PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 165, 6 August 1909, Page 2

PERSONAL.

Mr. D. M. Wilson, late district engineer of the Roads Department, Nelson has been appointed to the Lands and Survey Department, with headquarters at New Plymouth. Mr 11. S. l'obinson. who lias been of the Bank of New South Wales, Elthain, since its opening, Inn received notice of promotion to the management of the Nclsou branch. Mr. li. 11. Turtoi, S.M., takes tin duties of tlie late ill'. \Y. P. James. S.M., at Masterton. Mr. A. Crooke, of Lawrence, recently appointed magistrate, succeeds Mr. Turton at tlreyinoutii.— Press wire.

Mr. C. H. Anderson, the newlyappointed conductor of the Taranaki (iarrison Hand, arrived in New Plymoiuli by last night's express. Mr, Anderson is a man carrying excellent credentials as a musician and instructor, having had charge of bands in various parts of the world.

Ai) old residents know, the lirst vicar of St. -Mary's, Xew Plymouth, was t he licv. W'. Holland, a man of inestimable parts, whose early demise was a great blow to the v oung and s'tru""liii" settlement. Just before his death a son was l,oru t„ Inm, am i j |lst , u , t was to take the child in his arms and bless it. Mrs. Holland stopped in the c.islrict for three years after her hitshand S' death and then returned to Kngland, where her , S oa »•„„ educated tor the ministry, 11,. is now vicar of Jenton, in Norfolk. During his recent trip to the Old Country, Mr, W. II called upon the Rev. Bol'landi "ho, ol course, was delighted to meet one was so intimately acpiaiutcd I, IUI Hviiiouth a ,„[ j|s ~a i. u . his . . »'■>. An a result of the visit, the liev. jloland has forwarded to St. Man's Church a life-size picture of his' lale father. Jho picture is to be unveiled on Sunday afternoon next after the child reu s service, and will be hung in tile lestn alongside the picture of the hitc i eart ]y invited o tlie function, which . Will be open to tlie pnblie. I I >r '; ,]'• Tri ßß s lias joined the ffi n <l»''etors of the Christehureh I'ljtM Co. It is understood Mr Trim.will continue editorial control' of the *''■ *. I ress wire. I