PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 219, 21 October 1909, Page 2

PERSONAL.

Inspector Wilson, in charge of this polite district, was in town yesterday.

A cable from Sydney announces the death of Mr. JohnUunn, of Meynell and Gunn, theatrical managers. Mr. Gann had been suffering from pneumonia.

The Chief Justice of New Zealand, Sir RolK'rt Stout, is recovering from the effects of an operation which was successfully performed, states a cable message from London.

Mr. (J. W. Bennett, statiomnaster aim Inglu'wood, who has been promoted to J | Eltliaiii,wng entertained by the towns- ■ j people on Tuesday evening and maae) the recipient of several presentations. At Xormanby yesterday afternooa, the marriage took place of Miss <i. (iane, fourth daughter of Mr. and Mrs. V. (Inne, and Mr. J. Steele, of Hamilton. The ceremony was celebrated <|uictly, at the residence of the bride, and was conducted by the Rev. W. Avery.

At the ITaScralrcthndist Church yes- _ terday afternoon the marriage was cole-. brnte'd of Mr. Ernest UlanvilleHieks.t editor of the New Zealand Free Lane',' and Mis? Mvrtle Barley, eldest daughter of Mrs. and' the late Rev. C. K. Barley, of Huwern. The Rev. F. \V. Boys was the ofliciating clergyman. Tlic Auckland Presbytery on Tuesday nb'ht placed the call from Chalmers Church, Timnru, to the Rev. A. Ma[taulav Caldwell, of St. Stephen's Church, Ponsonby, in his hands, and Mr. Caldwell intimated his acceptance of it. The Presbytery, in dissolving the pastoral tic, placed on record its regret at losing so able and zealous a minister, and wished liim every happiness and proipcrity in his new sphere.

Sir Robert and Lady Stout were the guests of the Urd Mayor of Glasgow early in September at a private luncheon at the City Chambers. The Executive of the Scottish Temperance Association also entertained Sir Robert Stout at a garden party at ltouken Glen, Glasgow. Sir Robert, in the course of a reply to the welcome accorded him (writes a London correspondent), (said the race that was going to win was the race with the most physical stamina, intellectual ability, and moral fibre. Commander Peary'* fame as an explorer is world-wide, but little is. known of his personal attributes (writes our London correspondent). Lieutenant Shackleton, the hero of the Antarctic, is one of the few men in England who have been intimately associated with Commander Peary. "Peary is a splendid type of man," said Lieutenant Shackl'Jton. "He stayed with me at my house J in Scotland after his last expedition, and I had, of course, an excellent opportunity Of judging his character. He is a charming man, quiet and unassuming, and his heart was nlwavs in tbe work of Polar exploration. Of a tall and con., manding figure—he is about six feet :n height—ibe gives one the impression of being absolutely self-reliant anil bard of physique—just the sort of man who would accomplish anything which he ha 1 set himself to do. He is fifty-three yeirs old, but does not look his age. His hair and moustache are light brown, his eyes undimmeil, and he walks as erect and as steadily as a man thirty years his junior, and this in spite of the fact that he lost eight of his toes in one expedition. Peary is a man of unquestioned integrity, and every word of bis may re relied upon."