PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 165, 29 November 1912, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Bro. W. N. Ewing was last night- installed as Worshipful Master of Lodge Ngamotu for the ensuing year. A record of thirty years' membership of the Wellington Education Board has been attained by Mr. W. C. Buchanan, M.P. for Wairarapa.

Tlie Hon. A. L. Herdman, Minister of Justice, expects to leave for Auckland in about a fortnight to commence his tour of inspection of prisons and the police service.

Mr. Frederick Black, M. Inst., C.E., consulting engineer, who has been on a visit to rsew Plymouth under engagement to the Borough Council to report on a tramways' scheme for the Borough, will return to Wellington bv this morning's mail train, B

News reached Auckland by the last han Francisco mail of the death of Ru'br Westwood (says the Auckland Star) She and her brother were the two biggest children ever bom in New Zealand perhaps the biggest in the world. At the age of eigut Ruby weighed 14st. She grew proportionately, and at the time of her death, when she was about 10 she weighed over 25st. Her brother v\ llfred is several years vouuger and now weighs 30st„ These two "giants" were born in Foxton, and resided up to the time of the Christchurch Exhibition in Auckland. Since that time they have been travelling at Home and in America. The cause of death was blood poisoning, contracted by a, thorn, in the finder from picking flowers. Nothing serious was anticipated from the scratch, but shortly afterwards it was found necessary to amputate the finger. This was of no avail, as the poison spread, and the unfortunate girl died within an hour of .being admitted to the San Francisco Hospital. Mr. W .It. Morris (Assistant-Secretary to the Post and Telegraph Department), has been recommended for the position of Secretary vacated by Mr. D. Robertson, who has been appointed Public Service Commissioner. Mr. William Russell Morris was born at Dublin in 1553, and educated at Bective College. After servin-' in the accountant's branch of the C.ene" al Post Office at Dublin, lie came to New Zealand in 1874. Arriving at Lyttelton in that year, he entered the Postal Department as a money-order clerk, and was transferred to Wellington in 1879 to Christchurch in 1882, and to Wellington again in 1884. In 1891 he was promoted to the position of senior clerk, and later became assistant bontroller of money-orders and savings bank. In 190R he was made controller and accountant, and in 1007 Assistant-SecretaTy. 'Vjr Morris was a founder of the Post and Telegraph Rifles, which company lie commanded for some years. He retired from active military duties prior to the initiation of the new defence scheme.