PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 121, 9 October 1912, Page 4

PERSONAL.

The Hon. T. Mackenzie was due al Plymouth yesterday. The death hae occurred of Mr. F. Hoi iroyd, 1a .well-known Dannevirke |resident.

Messrs. W. F. McAUum, F. Messenger, and W. C. Phillips were passengers for the North by the Earawa last night. The, Wellington Presbytery last night nominated the Rev. A. Grant, of Dannevirke, as moderator of the General Assembly in 1013. '

It is stated that Lord Liverpool, Gov-ernor-designate for New Zealand, will make his home at Auckland for some months after arrival in the Dominion.

Mr .J. Brown was on Monday night re-elected' chairman of the Maketawa Dairy Company. During the eighteen years of its existence Mr Brown lias been continuously chairman, save for an interval of one year. A cable from Fremantle states that Arnst and his wife were passengers by the Mainara, which arrived yesterday. Artist has no excuses -to offer for his defeat, but merely states that the better man won. People did not believe him when he said' that the race on the Zambesi was the hardest in his career. The water on the Thames was rougher than the Zambesi. Barry was more accustomed to it. Arnst is not keen on Pcarce's chances. He states that he has finished sculling, and intends 'to settle on the laud in New South Wales. The suggested visit to Canada »f the First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. Winston Churchill), accompanied possibly by a battleship squadron, with the object of placing on a firmer basis the Imperial relation* between Canada and the Mother Country in matters of defence, has prompted Mr. Myers (Auckland Kint) to place on the Order Paper a question to the Prime Minister asking whether he will communicate with the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia with a view to sending a joint invitation to Mr. Churchill to"extend hi* visit to the Australian colonies.

Another of the few remaining original old colonists at Akaroa has passed away in tlie person of Madame Francois Lelievre on Monday night (says the Press). The deceased lady, who had attained the age of eighty-three years, was a member of the Nanto-Bordelaise Expedition, and with her parents and Madame Emery de Malinanche, arrived in Akaroa Harbor in the ship Comte de Paris, in 1840, being then eleven years of age. Later, she married Captain Francois Lelievre, and resided in Akaroa till her death, enjoying good health'till a fortnight ago, when she had a paralytic seizure, which ended fatally. Deceased was well known and highly respected, and leaves four .sons and four daughters. Only four of the original emigrants now survive—M. and Madame Eteveneaux and M. Libeau and M. de Malmanche.

Thwe old Hag officers in the British Navy celebrated their birthdays in August, and each is in the eighties. Admiral Sholto Douglas has been on the retired list for 24 years, lie served in four big naval campaigns, and was a great hunter of slave traders, liberating no fewer than 1200 slaves during one commission. Viceadmiral N. P. Townsend has been 2!) years on the retired list. He also saw a good deal of lighting in his time. The real veteran of the three, however, is Sir William Dowell, who entered the Xavy two years after Queen Victoria came to the throne. His first ship was the old Royal Adelaide, and 50 years later he was again serving in the same ship as Commander-in-Chief at Devonport. He fought in six wars and campaigns, and next to Sir John Dalrymple•lTay. is the oldest living naval officer. He retired ±2 years ago.