PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 68, 29 June 1910, Page 4

PERSONAL.

. r r It.is likely thafc-fflr. W. BMloeh, manager of the" Oil and Freehol|, Company, will proceed to England ay an early date. I:' The death is announced t jpm Perth of Commander Richard Armst long, R.N., 70 years of age, formerly ijmigration Officer and Inspector of Sapping dn New Zealand. ,1

■ Mr. H. Okey, M.P., was alnong the absentees from the opening 4f Parliament, owing to his having Aeen subpoened as a witness in the! criminal business of the /Supreme Courts at New Plymouth this week./ The .Rev. W. ,S. Bean, who has been vicar of Addington for the past eighteen vears. has received from the Bishop the offer of the parish of.Temuka, with Winchester. It is understood that Mr. Bean, before arriving at a decision, will pay a | visit to Temuka. Dr. Henry, the we'l-known evangelist! of Los Angeles, California, who is a keen temperance reformer, has been invited, together with his singing companion in evangelical work, Mr. Potts, to return to New Zealand to assist the no-license party at next election. The King Country Chronicle states that applications for- the position of borough solicitor to the Te Kuiti Borough Council were received from Messrs. Broadfoot and Finlay, Messrs. Earl and Kent, Mr. H. Hine, .-and Mr. J. B. Sharpies. The vote wap taken by ballot, and as Mr. Hubert ijlme received an absolute majority of \ votes he was .unanimously appointed !to the position. The following igentlenjen have been appointed school commissioners in districts that failed to elect committees:— Hurimoana, Messrs. Symogs . and Shewry; Huirangi, Messrs. and Surrey; Mangahume, Coombridge, Morris; Jones and Stockley; Messrs. Worthington and Tahora, Messrs. Bowers and Messrs. Lye and Hine. have yet to be appointed The resignation of as assistant science master Auckland Boys' Grammar order that he might take up a^^Bmstrator-1 ship at the University was ac-J cepted at the last meetinMfthe Grammar School Board. It wfl decided, on the recommendation of iH headmaster, Mr. J. W. Tibbs, to appoM Mr. Maunder, ofOaraaru High Sclßil (a son of Mr. T. Maunder, New Pljßmth) to the vacant position. The resijition of Miss Harcourt, as a teacher H the Girls' Grammar /School, was alwioecpted.