PERSONAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 117, 25 August 1910, Page 4

PERSONAL

Mr. W. B. Montgomery, secretary of Customs, is at present at New Plymouth on departmental business.

A London cable says that Mr. Wyat, manager of Captain Scott's expedition, has sailed for the colonies. The two finest orators in New Zealand, declares the Auckland Observer, are Lord Islington and the Hon. Jas. Carroll. 'Lord Chelmsford, Governor of New South Wales, was installed as Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of New South Wales yesterday. A caible states that the ceremony was of an imposing nature.

Lord Brassey, who is 74 years of age, left London last month on another voyage in his famous yaeht, the Sunbeam. He is a certificated mariner on the active list. He took the Sunbeam to Canada by a round-about route, calling at the Faroe Islands and Iceland. He intends spending some time in the Dominion of Canada, studying colonisation and emigration problems.

There arrived in Wellington yesterday morning Dr. C. I. MacLaren, M.D., of Melbourne, and Dr. W. H. Pettit, of 'Aelson and Dunedin, who have been delivering addresses in the. South Island in connection with the Lavmen's missionary movements, says a* press mes. sagie. It is the intention of these gentlemen to give similar addresses in Wellington. The visitors were entertained at lunch at" the Y.M.C.A. The Hon. G. Fowlds presided.

A well-known Maori chief, Paramana Te One One, died at Paki Paki on Wednesday evening. Deceased was largely interested in blocks of native lands at Te Ma'hanga, Poukawa, Eaukawa, and elsewhere. He took an active part in the Maori war during 1366 and 1868, fighting on the side of the friendlies. He was closely associated with the late Sir Donald McLean. He was of a very kindly nature and was one of the few surviving chiefs of Hawke's Bay. About 300 senior girls from the State schools in Wellington 'will be present at the reception of Lady Islington this (Thursday) morning, states a Press message. Her Excellency will land from the Turakina at Queen's Wharf at 9 o'clock sharp. A guard of honor will be formed by members of the Permanent Artillery and the boys of the Amokura. The Prime Minister and Lady Ward and all members of the Cabinet and the wives of any of them in Wellington, will be present to, receive 'Lady Islington when she lands. V