PERSONAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 91, 3 September 1912, Page 4

PERSONAL

Mr. David MeFarlane was last night elected chairman of the Wanganui ChamInn - of Commerce. Mr H. Okey, M.P., who was in town tor th'e week-end, leaves this morainer for Wellington. A London cablegram announces the death of Mr. Samuel Coleridge Taylor, the well-known composer. A London cablegram states that Captain C. Shawe has been appointed aide-de-camp to Lord Liverpool. The death is announced from Auckland of Mr W. P. Auld, who accompanied McDonald) Stewart, the .explorer, in his 18(51 .expedition across Australia. Trior to his departure for llawera, where, he has joined the -staff of the "Hawera Star," Mr W. McLaren was made the recipient of a, slight token of esteem by his late confreres in the "News." Mr. Jas. IT. Pauling, manager of the Masterton Implement Company, and formerly of Ashburlon. died at Masterton yesterday, after a short illness. Deceased bad taken a prominent part in the local body work of the town, and was a justice of the peace.

Mr William Henry Smith, senior partner in the firm of Smith and Tanglier, drapers, Auckland, died on Satnrda'v morning, aged sixty-one Year*. He was a member of the Auckland City Council from 1888 to 1801, when he represented the Karangahake Ward. He was an motive religious worker, and interested himself in the Auckland Central Mission and its band.

Mr. W. L. Wagstaff, of the teaching staff of the Central School, has been promoted to the charge of. Tongaporutu and Ohukara half-time schools. Mr. Wagstaff, who is very popular both inside and outside school, will be much missed in local hockey circles, he havin« been one of the organisers of the St. Mary's Club. He will take up his duties early next week. Inspector A. Newton, who has been in charge of the Dunedin branch of the Department of Labor for the past two years, .has received word that he has been promoted to the Auckland branch, vice Inspector Shanighan. retired. Inspector Browett, of Christchurch, will -take up Inspector Newton's duties in Dmiedin, while Inspector Willis, of New Plymouth, goes to Christclwreh in place of Mr. Browett. Inspector Bayley, of Napier, will proceed to Wellington to take charge there. One of the passengers bv the Maitai, arriving at the Bluff yesterday, was the Rev. J. Watts Ditchfield, who will commence a three weeks' tour of the Dominion in the interest of the Church of England Men's Society During the voyage Mr. Watts Ditchfield suffered severely from dysentery and sea-sickness, and when the steamer arrived he had to be carried ashore by members of the society who had gone to Port to welcome him. The visitor was conveyed to the Club Hotel, where lie was attended by Dr. Torrance, who would only allow him to be seen by the Rev. Mr. Swinburne. .Anglican minister at the Bluff Mr. Watts Ditchfield will probably be laid up for several days. News has ben received in Christchureh of the death in England of Mr J. <?. Keulemans, the ornithological artist who painted the pictures for Sir Walter Biiller's "Birds of !New Zealand." Keulemans was born at Rotterdam sixty-nine years ago. but lived for nwnv years in London. Many pvtures of bird* painted by liim appear in the '"Transactions" of the. Zoological .Society. Some ©f th* best judges consider that his finest work was (says the Lvttelto,, Times) done in 1874, about fourteen vears before he began to paint New Zealand birds. He possessed remarkable energy and capacity for work, and be seemed to have an intuitive knowledge of the natural poise of a bird whose skin was in his hands. In later years his pencil lost some of its ounnine. and he intimately became, to some extent, color Mmd(.