PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 May 1917, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. Victor Elliot, of New Plymouth, has been appointed secretary to the Taranaki Producers' Freezing Works Company, Ltd., at Moturoa.'" Mr. A. Ross, of Gill street, has received cabled advice that his son,Pirvate A. P. Ross, was wounded in France on May 4. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Hadler, who *r( leaving Nornianby to take up their reiidence in New Plymouth, were tendered a social evening on Monday, and presented by tho Horticultural Society with a silver tea set and salver. " Mr. and Mrs. P. Basham, with thelt family, left Eltham by the mail train yesterday morning for Patangata, where Mr. Basham will take up the duties ol clerk and engineer to the Patananta County Council. / The combined ages of three members nJ!*\ B J" ing Low* Hutt totalled 243 years, or an average of 81 years each. Mr. L. G. sjj with 65 years to his credit, was pm<dent, and Mr. John Wilkin, 90 years, and Mr. John Cudby, 88 years, occupied Wfttl with him. Mr. Reid stated that beside the others he felt himself quite a juve» nile. '

Mr. Pere Wi Neera, who died at Roto, rua recently, was the great-great-grand-child of the famous Maori chief, To Rtu. paraha, and a chief of the Ngatitoa and Ngati-Raukawa tribes. One of his sister is Mrs Hiri Parata, of' Waikanae; »n----other sister and brother live at Poriruo, Corporal G. B. Lennard, who accompanied Trooper Clutha Mackenzie from England, and was associated with him in England in the compilation of tit* "Chronicles of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force," is an Englishman, who was employed on a station at Cape Runaway when the calL came. He was at Cambridge University with the late *pi» of the Acting-Prime Minister (Sir J t Allen).

The Academy of Moral and Political Science has awarded to Cardinal M»rcier, primate o£ Belgium, its grand prize of 18,000 francs, designed to recompense "the finest and greatest acts of dovo> tion of whatever kind." The academy made the award in. these terms: "In awarding this prize to Cardinal Merdsr,. the academy desired to honor his nobis patriotism, his respect of right, his nai * for justice, his firmness in the face ot oppression, and his devotion to the pool and oppressed. It desired also to r»n< der homage in his person to the nation which, in so many ways, Is dear to Franco."

Writing to a friend in Hawera from tlio Sydney Coneervatoriura of Music* Frank Hutcliens says he ■ his had th« pleasure of meeting a number of Hawera boys during the stay of the New Zealand soldiers in Sydney. He adds: "An impressive parade through the streets of Sydney took place on the 9th instant, over 3000 New Zealand troops taking part. A finer body of men have never been seen in Sydney. Their be* haviour generally has called forth the highest praise from the citizens ,1 spent some pleasant hour* in the company ot Bombardier George Tait, Gunner Harold Finlay, Corporal Joe Morrison, and Lieut Douglas Cody, of Patea. Harold Johnstone, an old Hawera boy, now enlisted with the Australians, was one of the party. All the boys were well and in fine spirits;" Mr. Hutcliens' friends will be interested to know that his recital? jn conjunction with a young violinist at» proving very successful.—Star.,