PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 144, 15 July 1909, Page 2

PERSONAL.

ic 'Mr. R. Cock has been elected chair.2 man of the. Recreation Grounds Board. i- Mr. Alfred Jlili, the Wellington iniisii'' cian and composer, has completed ant ether Alauri cantata, which in his opinS ion is belter than anything be baa done tl in the ipnst. *• At the Dannc-virke Court yesterday '■ members of the Uar, supported by the > police ollicers. passed n resolution of re--11 gret ut_ the death of Mr. James, S.M., 0 expressing their warm appreciation of liis services ami condolence with his wife y and family in their loss.—-Press wire. ', Nurse Warnock, I'liinket Nurse at New d Plymouth, has resigned her position, c Nurse Warnock lias heen in charge of s this district «ini-p the local hraneh of i- lire Society for (he 'Promotion of the r Health of Women and Children was ci- lalilislled. '■ Mr. Willi.™ Warner Uanies, who died a at P.rightwat.er, .N'elson, recently, at the 11 .'gc of 1)1, was one of the survivors' of ■s the early Maori wars, lie served under 0 Colonel Despard in the famous 09th Res giment of Urenailicrs in 1845, and was ■i at the taking of Hone Hcke's pa. After n the .Maori wa>w lie was made keeper of die llo'barl Convict Prison. His first wife was the first woman to set foot in Wellington province. lie leaves dw- _ cendants unto the fourth generation. s Mr. Clias. 11. Anderson, T..U. Diploma, u X.C.M., A.X.CM. (London), has been ap- ,: pointed conductor of the Taranaki Car- I ~ lis'oii Jianil. .Mr. Anderson has had u charge of the ltangor Corporation Mili,l: tnry Band, was conductor under engagcn incut to the London County Council „ from ISO!) to 11MB, musical director and s conductor llroadstairs and St. Peter'.; „ Imperial Military Band 11)02 to 1004. 1 I Durban (South Africa) Municipal Band . 1803 and 1004. He was also conductor G of the Walthainstoiv Temperance Prize Hand, the champions of Essex and' Middlesex Association. Mr. Anderson will 1 arrive in Xew Plymouth on the 3rd of ! next month and will at once take up his duta,