PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 October 1919, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Advice has been received in Hawera that Lieut. J. G. Grant, V.C., is on the steamer Remuera, due in Auckland about the 26th inst. Mr. W. H. Freeman, Clerk of the Court, Eltham, has been appointed to Hawera, vice Mr. W. H. Morgan, transferred to Nelson. Mr. Chas Beck, who was Old Bill in "The Better 'Ole" photoplay, died at the end of July. A London cable states that General Rawlinson has been appointed Aide de Camp General to the King, vice General Plumer. Mr A. H. Powell, LL.B., and Mr W. B. L. Williams, of Hawera, are commencing practice as barristers and solicitors in this town. A London cable states that the Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur Stanley, M.P. (president of the Board of Trade), underwent a severe operation in London on Saturday. His condition is now favorable. Mr. J. W. Kinniburgh, officer in charge of the War Funds Office (Internal Affairs Department), is retiring from that position and the public service after fortythree years' service. Mr. Kinniburgh, who retires on superannuation, proposes to go into business in Wellington. Mr. H. Morgan, who has been Clerk of the Court at Hawera for the past four years, has been transferred to Nelson. The death occurred yesterday morning at Aramoho of Mr. David Peat, an old and respected citizen of Wanganui. He leaves a family of one son and several daughters, of whom Mrs. A. Alexander, of New Plymouth, is one, Among those who are returning on the troopship Remuera, which is due at Auckland on October 26, are Private L. Lovell, son of Mr. W. C. Lovell, of Fitzroy, and Private E. E. (Frank) Mace, son of Mr. Harry Mace, Carrington Road. The death is reported from Auckland of Mr. Robert McGonagle, who for many years was an Inspector of Public Works, and at one time' a resident of New Plymouth. He held the Maori War Medal, and was an enthusiastic volunteer in the early days, holding a commission in the Taranaki Rifles. He also took a keen interest in scenic matters. He had published several poems, and for one in particular he received an autograph letter of thanks from the late Queen Victoria.

A Napier message states that the death occurred very suddenly on Monday, at the residence of Mr. h. H. McHardy, Blackhead, of Mr. Frank Moeller, who has been a prominent figure in Napier for the last 27 years. As host of the Masonic Hotel, Mr. Moeller was well and favorably known to the travelling and sporting public of the Dominion. He had always shown, great interest in hospital affairs, and was placed at the head of the poll for the Hospital Board election. After the election for a time he was chairman. He always took a lively interest in' public affairs, and during and after the war tok' up the cause of the returned soldiers with ardor, being greatly instrumental in founding the Napier Soldiers' Club. He was a consistent and enthusiastic supporter of every patriotic fund and object, and by his death Napier loses a 1 loyal and public-spirited citizen.— Press Assm

Shop-lifting is a practice which seems to enjoy discreditable popularity among a certain section of the people of Dunedin. The drapery establishments are, of course, the chief sufferers and a reporter was assured the other day by the managers of several establishments that their losses in the way of mysterious disappearances run into several hundreds of pounds every year. Women are by far the worst offenders in this respect, "The worst feature of the whole business," said one shopkeeper, who spoke very strongly of the evil, "is that many of these women bring their children with them and very often use them as decoys. The effect on the child's mind must be ruinous in the extreme. One very frequently hears of men being charged in the police courts with being rogues and vagabonds, but to my mind many of these women are a great deat worse. By way of contrast I may state that during a business experience extending over some 20 years I have had only one cheque forged by a man and two dishonored."

One of the greatest forces of modern times in Australian journalism has passed away in the person of Mr. Jules Francois Archibald, famous throughout Australia and New Zealand as one of the founders and the most noted of The Bulletin's editors. . In an appellation of Mr. Archibald published some time ago in the Sydney Worker by Mr. George Black, that one-time associate 'of the deceased journalist wrote of the latter: '"He is a strange compound; a complex cosmopolite; a devoted lover of his owa country; and a fervent admirer of all that is good and beautiful in others. Jn;s many parts, his almost contradictory qualities, he owes, doubtless, to his mixed ancestry. His atidacity, wit, lid brilliance to th» French; his tenacity, foresight and determination to the Scots; his ardour, humor, and rebellion ir.ess to the Irish; and to the Hebrews his artistic perceptions and business insight." His father was an Irishman of Scottish extraction, and an inspector of police :n Victoria, the son being born at Warrnambool, in 18.57, and his mother a Frenchwoman. The deceased journalist'? mother died when he was only five years old. When he was fifteen y'eitvs of age he left school, and became apprenticed as a printer on the Warrnambool Examiner, becoming a fast type-setter, and also something of a paragraph writer, even in those days. Here is the first paragraph he got into print, and for which he was paid half-a-crmvn: i'The funeral of the late Mr. John Smith took place at the Warrnambool Cemetery. The deceased was a member of the volunteers, and so was accorded a military funeral. The members of the detachment, who have just been served with their new unifo.rn.-i, of. which they are very proud, made a lon* detour through the main streets of. tj le t own _ instead of going to the h»r;''ng-ground by the usua'l direct route. This struck people as being more out. of reaped to the corps than to the : ' When Mr. Archibald became editor of <j.] ie Bulletin, his genius for givi>* !>■"< nnd point to paragraphs was no**"s". i " ,r----tion of his wonderful ability ■■, ■ n editor. He also had the repiun ...>:, " r being fhe cleverest paragraphia "> Aus,. tralia.