PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 139, 7 December 1911, Page 4

PERSONAL.

A London cable states that Mr. Ckud , Schuster, advisor to the Board of Education, lias been appointed Chief Registrar of Friendly Societies. ° A London cablegram reports the death of Sir Henry Day Ingilby, who shot himself. He had undergone an operation and a second operation was pending. Mr. E. D. Halstead, well known as a veterinary surgeon, died at Auckland on Sunday, aged sixty-three years. Mr. Halstead came to New Zealand about fifty years ago, and for many years was well known to farmers throughout the Auckland province. Some seven years ago he contracted anthrax while engaged in his profession, and suffered from the after effects up to the time of his death. A very pleasant little gathering of about fifty lady friends of Mrs. Bacon took place yesterday afternoon in the Primitive Methodist schoolroom to say farewell prior to her departure for Ohura. His Worship the Mayor (Mr. Geo'. W. Browne) presided, and in a few appropriate remarks presented Mrs. Bacon with a handsome silver-mounted oak salad bowl and half a dozen silver spoons. He referred to the work that the guest had done for the benefit of tho town during her residenco of 17 years, and wished her even* success in her new sphere. Mrs. Bacon* feelingly replied. The following musical programme was gone through: Pianoforte solo, Mrs. Rowc; song, Mr 3. ■ Yates; violin and piano duet, Mrs. and Master Moverleyj song, Miss Florrie Ward; piano solo', Mrs. Woods; recitation, Mrs. Grant. Refreshments having been served, the singing of "Auld Lang Syne" terminated the farewell function. The Auckland Church Gazette (Anglican) says: "We regret to announce that the Archdeacon of Taranaki, owing to continued ill-health, has been obliged to send his resignation to the Bishop of the Archdeaconry of Taranaki, and also of his superintendence of the Home Mission; the Archdeacon has been advised to take at least two years' absolute rest from all work. Archdeacon Cole has done more hard work for the diocese than most of our people have any idea of. Apart from the Archdeaconry of Taranaki, which in itself is no sinecure, he will long be held in grateful memory as the organiser of the Home Mission. Under his guidance the outlying parts of this unwieldy diocese have been mapped out and subdivided, and to-day he is able to relinquish his position as superintendent of the Mission, knowing that his work has been accomplished. With the exception of the far north, Coromandel, Ohura, Taumarunni and the Taranaki backblocks, the whole diocese now consists of self-supporting parishes and districts. The remaining Homo Mission areas, moreover, are all in a state of complete organisation, and no longer need the guiding hand of a superintendent. Archdeacon Cole's work has been for the most part "behind the scenes,' and through his untiring zeal, in spite of indifferent health, order has been produced out of chaos, and the Mission can very welt take care of itself."