PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 July 1921, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. John Morrison has been appointed Deputy-Commissioner of Stamp Duties and Assistant-Registrar of Companies.

Captain Waller, harbormaster at New Plymouth, returned from Auckland by the Rarawa yesterday. Lord and Lady Jellicoe paid an official visit to Bluff yesterday and were given a cordial welcome by the townspeople (says a telegram from Invercargill). Mr. John Henderson Denton, who died in Christchurch this week, was born at Ponistine, Yorkshire, England, 71 years ago. Mr. F. H. Denton, town clerk of Greymouth, is the eldest son.

Madame Melba, is a passenger for Sydney on the Niagara, which arrived at Auckland yesterday. A Press telegram says Madame Melba had nothing to say regarding the future; nothing had been definitely decided. Mr. D. Cameron, assistant keeper at the Cape Egmont lighthouse, has received notice of his transfer to Centre Island. His place will be taken by Mr. A. Williamson, who comes from Centre Island lighthouse. The will of the late Mr. H. L. Bowker, of Christchurch, provides for bequests amounting to £3OOO for various public and semi-public institutions, including £lOOO to the citj' of Christchurch for the erection of a fountain or statuary.

Mr. A. M. Mosley, S.M., who is at present at Dunedin, will relieve Mr. C. R. Orr-Walker, *S.M., at New Plymouth next week.' Mr. Mosley will remain at New Plymouth until a magistrate has been appointed to fill the position which is being vacated by Mr. Walker.

Air. J. G. Coates, Minister of Public Works, arrived at Hamilton on Thursday night, lie visited the Ruakiira Experimental Farm yesterday morning, and afterwards left accompanied by Messrs. Bollard, Poland. Harris, Rhodes, Hoekly, Parry, and Bartram, M.P.’s and Air. Birks, chief Government electrical engineer, for the site of the proposed dam at Arapuni. The appointment of the following members of Appeal Boards in regard to the grading of teachers were gazetted this week:—Chairman, Joseph William Poynton, S.M.; representative of Education Department, Theophilus Benjamin Strong, M.A.. B.Sc.; representatives of the certificated teachers, Bertie Newman Thornton Blake, ALA., and Norman Heyworth Sanger Law (North Island), Christopher Thomas Aschman and Frederick Giles Gibbfl, M.A. (South Island.)

One of the few survivors of the battle of Waireka, Mr. Robert B. Hart, died at the New Plymouth hospital last, evening, at the advanced age of ninety years. The trials of the early pioneering days were familiar to the late Mr. Hart, who came to New Zealand with his parents from Plymouth, England, at the age of ten years. With the exception of visits to Nelson, Mr. Hart had lived in ’Taranaki since his arrival in the colony up to the time of his death, being a resident at Omata for some time. In his later years he had enjoyed good health. The late. Mr, Hart is survived by his widow, and the-fol-lowing family: Mr. T. Hart (Omata), Alesdames W. Bishop (Wai-toi-toi), Mrs. Redmond (Auckland), and Mrs. JJayis. \AucklandL