PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 223, 14 January 1911, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Dr. Findlay left Wellington for Christelmrch by the Marnroa on Thursday night. J Messrs. J. 11. Parker, R. B. Lusk, Easther and Ambury (2) were passengers for Auckland, per Rarawa, last night. Mr. G. J. Scott, D.0.A., of Palmerston,. is on a visit to Now Plymouth. He will' remain Jiere until the end of the month. Dr. Pomare is to be asked to stand as the candidate of the Union of the Maoris of the Confiscation Area at the next general election for the Eastern Maori electorate. iMr. A. A. Addison, of the New Ply. mouth Magistrate's Court staff, has received notice of his transfer to Christchurch, and will leave by the mail train on Monday morning. Mr. E. F. B. Hearne, who has been accountant at the Hawera branch of the Bank of Australasia for about nine months, left on Friday morning for Te ■Puke (Bay of Plenty) to take up the position of mannger,—Star. Mr. Emeny, of Wellington, has purchased the White Hart Hote.l, New Plymouth, from 'Mr. C. Olarke, and will enter into possession next Wednesday. Mr. Clarke will settle in Auckland after completing his business arrangements here. On enquiry at a late hour last night at Miss Baker's private hospital, welcomed that Mr. Honnor, who was seriously injured in the motor-car accident at Waitara on Thursday, is still in: a dazed condition, and that Mrs. Fisher,, who was also very seriously hurt, wasshowing slight improvement. The condition of both was, however, still grave.

Miss Stewart, matron of the Thames Hospital for 25 years, was yesterday presented witfi an illuminated address and two hundred sovereigns on the occasion of her retirement from the position. A representative gathering testified to the splendid service rendered by Mfss Stewart, and the love and esteem in which she was held. The amount wa«' subscribed in a few days.—Press Association. Mile. Antonia Dolores, who arranged' her Atfstralasian tour so as to take five weeks' rest and recreation in Sydney,, which she pronounces "one of the best of the world's holiday resorts," sails by the Mooraki with Mile. Vaudour en; January 21 for Wellington. The tour will: be opened at Invereargill on February 6,. and besides embracing Dunedin, Cfcristchurch, and the usual centres, will beextended to many places where the* "Ftaach soprano has not hitherto appeared. ' t The late Mr 9. Callandef, whose death' occurred at Opua road, near Opunake, on Monday, arrived in Opunake some 28 ■ years ago, from Australia, to join her husband, who had settled there gome years previously. She was a native of England, and came out to Australia when quite a girl. The deceased and her husband were bound up with the weal and the woes of the district, says theOpunake Times, and bore their share in assisting the community in all its undertakings. The greater part of the period of deceased's existence was spent in Opunake, but for the last five or six years sue had lived on their farm at Opua road. In the evening of her years deceased had failing health, being a sufferer from partial paralysis for a year or more. She leaves a grown-up family of four sons and a daughter, who will be sustained in their sorrow by the heartfelt sympathies of a very large circle of friends.