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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 218, 13 March 1912, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. W. T. Jennings, ex-M.P., will prcjbably he a candidate for the New Plymouth Mayoralty. A Sydney message states that Mr. Nesbitt, Town Clerk, is a passenger by the Moldavia, and is to spend five weeks in New Zealand. The Hon. Oliver Samuel has been appointed honorary corresponding secretary at New Plymouth by the Council of the Royal Colonial Institute. A cablegram from Perth reports that Mr. Pearce, Minister of Defence, who has been conducting a strenuous speaking tour throughout the State, has broken down, and is an inmate of a hospital. Mr. Frederick Hamlin, an old colonist, died at Mount Albert, Auckland, last week. He was born at the Bay of Islands in 1834, and was a son of the late Rev. James Hamlin, who came to New Zealand in 1823 in connection with missionary work. Deceased was educated St.. John's College under the late Bishop ■Selwyn, and was for many years native interpreter to the House of Representatives. He was an able Maori scholar.

The Bishop-elect of Nelson (Canon Sadlier) 'obtained the degree of doctor of divinity of London University about seven years ago, being the first Australian churchman to hold that particular honor. He received his education in theology at Trinity College, Melbourne University, and is the fifth student from that college to become a Bishop. Bishop Long, of Bathurst, who was appointed only three months ago, is one of the five. Canon Sadlier was lecturer at St. John's College, and coeditor of the Church of England "Messenger." He graduated with honors in logic and moral and mental philosophy in 1895. Six months ago his health gave him some uneasiness, and he went away on six months' furlough, from which he has just returned completely restored. He is known (says the Argus) not only as a most scholarly churchman, but as a very, eloquent preacher as well, and it 1 is considered amongst his colleagues and co-workers that Nelson rs taking away a man that will he very much missed in Melbourne.