PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 163, 27 November 1912, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Constable O'Neill returned last night from Greymouth.

Mr. Robert Hughes, senr., who is 91 years of age to-day, haa been indisposed for some weeks past.

A Sydney cablegram announces the death of Sir Matthew Davies, ex-Speaker of the House of Assembly. Mr. AV. J. O'Donnell, formerly of Palmerston, has been appointed Borough Engineer at Greymouth. Lady Stout is a passenger on her return to the Dominion by the Malawa, which left London on November 1 last.

Mr. and Mrs. BumfieM, of Dunedin, who have been on a holiday visit to New Plymouth, left by the Rarawa last night for Auckland.

Lance-porporal Cosbrook, of B Company Territorials, has received an appointment on the Permanent Artillery stall', Wellington.

Messrs. E .C. Morcy and E. C. Rennell are returning to New Plymouth via the P. and 0. steamer Mautua, which left London on October 18.

At its meeting yesterday the Taranaki Education Board granted Mias Stewart, head teacher at Hillsborough School, 12 months' leave of ab/eneo to enable her to visit England.

In a report to the Education Board yesterday, the Technical Director (Mr. A. Gray) mentioned that be had received word from the Board of Education, Whitehall, London, that the* work of Miss Edith A. Arthur, submitted for the art teachers' certificate, had been accepted. Mr. F. Black, consulting engineer, arrived in town last night for the purpose of reporting on the route and method of traction in connection with the Borough tramway proposals. As soon as Mr. Black haa gone over the grdund, a meeting of the Borough Council will he held, possibly to-nigit. Lieut. Willis, late of New Plymouth, who has been transferred to Christchurch, is joining the rifle club there as an honorary member. On Saturday lie totalled 2!),* 32, 31 at 200, 300 and f.OO yards respectively. He informed an Evening News pressman that he found Cashmere a much more difficult' range than the one he had been used to shooting on at New Plymouth. A London cablegram reports the death' of Mr. W. F. Monypehny, a director of the Times Publishing Company, at the age of 45. Mr. Monypenny went from the Times to edit the Johannesburg Star in 1809, and served in the South African War, after which he returned to London. He was engaged at the time of his death in writing an authoritative "Life of Lord Beaconsfield," the firat volume of wliich has been issued and received nuieh, attention.