PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 110, 25 September 1912, Page 4

PERSONAL.

A London cablegram 'announces the deatli of Count Bieberstein, German Ambassador to London. ' -

Mr. T. Harle Giles, the Conciliation Commissioner /or the Northern District, arrived by the mail train last night, for the purpose of hearing the dispute between the Taranaki plumbers, gas-fittere, tinsmiths and sheet metal workers and their employers. The hearing will begin to-morrow at the Council Chamebrs, at 10 a .in. Mr Giles will be glad to see any of the parties to the dispute in the interim, lie is located at "The Bungalow."

Football circles and the public generally will regret exceedingly to hear of the death of Mr. Wilfred Beckett, an old New Plymouth boy, news of which is to hand from Toowomha, Queensland. The late Mr. Beckett had a brilliant scholastic career and was also prominent in athletics. He was dux of the High School, and as a footballer played for 'the Star seniors. He qualified for his LL.B., and went to Petone to practise as a solicitor, subsequently going to Dannevirke and Wihangarei. Owing to continued ill-health he sought a change of climate, going over to Australia, There he underwent treatment at various sanitaria, but all without avail, and when he settled in Toowomba the end was not unexpeted. As a good sport, a brilliant scholar, and a respected citizen, the late Mr. Beckett was deservedly held in high esteem.