PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 164, 5 August 1909, Page 2

PERSONAL.

| Mr. J. Mcfluggsige. of Whangamo|inona, was m Xew Plymouth yesterA London cable states that Sir Joseph and Lady Ward leave for Xew Zealand ,«u August 28, and arc returning via Canada, Mr. is. Dive, M.P., left for Auckland by the mail train yesterday to attend the funeral of Ins grandfather. Mr. Dive received a telegram announcing the death on Tuesday. Mrs. Howling, Messrs J. W Mail H A. Stratford, and 1!. I„ Mcllroy have been nominated as Taranaki's delegates to the animal conference ui tile "\'e\v Zealand hdnciitional Institute. (Jnlv three are required.

Dr. Dixon, Professor of Anthropology at Harvard I'nivcrsitv, 1.5.A., was 'in Wellington on Monday', on his way south mi the course ol a vacation tour of Xew Zealand and Australia. .11,. expressed aimself as much iulcrested in the scientific priiWeins of this country, ami staled that lie hoped to study then', with greater fullness during a subsequent long.r vacation.

-News lias bcra received of I lie death in Hamburg <if Mr. W. DiUint-r, a German artist who not long ago sj t about two years in Xew Zcala:nl, studying the Maoris as subjects for paintings, and producing some very successful portraits of leading warriors and waliiues. He lived principally at Wangamii a:ul Tan no. After returning to Germany, where lie was recently married at Hamburg. h 0 published an interesting work on Maori myths anil legends, which was :| " '''! cd by very forceful sketches in- • ij ,' <o reproduce the Maori spirit.] 'Hie : .ilcsi whi'k on which he was engaged was a series of one hundred views of tile port of Hamburg, which he was commissioned to paint for the Govern-, incut or local authorities.