PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 236, 10 February 1911, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Captain Richard Seddon, of Wellington, has made arrangements to leave for London about the middle of March. Mr. J. Glenn, of the Bank of New Zealand staff, llawera, is to be transferred to the Auckland office.

A cable message states that Sir Henry « May, the new Governor of Fiji, and Lady May have arrived at Brisbane from Hong Kong. Mr. C. E. Nicholas, postmaster at Stratford, who is shortly retiring from the service, is to be succeeded by Mr. S. G. Stanton, of Dunedin North. Mr. J. M. Johnston, of Palmeraton North, has been appointed secretary to the llacing Commission, which is to hold its first meeting tit Wanganui on March 3.

The Hon. Benjamin Harris, of Auckland, whose term of appointment to the Legislative Council expired on February 3, was re-nppolntcd on that date.— Press message. The brilliancy prize offered by tho Hon. J. A. Millar at the recent chsm» pionship chess tourney at Timaru, hag been awarded to the Rev. C. E. Fox, who represented Norfolk Island. The following candidates have been nominated for the Fitzroy Town Board: Messrs. William Cutfleld, William H. Griffiths, Eustatlus Griffiths, Frederck H. Jackson, James Kibby, Oliver Oxenham, and John Searle. Only five members are required. Mr. Russell Baker, who has been" in the New Plymouth office of tKe New Zealand Insurance Co. for the past seven years, has received notice of transfer to the Auckland branch, and leaves for Auckland on the 20th inst. His position in the Now Plymouth office will be filled by Mr. F. S. Henderson. The appointment is gazetted of Mr. John Lomas to Be Superintendent of Workers' Dwellings. Workers' Dwelling Boards are appointed in various districts, consisting of the Superintendent, the Commissioner of Crown Lands for the district, and the local Inspector of Factories.—Press Association.

A London cablegram reports the death of Lord Cawdor. Lord Cawdor was born in 1847 and sat in the House of Commons before succeeding to the peerage in 1898. He was chairman of the Great Western Railway and was First Lord 0! the Admiralty under Mr. Balfour's government in 1905. His death will be a great loss to the Conservative Party. Mr. Jas. Dunlop, Scottish Agricultural Commissioner, was at Wanganui yesterday morning, and travelled to Moumahaki by the afternoon express. To-night he joins the steamer at New Plymouth for Auckland. He may, however, make a short stay en route at Hawera and Stratford, arriving at Hawera by the 10.40 a.m. train, and leaving by tho 1.40 p.m., and arriving at Stratford at 3 p.m., and leaving again at 6.41 p.m. The Hon. T. MaeKenzio (Minister for Agriculture) will be unable to accompany him as intended.