PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 266, 31 March 1911, Page 4

PERSONAL.

The doath occurred at Hawera yes- 1 terday morning of Mrs. Gibson, wife of. Mr. George li. Gibson, llawera.. Mr. Balhani, retired llegistrar-Ooucru; i of Lands, is leaving on a short visit to England, after residing nearly 50 years iu Xew Zealand. The Acting-Prime Minister (tlie Hon.| Jas. Carroll) has received a cablegram from Sir Joseph Ward stating that the coronation party had arrived at Honolulu. The fallowing ladies, who arrived by the pioneer ships, were pre.>en( al (.lie mi veil Mi-_r ei-reniony vesterdav. but were not at Ihe luneheon:--.Mi-s. Douglas and Miss siiaw (ship Amelia Thompson), Mesdaiiir- \V. K. Hulke and Xichohis Julian (Oriental), John Kelly .Timaiiilra), and T. King (ISlenhcini).' The unveiling of the obelisk brought together in Xew Plymouth yesterday afternoon quite a nuinber of legislators. Cabinet was represented, by the Hon. Tlios. Mackenzie. Minister 'of Agriculture; the Upper Douse by lions. T. Kelly, (). Samuel, and' Carncross, and the Lower House by Messrs. Okey! Jennings and Dive. The Hon. T. Mackenzie leaves at S this morning to inspect the sites for the new ho-toli'v on the northern side of Mount Ivjiimnt. Thence he proceeds to Nrrod'ohl and Wm'ls (he Slratford M'ounlai.i. Home. (hi Saturday lie leaves Siratford for VVangamii, and on Monday .111,1 Tuesday he visit, tin- dairy f.u-lovie's at Elthnin. Xgaere, Kaponga", etc. (In Tuesday evening lie will lie fendcred : i banquet by the Stratford Oalimber of i Commerce. Tf ericmnstaiices perniil. lie! will visit the Mokau river on Wedncs-' day and Thursday, and return to Wei-: lington on Friday or Saturday. >