PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 122, 23 June 1909, Page 2

PERSONAL.

Mr. Kdiiiuud llurke, of Wawlcy a well-known settlor., died on Saturday. ' 'Sir. A. V. Sims, at present in char™ of the Oaoiim School, has been selected for the position of headmaster of the K*alrc school. ° It is stilted that during the illness of i;■ .■f l ",™ l)ull > S;M -> •"* nu. K isteriat duties will be carried out by Judjre W. 11 Hnselden.

A cable message was received yesteruny Hltenioon from Mr. Newton Kimr announcing that .Mr. Connel, himself and l)!i% had arrived ut Froiuantle, all Hell i. -Mr. A. H. Kendall, the borough on-Rim-cr, mentioned to the Council last iiijriit that lie had had „„ holiday sinso he entered tile Council's service six years ago He intended to ask for a spell' shortly. ' iir. 11 Wade, late manager to the with the late Air. '(•. L. Joii for scyen Jeaisleaves Ukaiawa on Juno 30 {or "V 1 "' " (, " r IJiiiint'virke, where ho is o slait a proprietory factory. His iw . will, the Joll Company i s M r . A . Alckcnzie, „t the Wairarapa. About (illy s,, mh „,„, Kura|)cans bade farewell on Tuesday night at Wai™i \"- n -}.-}° the uish,,,, "or (\u;;;, »,o , s retiring after half a century of church work. Irs Lordship was present«l with an address, and Paora Kakau, a Illative as old as the Bishop, spoke in j-«faon. The llishop thanked ho hrac's ;|" eoiitrasW the present state of th sine with the old days'. Ho also adduced the .Natives in .Maori. A large gathering of the pupils of the v | lied .Mr. H. A. Stratford o„ Friday ■lenuion prior to his departure to take «P Ins duties as head teacher of the Inalewood school. Very complimentary efereuce was made to the ability and ducted the Agaire school, and to tl,e excellent results obtained. Air. T Co'eHiiin, cliairman of the committee uotiii" «» behalf of the elder p„pC 1 Ml" (lepartnig teacher will, it wlver- ' mount,.,w^ki„g. ss ick and '«• silver'»o.|i,tcd e.gar-liolder. J|,, Oileinan remarfce, that Air. Stratford had always, iKiiratlvely speaking, been walking uplull i;i his profession, ami he hoped the walking-stick would help hi,,, to reach the top, where he would be able to up|rcciatc the other gift. ' The Otago Daily Times records the lii-rival at Duncdin of Captain Henry Seuton, D.S.O. (Afftlmn Tirah campaign) who is making a walking tour of the world. He stands' well over Oft lygihj. mid is limit in proportion, and is wearing well under what he has already perform" ed of the stupendous task he has set himself. He, states that he has undertaken to travel 4,VO()(i miles o„ n grand tour mapped out by the London Daily I -Mall, the reward for which is a considerable sum of money., lie has already covered i)ll(K) miles of his journey, and has walked across America,' through Hawaii, Kastern and Southern Australia, and is now covering Xcw Zealand. He will later visit Japan, China, India, and from I top to bottom of Africa. During his long journey he gives lectures on his travels and on physical culture at the towns he halts at.

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