PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 138, 9 July 1909, Page 2

PERSONAL.

Mr. Alfred G. Johnson, who was born in Wellington, and had lived there for the whole sixty-six .years of his life, died in Wellington on .Monday. ill", if. C. Liwson has retired from the firm of .1. IV. Wilson and Co., hind agents, having bought a store at liauriinu. Ihe business will be carried on as heretofore by Mr. J. W. Wilson. The many friends of -Mr. James Davidsou, says the lhwera Star, will be pleased to learn that he had suHiciently recovered to leave the private hospital on Sunday last, in which institution he had been a patient for some weeks. Jlr. Davidson is making excellent progress towards convalescence.

Mess« Ncnvton King and J. B. Con- | net't arrived hi Wellington yesterday morning at live o'clock, after a rough passage from Australia. They mill return to New Plymouth by the express train to-night, lind will report the result of their mission to a special meeting of the Harbor Board on Monday. After 20 years' residence at Ngaere Mr. and Mrs. Gredig are to remove with their family from that township niu will reside in New Plymouth. On Monday evening tlicy were entertained by their friends at a social gathering and presented wiUi a silver tea, service as an appreciation of their good qualities. Mr. T. Arthur, late Traflic Superintendent for Wellington, has retired from the Railway Department after 44 years in the service, of which he was the oldest member. lie was presented at Wellington last evening with a silver salver and silver teapot from his colleagues and subordinates. The presentation was made by Hon. J. A. Millar.— Press wire.

Mr. and Mrs. S. T'aplin, of Paluverston North, have received word that Mr. Burton Taplin, one of live sons who went to the Boer war, has been ap- , pointed by the Colonial Office a Resident Commissioner in Northern Nigeria, where he will be Magistrate and administrator of a distdict containing 20,(100 natives and some Europeans. " Before taking up his new duties he has been visiting London, where he is being treated with distinction, and where he was presented to the King at a levee, the Hon. Marcus Bill Trevor acting as sponsor. Air. Burton Tapliu was a lieutenant in the Eighth Contingent, and afterwards superintendent at the Simmer and Jack mine. 11c is a fluent Chinese linguist Mr. W. L. Whitenian, who died at Johannesburg on May 22nd. was a farmer in the Maugamahu district, and was well known in Wanganui (says the Chronicle). He went over to Australia ill 1898, and engaged mining till the outbreak of the South African "war. In March, IS!)!), he joined the second Westralian contingent, and was chosen as one of five scouts and despatch riders (■n General Polc-Carew's' staff. After the second Weslrnlians returned home, deceased joined Lord Tullibardine's second Scottish Horse, in which body h'e rose to be captain. 11l the engagement at Warm Baths-he was severely wounded, being shot through the hack. At the conclusion ol the war he was offered a commission in the Imperial Army, but TefuKed, and lie was appointed manager of the Government stud farm called "Repatriation." After filling this position for some time he took up an appointment in the Witwatcrsraud Deemine, where he was employed at 1 h<- ' time of his death, which wa* the resui; j of an accident. i