PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 254, 17 March 1913, Page 4

PERSONAL.

The Prime Minister (Hon. W. F. Massey) hopes to visit Taranaki early next month. Dr. P'omare is at present on a visit to Xew Plymouth. His mother, who is living in Xew Plymouth, is in a serious condition. Lord lnchcape has been formally appointed chairman of the British, Indian. i and Australian United Steam Naviga- | tion Company. Mr. F. (I. Magnusson, who has been town clerk of Dannevirke for several years, has tendered his resignation, taking effect in July next. Dr. 11. B. Lcatham, with Mrs. Leatham and daughters, leaves for Wellington this morning, en route for the Old Country and Europe. They expect to be away over a year. Miss Ethel Rae, of Auckland, who is to sing at the National concert to-night arrived by the Rarawa on Saturday morning. This is her first visit to Xew Plymouth. Messrs. F. J. Hill and H. C. Evans, who went for a few days trip to Christi church, after competing at the Trentham ride meeting, returned to New' Plymouth on Friday evening. | The funeral of the late Mr. Alexander Xorman Bewley took place on Saturday afternoon. A large cortege followed the deceased's remains to the Te Henui cemetery, where the last rites were administered by the Rev. A. H. Colvile. The pall-bearers were Messrs. A. Cliff, Ronald Paul, Chnney, B. Whitcombe, E. Humphries. D. Webster, E. S. Bayley, and (1. Eraser. Many floral tributes were received by the relatives of the deceased, including one. from the North. Taranaki Hunt Club, the late Mr. Bewley being an enthusiastic follower of the hounds. Messages of sympathy-were received from all parts of the Dominion. A London correspondent writes:—Si» Joseph and Lady Ward and Miss Ward have exchanged the bustle of the Hotel Cecil for the. calmer atmosphere of : Whitehall Court, and there they propose to remain for the next month, at all events. Master Pat Ward is now a student of Downside College, near Bath. Last month Lady Ward presented the prizes to the successful students attending the Browning Settlement, Walworth, and Sir Joseph Ward, in a short speech, told the large audience a few facts concerning the conditions prevailing in Xew Zealand. Mentioning" the principle of adult suffrage in the Dominion, he said: "My wife has exercised the powei; ever since it has been in operation. Ido not know whether she ever voted against me or for me. (Laughter). My daughter has also on one occasion used her power to vote. You don't find the slightest dill'erence in their appearance." Sir Joseph received numerous requests ;to speak at public meetings. Sir Joseph has had to decline them all, as he says he is here for purposes of a rest and [ change, and is not looking for hard work. Dulcie Deamer (Mrs. Albert fioldie), late of Masterton. and at present in Sydney, received news by the last American mail of the publication of her book entitled. "The Suttee of Safa," in New York. Messrs G. W. Dillingham and Co., the publishers, announce the work in the following flattering terms: —"A wonderful tale of the passion-scented, languorous East; a novel dealing with the tremendous motif of mother-love triumphant over sex-love.' Filled with amazing colorful .pictures of the life and thought of Hindustan, the story is brimming over with sympathetic humanity. A jubilant freshness of jeu d'esprit bubbles up on every page. It tells of people in India and of lovers, passionate and intense, iburning with all the ardor of their tropical nature, who are poignantly alive in every exultant fibre of their being. They are as human as you or T. and their problems are as vividly real to them as the overshadowing actuality of yours or mine. The element of spirit mysticism and hypnotism—Yogi power—involving an exposition of thought transference and individual mob control, lends an unusual touch to the story. Full of dominating appeal of motherhood, the writer has infused so much of passion and romantic charm into the story as to make it a book of more titan passing interest to the discriminating reader."