PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 187, 6 February 1912, Page 4

PERSONAL.

The Rev. A. H. Colville is . expected back at New Plymouth on Thursday, Mr. G. H. Bollard, District Surveyor for -Gisborhe, has been appointed Commissioner of Crown Lands for Taranaki.

The Taranaki County Council yesterday decided to send a letter of condolence to the widow and relatives of the late Mr. Fitzherbert, S.M., and Mr. Armstrong, Commissiofier of Crown Lands.

At yesterday's mseting of the Taranaki County Council, Mr. C. Carter was appointed its representative on the New Plymouth Technical School Advisory Committee, and Cr. Stevens on the Inglewood committee.

Mr. H. H. Olsen, the well known breeder of Ayrshire cattle, of Egmont Village, left by yesterday morning's mail train for Feilding, where he will judge the Ayrshire section at the local show, and also, together with the Jersey judge, the dairy cattle section.

Mr. J. S. Temiant, M.A., has been appointed principal of the Wellington Training College in succession to Mr. W. Gray. Mr. Tennant is now one of the Wellington Education Board's inspectors. There were eight Australian and thirteen New Zealand applicants for the position.—Press wire. A Timaru wire states that Sergeant Bowman, under transfer to Auckland, and Constable McLean to New Plymouth, were entertained by a good meeting of citizens yesterday, and each presented with a purse of sovereigns for his wife with compliments regarding their conduct during the years they had served in Timaru.

Miss E. L. Mclsaac, of the local telephone exchange, who is being transferred to Auckland, was the recipient of a presentation from the staff yesterday. The Chief Postmaster (Mr. A. P. Dryden) made the presentation, which consisted of a hand-bag. Miss Mclsaac. who was a very popular member of the' staff, will be succeeded by Miss A. M." Blair. Mr. James I-lislop, who lias succeeded the late Mr. Pollen as Secretary to the Department of Internal Affairs, was born in North Taieri (Otago) in 1870, and was educated at the State school there, and later on at the Normal school in Dunedin. In 1885 he joined the Post and Telegraph Department as a cadet, and after five years ill that department, was transferred to the Railway Department, in which branch of the Public Service lie remained for nine years, latterly as a clerk in the head office at Dunedin. In 1809 he was appointed secretary to Sir Joseph Ward, when Minister of Railways, and has remained with him ( ever since. Mr. Hislop has accompanied Sir Joseph Ward to England on three occasions, and has earned popularity for his uniform tact and courtesy on all occasions.