PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 November 1920, Page 4

PERSONAL.

A cable from Sydney states that Sir Matthew Nathan, the new Governor of Queensland, has Arrived.

T>. A. YV. Averill, Anglican Bishop of Auckland, is expected back from the Lambeth Conference on December 6th.

Mr. W. Jaggs, of Macky, Logan, Caldwell, Ltd., who has been in London for some time, has returned to New Zealand.

Mr. G. V. Pearee, of Patea, accompanied by the Misses Myra and Hazel Pearee, has returned from a trip to Japan and the East.

A Wellington message reports the death of Mr. S. M. Litchfield, aged 71. He was formerly chief auditor of the Bank of New Zealand. He was born in Adelaide and arrived in Auckland in 1809 and joined the bank as clerk.

At a special meeting of the Taranaki Education Board yesterday, a resolution was passed expressing sympathy with the relatives of the victims in the recent aeroplane fatality. At Manaia, on Wednesday, Miss Alma Gardiner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. Gardinc.r was married to Mr. H. 0. Hearn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hean, of Hawera.

Mr. J. A. Valintine, senior inspector of schools, in Taranaki, who is at present Acting-Secretary of the Education Department, was' present at meeting of the Taranaki Education Board yesterday, He returns to Wellington by the mail train to-morrow. The death has taken place in Wellington of Mr. P. P. Webb, who, until lately, was Deputy-Auditor-General. He was a noted athlete and a member of the first New Zealand football team that toured Australia. He was also a prominent rifle shot and oarsman. He was GO years of age. The late Mr. James Bull (formerly of Kangitikei), who had lined in London for a. good many years, and who died on 13th July, at the age of 88, has left an estate of the value of £50,144. Mr. Bull made a number of bequests.

It will be necessary for the Government soon to appoint two Supreme Court Judges, owing to the pending retirement of Sir Bassett Edwards and Mr. Justice Cooper. Some difficulty mny be experienced in obtaining the services of suitable men, as even barristers of moderate ability can now earn more than the salary of a Supreme Court Judge, while the ablest barristers earn a great deal more. When the new appointments are made it is understood that Mr. Justice Stringer will leave the Arbitration Court, and that one of the new Judges will take his place there.