PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 278, 25 April 1914, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. George Young hag been returned ' unopposed as Mayor of Inglewood for 1 . ■ tie second term.

Professor T. A. Easterfleld, of Um Vie- ' tioria College staff, intends t* wail ■ Europe towards the end of the jrflfu - . The Hon. James Allen, Minister for Defence, will accompany General' Sir lan • Hamilton to New Plymouth on May 20l

_ Mr. Virgil McGovern, one of tlie injured men in the Hntt lire explosion, is in a critical condition in the WeJliagto* Hospital.

The Emperor 01 Austria passed a disturbed night. The catarrh in the lung is undiminished, but his strength ic maintained. The Bourse .'ji depressed. Mr. A. P. Wehster, manager ef th* Bank of New South Wales at Hawcra, is relieving at New Plymouth during the absence on holiday leave of Mr. Jf. 1 K; MacDiarmid.'

Another of the old residents of th« town passed away yesterday in the person of Mr». M. Wealc, who was for many years well known in the town as th« s proprietress of the "Jubilee Villa" in Currie street.

The friends of Senior-SergeaiiTy Da rt, who was for some time relieving officii in charge of the New Plymouth polio* station, and who is now at Dunedin, will regret to learn that ho is suffering from severe paralysis.

There passed away suddenlr at Petone- on Tuesday, Mr Charles Cud by, V TT }r ol(1 ancl rea P®eted' resident of th« • Hutt Valley, 1 The deceased gentleman, who was a brother ot ufr John Cudby, J.P., of Lower Hutu, was bom at Brentwood, Essex, 78 years ago. H« came to the Dominion when ho was but a young man, and for a number years resided in the Hutt district.

There .passed away at VTangaaui on Monday one of New Zealand's earliest pioners, Mr John Charles Marter, at the age of seventy-nine years. The de- 'i ceased came to the colony in 18S8, and went to the goldfleids where 'ho remained for several years. Later, he went to Auckland and built n theatre, which fa conducted with great success. Mjr Matter took up his residence at WanganuiWbout eighteen years ago and he remained there until the time of his death. He left a \ widow and seven sons, one of wTiom ia sub-editor of the Sydney "Daily Tele- ' graph."

Twio visitors from tsiani, wlio arrived I in Auckland on Monday from Sydney, were Mr Phya Asvabadi, a Siamese nobleman, and master of the king's . horses, and Mr H. G. Tabutcau-Harrick, veterinary surgeon to the king. The former lias charge of about 300 horses belonging to the King of Siaro. ' Good horses are in great demand in Biom, being used in State function*. That Siamese are also very fond of ing, most of their racehorses being bred • in Australia, as the climate is not suitable for English horses. It is with tho

object -of securing some good racehorses as well as remounts and chargers, tint Pihya Asvaoadi has been touring Australia, and has now come on to New

Zealand. Tho party propose t* make a tour of the Dominion, combining business with pleasure, and will them return to Siam via Sydney, Queensland and Java.