PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 180, 29 January 1912, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Jlr. Hickman F. Russell has been ftp- < pointed a. district land valuer as from js« April 1 this year. ' ■ Mr. Alfred Crooke, hS.M., recently at 'fij® New Plymouth, is at present in -Wei- (S lington relieving the pressure of work there. *Mr. R. j. Harrison, who has been flj connected with the firm of Messrs.'' D. |j|| Berry and Co, for several: ygars, leavcß this week on a trip to Ireland. ' ||| , Mr. F. Henderson, foreman" of works $hS at the harbor, returned on Saturday frunj. jyj Wellington,; \vhere he has been super vie*.' Jgjg ing the work of cleaning the dredge Jffl Paritutu. . ».,H The Rev. A. H. Colyile, the new vicar Jh of St. Mark's, will leave ,this week for' Ml Auckland; whei'e W has private business to attend to, returning |bout the middle ,&*■ of next week. ; , t « TJie Rev. Hoane Tarata, of Dunedin, t ij| who was in charge of the English Church*"®! at Naples for ibur months, goes to Spain.'f<*gj this month to take charge, at the Bishop of Gibralter's request, of the of theEnglish'Church at Carthagenti." ■ * Mr. F. 6. who is the sou of,";, ■'« Mr. W, ~F, „J£asssy, the ,I<eader of the Political Reform Party, made his first, appearance as solicitor in charge ot case at the Magistrate's Court, Itefpre !Mr. C. C. Kettle, S.M., on' tfueg' i 1-3 diqrlast. Mr. William Hooker, a well known' £J resident of this town, was on Saturday afternoon presented by the staff of the a Egmont Brewery with a silter-mounteft;;jk a stick. Mr. Hooker has severed his nectioiii with the brewery, and this was taken by his comrades; in recognitor- \'vl§ of their friendship and,esteem during hivr eleven years' service. ' , ..iSja Mr. J. R. Hamilton; who unsuccessfully Vag contested the Awarua seat as an Oppo-V2B sition candidate, was entertained at a sociaL in Wilton on Wednesday night, and presented with an address and a &n gold watch. Mrs. Hamilton was the cipient of a silver tea and coffoe service. Mr. Hamilton intimated that, he was pre- ]CgB pared to contest the seat again. MM The funeral of the late Mr. Wm. Armstrong, Commissioner of CrownrL&nds for £-';jg Taranaki, took place yesterday, the in-.-terment being at Te Henui cemetery., Amongst those who paid their last respects to were the members of the Taranaki Land Board, of which' tlie late Mr. Armstrong, was chairman,,, jsg and the officers of the Land: and Survey Department. ' 'is The death took .place on Friday at v? 3 Carterton of Mr. William Moriarty, aged seventy-nine years. Deceased was a pioneer of the Wairarapa and a sue: |s| .cessful merchant., He arrived in .Wel-ijjaj lington in 1887, entering into the boot -ira business, which he learned in the United £||S States. Five years later he removed to, ||| Carterton, and beginning, jn a modeßt way, laid the foundiations of the large business he controlled at the time of his -,3® death. a