PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 60, 1 September 1911, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. J. B. Roy was a passenger per B.s. Rarawa last night to Auckland. A London cablegram states that the Binhop of Ripon is resigning for physical j reasons. ] Captain Greenberg, at one .time an officer on the s.s. Rarawa, is at present > in command of the s.s. Claymore. Mr. Triekett has been re-elected Chairman of Committees of the Legislative Council of New South Wales. A (Sydney cablegram reports that iMr. Cecil F. Adams has been appointed secretary of the Co-operative Insurance. Company. A London cable state# that Mr. Havelock Wilson, secretary of the Federated Seamen's Union, is visiting Australia for health reasons. Mr. Harold Jennings, son of Mr. W. T. Jennings, M.P., has joined the staff of the London branch of the National Bank of New Zealand. A Loudon message states that Lord Goschen had his arm dislocated, in a motor accident at Flimwell. A wheel collapsed, nnd'the ear overturned. Mr. lioare, of Napier, who succeeds Mr. Hammond in the Magistrate's Court office at New Plymouth, arrived by last night's express train. Mr. Hammond leaves this morning for Naseby. Mr. N. T. Maunder has definitely decided to stand as a candidate in the election of a borough Councillor to represent the West Ward, a vacancy having been caused by the election of Cr. G. W. liruvyue to the Mayoralty.

Sir Joseph Ward and Sir John. Findlay were guests of honor at the New Zealand Club luncheon yesterday. The Premier spoke on the -work of tha Imperial Conference, and Sir John Findlay gave interesting character sketches of members of the British Cabinet.—Press Association.

Dr. J. R. Purdy, of the Lower Ilutt, Director-General of the Army Medical Department of the Dominion, will act as president of the Naval and Military fiectiion of the Australasian Medical Congress to be held in Sydney next month, and Dr. J. 6. Purdy, his yoynger brother, will be president of the Public Health Section at the same congress.

A press message states that Mr. MacDonald, M.P. for the Bn.y of Plenty, is seriously ill. He has he.cn suffering from neuritis for some time, and shortly after ho spoke in the House 011 Tuesday night he lwd to receive medical attention. He was conveyed to a private hospital on Wednesday, and his illness has since been diagnosed as due to appendicitis. The doo.tors fear complications may ensue. Mr. Mac Donald wa.s in great pain, and the operation for appendicitis lud to lie postponed on account of the condition of the heart.

The Oamaru Presbytery, at its last meeting, adopted the following resolution: "The Presbytery of Oamaru desires to place on record its sense of the valuable work done by the Rev. T. Roseveare in the Weston-Totara-Ardgowan charge during his pastorate of live and a half years, and its keen regret at losing such an earnest and valued fellowlaborer. Mr. Rosevearc's teaching and preaching have been .of a high order, and we have reason to believe that his messages have been the means of creating a deep impression on the hearts and minds of his people. In all the work of the Presbytery, and in every movement; for- the uplifting of the community, he has taken his part, and it was largely through his interest in the religions training of the young that the now flourishing Presbyterian Sabbath School Teachers' Association was formed. Wft can assure Mr. Roseveare that he and his wise and amiable partner will carry with them to their new sphere of labor the respect and esteem of every member of the Presbytery of Oamaru. May they be long spared to labor in Xew Plymouth with the same zeal and success as have marked their career in North Otago.''