PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 227, 30 October 1909, Page 2

PERSONAL.

A London cable states that Mr. I'alii'm'i'i 'fi ' ls Jli ß' l Oimmiaaoncr »'t'l the I on. W. flail-Jones recovers ironi his indisposition. Mr. ('collrey Nye, touring manager of Hugh Ward Comedy Company, arricd in town last- night to arrange for " iV'Vf mwh tal^'(l of Tlnrilnv V i Honeymoon" on huisda.N. November 11, i n the ThciVr' 7'iin 110 ' V pl "" ° p,! " s at C'ol- - 8 ' °" JXon,la .V. No- ■)', r ; *'■, Jl ' dit'd at Epsom, v. mi 'i 011 Slli, ' v ' lle was in liia omigei days in the omplov of tlie lai'lered Mercantile Uank 'of India; 'iV.IV Vi' ''"'ding for some unit the position of manager of the Calcutta branch, but owing to his health tailing he emigrated to New Zealand M ere for the past 28 year, he had been . ! ' i"' "auk of New Zealand. He had retired Ironi the service of the bank.

.Madame Melba has received from the King a lieu- pii-iur,. of His .Majesty, ill lie uniform of a field-marshal ot* the I'.nglis" army. The portrait, which is about :.0 niches high, is (says the Melbourne Argus) set in a magnificent triune of solid silver, anil lias the autograph of King Edward, and the date, written lengthwise in the lower righthad corner. The frame, which is of exquisite workmanship, is in the form Ot II lyre, and bears at the top the Kings cipher. "K.R.1.," under an embossed Imperial crown.

Auckland City lost an interesting pe.--sonality by the deatii on Saturday last of Mr. J. J], McLac'libm. llis father waj connected with one of Auckland's e«rliest banking establishments. The famiUhtates tile Herald) arrived by the so is Jfiilliaiit. and for some years past Mr. • • -U. McLachlan hiid presented tile oldeiit survivor of the voyage with tin sum of a mi tlie anniversary of her auival (10th October), and before his death expressed a 'wish that these payuients should be continued.—Press A= soiiatiou.

, T !"' ' i ™; ll 1 is reported of an old rest d it of lalnierstoii in the person of Mis Nells, relict of the late .Mr. J E veils of Palmerston. The deceased adv had attarned the age of 7fi when the cud came peacefully. .She was one ot the pioneer settlers, Inning arrived in New Zealand by the ship liunnan on March I, 1842, and sullered lnanv ot the 'hardships of life in the Dominion in the early days. |.'„ r I IS years ~.l st she had resided in Palmerstoii and was ' o a resident of Wanganui for ma"iv years.