PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 205, 9 May 1912, Page 5

PERSONAL.

The Hon. Geo. Laurenson 'and Mrs ' Laurenson are the guests of Dr. Steven during their stay in Stratford. At a meeting of the Masonic Grand ' Lodge in Dunedin. Bro. Thomson, of Invercargill, was elected Grand Master. v ' n ' Minister of Mines, left Wellington yesterday to attend the funeral of the late Hon. James McGowan as representative of the Government. Mr. J. B. Connett, chairman of the Harbor Board, accompanied by Mrs. Connett, left for Auckland last night by the Harawa, on a short holiday trip. M*r. W. D. Webster was also a passenger* The voting for the election of one member to represent the Otago Univer- *> aity on the New Zealand University Senate resulted as follows: Dr. Marshall 81, Mr. Gil ray 89, Professor White 8# Dr. J. Alan Thomson 19. ' •> The Hon. A. M. Myers. Minister for ■ v Railways, Defence and Finance, went south from Wellington by the Maori > last night, and will be away for a week 1 •] or ten days. He will visit Ohristchurch, Timaru, Dunedin, Invercargill and other towns on departmental business, chiefly 1 With regard to railway matters. * Mr. F. M. B. Fisher, M.P., was & pas* ■ ; senger by the mail train from Welling. 'j ton last night. He alighted at Stratford }i in order to attend the Hon. G. Laurenson's meeting. Mr. Fisher will re- '. .i turn to Wellington to-morrow, and the question of his replying to Mr. Lauren- ' »1 son will be left in the ihands of the local '* *| executive of the party. Mr. D. M. Home, a very old resident' -A of Woodville, but who for the last tea il years had been farming at Ballance, died 'tyesterday morning from an attack of pneumonia, at the age of 68 years. Deceaeed and his family arrived in the col- , -j ony in the City of Auckland, which was ~J wrecked at the mouth of the Otaki {1 river, in 1878, but all the passengers ! vl were safely landed. , IW I At Elt'ham, on Tuesday evening, Mr. ,'J C. A. Wilkinson was farewelled at * .".J social gathering by a number of towns- ,'M people, who wished him and Miss Wil- 1 kinson a pleasant journey to America . and a safe return. The Mayor presided*, \ and other speakers were the Hon. W. 3 Carncrose, Messrs. Quinn, Dive, Hill, Taylor, Rochefort, and Belcher. Mr. | and Miss Wilkinson left by tlhe % train last evening for New Plymouth to 1» join the s.s. Rarawa for Auckland, and they were given a very hearty send-off at the Eltham railway station. .'*3