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m> m. Mr. W. Appleton, manager of Charlti Haines' Advertising Agency, la on a, » holiday visit to New Plymouth. He ii accompanied by Mrs. Appleton, Mr. .T. H. Cock, principal of the firm of Cock t Co., merchants, left by boat from New Plymouth for Nelaoa last niglit. t Mr. R. Neville Renaud, .who has been staying at Dawson's Palls for the past two weeks, returned home last evening, considerably benefited In health. Captain Bone, marine superintendent of the New Zealand Shipping Company. arrived in town on Wednesday evening and vsitcd the port yesterday morning. Mr. George Capper, of Kaimata, hai been elected unopposed to the vacancy on the Moa riding of the Tarannki County Council, caused dv the resigna* tion of (fr. J. Brown. ' Mr. Thus. Furlong, who has been on a holiday trip to Auckland and Retorua; curing the last month, returned to New Plymouth Dy the mail train last night. Inspector Hendry, who succeeded In-' spector Wilson in charge of the Wangauui Police District, arrived by the mall tram last night on his first official visit to New Plymouth. Inspector Hendry it -io stranger to old residents of New Ply. mouth, he having left here some 20 yeari ago. after having been stationed Bt New Plymouth for 18 yearn. Dr. O. T Crosslcy. formerly Anglican Bishop of Auckland, has undertaken .'W ofhee of chief commissioner and superintendent of the band of special clergy winch is being organised in the d'.ocew of Llandaff. Dr. Crosslev will devote hi* whole time to these duties, and will, therefore, vacate the benefice of Dinaa I'owir, Cardiff, to which nc was appointed in 1014. The death took place at the Auckland Public Hospital on Monday morning of Mr Fred W. Duval, who was well Known in theatrical circles in the colonies. The late Mr Duval originally commenced as a clog-dancer in England. He arrived in the colonies in ISGB, and. worked for Mr John Bennett, of theThames, in 1807. He made two trips to India; one in 1873 .and the other ten years later. He was G8 years of age. The n ew s of tlle dentft Rt A „ ck](vna ot -Mr. Alfred McGarry, formerly of Eltham, was (says the Star) received ■ yesterday. The late Mr. McGarry arrived i„ is! th;m , if, Tearg agQ and WRg . business with his uncle. Mr. A. McGarry, Willi the latter went to Auckland, when ' his orother, Mr. M. E. McGarry, joined mm in the conduct of the 'business. Eighteen months ago he was compelled. through 111-health, to give up worlc, and ' he went to live at Auckland. Since then he ,ias been ill practically all the tin*. and has been continually under the doc* tors care. He pawed away peacefully, yesterday. While in Eltham he did no? take much part in public life. He was a prominent member of the Roman Cathos ic Church. He leaves a widow, a daueh- ' tor of he late Mr. Felix McGuirc, anfll two children. The death of Mr John Gavan Duffy, which occurred in Melbourne on March •>, removes a figure long.conspicuous in Victorian politics. He was the eldest ?°P-,°/r. l H !ate Sir John Gavan Duffy, ■vUM.tr., formerly Premier of Victoria. He was born in Dublin, October 15, 1844, and arrived in Victoria in 1859, complete in? his education at the Melbourne University. He had early experience in pas* toral pursuits, but he decided a few J-ear 3 later to take up law. He subsequently entered public life, and held Ministerial Office in several Administrations, and was the representative of the Australian Governments at the Postal Convention at Washington in 1897. A* an ardent Federalist he took a prominent part in the meetings of the Federal Council of Australasia in 1893, and was chair< man of the committee. A widow, one daughter, and two sons survivo him. Mr Justice Duffy is a brother of the d«i ceased.
Mr Vernon Reed, elected unopposed n the Bay of Islands, previously represent-' ed the Bay of Islands from 1009 to 101*. At the elections of 190S and 1911 he wat returned as a supports of Sir Joseph. Ward, but in the following 1 year he gav« his support to the Reform" Partv, an.l was elected in 1914 with its nomination. As the result of irregularities under tho electoral laws on the part of some of his supporters, he was unseated and disqualified for 12 months from entering the House of Representatives. The judgment was delivered in May, 1915, and at the following by-election Mr William Stewart was returned as a supporter of the Reform Party. The seat was rendered vacant by his resignation a few weeks ago, and Mr Reed has been return-
Ed unopposed in accordance with tha agreement between the two principal po« litical parties. Mr Reed is a nativa of Auckland, and was born in 1871, be* ing the youngest son of the late Mr G. M. Reed, the well-known Auckland jouis nalist. He was educated at the Victoria College, Jersey, Dulwieh College, and Melbourne University. For Borne year* he resided in England, and then accepted a position on the literary staff of the Sydney Morning Herald. In 1893 Mr Reed returned to New Zealand and settled in the Bay of Islands. Six year* later ho was admitted as a solicitor, and in 190-t as a barrister, and has practised his profession at Kawakawa since succeeding his brother, Mr J. R. Reed, in th« lattcr's legal practice. Mr Reed was chair-, man of the North Auckland Railway. Commission in 1011. Ho was appointed i member of the Auckland Land Board in June, 1913.
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