PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 188, 7 February 1912, Page 4

PERSONAL.

, J- Eames. the well known: journalist, is establishing a newspaper at Pukekohe. •

Mr. H. Okey, ,11.P., left for Te Kuiti , yesterday to attend the Reform Party's' demonstration.

Mr. Rochfort, of the Bank of New Zealand, Eltham, iB ait present relieving the manager of the Bank at New Plymouth.

There died at the Wanganui Hospital,, on February 1, a Lifeut.-General C. Gold, late Colonel of the 65th Re«im«nt. -

Mrs. A. H. {.'civile, wife of the Vicar of St. Mary's, arrived in New Plymouth on Monday evening Mr. Colvile returns here to-morrow.

Owing to the pressure of business Mr. E, H. Tribe is relinquishing the position of secretary to the Pukekura Park Board, as from March 31st' next. .' I''

Out, of respect to the memory of the late Mr. Fitzherbert, S.M.; all oivil business set down for hearing at yesterday's, sitting of the Magistrate's Court was adjourned until next Friday.

The Rev. J. Wilkinson leaves on Monday on a tour of the South Island, including the Cold Lakes and Dunedin. He will be away a month, and en route south he will stop at Hawera

Mr. A. H. Grant, of the local branch of the Bank of New South Wales, is under transfer to Dannevirke. . Mr. N. W. Simpson, of the Dannevirke branch, is transferring to the New Plymouth office..

Mr. W. G. Wickham, Commissioner of the London Board of Trade, is at present at New Plymouth. He will remain here for a few days, and lie will be pleased to meet any of the business people during his stay so as to familiarise himself with local conditions. To-day he is visiting the oil works at Moturoa. The body of the late Mr. H. S. Fitzherbort, S.M., was conveyed to tile railway station yesterday, followed by, members of the deceased gentleman's family r the court officials, and the police, and conveyed to Wanganui. From there it will be taken to-day to Lower Hutt, where the interment is to take place to-morrow. -

Mr. F. (!. Matthews was appointed on Saturday to take charge o.f the Prints Minister's secretarial staff, in succession' to Mr. J. Hislop, who has been made lender-secretary for Internal Affairs. For the past ten years Mr. Matthews has been a member of the Prime Minister's secretarial staff, of which'he is now to take charge. Mr. Charles D. Stuart, a well-known draper of Picton, died suddenly on Saturday, aged sixty-eight years. He was in his usual health on Friday night, but collapsed at 7 o'clock next morning, beii|g dead before a doctor arrived. Heart trouble was. the-cause. Deceased was a. popular resident of Picton for very many years, being secretary-and founder of the Bowling Club and Horticultural Society.. He leaves a widow, one son and two-; daughters.