PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 May 1917, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. Newton King returned from Auck. land by the mail train on )*turdai» night. " The death is , announced ,of General Piitnik, a former Serbian Commander* m-Lhief.—Cable message. Mr. Arthur Morton, chairman of the National Dairy Association, returned from Wellington on SutiiMlay. Privates .1. Morton, cf Egmonr. Vlllage, and A. R. Buy'.y, ..f the Wth ro. inforconienlß, havo been proccottd to lance-corporals. Miss Rowlands, 'vho has bon assistant teacher at tha Tikoran f 'i s;honl for the past two ywrs, is leav'ng (tt» Waitara Mail states) to takv ehargt if x .tax. near Opunake. At the close of the entertainment In Everybody's Theatre on Saturday night, Mr. Norman Lovell, for some "time % member of the orchestra, and now on final leavo prior to going \Ati\e front, was farcwelled by the staff 2njl presented with a ease of pipes and a tobaeoa pouch. The presentation was made by Mr. Palmer, who expressed the beat visflfcs of the whole staff for Mr. Lovell"| safe and speedy return. T!i« death has occurred in "H»»4«n of Captain William Blagdon. The deceased was a fire brigade mvi, and had been * laimMar figure at cvp !v demonstration and conference held !n the Domin'on for years past. Before wining to New Zealand (over forty yens ago) he was • member of the Plymouth Fire Brigade. He was a prominent figure in connection with the United Fire Brigade!* Association of New Zealand, and held the 25 years' service gold star. Altogether ho had over 33 years' service as a fireman. ._