PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 188, 7 February 1914, Page 4

PERSONAL.

A cable message slates thai the Rev. Watts, of Ditchcriiold, has been appoint ed Bishop of Chelmsford. Mr J. Coyle, who has resigned the position of Chief Gaoler at New Plymouth Prison, owing to ill-health, left New Plymouth with his family for Wellington by yesterday morning's mail train. Mr P. VV. Henry, of Hawkesbury College, New South Wales, who was recently' appointed Agricultural Instructor to the Taranaki Technical College, arrived in New Plymouth on Thursday evening. The Rev. A. 11. Colvile, who has occupied the pulpit at St. Matthew's Church, Auckland, for three months, having effected an exchange with the viear, the Rev. W. E. Gillani. will return to New Plymouth next week. Wc regret to state that Mrs. N. Fulton, who left Stratford with her husband almost a year ago. has recently returned to the Dominion in bad health. ■She underwent a very critical operation in the New Plymouth Public Hospital yesterday, and her condition is critical. At midnight she was reported to be progressing as well as could be expected.

Mr l.utfring, general inspector 'of the International Harvester Company, and Mi- !•'. \V. Jones, general manager for Xew Zealand of the same company, have been on a visit to Xew riymouth, and left yesterday for the South. Mr Lntfring, whose business takes him to all part* of the world, was greatly charmed with the town and its surroundings, which, lie declared, were the most picturesque he hail ever seen. Memories of the keen anxiety which prevailed in the Auckland district when in tlie sixties ninety Uangiriri rebels escaped from imprisonment at Kuwait Island, and enriched themselves at Tamahau, are (says an Auckland mess»av) recalled by the death last week of Mrs. Charlotte Meiklejohn, at the age of 78 years. She settled at Big Omaha with her husband* the late Mr. John Meiklejohn. over fifty year* ago, and the *scaped Maori prisoners were frequent visitors at the farm. The natives wove always treated fairly well and kindly by these settlers, however, and in consequence were never harmed. The deceased lady, who was highly otcemed in the district, leaves sivtv-thrce descend- J ants, children, grandchildren and great- | grandchildren. I An old and esteemed colonist, Mr William Stephenson, died at Fitzherhcvt Kast, Palmerston North, on Monday, ei the age of ninety-one years. The deceased was born at Ttarton, near li.irliiigton (Knglandl in 1823. After sowing his apprenticeship at the building trade he tool; un his residence in Leeds, and was there during the Chartist asilation and subsequent riots. In 18o!) he moved to London, and while the-e became associated with the late Douglas Jcrrolri, Charles Kingsley and others in the formation of the first trades union in England. In ISJ-t lie visited Australia, but subsequently returned to London, finally leaving for Xew Zealand in the ship Clontarf. ITe arrived at Lyttolton in ISM and spent some years in Christchurch and XelSon, in both ! places being engaged in the building trade. Eventually he settled on a farm with his sou at Shannon, from which he retired a few years ago, and has since resided in Palnievston and Fitzhevbevt. Mrs. Stephenson predeceased her husband over three years ago. An ndnlt family of three sons and two daughters arc left.