PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 March 1920, Page 4

PERSONAL.

General Booth, head of the Salvation Army, lias left London for Australia and New Zealand, says a cable from London. ( A cable from London says that Trinity College of Music has appointed Messrs Albert Mallinson and George F. Vincent examiners for Australia for 1020,

A cable from London reports the death of the Bishop of Carlisle (the Kt. Bev. J. W. Biggie), who has been Bishop since 11)04. He was 73 years of age. On Friday evening the members of the firm of Welsh, McCarthy and Beechev, of Hawera, and their staff, farewelled Mr. and Mrs. Welsh at a social evening, and took advantage of the gathering to present Miss Bernard, a member of the staff, with a travelling rug, cruet and cheque by the firm, on the eve of her marriage.—Star.

At a meeting of the Eltham Borou»h Council Cr. L. Hill's resignation from the Council war, received. In moving "that the resignation be accepted with regret" the Mayor (Mr. G. W. Tavlcr) said lie was sorry that Or. Hill had found it necessary to resign his position, and also that it was for health reasons. He hoped that Cr. Hill's health would soon improve and that he would be able to again take up duty at the Council table.

There was a large gathering of friends at the Hawera station on Saturday morning to bid nu revoir to Mr. R. D Welsh and Mrs. Welsh, and Mr. W A arkinson, who left by the express for Wellington, whor e they will catch the Athenw for England. Mr. Parkinson was farcwelled by the staff of the Hawera Star on Friday afternoon and presented with a gold fountain pen, and in returning thanks alluded to the long Bernee of some of the staff and the plea•ant relations which had always existed in the office.

The death occurred on Saturday morning at Warea, after a comparative, ly short illness, of Mrs. H. Corbett, a «ell known and bfehly respected resident of the district. The deceased lady who .was aged 03, arrived in New Zeaand about CO rears .ago with her parortvf Sl - ent her eWl >' >' ear3 in Canterbury arriving in Taranaki with her husband 33 years ago, and settling in "area. She is gunned by her husband and tamily of two sons-Messrs Arthur Corbett (Pnkekohef and Charles Warea , and four daughtere-Mesdamcs ■ uhan Wotnno,, Opie (Warea), Davy (Taumarumii), and Miss Kate Corbett of Warea.

The resignation of Mr. ,T. P. Fi r t n trom the heatlmastership of the Wellington College, was accepted by the College Hoard of Governors on Friday. Mr Firth had held office for nearly thirty years, and a motion was passed placln« on record the board',, appreciation of lib valuable work, in which it was stated that Mr. Firth had raised the school to a position second to none in the Dominion, and had maintained it there while holding up to the thoma>ls o f hoys who hav e been under his care at the school the highest ideals of hard work, hard and clean play, straightforwardness, and uprightness of character and loyalty to school and country. The resolution was passed unanimously and it was decided that a copy should be sent to Mr, Firth.

According to letters received by the Chancellor of the Otago University, one of the younger members of its staff, Mr. H. D. Skinner, lecturer on ethnology ma had an offer which reflects no small honor on the university. He has been asked by Dr. Herbert E. Gregorv the nct.ng director of the Bishop Museum, Honolulu, to take command of a survey party in the Austral lands for a year and perhaps, afterwards, go to the Southern Paumotus. Mr. Skinner' was nnnhle to accept the invitation, but he lias written to Dr. Gregory wresting as an alternative, that lje Should imdortake an ethnographical survey of the South Island of New Zealand, a work ivhieh, in view of the rapid decrease in numbers of the southern Maoris, is perhaps the most nressing now faein« scientists in th? Dominion. Mr. Skinner is a son of Mr. W. IT. Skinner, of New Plymouth.