PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 38, 25 May 1910, Page 4

PERSONAL.

A London cable stated that the- Hon. Mr. Hall-Jones is much improved, and was able to attend his office yesterdaji A Melbourne cable states that the Federal Ministers are considering a private suggestion to invite the King's two eldest sons to visit Australia. A Fremantle cable states tluit Colonel Kir'kpatriek, the now Inspector-General of the Commonwealth Forces, was a passenger from London by the Malwa. Jt is reported >uy cable that the Premier of England (Mr. 11. H. Asquith) joints the Admiralty yacht Enchantress to complete his holiday interrupted by the dentli of King Edward. Mr. R, Morgan, of Upper Mangorei, who has been a teacher under the Taranaki Education Board for the past thirtythree years, has resigned his position as from June 30. Mr. Morgan will be entitled to a pension under the superannuation scheme. It does not often fall to the lot of man to live to see his great-grand-children married. This ihnppy incident did occur, however, quite recently in Taranaki, the great-grandparents being Mr. and Mrs. Ben Grey, of Stony River, and the youthful couple Mr. pnl Mrs. Harry Goodwin, of Hawera.—Star. Yesterday afternoon Mrs. C. E. Simmons was' entertained by the members of j the Star Football Club's ladies' committee, and presented with a handbag as a farewell gift. Mrs. Simmons threw in her lot with the Star Club soon after her arrival here eight years ago, and jfor some years past has been an indefatigable and enthusiastic member of the ladies' committee, taking her full snareof the work entailed by the annual Socials and so on. Mrs. Simmons was also the recipient of a presentation from the club. Still hale and hearty at ninety-seven summers is Hr. Thomas Woolford, of Cambria street, "The Wood" (says the Nelson Evening Mail). The gospel he preaches is that of hard work, and what he regrets most now is that he is beginning, to fed a libtle old. Mr. Woolford has seen Halley's comet shining in the heavens on two occasions, a distinction that few people can claim, and, not only that, he is one of the few peonle who have lived in six reigins, and he can remember very well the death of George 111., and some years after, when the 1 coronation of Queen Victoria took place, he was in London itself and saw a good deal of what was going on. When he saw Halley's comet 75 years ago he did not think so much of it. There it was, shining in the sky much the same as it could be seen at present, out there waa [ nothing like the talk about it as there was now. People used to keep a fairly keen look-out for H, of course, and there | was some talk of its meaning bloodshed, famine, or something of the sort, but j little more was said. Mr. Woolford; | naturally made a special effort to see- : the comet when it came due this time, iand so far as lie could remember hecould see very little difference in it. Mr, [ Woolford journeyed from Auckland to> Nelson in the days when there was no j Main Trunk railway. The trip waa made in a little 18-ton steamer, and occupied' Ino less than three months. Mr. Woolford lias not been away from Melsoro since he landed there—Having had! enough of the sea then.