PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 128, 17 October 1912, Page 4

PERSONAL.

An Adelaide cablegram reports the death of Mr. Jamieson, a member of the Assembly.

Sir Win. Steward, M.L.C., i s at present lying \eTj seriously ill at his son's residence at Island Bay. Mrs. Miller, of the Tariki Hotel, who has disposed of her interests in that (hostelry and is shortly leaving the district, has been presented bv residents of the district with, a silver afternoon teaservice suitably inscribed.

The London correspondent of the Australasian writes as follows concerning the new Governor of Xew Zealand and his wife:—"Lady Liverpool will undoubtedly be very popular. She is Irish, and has an open, genial manner, and a passionate liking for outdoor life and sport. Shr> and Lord Liverpool are particularly fond of golf, fishing and hunting, and, in addition, Lady Liverpool is an excellent gardener, is fond of all domestic work, and is a good musician. It is probable that Lord and Lady Liverpool will take out with them several horses and dogs, and it is already arranged that Lady Liverpool's favorite cat Thomas shall go to New Zealand.' This is certainly interesting information!

There passed away at the Porirua Mental Hospital on Tuesday, at the age of forty-five years, Captain Sidney • St. John Lidiard, wlio was well-known in nautical circles in Taranaki. Some three years ago Captai Lidiard sustained an injury by accident while assisting to unload 'his vessel (s.s. Pitoitoi), at Marakopa, as a result of which he ultimately •became totally blind, and although he consulted eminent specialists, his affliction became quite incurable. His case aroused unusual sympathy, inasmuch as, owing to the provisions of the Workers' Compensation Act, 1908, by which persons in receipt of wages in excess of £5 per week were precluded from claiming thereunder, he was unable to obtain any monetary redress, and the hardship which his case disclosed had considerable influence in getting the provisions of the Act modified. Recently the unfortunate man's mind became affected, and he had been in the Mental Hospital only a few days when death ensued. Deceased leaves a widow but no family.—Wellington Times. °