PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 March 1920, Page 4

PERSONAL.

A cable from London says the Trinity College of Music has appointed Mr. Charles Schilsky to conduct the New 2ealand examinations in 1920. Captain Frederick Malcolm Ross Salyeuen, the famous Scottish judge, was killed in recent fighting on the Indian irontier_ Mr. Jaa Freyne, of the staff of the Hank of New Zealand, Manaia, has been promoted to the staff of the bank at Op.make, and will leave Manaia about the end of this week. to take up Ministerial duties for a fortS^it^wLrinT Mr E. Rowe, of Gladstone, has reached he great age of 102 years. On his birthday a large gathering of relatives and friends were entertained. Mr Rowe received a number of congratulatory telegrams and letters from all parts of the Dominion. ™!i- e f^r' 1 T"' red in Wangamil last week of Mrs ftregor MeGregof, wife of Mr. Gregor McGregor, manager of the MMjnbau State Farm. The deceased ady, who was «5 years of age, was wen known and highly respected bv Europeans and Natives. She took" a vorv prominent part in patriotic work during the war period, and in recognition of her great services she was made a member of the Order of the British EmV« « It T a (lau gMer of the late Mrs. S. H. Manson, and was born at Karatia, on the Wanganui River When qmte a girl she, with five other girls, was chosen by the late Major Kemp to accompany him when he, with his peopie, went m pursuit of Te Kooti, up the river, thence across country to the AVaikato through the Urewera, and out to Opotiki on the East Coast/and she traveled the whole distance on foot, and underwent very great hardships. It was-she who led the war dances, and j at Waiocka she climbed a tree under' fire a,,d hoisted the Union Jack, for which her people petitioned the Governaent to .grant her a medal, '