PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 97, 2 August 1910, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. F. W. Fairey, late manager of the Nelson abattoirs, has been transferred to the Hawera district. Mr Ira Dobbie, on the staff o* the South Invercargill School, has been appointed third assistant at St. John's College, Auckland. Mr. J. W. Tibbie has been elected to fill the vacancy on the Senate of the New Zealand University caused by the j death of Mr. F. E. Baume. I Mr. R. W. Robson, of the literary I staff of the Otago Daily Times, has been { appointed managing editor of the Wai- ! rarapa Daily Times. Mr. F. Black, A.M.1.E.E., who has been engaged to report on the borough, council's electrical tramway proposal, arrived in town by last night's express. j A London cablegram informs ua that King George and Queen Mary drov« to : the City without any ceremony and in- ! spected the London Hospital. Crowds in the streets cheered them. A Sydney cable reports that D% Brown, a veteran Methodist missionary, ceCebrates his golden wedding ttday. He married a daughter of the late Rev. WaJlis, of Auckland, at Raglan in 1360. Mr. J. Brown, chairman of the County Council, has been appointed to give evidence on the council's behalf before the Commissioner appointed to enquire into the question of cost of upkeep of the ' Junction road, east of Inglewood. j Dr. Chappie, M.P. for Stirlingshire,

cabled to a friend in Wellington on Saturday stating that as the Imperial Parliament was rising until the autumn, he intended leaving at once on a visit to New Zealand, via Vancouver. He should reach Wellington auout the middle oi September.

At the annual meeting of the Rangiora. Presbyterian Church congregation, the Rev. D. J. Steele, who has been pastor of the church for the past, seven yeaxs,. announced that, owing to the unsatisfactory state of his health, he iniended to resign the charge at the sitting of the assembly in November..

Archbishop Redwood on Sunday opened St. Mary's Church, Port Ahunri.. Among those present were tne Vicar General of the diocese (Very Rev. Father O'Shea, of Wellington) and. Fatiher Hickson (Administrator), Deans Smythe (Meanee), and Biasneld AxcW bisliop Retlwood leaves Napier this mora* ing for Auckland, en route to Montreal, to attend the Eucharistic Conference, Mr. R. E. N. Twopenny, at one timeeditor of the Otago Daily Times, hae retired from the position of editor of thj» "Pastoralists' Review," Melbourne, and has thus closed an editorial career thafc dates back for its .commencement to. June, 1882, when he became editor and managing director of the "Chrdstchurch. Telegraph." Mr, Twopenny retains his. interest in the "Pastoralists* Review/' al~ though he has gone out of active management A London correspondent of June 24, writes:—"Dr. J. M. Mason, late Ohiet Health Officer for New Zealand, is returning to the Dominion by the lonic which leaves to-day. Messrs. R CL Howard and W. W. Edwards, two newly appointed Government 'vets/ also leave for New Zealand by the lonic. A thHL Mr. Richard Finch, left a fortnight iffb, vda Suez, but will spend a fortnight in Australia on a visit to his brother, and will arrive in New Zealand about the sumie time as Messrs. Howard and Edwards." The members of the staff of the "Daily News' gathered round "the stone" last evening for the purpose of making a presentation to Mr. J. VV. Henrichs, linotypist, who is leaving to take up a position on the Herald. The presentation, which consisted of a silver mounted and J inscribed walking stick and a pipe, was made on behalf of the staff by the editor, Who referred in appreciative terms to Mr. Wprichs' connection with the paper and iftslssHow workers. His health was then drunk." Mr. Henrichs, who was taken by surprise, briefly returned thanks. Mr. Petrie, formerly Chief Inspector of Schools in the Dominion, and one of our leading botanists, proposes vierting: New Plymouth next February, and will make a thorough botancial survey of Mount Egmont. The matter was mentioned at the meeting of tne i'ukekura Park Board last evening by Mr. S. Percjsmith, who said it would be of very jreat assistance to Mr. Petrie, and of jossibly great value to the grounds, if Mr. W. W. Smith, the board's caretaker, :ould be allowed to accompany him. The Boprd seemed favourably disposed ovvards the idea. Writes the Masterton correspondent of the Wellington Times:—"As previous-

!y. indicated by me, something sensational in the way of donations to the fnuds of the Masterton Agricultural and Pastoral Association was made public at the annual meeting of the association this afternoon. Messrs. W. Perry, 0. P. VaUance,,K. Gray, J. Strang, and Quinton Donald, known as the Solway syndicate, which had purchased land at SolWay and bold part of it to the asso-. ciation for its present show ground, /fpnated/i; further sum of £ISOO to the •funds of the association. In addition, 'the profit from the two unsold sections, which is estimated to amount to £320, wilt also be donated to the association when the land is sold, making in all a donation of £lßl7 10s." Mr. George Westinghouse, who the cables us yesterday, has been •deposed by this directors from the presidency of the Westinghouse Company, is now just over sixty-one years of age. . The sor/ of an agricultural machinery marfufacturer of New York, he became an engineer, and served in the jUjUedl States Navy for a time. In TSiraTle invented a device for replacing dewJtfifteam pars. Three years later came his star sy Cte cO a, nhrd rrr came which "made I ?'him. Mr. Westinghouse next interested him--4^]iliß> tfeqf|sWb«£ff»9\ of electa** madhyjeix andjaided Tesla with.the foductm\lkotd#BtSl&tee&>&eM of |itai9ami TScTones, Tmmrms nWch ta establish the supremacy of PittsbJfc in the manufacture of iron, steel, andffass. and became president of thirty corporations with an aggregate capital of 120,i about