PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 202, 24 February 1914, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr Henry Brett/proprietor of the. Auckland Star, Auckland, who has been attending the Press Conference, left for home yesterday by the mail train. Mr. William Jeffries, at one time on the stair of the Bank of New Zealand, and a prominent athlete, is mentioned as a probable candidate for the Westland seat at the next general election. The death is announced of Mr Jauies (Jardiner Ballard, of Wellington. Mr, Ballard was formerly Inspector of Tel«j graph Cilice,, in the' Post and Telegraph Department. Mr A. Blnn'ton, the retiring manager of the newspaper Deminioii, w ho U about to return to Australia, was on Saturday evening the recipient of a presentation from members of the stall". Mr l<\ Black, consulting engineer to the New Plymouth Borough Couneil, who has been in New Plymouth lately on tramway matters, will leave for Wellington by the mail train this morning. Mr and Mrs i«\ flyman, of Christchurch, a«d Mr, Mrs, and Miss Smith, of Dunedin, who have been spending the -week-end tit the Mountain House after the Press Conference, return home bv this morning's express. •i *\ V T : »!• R( ' il1 ' semU "'y of the New Zealand Master Printers' Association, who was taken suddenly ill hist week and had to go into a private hospital is KUfliciently recovered to be able to return to Dunedin by to-morrow's mail trau;.

Mr. Stanley J. Harrow lias resigned his position as draughtsman in the Borough Engineer's office, in order to take up the position of assistant engineer to the I imam Borough Council. Mr G B Hooker has been promoted to the vacant position. v

Another Maori war veteran, in the person of Mr. Charles Colev, who had reached the age of 78 yearn, died at ■Stratford on Friday. Deceased came out in IS.VI with the Imperial troops and since the end of hostilities has re sided in Taranaki, mainly in X t . w pi v mouth and Stratford, liis wife predeceased him twelve years a«o.