PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 294, 21 January 1910, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. Mil,: Mis. V. 11. *. (I'illiths iV' Minn * In Ww Plymouth liy Wednctdav cwnitm'- mail train.

Mr. C. A. March.t:ii ha- 'iron atipwiniill lo repic-eut i']e Strat'ord t ounty l eu.icil o!i l he Nat i 111■::! Pan, Iloard. Mr. C. W. (lovett, hi- wife and family, who have 1 eon on a lengthy visit lo England. returned by the Sydney m.. . on Wednesday. Mr. -loin Ihi'Ji Murray, a pione.'r ,•(.;(|er o' 'he VTaituna di-lrict, i< deai!. -tat;'- ;' Pre— A—ociation telegram. \h Murray lived at l'"eilclinl;. .v.'icro it" owned eon-iderable property. The candidate- announced for the Nelson mayoralty, slat:-- a Pr \-s wir", are Me —r- -le--e I'iper (the sitting Mayor, who iias -crved live consecutive term-1, and Councillor Pot Tit. Mr. (100. I*. Armstrong. ex-proprietor of tiio local Times, is being entertained by the Opunake residents oil Wednesday evening next. Mr. Armstrong, who is at present on a visit to New Plymouth, contemplates leaving for England on pleasure bout in March,

(hi th ( > occasion of his departure for Port Chalmers, after twelve years' service, in the Presbyterian charge of Have, lock North, the liev. Alexander Whyte was presented with a cheque for £*7 10s, and Mrs. Wlivte with throe silver llowor vases, subscribed for bv the ■parishioners.—Press Association.

Adjutant Dawkins. in charge of th-> Salvation Army in New Plymouth, has been appointed to the charge of the Newtown (Wellington) station, Eiwign Wellington and Lieutenant MoKinn'in (South Wellington), being transferred to the I\ew Plymouth district.. Captain Clarke (Hamilton) will take charge of the Ingiewood station, Captain .Jarnian (Levin) liahotu, and Adjutant (Ira.v (Waihi) Klthain. Captain Lewis, at present at liahotu, is being transferred to Patea, Major Stone, of Eltham, to. DannevirKe, and Ensign Hultquist, of Ingiewood, to Dovonport.

The Rev. the Hon.. 11. J. Yardo-Buller, Warden of the Church of England Xaval Church Institute at Chatham, rurf for the benefit of the bluejjickets, arrived on a visit to tile dominion by the Warrimoo on Wednesday (savs the Wellington Times), lie will be liere some two' or three months, and incidentally hopes, to interest Xew Zealand in naval work. He will endeavor to get into touch with the various branches of the Xavy League and point the different phases of naval matters to them. Whether he will return direct to England or via the Commonwealth will depend entirely upon circumstances. Mr. Yarde-Buller is undertaking the trip owing to impaired health.

The new Commissioner of Police for. South Australia is Inspector Raymond,, who joined the force as third-class mounted constable in came a second-class officer three years' later; obtained his sergeantcy in 1886; ■was acting-sub-inspector in 1001, and inspector in 1004; and when senior inspector was selected to succeed Commissioner Madley. In the early sixties the new Commissioner had to deal with wild and dangerous aboriginals, aiul it took men of solid stamina and imperturbable natures (says the Adelaide Register) to deal with the natives. Since 1005 he has been in charge of the mounted division of the force. Commissioner Raymond is sixty-three years old.

Dr. Bernard C, Beale, one of Auckland's oldest and most widely-known citizens, died on Sunday, aged seventynine years. Dr. Beale, who was' born in London in 1830, was educated at first privately and then at the London Hospital Medical College. He was appointed medical officer to the London Board of Health in 184!). He passed his final medical examination in 1852, and in the same year he visited the West Pndies and Demerara. lie was medical officer on the Earl of Belcarras, which carried troops to Bombay in the same year. He came to New Zealand in 1861, and on arrival was appointed surgeon to the Xelion Hospital, which position lie held for three years. He then went to Auckland, and for about twenty-five years resided in the Waikato district.

The Rev. Herbert C. Pollock, Canon Residentiary and Bice-Dean of Rochester, who is to be in charge of the Mission of Help in New Zealand, arrived in Wellington from Sydney by the " rimoo on Wednesday. lli> object is to visit the various places at which the mission will be held and practically prepare the way for the visiting clergy who leave England in July and arrive here in time to commence work on September 1.-t next. It may be explained that the mission emanates from New Zealand, and is worked by the bishops and clergy here. The Rev. Mr. Pollock, who is accompanied by his wife and familyhas come out at the wish of the English committee to make arrangements for the work of the visiting clergy. He will be in the Dominion some three or four months.