PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 228, 20 January 1911, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Madame Melba, it is reported by cable, is recovering from a severe attack of influenza.

Constable O'Neill returned last night from his annual holiday, which waa spent in the South Island.

Mr. Robertson, rector of Lawrence District High .School, has been appointed an additional inspector under the Otago Board.

A cablegram from Rome states that the Pope's gout is troublesome only occasionally. He has resumed giving audiences as usual.

The only Taranaki candidates to pass the junior civil service examination "with cwdit" were Misses Klma Wallach and Elsie Grcatbatch, of New Plymouth. A London cablegram reports the death of Sir Francis Galton, at the age of 88 years. Sir Francis was a well-known writer on subjects connected with heredity, and had latterly taken an interest in eugenics. Vice-Admiral Sir F. Bridgeman baa succeeded Admiral Sir W. May aa Commander-in-Chief of the Home Fleet, and Vioe-Admiral Prince Louis of Battenlierg has succeeded Vice-Admiral Sir George Neville in command of the third and fourth divisions of the main fleet. The death is announced at Chrirtchurch of Mrs. Jane Deans, relict of John Deans, of Riccarton, one of the original settlers on the Canterbury Plains. The late Mrs. Deans was the eldest daughter of James McllraitJi, of Auchenflower, Ayrshire, and was married in September, 1832. With her hueband she arrived in Lyttelton in the Minerva on February 2, 1853. They sharef the privations and hardships of the pioneer days. Up to the last Mrs. Deana preserved all her faculties.—Press Association.

Mr. G. H. F. Rolleston, 'British Trade Commissioner in New Zealand, who had been seriously ill for gome days, died in Wellington on Wednesday night. Deceased was the son of the late Hon. W. Rolleston, and was born in Canterbury 39 years ago. After completing his education at Christ's College, he entered the service of the Bank of New South Wales, being stationed at New Plymouth for some years, and when the Boer war broke out he joined the fourth contingent, and on arrival in South Africa he received a commission, eventually attaining the rank of captain. At the termination of the war he remained in South Africa, and was appointed resident Magistrate at Lichtenburg, Transvaal, a position he occupied for soma years. In 1!)08 he received the appointment of British Trade Commissioner in New Zealand. His death was due to a clot of blood on the brain. Deceased was a son-in-law of Mr. H. D. Bell, K.C., Wellington.