PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 308, 7 February 1910, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Colonel Ic. G. Collins, the newly-ap-pointed Auditor-Oencral, will take Up. the duties of that oll'ice on March 1. Mr. Henry Forwood, editor and publisher of the Now Brighton magazine, 5s on a short visit to New Plymouth. Mr. John Dufl'in has 1 been appointed Sergeant-Major of the Taranaki Branch <if the Xew Zealand Veterans' Association. Mr. A. 11. Lueena, a Manaia hotel •proprietor, died ht New Plymouth on Saturday. Tlie interment takes place at llawera to-day. Messrs. Arthur R. Davis, H. Wells, tuul P. (Sodinagh have been appointed a 'Domain Board to have control of thePiiKearuhe Domain. Mr. A. J. S. Headland, a wvll-known merchant of Oamaru, died on Saturday at the age of 7!>, states a Press Association telegram. A London cable states that King Ed\\Avd lias gone to Brighton, where he will remain till the 14th. Mr. Joseph Chamberlain is' at Cannes. France. Mr. W. Hirst, of llawera. who was one of the trustees in the Lueena estate, near Masterton, left Wellington on Fn■day on an extended tour of China and' Japan, accompanied by Mrs. Hirst. Many will regret to hear of the death of Miss Burness. after a short illnes's (says the Hawera Star). She was a lady of quiet and retiring disposition. Svho did a lot of good unostentatiously. Mr. J. B. Heywood. assistant AuditorGeneral, who is retiring from the public service, will leave next month for England, where he intends to reside. He relinquishes his official duties on March 1. Colonel Wilson and Lady Sarah Wilson, of Victoria, are at pres'ent fishing in the Tokaanu district. Colonel Wilson, who is an enthusiastic fisherman, ha* a hatchery of his own, and is said to do as much as either the Victorian Ci'overnmcnt or the acclimatisation societies in the stocking of streams is his State. . •