PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 84, 18 July 1910, Page 4

PERSONAL.

The death took place at Waiy.mui last week of an old identity in the person of Mr. J. Mullet, father of Mrs. Henry Putt, of New Plymouth, where he resided up till a few months ago. The London Daily Mail states that Earl Grey's term of office as GovernorGeneral of Canada will be extended foi a year. A later messages states that Earl Grey had sailed from England for Canada.

The Ellwood trio—Harry, George and Polly—the clever instrumentalists wnose recitals in New Plymouth created ouch genuine enthusiasm, left for London, en route to Vienna, by the Arawa on Friday.

Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Kelly, formerly of Wellington, have decided to return to New Zealand, and will leave England for the Dominion in October. Mr. Kelly has just completed a second uovel of 150,000 words, and is now on the look-out for a publisher. Mr. W. Johnston, who was a member of the "AH Black" amateur team that toured England a few years ago, left for England on Friday by the Arawa. Mr. Johnston expects to sign on for Wigan for the next two years, and will have for a clubmate his old friend, Mr. C. Seeling. An Auckland telegram reports tile death of Mr. Richard Hobbs, ex-mem-ber for Auckland City. He was son of John Hobbs, one of the earliest missionaries. Mr. Hobbs had been in indifferent health lately. His housekeeper heard a noise in his bedroom in the morning, and found him lying on the floor, face downwards, quite dead. The congregation of Elbham Knox Church intend giving a farewell social to Mr. Hector Maclean, M.A., who is leaving the Dominion shortly in order to continue his studies at the Glasgow Uni- 1 versity in the Theological College. Mr. Maclean is fortunate in securing a free passage Home by one of the Orient steamers, the owners of which annually allow two students to travel each way free of charge, and Mr. Maclean was the successful New Zealand University applicant. Mr. Maclean expects to be away about four years.—Argus.

Lady Islington has been staying at Hartham Park, her husband's principal seat in Wiltshire, and has been entertaining friends there, including the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort., J-ord Alexander Thynne, and Mr. and Mrs. Asquifch (writes the Times' London correspondent under date June 10). Lady Islington is a great friend of the Duke and Duchess of Connaught, and has given several balls for Princess Patricia and her sister, the Crown Princess of Sweden. Her Ladyship leaves for New Zealand in the autumn to join her husband.

Sir William Hall-Jones, High Commissioner for New Zealand, we.s received in audience by tire King on the morning of June 10 (writes a London correspondent). He followed Lord Strathcma and preceded Sir George Reid, High Commissioner for Canada and Australia respectively. The audience lasted about twenty-five minutes. King George expressed 'his thanks for the sympathy shown by New Zealand in his recent bereavement. He recalled his visit to the Dominion with evident pleasure, and chatted freely on various topic-. Knrlier in the week Mr. Hall-Jones was received by Queen Alexandra, who also thanked him for New Zealand's many tributes of sympathy. The standing committee of the Auckland diocese has unanimously passed a resolution and forwarded it to Bishop Neligan. to the effect that the committee has learned of his resignation on the grounds of ill-health with profound sorrow, and a keen sense of the great loss entailed thereby. It would earnestly request the reconsideration of this step, did it not know that in the interests of the Bishop's health it had been urged by the best medjeal advice. It desired to place on record its grateful sense of those untiring labors of the Bishop which had resulted in the wrecking of his health, and also of how often during his short episcopate the Bishop had inspired very many of his people with higher ideals. ' :*(