PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 December 1921, Page 4

PERSONAL.

A London cable announces the death of Mr. Richard Bagot. novelist. Messrs. A. H. Johnstone (Auckland), A. W. Blair (Wellington), and G. W. Currie (Wanganui), are on a visit to New Plymouth in connection with the Supreme Court business.

A London cjablegrom reports the death of Sir George Roos Keppel, a distinguished Indian soldier, who was Chief Commissioner of the North-west Frontier Province.

Mr. E. Bary, who has been, in charge of the. Mangatoki school for the past two years, and was formerly first assistant at the West End school, New Plymouth, has been appointed headmaster of the WUdestowm school, ton, where Mr. Bary takes up duty on March 1 next.

A party was held at Mrs. T. Linn’s at Mangatoki last week to farewell Miss M. Pryce, who in view of her approaching marriage 1% relinquishing her duties as music teacher in that district. Miss Pryce was presented with a pair of silver-mounted vases.

Mrs. Gilray, of Napier, and Mrs. Magnus Johnson, of Hamilton, are in Eltham for the marriage of their sister, Miss Gertrude Cooper, and are the guests of Dr. H. A. Cooper. Miss E. Earl, of Auckland, is also the guest of Dr. Cooper, and Miss Norma Mcßeth, of Wanganui, is expected to arrive this morning. —Argus.

The following news of a former Bishop and his family ,is from the London correspondent of The Post:—The many friends in New Zealand of Bishop Neligan will learn with regret that some months ago he experienced a second .seizure, which has incapacitated him from work in his northern parish as Rector of Ford, Northumberland. With Mrs. Neligan he is at Scarborough, the bracing and beautiful resort on the Yorkshire coast, which, on his return from .New Zealand some years ago, did much to restore him to health. The change there and the medical treatment are again proving beneficial. Bishop Neligan likes to see friends of former days in New Zealand for he still entertains many pleasant recollections of his life in the Dominion. Until the end of the year, at any rate, he will remain at Scarborough, and then he hopes t> be well enough to travel south. Mrs. Parry and her l little girl have gone to Scarborough for a short stay with her parents. Miss Helen Neligan. the er daughter, is devoting herself to farTrfl work on the glebe which is paft of the Ford rectory.” During the war she took an agricultural course, and since becoming qualified she has been very successful with her cows, pigs, and poultry. Ar the rectory is very capacious. Miss Neligan now thinks it would be a good idea to ’take a. few students in agricultural subjects.