PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 221, 29 December 1910, Page 5

PERSONAL.

The Kev. A. { H. Colvile has been / spending a few days in New Plymouth. >'* Mr." A. Weller, managing editor of the Taihape Times, is on a visit to New ' Plymouth. - < Sir Ernest Cassel, the well-known flnati-: cier, is retiring from business at the end of the year. Mr. Patrick Darby, an old and respect-' ed citizen of Auckland, is dead, at the j aged of seventy-six. . The Earl of Ancester, Joint Heredi-, tary Lord Chamberlain of England, is ■■. j deau; aged eighty. The Premier and paTty left Auckland by the express at 10.30 yesterday morn- t ing, en route for Invereargill.. Messrs. M. G. Williams and C. W. | Howard proceeded to Palmerston North * yesterday to play in the North Tara- . naki representative cricket- team against Manawatu. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Fox, of Okato, ac- ■ •? companied by two of their children, are •. leaving on a trip for England by the M ■ Moldavia, which sails from Auckland on' March 15. ft Mr. J. M'Kenzie, a former proprietor • of the Daily News, has been on a short visit to New Plymouth, and leftvlast ■ night by the Rarawa for ' where he now resides, j Mr. A. G. Marshall, Inspector of Mines, has given notice of resignation.. ksj He is leaving the Mines Department to become mine manager for the Westpoft > Colliery Company at Dennistqn. J At a gathering of Ausical people at v| Wanganui last Saturday afternoon a pre- - ' J, sentation of a purse of sovereigns was made to Mr. A. Wade, conductor of the Wanganui Garrison Band, in recognition of his efforts in bringing the band to its > present high position, and of his service# '» to music generally in Wanganui. Mr, G. S. Wade, Leader of the Opposition in New South Wales, accompanied by two sons, arrived by the Marama, : and goes south on a visit to the cold ,-4 laikes to-night. Mr. Wade stated that he was on a holiday, pure and simple, ■ '■* and did not propose to discuss political < questions either by interview or speeches. ' Another of the old identities of Masterton has passed away in the person of. -. Mr. Herbert T. Marsh. Deceased, who 2 was 67 years of age, saw a good deal of service in the Maori wars, having served first with Colonel Porter, and afterwards with the Hawke's Bay Volunteers. He ■; M was, for some years, sergeant in the armed constabulary. . V 1 M. Lucien Nopenaire, official represen- jff| tative of the textile .exhibition to be : held at Roubaix, in the north of France* A-t in May next, arrived yesterday by, thp Marama from Sydney. He intends to jil see the Government with a view to get* m ting the New Zealand exhibit now on view at the Japanese exhibition in Lon-_ don transferred to Roubaix. In an inter-' \J view M. Nopenaire stated th'at S baix took over 600,000 bales of Austra-. lian wool last year. '

I Mr. Payne, president of the Wanganui . Centre of the Royal Life Saving Society, is at present in New Plymouth, Whfie really on holiday, Mr. Payne 1 intends to; ■•''"'fi if possible, promote the interests 6t the Society; in fact, he has already ar» ranged for a class to receive instruction ..;J on Friday evening, and to obtain an insight into the rudiments of the rules, so that the members may qualify for ■ medallions. Mr. Payne visited Inglewood with tihe same object in view, and was' "M highly successful. Miss Mary Dowling, daughter of Mrg* ; '?/| Dowling, in charge of the West' School, and holder of the Thran&kl <)i|| scholarship, who has been studying at'/'Jj the Victoria College University, has been ! successful in the subjects for which she ■■•'via recently sat, gaining an intermediate pass in biology and inorganic cjiemistry. The performance is very creditable, see■ing that she had had no previous ground' ' "| 'ing in either subject. The scholarship is tenable for three and may extended to four years; ■ Mr. G. S. Beeby, Minister of Labor and Education for New South Wales, and Mr. W. A. Holman, eral, who is associated with Mr. Beeby on the judicial side of the Labor Department of New South Wales, arrived in ,'Xj Wellington yesterday. They will inves- 'J tigate particularly the working of : j|j the business of Government insurance, ' ifc both life and fire', and the working of. ; ;fi the Bank of New Zealand under partial , ,"15 Government control. ' Mr. Beeby will devote some time to educational mat- ;> ;.j| ters, principally teachers' euperannua■tion.

Lord Ranfurly, ex-Governor of New Zealand, has purchased the lease of thb house in Lennox .Gardens - where Mr. Richard and Lady Constance Coombe lived, arid, with Lady and .jj Lady Eileen Knox, is taldng up dence there (writes a London Correspond-. ■-'$ ent). Usually Lord and Latiy Ranfurly have had a house in town for the winter, and last year they took one in Lowndessquare. Lord Ranfurly decided to sell' >. most of his property in tlie north of Ire-. • land, including the town of Dungannoii, a - "J place of 4000 inhabitants, thirty two miles south-west of Belfast; but instead of the sale by action producing ■.! £ 1100,000, as it was* anticipated, it only ,j| realised £13,000, though it is believed?J many lots were subsequently sold at good ./ J prices. The Knoxes Twd owned Dungan- 'V'| non for over two centuries. ' J

Dr. J. M. Bell, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.G.S., -J director of the N.Z. Geological Survey, " who is resigning for family and busi- - ness reasons, intends leaving for England, on Marcli 12, his intention being -fs to ultimately proceed to Canada, his na* *\ tive land, Mr. Colin Frqser;mining seologist, who has been working with Dr.y* Bell preparing a valuable series of geo- '..J logical bulletins based on original sur--. Ae veys, has also resigned from-the Govern-";* ment service, and will leave New Zealand with Dr. Bell. Dr. Bell intends visit- 1 ing New Caledonia first, in order to re- *.s port on an oil-bearing area for,a Melbourne syndicate. As Director of the'gaj New Zealand Geological Survey, Dr. Bell has carried out some very important work. Since taking office in 1905 he has " organised and conducted 'a new series surveys, and has personally prepared re* <,4 ports on the Parapara iron deposits, the' Hokitika subdivision, which includes the, --;*| Ross goldfields and the Grey coal aWa, the Dun Mountain sul>division (Nelson) £ and Whangaroa- district (North Aiiclt-yJ land). He also supervised reporting the Whatatutu and Taranaki oilfields, and the Hauraki goldfields were the sub- '.g ject of one of his geological .bulletins. Mr. Fraser is a native of CoromaAdel, , ; and took his degree at. Auckland IW» versity. ' '