PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 40, 8 July 1914, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Prince Hula. I<\ Euhana, only son of the native ruler of TaJiiti, is on. a short visit t,i> New Plymouth. iMr. 11. p. Toogood has decided to contest the Christchureh North seat at the general election in tlie interest ol the Reform Party. Mr. Alfred Lindsay, \ylh> fas s>oen ,i boot and stfioe manufacturer in Wellington for nearly fifty yoars, has retired from business.

'Sir Samuel Way, Chief Justice of iSouth Australia, has undergone an operation in' Sydney. His left arm has been amputated at the shoultksr.. Mr W. Dir.een, who lwis 'been for some time a warder in the New Plymouth (jaol, left by tile lturawa Inst night, to take up a position in the Mt. Eden gaol. Mr. William Brooks, of (Jreytown, who for over 30 years \v;o a purveyor of fruit on the trains from <ireytown to the Summit, died yesterday, at the age of 79 years.

Mt. John Anderson, a '.vl 1 .-know] died at his ivs irloncc at Maori Hill, Dunedin, on Monday. Mv. Anderson who was 70 year- of age, arrived in the city on September 30,1864, having come out in the fdlip City of Dunedin.

The vestry of St. Mary's Church has passed a vote of sympathy with the relatives of the late Mr. "0. W Govett, and expressing the sense of loss which the. church feels at 'his demiie! It has been decided to place in the church some memorial to hiq memory. A sub-committee of the vestry has the matter in hand, and invites subscriptions from friends and sympathisers. Mr. A. C. Thompson, who has- been for some years on the staff of the New Plymouth branch of the Bank of New Zealand, left yesterday on transfer to Taihape. He has been an active and popular member of football, tennis, and other athletic clubs during his stasi in New Plymouth, and before leaving, lie was the recipient of several presentations, including one from the New Plymouth Tennis Club.