PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 159, 4 January 1912, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. James Wells, of ' wSagtou, is on a visit to New Plymouth! / A Fremantle cablegram gporL that Mr. Heuniker-Heaton and fi s yife, are passengers by the Mantua.£ f The Rev. F. G. Evans | n d/Miss F. Evans arrived by the Itarajpi { T l m aQrib yesterday morning. The! wiil remain here for a few days, aaftneiL proceed to Wellington, where m, Evans will temporarily take charge $- thfe Kilbirnie parish. Mrs. Evans {s% Wellington, and will remain there "tin r , ex t m . ont ii when they will leturn. t(i'New Plymouth for a time, but their «jjjve men ts beyond that are uncertain. Mr. John Mal<on,'J^ r ji K .jp a ] of the Queensland AgriculluriUXoiiege, Gatton, died on Decern her 2J., He was prominently identified witfl the commencement of the dairying influstry in Queensland. On the resignation of Professor Shelton in Jiiiu 1 , 1897, te principal of the college, Mi M ilion wa's appointed to the vacant n, whicll he held up to the time ot his d. ath. Hfe w.is tlie means of educating sojie hundreds of young men I who aio now successful farmers in Queensland. v ' Mr. T Row line, of Hiwinui, Bunnythorpe, died at ty residence on Sunday last. The deceased had resided in the Hiwinui diatiicf»for the last, twentyfour ye.ii* Previous to going there he resided in Xelwn, his birthplace, and there took an„,i4tive interest in volunteer and fue biigade matters. He was captain , of tEe-Nelson City Rifles for some >ears. Ai councillor for the Hiwinui Ridjng he did excellent work on the Oroua /Counir Council. Mr. Rowling was Worship Master in the Otangaki Masonic Lo&e last year. The funeral took/placej-at Bunnithorpe, and was largofly attended by a representative gatljfciing. tern all parts of the district. DJr. Jud& Leon Jona, who, according to '& receni cable message, gained, the Bti', Memorial Fellowship, was born in AdtlaidV-South Australia. In 1909, in the middle of his fifth year, he gave up medicine to accept the Melbourne University scholarship in physiology, shortly afterwards being appointed assistant lecturer and senior demonstrator in physiology in the University of Melbourne, and at the end of 1910 he was admitted to the degree of Doctor of Science in tho University of Adelaide, and was also awarded the David Murray Research scholarship in science by that university. In May, 1911, he was admitted to the degrees of M.B. and B.S. in the University of Melbourne. He has published numerous articles in scientific journals, both in Australia and in Lon- ' don,' and as a result of one of his researches found that adrenalin, immediately and properly taken, is an effective antidote to cyanide poisoning. Dr. Jona is a member of the Physiological Society of London, and is also a member of the faculties of science and veterinary science in the University of Melbourne.

[■ From a personal point of view, no ! Parliamentary figure in politics to-day is more interesting than Mr. Winston Churchill (writes the London corr)» spondent of .the Sydney Telegraph). The nation, irrespective of party, h slowly coming to regard him as a statesmen of the first order. For .years after his desertion of the Unionists he was the best liated man in the kingdom, not even excepting Mr: Lloyd George. The feeling towards Mr. Lloyd George was political. That against Mr. Churchill was strongly personal. For a time after he crossed the floor he was bitterly attacked by k number of members on every possible occasion, and his arrogance of manner pro-yoked rather than softened his assailants':; As time went on, Oppositionists found that when the bout was over the damage was generally to themselves. The. young Minister could no 4 only hold his own across the table of tH» House of Commons, but he began to surprise his critics with his prompt, firjn and far-seeing administration. As nV has changed from office to office he has made mistakes, as all bold administrators do, but his high carriago and his brilliant powers of debate have made his opponents shy of attempting to score off him, even when he is at fault. His transfer to the navy at a critical moment was approved almost universally.