PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 298, 9 May 1913, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Mr. John Coombe, one of the proprietors of the Manawatu Standard, is on a brief visit to New Plymouth. A London cablegram states that the estate of Doctor Wilson, the Antarctic* . hero, has been proved at £905. Mr. George Douglas Hamilton, one of the pioneers of electric lighting in Sydney, died, in Sydney Hospital last week after a short illness. Dr. Silyestri, the Italian entomologist, passed through Sydney last week, en route from West Africa to Hawaii with parasites of the fruit fly. The appointment of Messrs. Peter Barr *, and J. H. Richardson as members of the Public Service Appeal Board is announced. The former is to be chairman. ' Mr. Felix M'Guire was in New Plymouth yesterday on his way north, where he proposes to reside in future. He still retains interests in Taranaki * , however. • At the annual meeting of the United Temperance Reform Council, in Dunedin, it was decided to engage Mr. 3. J-. . Franklyn, of Sydney, late of Nelson, a». * permanent organiser. _ ' , The Era" states that Mr. Hugo QorKte, who is well known in New Zealand, ; underwent a serious operation in London \ ' a few weeks ago. At latest advice he. « was progressing rapidly towards re-. • covery. The new General Manager of Baii- ■ ways, Mr. B. H. Hfley, is expected .to* reach the Dominion on September I, . t The present General Manager,' Mr. T.i' Ronayne, will continue to hold office- > until his successor arrives. . folonel J. W. M'Cay has resigned fi» m l> the position of Director of Intelligence-<?■ m the Commonwealth Defence Forces, and has been transferred to the unat- , tached list. With his retirement the postition has been abolished. » The retiring Mayor of Inglewood, ''Mr-'"" G. W. Bennett, was a member of the first. Inglewood Borough Council ten year*.' ago, and has been Mayor of the town for the past eight years. He leaves .behind him a record of municipal work io>' be proud of. t <•*> Mr. W. G. Wickham, Brifish Trade * J Commissioner in New Zealand, is visit- ' ing Auckland, and will make a stay of ' *• some weeks. Mr. Wickham intends to make himself acquainted with the leading business men and trade conditions-' in the northern city. The Duchess of Connaught had a fajg night, and shows a slight . improverment. The Duke of Connaught has ex--1 pressed appreciation of the messages of sympathy, including those from Australia and New Zealand, winch will encourage the Duchess to, fight against her insidious disease. Mr. D. Bnick, M.P., denies the report that he will not seek, re-election ast member for Palmerston at the close of! the present Parliament. ''You can give i the rumour the most emphatic denial,"' stated Mr.Buick to a Manawatu Timesrepresentative. "I have no intention of retiring for the next twenty yearsI will stick to- my seat until I anj., defeated." " Mr. Henry Best, who was 81 years of age, died at Great Western, Victoria, last week. Mr; Best was one of the first to visit thegoldflelds, reaching Ballarat in 1851, as well as Bendigo and other centres. In 1806 he settled at Great Western, and established the Great > Western Vineyard, and also laid out * the Concongelia Vineyard, one of the largest at Great Western. --^ Dr. Jessie Scott, M.D., D.Ph., formerly of Chnsfchurch, ,whoJia«.J)eeiL,r«side«# *V| in England for the past nine years, arrived at Auckland by the Marama on Tuesday. During the last two and a half years jahe.has been a member of the Public Health Department of the London,--,,., County Council, undertaking important'"' f and responsible work, especially in regard to the medical inspection of school children. It is the intention of Dr. Scott to commence" practice in New Zealand. Prince Albert, the second son of King George V., is a cadet on board the cruiser Cumberland, which has been voyaging in the West Indies lately. He is expected to receive just the same treatment as any other young sailor, but the ' rule had to be broken when his ship arrived at St. Lucia recently. The town was decorated in his honor, and thousands of people, mostly cplored, had assembled in their best clothes to meet him. The chairman of the Town Board boarded tlie cruiser, and said that the populace wanted to see the King's son, and under the special circumstances the Prince was driven round the town in the Governor's carriage. His visit, it was explained, reminded the inhabitants of the capture of the island from the French on April 4, 1794, when the Prince's great-great-grandfather, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent," the famer of Queen Victoria, himself first hoisted the' British flag at Mome Fortress, then the principal fortress on the island. St.. Lucia was attacked by the combined land and sea forces of the British under the command respectively of General Sir Charles Grey and Admiral John Jervis,, the hero of Cape St. Vincent. Prince Edward commanded the forces landed at- • Roseau, a small town fourteen miles distant from Castries, and, so rapidly did he force the enemy before him, that for fourteen hours his column had fought its way across country, and his Royal Highness had Hoisted the British flag on the French fortress.