PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 209, 13 December 1910, Page 4

PERSONAL.

•Messrs. Fowlds and Fisher have sailad for Australia by the steamer Aeneas. Mr. A. J. Walker, the electrical in* spector of the Fire Underwriters' A» sociation, is paying an official visit to New Plymouth. It is stated in Dunedin political circles that Sir W. Ha 11-Jones will receive an extension of his term as High Commissioner till 1912.

Dr. J. €f. Findlay, Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, passed through Pnlmerston North yesterday, en route to Wanganui.

A Colombo message states that the German Crown Prince has sailed for Bombay, and the Crown Princess has departed for Germany. A Melbourne cablegram advises that Archbishop Clarke will visit New Zealand for a short holiday. He will sail by the Wanimoo on January 18. Messrs. W. F. McAllum, J. H. Parker, C. Arnold-Jones, W. Phillips, and B. O'Dowda were amongst the passengers per Earawa last night for Auckland. Major J. G. Hughes and Mrs. Hughes returned on Sunday from England, where Major Hughes 'lias been securing further military experience. He will proceed to Nelson to resume his position as F.A.A.Gi. to the officer commanding the district. Mr. 0. 11. D. Canavan, who has been in charge of the operating-room of the local telegraph office, has been promoted . to the position of supervisor of the telej phone exchange at Wellington. Mr. Canavan and family leave New Plymouth on Friday morning for Wellington.

In the course of his address at St. Mary's Church on Sunday evening, the Rev. Herbert Reeve made brief reference to the change which was to shortly come over the parish in the retirement of their vicar, the Rev. F. G. Evans, to whose 14 years' faithful service he paid a warm tribute. The prayers of the congregation were asked for the speedy restoration to health <jf the vicar and for the vicar-elect, the Rev. Canon Ivens,. who was now on his way io England, and who would return to New Plymouth in April next. Mr. H. «. Hadfield, the eldest son of Bishop Hadfiekl, who went to England with Mrs. Hadfield and family, returned in the Rotorua on Sunday in such a low state of health that his iife is despaired of. He was operated upon for an internal complaint before leaving New Zea» . land, unfortunately without a suceessfur result. Mr. Hadfield was the native interpreter to the House of Representatives from 187!) until 1883, and subsequently acted in tile Legislative Council and under Sir W. Fox in settling the native disputes on the west coast of the North Island.—Times.

Dr. Purdy, of Tasmania (formerly of Petone), writes to the Chief Scout, Col. Cosgrove, of Christchurch, thus:—"You will be pleased to hear that your old comrade and inspector for Auckland has been appointed Chief Commissioner for Tasmania in our new scheme of organisation, which embraces an association of boy scouts and an executive council, on which I have a seat. . . , The Zeehan Scouts, who number sixty, had a scheme of raising funds to have a trip for ten of their number to go to New Zealand and give performances' on a tour, but I think that project a little too ambitious at present."