PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 231, 4 November 1909, Page 2

PERSONAL.

Mr. P. S. Whitconibe, secretary to the Education Board, is confined to liu house o.v illness. Mr. Phil Jacobs, a well-known onc--11 athlete, expired suddenly yeste--ilay afternoon in Stratford. Mr. F. C. J. Ilellringer. who has been "criously indisposed for the past week, is now well on the road to recovery. Mr. II A. Stokes, recently proprietor »'■ the Hygienic Bakery, New Plymouth, has purchased a business at Napier, anl leaves New Plymouth to-morrow.

, Mi\ W. Xicholls having recently resigned the eonductorship of the Stratlord llrass Band, Mr. fj. H. Rogers has consented to take up the position. .Messrs. C. Carter, F. J. .Morris, and »• "my. who have been in Wellington on Ini-iness connected with the Kaita'ce ' oiinir Hill, returned by last night's express. Messrs. 11. Guodacre and A. L. Humphries will represent the Taranaki Employers' Association at the annual eontercne,. of the Yew Zealand Employers' I'cclcrntion at Wellington durino the curlent mouth.

The ~eeiee of Doctor of .Medicine «•;.* ieiiferre.l on the following New Zen, landers at Edinburgh on Capping Dav:— l uiude Ernest Addison Coldieutt; Arthur 'lioinas Paterson, M.8., Ch.B., 1907Charles Fulton Pattie, M.8., Ch.B. (with nrst-class honors). 1»(I7; Francis Lidtle;--,'«le fceolt ALU., Ch.B.; Cyril Hocken iewslpy. M.8., Ch.B., 100(1 : George Herbert Ussher. M.8., Ch.B., 1007. Dr. iittie wa S awarded a gold medal for hi? tllesis and also gained the Goodsir Memorial Fellowship. Drs . Coldieutt and Scott were commended for their theses.