PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 70, 19 April 1909, Page 2

PERSONAL.

It Is reported in Washington Kiat Miss Eethel Roosevelt, second daughter of .Mr. Roosevelt, who is eighteen .veal's of age, is engaged lo lie married to Mr. William Phillip*, Third Assistant Secretary of State. The formal airaouncenieiit of the engagement was exported to lie. made at Easier. Miss Roosevelt is an expert at music, ami has no equal among the young ladies of Washington in _ driving, riding, and walking, Mr. Phillips, wlio-e appointment to the Slate Department has been a reeent one. i« a young Bostonian, well known in society there, and was graduated from Harvard University in 1 (1011. He is a elose friend of Theodore Roosevelt.' jun., «*o also, like his father, was a Harvard man. . ,

A cable received carlv this morning announced the death of the Bishop of Sydnev.

Tli.. following is Lieuteiinnt Shackleton's farewell message: —" On the ev: of my departure I wish from the bottom of my licart to thank the people of Xe\v Zealand for the thousand ami one kindnesses they have shown to me and to the niemlßMs of the expedition. To the (lovernment of New i'.villand, tile Prime Minister and members of his Cabinet, the I'nioii Steamsliip Company. Captain Kvans and llr. ,1. ,1. Kinsev, I ow* a special debt of gratitude, it is particularly gratifying to me and to those who worked so loyally and lirnn-lv wit'i me in the interests of the expedition to find not only my immediate friends, but also thousands of the people, takin" ■such a keen 'and sympathetic interest In our doings and discoveries in the Far Noutli. 1 can assure one and all that, though the Homeland tie* are now railing strongly to me across the intervenings leagues of ocean, it is with genuine regret that 1 shall watch (lie -«hores of New Zealand fading in the haze of the distance."

Gilile advice was received in Wellington on Friday from Melbourne of the di'iitli of Mrs. Chapman, eldest daiHit.r of the late Mr. ('. 1). |!a„aud, of Weilinglon, and wife of Mr. Chapman, snarebroker, Melbourne, bother of Mr Justice Chapman ami Air. .Martin Chapiiiiiii. The deceased leaves two son* and two daughters. Lord and Lady I'liinkct, in llieir northern cruise in the Tutanekai, will visit the (ireat and Little Carrier Islands, the Hay of Islands, Whangaroa, Doubtless liny, Spirits' Day, Cape Hokianga. Kaiparn, Knwliin, and Xew I'lvinouth. The latter piace will probably he readied on May Mi. On Wednesday May 10th, Lord l'liuiki'tl will open the Auckland Society of Arts exhibition, and on May 21st his Excellency will present the certificates and medallions of the Auckland centre of the St. John Ambulance Association.