PERSONAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 279, 22 May 1912, Page 4

PERSONAL

Tn pursuance of the policy outlined by the Minister of Railways a few days ago, Mr. C. A. Piper lias been appointed traffic superintendent for the North Island. At a meeting of the Dunedin Fire Board yesterday Mr. A. G. Napier, ol the Adelaide Brigade, was appointed superintendent in succession to Captain Mitchell, who has retired. The Masterton Congregational Church has extended a call to the Rev. T. (». Butler, who has been supplying the pulpit for the last three months. Mr. Butler was ordained at Ballarat seven years ago. Mr. Thomas Collier, an old settler ol the Masterton district, who had been engaged in wool-classing on the local stations for many years, died on Monday, aged 86. He leaves a. widow and two sons. Sir Joseph and Lady Ward will return to New Zealand from Australia by the steamer Maunganui, reaching Wellington on May 29. The following day Sir Joseph will be presented with an address and Lady Ward with a souvenir, at the Town Hall, on behalf of the citizens. The election to fill the vacancy on the Borough Council caused by the resignation of Mr. ScandTett (now Mayor of Invercargill) resulted in Mr. T. O'Bryne (Labor) winning by a majority of 224 over the nearest competitor, Mr. H. Mair. There were four candidates. Only 1939 votes out of over 7000 were cast. His Excellency the Governor left by the Main Trunk line on Monday to spend a day or two in shooting over Mr. MeKinnon's property, near Huntly. He will return to town either to-morrow or on Wednesday. The Governor will remain in Auckland to meet General Baden-Powell next Sunday, and will attend the inspection of scouts on the following day and probably the General's lecture in the evening. A London paper just to hand states that the Hon. M™ Col vile, widow of Mr R. C. Oolvile, of Lullington, Burton-on-Trent, died at Cliff House, Atherstone, in her eighty-fifth year. Sh« was the oldest lady follower of hound* in the country. The old lady was tn« great-aunt of the Rev. A. H. Colvile, vicar of St. Mary's, New Plymouth, and a cousin of Major Colvile, who served with the 43rd Regiment in the Taranaki war. Many old playgoers will regret to hear of the death in England of Mr. Georgn H. Snazelle, the clever entertainer. New Zealand say him over twenty years ago in his entertainment entitled "Music, Song, and Story," in which he first introduced the humorous recital "How Bill Adams won the Battle of Waterloo," which he made famous. Mr. Snazelle was extraordinarily gifted. He was an excellent comedian, a cultured elocutionist (who recited such poems as "Enoch Arden"). and a sterling artist in light opera. He made a big success as the chief comedian in "Paul Jones" and other operas in Melbourne, with Miss Nellie Stewart and Miss Marian Burton as the lady "stars."