PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 April 1920, Page 4

PERSONAL.

The Prime Minister and all the members of the Cabinet, with the exception of the Hon. D. 11. Guthrie and the Hon. E. P. Lee, will be in Auckland tomorrow to welcome the Prince of Wales. It is said that it is almost certain that Lord Jellicoe'a return to tho Dominion aa Governor-General wil, be early in August. It i» an unwritten law that the incoming Gownor does not meet the outgoing Governor. -Mr. Henry Hewitt, who has been a resident of Wellington for nhwiods of fifty years', died on Tuesday night at his residence, Austin Street.' .!'he deceased was n native of Plymouth, Kngland, and was 72 yearn o; nsre. Mr. P. White-Parsons, acting n-.anngcr of the Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation, Dunedin, has received the appointment of inspector at the head office, Wellington. Mr. J. E. Callender, who for the past two years baa been acting-manager at Auckland, has been transferred to the position in Dunedin. Mr. W. F. Jarvis, who is at present acting postmaster at Hawera, has (states the Star) received notice of his promotion to the position of relieving postmaster, attached to the General Post Office, Wellington. Mr. L. Von Tempsky, son of Major Von Tempsky, who was killed at Te Ngutu-o-te-Maim, is on a short visit to South Taranaki, and arrived in Hawera by Wednesday night's express. He went out to Kapuni in the evening, and will be the guest of Mr. D. Scott during his stay there. This is his first visit to Taranaki, and naturally he is keenly interested in the district. Miss Von Tempsky is accompanying lier father.—Star. Mr. E. Doekrill, who has been the Government nominee on the New Plymouth Harbor Board for a number of years, intimated to the Board at its last meeting that he had informed the ■ Government that he did not desire re-appointment, and his time of office will expire at the end of the present month. Very appreciative comment on Mr, Dockrill's services to the Board was made by several of the members.

There died at Geraldine on Wednesday, aged 35, Mr. Francis Worcester Btubbs, the oldest white inhabitant of South Canterbury. The deceased was a native of Coventry, and came to Lyttelton in the ship Samarang in 1852, and assisted to bring the first cattle to South Canterbury (The Levels) for Messrs. Rhodes Brothers the same year. The following year sheep were brought down by Mr. Stubbs-

Having boon ordered a rest, Mr. P. Selig, general manager of the Christchurch Tress Company, leaves by the Corinthie on the 30th" inst. for London via Panama, to take advantage of the long stretch at sea. Having been selected as one of the New Zealand delegates to the Imperial Press Conference at Ottawa, Mr. Selig will cross from England to Canada with" the British delegates, who will include Lord Northcliffo, Lord Burnham, and other leading lights of the Press of Britain.