PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 235, 13 March 1915, Page 5

PERSONAL.

*— Mr. Short, of the Eltham branch of tf.lo ' Bank of New Zealand, has been tran»- h ferred to Opunake. 1 Mr. H. H. Ostler, of the Crown "Law r Office, is resigning, in order to join the legal firm of Messrs Jackson and Eus- ■■ sell, Auckland. ' *i Mr. J. H. Thompson, postmaster of Opunakc, is at present avrav on a \ month's leave. Mr. M. Hansbury, of New ,5 Plymouth, relieving during his absence, £ Rev. A. B. Chappell, M.A., who\ has been attending the Methodist Synod at Ohristchurcli, returned to New Plymouth ? by the mail train last night. Mr. G. W. Rogers, Egmont County Clerk, occupied his usual position at ' thg Council table yesterday, .after an :■* absence of two or three months -owing to illness, and was cordially received. <; Mr. W. J. Knell, manager.of the Opunake branch of the Bank of New Zealand, who has been away pn a month's leave, has resumed duties. Mr. Cook, -3 who relieved him, goes to Thames, again ii on relieving work. A Captain F. M. Colvile, son of General £1 Col vile, who served as Major in" the 43rd in iTaranaki, at the time of tlio Maori war, was some time aco reported A wounded'and missing. He is now known y to be a prisoner. 'I The death .is announced from London > by cablegram of Sir James Donaldson, principal and vice-chancellor of St. Andrew's University at Edinburgh since . # 188(1, and a well-known Scottish educationalist and author. ■» Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Kaspar, late of Ihe _ Raliotu Hotel, who are leaving R&hotu to take up their residence in Now Plv- j mouth, were tendered a farewell l>v ft large gathering of settlers at Rahotu on Thursday, and presented witli ft handsome marble clock. Mr. J. R. Kirk, ex-Mayor of Gishorne, who was a member of the Royal Com-. mission on Education in 1912, and is it "I present a member of the Hawkc's Bay 'J Education Board, has been nominated ,§ by the latter body as a candidate for a ij seat 011 the National Council of Eduea- .1 tion. —Napier telegram. " A postcard dated London, January 18, i'| received from Mr. John Heslop, informs « the Eltham Argus that He expects to. .J leave for New Zealand in about a fort- ■"* night, and would endeavor to arrange for '3 a passport that lie might on his way out / see our New Zealand . contingents in » Egypt. - 'J The death is reported from Wcstport ~<i of Mr. Thomas Corcoran, an old resident '% of the district. Born in Tipperary, Ira- J land, he came out, a young man, to Aus- J tralia. Taking a keen interest in poll- 1 tif.s. he wfcs elected a member .of liie -j Victoria? Parliament, for a Ballaiat eonstituei'cy and sat for a full term. _lt £ is 40 > ears since he rrrhed in New Zoilr land. | Mr. G. Harle, chief clerk at the New -5 Plymouth Post Office, lias been appoint- i ed postmaster at Ashburton, vice Mr. 0, >fi J. .Norton, who retires on superannuation very shortly. Mr. Harle has oc- ?! etipied his present post with credit for .; thirteen years, or for about a third of his career, and in that tmie has ejirncd f the respect and esteem of the commun- . ityMr. J. C. Malfroy, a well-known resi-. dent of Westland, died, at Timaru "S Saturday, aged 79. He was a native of France, and learned the trade of an s engineer. After being in Victoria for ii some years, he came to New Zealand in 1805, and settled in Westland, where ho '* became a large employer of labor. For M many years before his death he was the' » owner of a big sawmill at. the ThreeMile, and a member of various local bodies. ■ The deatli occurred at Petone on Tues* ■. day, after a long illness, of a very identity, ;Mr.vWilliamVjHako. Thereto v l ' ilr. Blake-Vlb a veteran of the Ifk&ti J war, and had been in action at Parihaka. Mr. Blake had resided at Petonei, for" | about 33 years, anc|. was in the carh? r days the first foreman"blacksmith in tlfe Government Railway Workshops. , By, ij a singular goincidenco Mr. Blake died on - the anniversary-of his birthday, at thfl age, of 74 years. • " » ' Dr. H. T. D. Acland, who has practised as a surgeon in Christchurch for some years, has been informed that War Office has accepted his services for, | the front. He will loftv.e Christchurch 011 March 20 to take passage in the Niagara at Auckland on March 23 He . will go to London, pnd will there receive . infractions as .to'the locality in which ' he will be stationed. His work will be in connection with the military tals. Dri' Acland is a native nf C'hriHtchurcb, and an old Christ's College boy. He received his medical education at tho-jj Otago University and St. Thomas' Hospital, London, and served as a civilian'. officer for twelve months in the South j African war. ■* , : 'a The many friends of Mr. Andrew Ink-, ster and family will regret to hear oiji the former's death on Wednesday Wanganui. The. late Mr. Inkster woe," a native of Shetland Islands, where ; was born in 1840. He went to sea atj an early age and visited most parts ofj the world, arriving in New - about 50 years ago. With the exceptipnjj , of periods of travel he remained in thQj [ Dominion till the time of his death, tW| i last 35 years having been spent v-tffl 1 Wanganui. He was held in high resppntj* i by all who came in contact with him.' ■ He was a man of strict mtegiity Of I character, whose word was liis bond anqj I whose conduct was never influenced the slightest degree by the. 1 laims of eXi; , pedieney. He was devoted to liifl f&njgj ilv, and they will miss him most ™ . knew him best. The late Mr. Inkstoi f was a very old Druid, being one of tto , original members of tbe Bishop Lodge. J