PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 322, 8 June 1911, Page 4

PERSONAL.

The death of Lady Smith, wife of Sii Edwin Smith, member of the South Australian Legislative Council, is reported by cable. * , Little change is reported in the condition of the Mayor of Wellington (Mr. T. M. Wilford), who is at present laid up with an attack of appendicitis. Dr. F. L. Scott, of Dunedin, was yesterday appointed by the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, Medical Superintendent of the Christehurch Hospital. There were 29 applicants.—Press wire. Mr. Loftus Rea, who has resigned from the local branch of the Bank of New Zealand to join the office of our contemporary, was yesterday morning presented by Mr. J. Taylor, on behalf of the local staff of the bank, with a safety razor and case. Mr. C. R. Fairbrother, who has been for a few years past a popular member of the staff of Messrs. Webster Bros., will sever his connection with the firm' at the end of the present month, he having secured a position with Mr. Newton King, to succeed Mr. R. Cottier as auctioneer.

The Governor leaves Auckland for Wellington by the Main Trunk express this evening, accompanied by one of his aides-de-camp. Mr. Guise, private secretary leaves for the south on Sunday, and Lady Islington, with the rest of the vice-regal household, will take their departure on Tuesday.—Press Association. A Fremantle cablegram reports that the Marmora's passengers from London include the Marquis and Marchioness of Linlithgow, who are proceeding to Melbourne for the unveiling of the monument to the late Lord Hopetoun. Lord Linlithgow, who is 24 years of age, was married on April 19 to Miss Doreen Milner, youngest daughter of Sir Frederick Milner.

Baron Edric Gilford is dead. He died suddenly. He was the third baron of the name, and was born in 1849. He succeeded to the title in 1872. He served in tilie Ashanti war (1874) and the Zulu war (1879), and gained the Victoria Cross in the former. He was on Lord Wolscley's staff, and was Colonial Secretary and senior member of the Legislative Council in West Australia from 1880 to 1883. He was Colonial Secretary of Gibraltcr from 1884 to 18S8, and held a similar position in'the Leeward Islands during part of the latter year.

A private cable message was received in Auckland on Saturday reporting the death of Mrs. Edward Lewis, at St. Kilda, Melbourne. The deceased was the wife of Mr. Edward Lewis, formerly a wine and spirit merchant in Auckland, who has resided in Melbourne foi the past 23 years. Mrs. Lewis arrived in Wellington in 1840 in the sailing ship Aurora, and subsequently lived in Wanganui and Auckland. The deceased, w.ho was 77 years of age, leaves three daughters and two sons—Mrs. J. A. Tolc (Ponsouby), Mrs. W. Pavitt (Parnell), Mrs. Wallace (Brisbane), Mr. T. B. Lewis (Auckland, and Mr. C. E. Lewis (Melbourne.)