PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 February 1920, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. F. W. G. McLeod, who has beetf away on a holiday trip to Rotorua, re* turned by the mail train Jast night.

The Rev. 0. Blundell, of New Ply« mouth, leaves on Monday for a holiday in Dunedin and Inverearglll. He will be away for about six weeks.

Mr. D. Morrison, manager of the New Plymouth office of the Union Steam •Slup Co.. is indisposed. Mr. BenW, of the Wellington office, will relieve Mr< Morrison.

A Geneva message state* that Princ# Christopher of Greece married Mrs. h llham Leeds, an American million* airess, in the presence of the Greek! Royaßips, excepting ex-King Const*jtine and Queen Sophie. The guests included Lady Sarah Wilson.

A wedding which created considerable interest at Eltham took place at All Saints' Church yesterday, between Mr. Frederick Wm. Fallows, of Wellington, and Miss Katie Horroeks, of Eltham. The Rev. G. Castles officiated.—-Argus.

At the meeting of the Pilkekura Park Board last night it wig agreed to send a congratulatory letter to Mr. S. Percy Smith, of New Plymouth, on the honof conferred on him by the awardi of the Hector Medal.

Messrs R. Knuckey, of Rawhitiroa, and f. McQueen, of Mata, left last evening for Auckland, en route for Australia for an extended holiday. They intend visiting Adelaide, Melbourne Sydney, Queensland, and the Northern Territory—Argus.

Mr. S Percy Smith, F.R.G.S., of New Plymouth, has been appointed an honor* arv membor of the Spalding Gentlemen's society. The society was founded la ,1/10, and on ita list of memberships past and present, appear the names of some of the greatest scientific men of the world.

Mr. T. \ incent, who has been in I !n r?C i J KeW Pl - ymoutil ffaol fop ■li J a ,7® ? eflr9 ' haa been transferled to Auckland as temporary Super in* tendent of the Mount Eden gaol Mr Went left for thn north last Friday" The position at New Plymouth hag been emporarily filled by the appointment of Chief Warder H. Foreman, of Welling, ton, who arrived here on Monday night

At its meeting just concluded t.ha laranaki Land Board passed & resbluijo" tl '® t desired to congratulate Mr. E. A. Meredith on hig promotion to the position of district valuer for North laranaki, and to place on record' its appreciation of the manner in which ha has at all times carried out his duties as Crown Land Ranger while a memoer of the Lands Department in Tara. haki,

A motion of congratulation on their re-election to Parliament was passed by _ Dominioti Executive of the Js.Z.R.S.A. to Major the Hojl J. Q, ,m a ' ld Ctt P ta inß W, Downie Stewsri and T. E. Y. Seddon. The same resolu. tion contained the names of" Colonel G. Mitchell D.SO„ Major W. S. Glen, and Lieut. V. R. Potter, returned soldier*. m, iTE r ,eeted for tha " firßt time at tue last Paliamentary election.

Dr. Constance Frost, who is-widely known for her work in Auckland for many years past, died of influenza o« bunday at her home in Dominion road. Dr. Frost, who belonged to a well-known Onehunga family, went in for medicine at a time when a woman doctor was a novelty, and qualified in Dunedin. Sha was subsequently on the staff of the Adelaide Hospital, where she studied in bacteriology, she came from Adelaide to Auckland, and had T)een practising here ever since. Ij p to the time of he® death Dr. Frost was bacteriologist at the Auckland Hospital, and it was in the course of this work that she contracted a severe form of influenza, which carried her off after a week's illness, ,

A - E - J P' S > ollief inspector of irlt i a f ?°, W Zealftnd > has been granted leave of absence from JanuAry 31st to March 31st next, when he Wiij " t . l . re f [ om t!je bank's service. Mr Mills, who is a recognised authority on the intricate subject of foreign exchanges, joined the Bank of New Zea. land in 1884 at Auckland, shortly after bail]**") Eagland - the banks head office was transferred to ♦I, ? gt ?, n in 1894 ' he beoame secrecontlnL ■ s°"* .° f dirfiCtors > M continued m that position until 1902; when he obtained eight months' leave of absence. On his returning to duty ?^«' e f n,o t man^ er Rt 1„ 1906 he returned to the head o'fflce as inspector, and in 1010 became actinggeneral manager dwing the absence of the general manager in England" and was appointed chief inspector in 1914. Of late years his health has become somewhat precarious, aid he decided, oyer a year ago, that on attaining pension age he would retire, in the hope that relief from the cares and anxieties of the bank's business would assist ia the re-establiahmurt -ot Us -