PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 149, 18 November 1914, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Major Clark and Lieutenant G. W* Taylor, of tile Eitliam Territorials, liava been notified to hold themselves in readi-i nesa for service in war. , A Sydney cablegram reports the death 1 of Mrs. Catherine Selig, relict of the late Rev. air Sclig, formerly of Wellington ' Hi" Veil. Archdeacon Evans, who 'had been confined to his bed for the pas# fortnight, was sufficiently recovered On Monday to. get up foT a short time! and he is now getting on splendidly towards complete recovery. A Thames message reports that the death occurred yesterday morning of I.l' El : n . Cßt a well-known Wai< kato architect, wlio was paying a visit to Thames on behalf of the Belgian <und!i el 5 IIle ?' i motor accident on' Saturday. His injuries . were not cow sidered serious, but he received severe) lacerations to his legs, blood-poisoning setting, in which- rapidly spread, and he succumbed as stated.

Dr. W. M'Ara, who has practised !his .profession at Gore for the laat eleven yC -T'J aa bc<n ftcce l )t, "d for service with.- the second reinforcement" of the Axpeditic narv, Force. Her is tl.» only son of the Eight Rev. W. Modorator of the Presbyterian Church of .New Zealand, who is stationed at Kaikoura.

After forty-four years' service in tha AietJiodist ministry, the Rev. George' Bond, who has 'been in charge of the Grafton road church, Auckland, for the last four years, is retiring from active work. He will become a supernumerary minister, and will continue to reside in Auckland. For the past seven years Mr. Bond hm been chairman of 'the Auckland district of the Methodist Church, i i The Rev. N. IT. Papakura .Native Minister in connection with the Metliooist Church, residing at Colac Bay ■ Southland), has resigned and is in the Aortti Mand pursuing his campaign for the Northera Maori sect, recently, represented by Dr. Bangihirca who is contesting tihe Bay of Islands. There are fifteen other aspirant? for the honor o£ representing the Northern Maori electorate. . ;.