PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 79, 29 April 1909, Page 2

PERSONAL.

'J'lie large slalf „f A| r . x,. wtl>(l Ki)| „ assembled lasl evening at („c head oilier to wi-1, Mr. J-rank Urbcll. of t |„, | ilII( | department, success and prosper!!,- in his approaching marriage. Speeches 'were made liv several members of the stair and Mr. I>i-Im-II was the recipient of JMaudsome presents. Colonel I!. ||. Davics, C.1!.. inspector;cnernl of the -New Zealand Del'cuc • I'orccs. will, it is understood, leave for England on May 20 next, in accordance I with the policy outlined bv the Prime Minister recently with regard to the reorganisation of tlie forces, lie will lie nWnl for a considerable period, during which iie mill studv recent developments in the art of war. Mr. X. I), Cochrane, mining engineer, of Diiiiediii, has (says a Press wire) accepted (he position of mining adviser to (lie Government, of l-'iji. He expects to be absent fmm the Dominion about twelve mouths. Mr. A. P. o'Leary, of Xew Plymouth, arrived in England last Friday. He will spend some weeks in London and a few months in the provinces, and will then proceed lo Germane to join his wife and daughters in Leipsie, where his daughters are studying niiisi,-. Mr. 11. .1. Okey,' M.P., is making a good recovery from his recent acute indisposition.

A Melbourne cable announces liie den 111 of Ladv Janet Clarke, widow of the late Sir William (.'larkc.