PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 167, 14 January 1914, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Mr. ,T. G. \V. Aitken. of Wellington, is ill, and has had to iru into a private hospital. lie has undergone an operation, ami is progressing favorably. A Sydney cable mcs-age states that Mr llolman has accepted the invitation of the Science ('ouercss, and will visit New Zealand next month as its guest.

Mr O. Hatch. Australasian Manager of Cook's, is oil a brief visit to Xesv Plymouth. Last evening he conferred with the executive of the local Tourist and Expansion League, and to-day he is being motored to the Mountain House, where he will be the guest of the Mountain House Committee, and later will be shown other features of interest in the town and district, lie will leave -or lha South to-morrow.

Harry Fraprson. whose tragic fate has been reeorded in repent cable messages. was a LondVmer, who went, In Paris ill the a«\i of 20 and-remained there for 10 years, with the result thai lie lieeame more French than .some of the French themselves, thonpli his real name was flarr« I'otl-'. He soon lieeame a star of Hie first inaptitude at Uie Folics l?er{feres and oilier Paris music halls, and enjoyed Ihis pojuilarity for a lon« period of years. He ncqmied a reputation ,-s a composer. who had wrillen 200 son.us (if the mimic-hall type.