" lady editor. t.»i,k the n|i])(irtiniity of expressing her deep up- ' I precintion of ilib kindness Hint lmil been ] shown io Iter by the people of New Zcaliunl. "I never met with such kindness as has been shown mc here," she said. ''Everyone lias Ihth extraordinarily kiml mill thoughtful, ami I am most grateful to them all. Yes. certainly 1 shall hope to roini' hack again. I could not lic.tr ; to think tliat I was leaving New Zea- • land never to return." The interest I i taken by the J lon. Kathleen I'lu.ikcl | ill Hi- (litis' Realm (Inild was also mentioned. It will be remembered (bat she was the first treasurer of the Lady I'luuket Centre of the Guild, and that

she onlv resigned that olliec when they went to live at I'almerstou North, remaining still a member of the guild. She does not wish now to sever her connection with the Xew Zealand branch of the guild. -It is understood," she said, '■that It. is |<, the Lndv I'luuket Centre that T will still belong."