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,! ; |, ' l « t Wells, of Brixtoiii li -.e .>« a \u» to their daughter at ' : .iu- t, and their granddaughter *% i.i'.vin. Air . ..i ti.'Hant, consulting engineer io !.!•• lis-vtu i!:irhor Hoard and •J 1C • Xl ' w J'Kuiu-ili. Harbor Hoard, armed hug it!,.! u> the Rotorua on Wed;, iuv.
Mr s, i-Uuiis, formerly of the "\Vaimate Pl;-iii;., .ii,4 now u nmliolder at theback of vV.ur'aiiiii, underwent an operation fo: 1 is ou Tuesday, and i v doing well.
Mr \\. 11. Kiiu e , Chief I'oatmastcr at Cisboree, who km been in the IVt and Telegraph Dcp&vtmont for 44 y»ar» past, is about to retire from the service at liw own request. v
Colonel Sir Edward Ward lias resigned the Permanent Under-Secretary ship at the War Office. He will bo succeeded 'jy Mr 11. H. Brade, C.li., Assistant-Secre-tary for War, who lias been created » Knight of tho Bath
flic Rev. 1). Hird, M.A., who recently, relincpiished the charge of the l'almer*. ton North Congregational Church and was admitted t.o the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand, hag accepted call from the Itotorui congregation. Speaking at a welcome given to Mr R, Roberts, of the All Blanks, on hid return to Okaiawa the other evening, a member of the Taranaki Rugby Union stated that Tamil, the great Taruntki footballer, had played his last game.-A toast in Tamu's honor was drunk In silence. The distinction attached to a Privv Oouneilloruhip (the honor recently conferred upon the lit. Hon. the I'rime Minister) may be gauged from the fact that the persons holding that high office tak# precedence to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Lord Chief Justice of England, and all judges, baronets ai|d knights except Knights of the Garter, .and all Commoners. J
Dr. 11. R. Mill, D.Sc., LL.D.. Director of the British Kainfall Organisation, Mrived in Wellington from London by th* Rotorua on Wednesday Dr. Mill Intends travelling in the Dominion for titt next two months. l)r. Mill was formerly librarian of the Royal geographical Society, and president and secretary -if tile Royal Meteorological Society" of Friglund. He is a distinguished authority on scientific mid geographical natters.
Mr Richard Hull, an old resident of Auckland, died at his home, Ranfurly lload, Kpsoni, early on Monday evening, at the age of US years. Mr Richard Hull was connected with the Government Stock Department, being statioued in the course of his work at Palmerston South, Marlborough, Wangamii, and latterly at Auckland, lis was the third son of the late Mr Francis Hull, at one time M.l\ for Marsden. Deceased left a widow, two sons, and one daughter. Sir .Tames Carroll, who is visitinc Auckland, will probably leave for Rotorua in a few days. It' was recently reported that it was unlikely that Sir James Carroll would seek re-election as M.l. for Gisbornc. In reply to a question on this subject by a New Zealand Herald reporter, Sir James Carroll said: liio statement was published without my authority. That is all that I can ail). Sir James Carroll hits greatlv improved in health during the past few weeks.
j The Rev. W. Vennbhs. M.A., who for the past two yeat* hui with the, parish of 1 Ir.ly Trinity, Greymouth, is severing his connection with the parish in order t» make a tour jf the world (says a AVevt ('oast exchange). ]<or a clergyman advanced in years, Mr V enables has a surprising capacity for work, and nothing comes amiss to lnni;from preaching a sermon to cutting thn church fence! from singing in the church choir to making ael ureh pew. His versatility is phenonicr.nl. He made all , the seats for the Col.r'en CllurHf; aDM ' tiioy fins models ot ox(vHoik»». Mr. Venables has been a waivable member jf the (ireymouth Lfedkrtafcl. A man with a (nilv ailrenturous career passed away in the Auckland Ho*, pital on Tuesday afternoon, in the person of Mr Francis John Purvis, aged 93 years. At a veterans' onner, Lord RanJurly, when Governor, was speeiallv in[crested 111 the old sail )r. who wore th# medal for the siege of Acre, dated NoU'Hiber ;i, 1840 Mr 'urvij was bora n 1821. and ?oi,ie.T Up R oyJ | Navy in ' on tho liiwiijro, And wm c .ft th - ot do Acre. After serving in tie Navv in various parts of the' vorld, he arrived at >ew Zealand in the Minn da in 1802, and was one of th> W\l Ilrimid* : formed for service ashore dhrini? th« ' Maori war. A| ilio d =*4icis hlund.-r of (.ate la. Mr Purvis was severe!?, wounded a bullet pasdng through lifo \V !i! ,i i^ ■ ,, ,u Taranaki, \ aikato, and Waitara. -He was discharged at Auckland, with his parchment coitificate showing that he held th- S»i la and New Zealand war medal--, with < years service (including <hv yoaw the C0.,, (;r;1I ,r ( ,). wit), " an e ,l,nt eharaeter Ut , lvas fn ; t , f Vr L ,) " r '" l e wasrecomn.cda. (he senior veteran ;te Dominion, and w ,,s wonderfuHV ' Mil id to the day b-fore Christinas, ft , r™ s nn i ,n w "' k "'V day from - the Home to Onelnniya.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 163, 9 January 1914, Page 4
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