PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 317, 17 February 1910, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. Deem, stock inspector for the district is on a brief visit to the district.

Dr. Walker proposes spending the next fortnight at the Dawson's Falls mountain house.

A cable message states that Sir Robert Stout has arrived at Frcmaiulc aboard the Moldavia. Inspector Wilson, officer in charge of the Wanganui-Taranaki police district, is on a visit to New Plymouth. The death is reported of Mrs. Malcolm, mother of Mr. A. S. Malcolm, M.P. for Clutha, in her eighty-second year. A cable from London reports the death of Mr. Pete Curran, an ex-Labor member of the British House of Commons. A cable message states' that the Right Hon. J. W. Lowther has Deen re-elected speaker of the British House of Commons. Mr. John Heslop leaves by to-morrow night's boat for Auckland, en route to Australia. He returns via Tasmania and the Bluff. Mr. G. Rutherford, well known round the coast, 'who has been spending a i'mv days in the district, went north by the steamer last night. Mr. X. K. McDiarmid, manager of the local branch of the Bank of New South Wales, was a pasesnger by the Rarawa for Onehunga last night. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Barnitt, who are at present on a visit to the Old Country, expect to leave for the dominion at the end of next month. M. Clemenceau, ex - I'reinier oi France, will undertake a lecturing tour this year in Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay, for wnic'h he is to receive a fee of £4BOO.

Mr. M. Ramson, formerly of Now Plymouth and now of Auckland, who 'has been spending a few days in New Plymouth, returned north by the Kara wa last night. Mr. C. Allison, the present Mayor of Christehurcn, replying to a deputation, acceded to their rosiest to allow himself to be nominated for a further term.—Press wire.

I The election" of 'Dr. Chappie to ,the House of Commons will necessitate- his J making Britain %is home, and this in i turn necessitates Ins partner, Mr. R. I McNab, taking up Kis residence in the ! North Island on his return Irom the J Old Country, to become managing direc(tor of the Makerua Estate. In all | probnblity Mr. McNab will Income, a I resident of Palmerston North. The takj ing over of Makerua will enable him j to carry out some valuable experiments i in (lax culture which he has had in con- | teniphition for a considerable time. ; While in Scotland also he has examined [some of the be*t dairy herds' with a view to bringing some valuable Ayrshire out to cstaoiish a purebred herd at Makerua. Mr. McNab has been lecturing on defence matters in the Old Country at the request of the organisations which desire to carry out the policy of Lord Roberts, and he was able to tell them of the result of the crusade for universal training here. Mr. McNab has' also given illustrated lectures in various" centres in Great Britain, which have been much appreciated, and has made great progress with his historical research work. — Manawatu Times.

A press menage from Feilding reports the death of Sir. A. C. Morton, a local land agent, who was' a war correspondent with the N'ew Zealand contingents in the South African war.

Mr. R. K. McHae, a well-known Hawera sportsman, who will be remembered as the owner of Torpedo. Whalebone, and several other noted tun performers. is lying seriously ill at his residence. Mr. Harry Bullock, manager for Messrs. A. Hatrick and Co., died at Wanganui yesterday. Deceased was 36 years of age, and was well known and esteemed in business circles on this coast.

The following additional veterans have applied for passes to Wellington for Lord Kitchener's visit:—R. Have. Lieut. M. Jones, J. E. Corney, H. J'. Moverley, C. E. Hoby, M. Maycoir, Col.Sergt. Geo. Sampson.

Sir Joseph Ward will open the new chemical laboratory at Canterbury College during Lord Kitchener's visit to Christcliiirch next week. Sir Joseph has been asked to invite Lord Kitchener to attend the coremonv.

Mr. Owen Thomas, who some tinio a?o left Oisbome for the Salvation Army Training Home in Melbourne, has been made a lieutenant, and appointed to a responsible position in the new hoys' home recently opened at Eltham.

A cable from London announces thedeath of John Macallan Swan, R.A. He began exhibiting'at the Royal Academy in 1878 with figure and animal pictures. He was honored with the LL.D. of Aberdeen University in 1900.

The Rev. H. S. Woollcoomhe, the celebrated Church of England Miss'ioner to Men, arrives in Xew Plymouth this evening. He speaks at the Theatre Royal to-morrow evening at 8 o'clock. One of the finest speakers of England, his address should be well worth hearing. An enthusiastic reception was given to Mr. W. T. Jennings, M.P., at the Mangaroa Hall, Ohura, on Tuesday night, when over one hundred settlers from all parts of the district were present. Mr. G. Loveday presided at the banquet, and made a presentation to Mr. Jennings, who received a great ovation on responding. He said he hadprovrn the extensive settlement and' 'pogWsg of the great ICing Country.

The Rev. Father Koogh met with a trap accident..irt Auckland on Sunday. He was proceeding from the Mater Miserieordia Hospital to Xewmarket to celebrate mass, but had no.t<got further than the hospital gates when fhe vehicle overturned and the reverend gentleman was thrown out on his head, the vehicle pinning him to the ground. Hewas not badly injured, but was apparently suffering very much from shock. He was conveyed back to the hospital for treatment.

The Bishop of Auckland (Dr. Neligan) will arrive in New Plymouth to-morrow morning. His Taranaki itinerary is as follows:—February 18: 11 a.m., C.E.M.S. St. Mary's; 3 p.m., Confirmation, Omata;8 p.m., Theatre Royal meeting. February 19: Okato, Confirmation, 11 a.m.? Waitara, meet the Vestry, 5 p.m. Feb' ruary 20: 8 a.m., St. Mary's, New Plymouth, Corporate Communion of C.E. M.S.; 11 a.m., preach at Te Henui; 7 p.m., preach at Stratford. February 21: 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., Confirmation at Inglewood. • , The Ven. Arch-priest Le Menant dap Chesnais died at Temuka on Monday night, aged seventy-four years, after a' long illness. He was born in Brittany.. France, and educated at St. Vincents College. Rennes, Tile et Vilainc, at the Little Seminary at St, Meen, A Press wire from Timaru states that Bishop (Irimes, with fourteen or fifteen other'clerics and 1 a large number of the public, attended the funeral of the late Ven. Arch-priest Le Menant des Chesnais at Temuka yesterday. The Bishop* pronounced a high panegyric on the deceased.

There appears to be> no> end to the' pen pictures of Lord Kitchener,, who isnow on his way to New Zealand from. Australia. Here is' one from a Fekiifc correspondent of a United States paper: "His personal appearance disappointed me. From his photographs one would imagine him to be a handsome man, with a face rugged and keen. Onethinks of him unconsciously as in tlieprime of life. But in reality he is al : ready nearly sixty years of age, and' his appearance is neither striking nor unusual. Only a pair of reniaftratoly keen and piercing eyes give promise of' exceptional penetration and power. Probably he is the greatest soldi«r of this age —and yet one might easily pass him by in the street without remarking him or, witli his hat on to cover his eyes,', thinking him anything but a man whose complexion is exceptionally florid. That he lias little personal vanity is. immediately apparent. He stepped from his special train in a worn tweed suit, a cap. and a pair of brown boots. Englishmen of his type hate any personal' show. 1 am told it is a real penance for him to put on his uniform, and the one unhappy hour he spent in Pekin was when he had to get into it and go> to Court. At alb the other functions' in tlte Chinese capital he wore orcTinary clothes, and at official banquets dress olothes and the Order of Merit, of which he is justly proud."