PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 June 1916, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. W. .T. R, Hill, representative for Ratjen's Cowlic, is in' town for Show week.

The death is annbunced by' Mr. Charles .Milton Price, a well-known post and telegraph official, who was until recently assistant inspector of post offices on the West Coast and in Canterbury. He had many friends all over New Zealand. Sir Rider Haggard will leave Wellington for Auckland to-morrow, and then go on to Vancouver. Mr. Chas. Olrant, of New Plymouth, was yesterday appointed Inspector to the Taranaki County Council. There were 24 applications for the position.

Sir Hnrtmann Just has retired after thirty-eight years' service in the Coloninl Office. Mr. H. C. M. Lambert, CB., has boon appointed Secretary to the Imperial Conference. ; Sir Joseph Ward,' who Ims been indieposed for some days, suffering from' a severe cold, is now <|iiite well again. He was present at the meeting of Cabinet on Monday afternoon. Mr. W. J. Guerin, formerly of Nov: Plymouth, lmt now of the snb-edifMial staff of the Wellington F.voning Prmt, underwent another operation in the B&wen Street Private Hospital 011 Monday, and is reported to In.' ninknir «>tisfactory progress towards recovery.

Mr. T. Harle Giles, Conciliation Commissioner in Auckland, has suffioiently recovered to be able to get up for a few hours each day. Although (untieing satisfactory progress, Mr. Giles will not be fit to attend to his Jiificial (Juties for some time yet.

In the House yesterday, th* Prime Minister offered his congratulations to the Speaker (Sir F. W. Lang), on his appointment as K.B. He said that the honor was well earned mud well deserved, and was also a compliment to the Parliament of Xew Zealand. Sir Joseph Ward also offered his congratulations. The Speaker suitably replied, and thanked members for assisting him in maintaining the high traditions of Parliament.

The death is reported f""n TI ""— c.f Dr. George Van Siyke, who was well known in Wellington as a siivsjieil *i> • (ialist. He came from Canada to iJew Zealand nearly twenty years ago, and practised his profession in Wellington end other centres. For some years past he had been in bad health, and about two years ago lie met with a serious motor car accident in W°"' n "t°n,. from the effects of which he suffered until Ms (hath. He lias left a widow (a daughter of the late Mr. K. T. Gillon), and two children.