PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 133, 14 September 1910, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. C. Carter leaves this morning on> a holiday trip, and will be away for about ten <lavs.

Private advice was received in Wei. lington last night of the death of Mr. \V. 11. Mills, National Secretary of tho "British Y.M.C.A.

In the House of Representatives yesterday the Premier announced that Ma-jor-General Go.Upv, Commandant of tho New Zealand forces, will leave Liverpool on October 7, en route for the Dominion.

Canon Tupper-Carey, accompanied by the Rev. F. G. Evans and Miss Evans and Mr. W. 11. Skinner, visited Mount Egmont yesterday. Canon TupperCarey leaves to-day for Hastings, where the mission commences on Saturday.

Yesterday, Mr. Justice Edwards (on the motion of Mr. J. E. Wilson) admitted to practice as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court, Mr. Frank Kingdon Turnbull, who has for some time past acted as managing clerk to Messrs. Wilson and Grey. At the journalists' conference in London, honorary secretaries for the overseas Dominions were elected, and included Mr. Douglas (editor of the New Zealand Herald). Overseas vice-presi-dents included Mr. Triggs (editor of the Christchurch Press). —Prese wire.

News was received in New Plymouth last week of the death at Munviliumbah, New South Wales, from appendicitis, of Mr. Charles Clifford, formerly of New Plymouth. Deceased was employed at Messrs. Honnor and Clark's, and wait an auxiliary members of the local fir© brigade. The Rev. Herbert Charles Pollock, Canon of Rochester, whose death was reported yesterday, was ftfty-eisht years of age. Educated at Repton and Trinity College he was called to the Bar in 1877, but six years later entered the ministry, and hid been Canon of Rochester for the past eighteen years.

A press message from ITokitika reports the death yesterday morning of Mr. George John Roberts. ex-Commis-sioner of Crown Lands in Westland. Deceased was born in Wellington 62 years ago. He carried out many important surveys in tho early days. He retired from the service in August last, owingto failing health. Sir Willinm and Lady Hall-Jones were the guests of Sir George Reid at a luncheon given' at the British Empire Club last month to Admiral Sir Reginald Henderson, prior to his departure for Australia to advise the Commonwealth Government on naval defence. Sir William Hall-Jones was invited to attend the launch of the new Dreadnought, H.M. Lion, at Devonport on August 6, as the guest of Admiral Sir Wilmot Fawkes; but at the last moment he was unable to get away from London. A London correspondent states that Mr. G. P. Armstrong, of Opunake, is enjoying a holiday trip round the world. He travelled as far as Marseilles in the P. and 0. liner Mooltan, and then spent six weeks on the • Continent, including the Passion Play at Obenammergau in his programme. Arriving in London last week, Mr. Armstrong left again on Tuesday for Scotland, where he proposes to spend several weeks before returning to London to do some sight-seeing there. He has not settled the route of his return trip to New Zealand, but is thinking of going via Canada.