PERSONAL.
A London cablegram announces the; death of the Duke of Abercorn, at ther age of 74 years. Mr. T. Slmilcr Weston, who has been visiting New Plymouth, left on Saturday night, for Auckland. ; Many people will regret to hear o£ the death of Mrs. Duncan .\laeGre<*or, widow of thy Jate Dr. MaeGregor (Inspector of Hospitals). | A cablegram from London states that Lord Harding* had no fever on Friday but suffers much deafness and the constant aching of hi* wounds prevents sound rest. f Mr. Frederick Bultcnvorth, who was seriously injured in the motor-car accideant at Normanby, is so much better that it is thought he is now out of danger.—Hawera Star. jj A cablegram from London states that' the title of Sir G. Sydenham Clarke, Governor of Bombay, who was recently, raised to the peerage among the New! Year honors, will be Lord Sydenham. '.
Probably few men have occupied, at' as early an age, so responsible a position as Mr. C. E. Frazer (PostmasterGeneral of the Commonwealth), who arrived by the Aornngi from Svdney on Thursday. Mr. Frazer's thirty-third birthday coincided with the day'of his arrival in New Zealand. The Commonwealth Postmaster-General is one of the' increasing band of Cabinet Ministers who have risen from the ranks. Not ad many years ago he was a locomotive fireman. Mr. W. 11. V. Bindon, headmaster tf Manaia School, whose death took place last week, waa a member of a well known Irish family. He came to New. Zealand at a comparatively early age! and obtained a responsible' position in! the teaching profession in Auckland. 61 the early eighties he was appointed inspector of schools for .the Wanganuf District Education Board, where net worked like a Trojan and achieved mortf than successful results in the face of numerous difficulties. There is but little doubt that his strenuous labours while occupying that position were largely responsible for the breakdown, in his health, which caused him to relinquish the post and take up the duties of teacher at Eawhitiroa, and live very quietly for several years. Subsequently; he was induced to apply for the vacancy] ■which occurred at Manaia, and his appointment was fully justified, but his health did not improve, and latterly he sustained a severe illness which culminated in his death on New Year's night.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 194, 6 January 1913, Page 4
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383PERSONAL. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 194, 6 January 1913, Page 4
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