PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 301, 15 May 1911, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Lieutenant-Colonel Watt, of Wanganui, has been in town for a few days, and returns to Wanganui this morning. An Ottawa cablegram says that it ia hoped the Duke of Connaught, Gover-nor-General-elect, will be able to, make a tour of tha Dominion next year. M. Eugene Ossipoff, the Russian singer, and his accompanist, Miss Renee Lees, left for Sydney by the Warrimoo oh Friday, after a four months' sojourn in New Zealand.

Mr. Harold Beauchamp, chairman of directors of the Bank of New Zealand, leaves Wellington for England via Canada on June 23, after the annual meeting of the bank. He will be absent from the Dominion about eight or nine months.

On Saturday Mr. T. Smith, the.borough turncock, was presented by Mr, A. H. Kendall, borough engineer, on behalf of the employees of the council, with a handsome dinner service and set of carvers upon the occasion of his marriage.

A Washington cablegram states that the Secretary for War, Mr. J. N. Dickinson, bos resigned on the ground of pressing private affairs, and Mr. Henry Steinson, a recently defeated Republican candidate for the governorship of New York, has been appointed his successor. As Bishop Julius and Mrs. Julius were motoring at Waimate on Friday last, the steering gear broke and the car ran off the level road and capsized. The accident occurred about two miles south, of Timaru. Bishop Julius is suffering from shock, and Mrs. Julius had her collarbone broken. The sufferers were taken to Timaru by car, and attended t».

The death took place at New Plymouth on Saturday of Mr. Benjamin Enroth, well known to everyone in the district through his correspondence in the Press. -He was born in England over 05 years ago, was apprenticed to the printing trade, and later took up journalism, in which capacity he had considerable experience in Canada and the United States. He then came out to the colonies, and conducted country newspapers in both New South Wales and Queensland. He arrived in New Zealand about five years ago, marrying the widow of the late Mr. Berridge, who survives him.

It is interesting to note (says a Home correspondent) that the staff which Lord Plimket had with him at different period* of his Governorship in New Zealand now widely scattered. Mr. H. C. Waterfleld has accepted the position of secretary and manager of an important land estate company at Winnipeg, and he will Iwiv» England in the course of a few days. Captain F. J. Braithwaite has left (he army and has become a partner in his brother's stockbroking firm in London. Captain the Hon. B. Bingham has al-o left the army, and divides his time between Brighton and Bangor Castle, the residence of his father, Lord Clanmorris. Captain i,yon is at Salisbury Plain with his vogiment, and Captain the Hon. Nigel Cnthornc-1 lardy is stationed with his regiment in the town of Tipperary.