PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 185, 14 January 1915, Page 4

PERSONAL.

The lion. Thomas Macktiuio has left Cairo for England. Yesterday afternoon the condition of ilr J. i. MeKellar had s%litiy improved. Oil dit that Mr W, J. Geddis lias resigned ;hj editorship of the Ntw Zealand Times, and will lie succeeded by .Mr Sanui.'l Saunders.

Mr Black (consulting electrics! engineer) .id Mr Xatuseh (architect) w«re present at tin! special meeting of tiiio New Plymouth Borough Council last night. Yesterday ihe staff' of the Taranaki Mutt Bazaar made a presentation of a ca-t; of pipes to Troopei "Tun." Joll, w'lio lias joined the expeditionary force.

Cr. .1. Clarke, on tailing his scat at the Borough Council meeting last night, was cordially welcomed by the Mayor and members of the Council on his re'turn from 'nis recent trip to England. Mr I'liiiiies-Kosi, the owner of Cocas Island, v, here the German cruiser Emden »';n recently destroyed, i.i on a visit to New Zealand. Mi i. (i. Kills, vho for the past year lias (In. instructor and lecr to farmers ■ i agriculture und~r the i Tarunaki IMiu-iit:■ :i Board, was ylisteria y appointed tr, the new position of i'in.structor in avt'ieultor at the primary schools and tea- Iters' classes.

Mr. 11. Un-Uleton, manager in Auckland for i':e Bank of New Zealand, returned by tlio Niagara on Monday, accompanied b.y .Mrs and Miss Buckleton. Mr Buckleton lias been absent for about a year, in which time lie 'hn.s visited -England, Germany. France anil America. He was in Germany last Easter, and left France in June, thus being eleaj of the Continent when war was declared.

Captain D E. Oardale. formerly ci Stratford, Group Commander <>} No, 5 ri a, Wellington, 'has been appointed instructor of Mounted R'illes (both officers and men) at Trentliran Cbrip, and v. ill take lip his new duties forthwith. 11.- will lie succeeded os group commander by Captain J. 11. <<rover, at .present stationed at Waitganni as area officer and actiiig-ad.jr.f'ant 7th (Welington West Coast) Regiment.

At tin; parade to-night members of the New Plymouth Defence Rifle Club intend making a presentation to Major Hotelier, who is about to leave for Trentham to join the expeditionary force for active service Major Fletcher, who served in the South African war, and subsequently 10 e from lieutenant's rank in the volunteers, has taken a keen, interest in Hie Defence Rifle Club, and has devoted a great <te.il of time to its welfare. and it is expected that members will evidence their appreciation by mustering in record numbers at ttie last parade of which lie will have dharge, for some time to come, at least.

At the Eltliam Magistrate's Couat yesterday motniug. Mr T. £. Onimp," on behalf of the members of ihe profession practising at Ihe Court, briefly farc'welled Sergeant H. C. D. AVaoe,'who h shortly leaving hi- Wellington Mi Crump referred to Sergeav.t Wade's long connection with Kltbani, and-spoke vcr.y culogisticaly of ihe manner in whk*h' lie had oarried out nis duties. iHe congratulated the Se'geant on his proir.otion. and wUW .hirn every success in his future sphere. The Magistrate (Ifr W. (1. K. Kennek) al.=o referred to the efficient manner in which Sergeant Wade had performed his work, 'and ex--1 ressed i very good wish for 'his future welfare.

}lr T>. JI. Burt'ey, wlio was last night selected by tile Borough Council for'the position cf Electrical Tramways Engineer, is at present managing engineer for Mcssv.4 Anderson and Co., of Wei- ' lington. He served his apprenikc&i'p at 'Morts Dock, Sydney.and on leaving there took ivjj work at the test roam of what is now the Wellington Corporation Electric light "tion. Subsequently he .saw service a ctrieian for the New Zea'htnd Sfiip;] ■ ! ■ Co.; engineer "in <c!harga of the constn: -,n work of the HammerMnit'h Boror a Council; junior assistant electrical c; .incer in the New South Wales Government Tramways Department; installaticn work at Thursday Island; Tramways Department, Wellington; Public Works Department, Wellington as electrical engineering draughtsman; .assistant borough engineer at Gisbornc; and finally managing _ engineer for Messrs Anderson and Co., engineers, AA r el!ingtoh. Mr Bailey is 34 years of age, ami married.

Mr Justice C'hapr.ian. after '.liirtoen months' absence from the Dominion on a visit to the Oh! World, returned by the Moeraki on Tuesday. He wtw a rascengar by t!ie Moeltan. and in order to catch the Moeralii at Sydney travelled overland from Adelaide. During his 'absence 11 is Hono-sr visited Europe as ■veil as Great Britain, also .Sicily and Egypt. Referring to the war, Mr Justice Chapman states that the determination of the British people to see 'the tiling light through to the end in order to thoroughly break down Prussian _ arrogance, is emphatic. RecruitMng is go'ng 011 most satisfactorily in -England. So far the German .people have been thoroughly misled as to the progress of events by official and iourralistic misrepresentation. Tile church ' bells of Berlin are kept ringing to eelft--Ijiate mythical victories, but the naked "truth must soon be known, and tflie day of reckoning will surely come.