PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 266, 2 April 1913, Page 5

PERSONAL.

The death is announced from New Jersey of Rear-Admiral John Moore, of the United States Navy. The body of the late Mrs. Mannering, of Napier, drowned whilst Ashing in the \\ aikato river, was recovered on Sunday morning. Mr. Alf. Snowball, who has been in New Plymouth for some time past, has accepted a responsible commercial position in Dannevirke, and leaves for that place on Friday. Archdeacon Willis, having resigned the Aichdeaconry of the Waikato, the Anglican Bishop of Auckland, Dr. Crossley, !, .appointed the R ev . Edmund M. Sta, '™" " f '» «» "* Hi y vkh >*' OV - M - P - Paliian :v T ,lt Tllt "'-ai.naka. for t lir t l lyr "; mlh ' " ,li I,fi * candidate !» the Jaraiiiiki scat at'the next genual election m opposition to the sitting member. The death occurred at the Masterton Hospital of Mr. William Knight, of Ekelamina, a very old colonist. The deceased was seventy-three years of age and had been an inmate of the institution for about nine months. Mr. W. Perhani, a well-known figure i» spoiting circles in Xew Plymouth, left last evening to take up a position with Mr. * lagan at the Bay of Islands, ii ioi to leiiMng he was presented with a case of pipes by the Recreation Sports ' Grounds Committee, of which he was a member. Lord Macnaghten, Senior Lord of ip- ■ peal in Ordinary, whose death occurred lecently, was a brother of Lieutenant Macanghten, R.A.. who was killed in aCtion at Te Arei on March 17, 1861 A part of one of the shells fired from the » mortar under the Lieutenant is to be seen at the News Office. > . * In regard to the death of the Earl of ' Pembroke the llawcra Star says:—We think we right in adding that he *was associated with New Zealand, or at any rate made a cruise of the Pacific, as a result of which he got into touch with Judge Manning, and brought out a special edition of that very interesting work of the Judge's, Old New Zealand, to i which the Earl himself contributed & long introduction. 1 a meeting of the Expansion and tourist League last evening, Mr. T. C.. List was unanimously elected acting--1 chairman. Mr. List said he was quite prepared to do all he could in the interests of the League andjthe district, but lie was a very busy man, anil lad not the ' time to give to the affairs of the League - that their importance required. He therefore could not see his way to taker the position for a longer term than four ', i months. This would' enable the League - . to secure a person with more leisure and" ability for the work. Surgeon-Major H. B. Hinton, of Adei laide, recently celebrated his hundredth birthday. He ranks as the oldest officer of the British armv at present living, for he dates liaek to .March 7th, 1813, ■ when George lIT. was King. He was born in England, saw service first in Bnr- • mail, was present in the Sikh wars and Indian Mutiny, and later on was among* the lighting in_ China. He then retired' ' to private life in bauneeston. However* many years ago, he was tempted toSouth Australia, and has practically resided in the Central State ever since. Lieutenant Francis L. Harris, last sur- ■ vivor of the Hayes Arctic expedition,, which went north in search of Sir John Franklin in 1800, died last month at his home in Roxbury, Massachusetts, in his eighty-eighth year. The Hayes expedition left Boston on July 10th, lfi(to, oil board, the United Stati-s. and got asfar north as 84 degrees, where an island jwas found and named after Lieutenant Harris. The party was away about two I years, and although it made a diligent ! search and suffered great privations, it : ; did not find Sir Johtin Franklin. The } 1 expedition brought back many specimens 1 I for the Smithsonian Institution. When- • the United States returned to Boston, the civil war was well under way and ' Lieutenant Harris enlisted in the ijiiion > navy and fought throughout the w\r. • Before going to the Arctic, Lieutenant i Hawis was a midshipman on board the t St. Louis, which sailed around Cape t Horn into the Pacific Ocean. Horatio Nelson," the third Earl N«l----i son, a collateral descendant of the great 3 admiral, died in London last month, as was briefly announced by cable. Earl Nelson was the grand-nephew ,of the Lord Nelson of Trafalgar, who was the' first Baron Nelson and the. only viscount who,was never an earl. He was on son of the second earl, and was born on August 7th, 1823. Succeeding to the title in 1835, he took his seat in 1845. He was known as the "Father of the House of Lords." He married in Lady Mary Jane Diana Agar, daughter of the second Earl of Normanton. The " heir to the earldom is Thomas Horatio 3 Nelson, Lord Merton, who was born in 1 1857. Though ninety years old, and the i 'father" of the House of Lords in point t of length of service, the late peer was ,not the oldest member. Lord Wemyss ( is ninety-five years old, but did not suc»" V ceed to the title until 18S.1. file pen- ' : sion of £SOOO a year Ranted to the heirs ' of the admiral for* three lives now expires.. /BHft Tirst Lord Nelson was crea.t; u ed aj baron after the battle of the Nile. I and it was his brother, who by special remainder succeeded to his titles, who ' was created first earl. • & o —-