PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 253, 24 March 1914, Page 5

PERSONAL.

| Miss K. Winfield,, a daughter of 3itj j T. B. WinfieM; ;*{" Fraiudey School, fcs*| , been nasaing her teachers|i t D Grade examination, i"ijj i Mr C, K. Wilson, M.P. for TaumwfJki - nui A was in Now Plymouth.' yesteidMp t just ncaring the completion of a M|jj , round Qf pre-electiona} visits in {3ss| » tornte. ; -UaMgi At a gatbVv'insr of old settlers at Hlj| r WBi on Saturday, it was decided «m . To: in an association, to be called "TBra ~' South Taranaki Old Settlers' Attodug ,_ tion." The qualification for mcmbertSilj I is to be a residence of 2d years and fIVMJB c in the district. : 'M J At the County Councils' Conference »|| * Eltham on Saturday, Mr Quin sold' tolji e the revenue from the Mungutoki tvlji P gate was 41418 lost year, and tbe cUffi! 6 rOf collecting it (6152, Mr OoodlfijnJ is| » marked that the revenue ft'ou tho Bi|j ? wera County Council's "ate at inaha mm « been £912,, £079, £IO2B, £ll4O, fl2W| and £1250. Motor-cars hod increawiJi '• from 189 to 3334, and motor-cycles fr<rig| • nil to 1750. , «<fflf| c Another of New Plymouth's old. ide»| a tities passed away on Sunday lastj jli ' the person of Miss Cottier, who* {«&■ r many years carried on a fancy goofj| [ j business in Brougham Street. SWm t years ago the deceased lady retired iron! 1 business and went for a trip .to Amerl *§] her native country. On her return dfl ■ ' settled down to enW her retirwi ■ meat, -and lie? death 1 , ioliowlfig oft g'itm brief illness, was somewhat stid4H! •'|§ [ "Music hath charms to sooth 'sm 1 savage breast," but its effect on the Nm! Plymouth Borough Council last atonl was ahythiiig hut soothing. For MMH time the strains of a piccolo, blown ten a member of the office staff who wa» WH night duty, had been wafting its Wall upwards to the council chamber- «n§ji making itself heard above the dm^Sll municipal debate. Councillors at fiiraj smiled indulgently, but finally Cr.OarjcH announced that it wfts 'Vetting on Jljnj nerves." The Town Clerk then honiedl out of the room, and the enterprjifa^ disciple of Swlvclhir immediately ceM{jd*| his wailing, and the meeting re*an>iju| the even tenor of its way. i'"!™ At the end of the next month the R||m Joshua Jdhes, vicar of St. James's Pm|H ish, Lower Hutt, will retire from fMHH charge—one he has held for tbe p»|U twentv-six years. Tie is to be sueeetwH by the Rev. A. L. Hansell, M.A. jGSBM ford) at present vicar at KarorL' 11k9 Rev. Joshua Jones, who is scventip^ years of age, was educated at St. AwnS ustine's Theological College, CanterbullH England, being ordained a deacon ''wH March 17, 1867. From that year to IWIB in which year he was ordained a (ttlwn he was stationed at Warick, Que«<i§9 land, Australia, and for three years.m 9 lowing was at Lcyburn. In "IBTI IMS Jones came to New Zealand, and jlh| mained in the Otago district for «|rißm[ years, during which time ho was (Ufa tioned at Clyde and Queenstown, ' MBM Jones was transferred to KeldingjHHi 1870, where he remained for seven yeo^9 In 1888 he removed to Lower Hutt,*»HH| has been stationed there ever since, WjjSM Jones is greatly respected by both jjlH clergy and parishioners. His *>e*jS» during the past year has not been orljW satisfactory nature. The Rev. A. ,Wm Hansell is a son-in-law of Bishop JuUoIM Chris'tehurcli. He was trained at the OJjjffl ford and Cuddesdon Colleges, and «f)ffi9 being ordained served at Wantage, -BftffiH land, for a number of years. Mr, BtJgjsS sell came to New Zealand in 1900. «mH was stationed at Hawcra for a 'ftwjn months before going to Karori, wtysrjiil he has resided ever since. His nomliiaSjjM tion for the new position had the uniglH imous support of the vestry. .ilfl