PERSONAL.
Mr. R. Masters, M.P. for Stratford, returned to Taranaki by- the mail train last night.
Mr. D. Potts, manager of the New Plymouth office of the Northern Company, will be relieved for three weeks by Mr. J. Shaldrick, of the Onehunga office. Mr. Potts went north by the Rarawa last night on holiday leave. A London cable states that Mr. Sastri, who represented India at the Washington Conference, sails on his return to India by the P. and O. steamer Naldera. Mr. Sastri will later visit Australia and New Zealand, provided the Indian Assembly votes the necessary money. Keen interest was taken in the Manaia Town Board election for two vacant seats, caused by the death of the chairman (Mr. J. G. Craig) and the resignation of Mr. Elcpck, who is leaving the district. The poll resulted in Messrs. B. Howell, 169 votes) and Mr. F. T. McCarthy (158 votes) being elected. Mr. E. Lloyd secured 108 votes.
The death occurred suddenly at Gladstone on Tuesday of Mr. William Strang, a well-known Wairarapa settler. Deceased was in apparently good health and suddenly collapsed while engaged in dipping operations. Mr. Strang, who was 58 years of age, was the son of the late Mr. James Strang, and was born on the property at Glenside, where he died.
At a meetng of the general committee of the Egmont A. and P. Association the resignation of Mr. C. R. Stannard, the secretary of the association, was received and was accepted with regret, a resolution'being passed in which members expressed the hope that Mr. Stannard would soon be restored to good health. Mr. M. C. Crighton, who has been acting secretary, was appointed permanently to the position. Applications for the position pf tutor and organiser to the Auckland branch of the Workers’ Educational Association were considered by the Auckland University College Council on Monday, when a decision was made in favor of Mr. L. A. Mander, M.A., of Adelaide. The successful applicant, who is 25 years of age, has had over three years’ experience in W.E.A. work, most of ’his activities during this period being in country districts. Archdeacon Evans paid an official visit to the .Whangamomona district on Sunday last and held most encouraging services. After the evening sendee a meeting of Church of England people was held, and the Archdeacon announced that the Rev. T. Partridge had been offered, and had accepted, the position of Greek and Latin tutor- St. John’s College, Auckland. Mr. Partridge had done splendid work in the district, and had earned the change and the comoarative rest of his new sphere of labor. The name of his successor would be announced in due course. The Government Printer, Mr. Marcus Marks, is retiring from his position as from May 31. Mr. Mtirks has had 43 years’ service with the Government Printing Office, 364 years of this being continuous. •Coining the staff as a reader’s assistant in 1877, Mr. Marks had continuous service until November, 1883, when, owing to a far-reaching retrenchment policy, hrs services, with those of all other single men in the department, were dispensed with “until such time as the period of depression had passed away.” Two years later, in January, 1886, when he was on the staff of the Melbourne Age, Mr. Marks accepted an offer to return to the service of the Government, where he has been continuously since. Mr. Marks was supervisor of Hansard before he took control of the Government Printing Office several years ago. The late Mr. Alexander Davidson, whose death is announced, was a very old and highly respected settler. He was an Aberdonian by birth and came to New Plymouth in 1866 and with the exception of the time he was absent on a visit to his native Scotland, has resided here ever since. On his arrival he entered the employment of Mr. H. T. Yates and later joined the Lighter Company as their carter, and also went into business as a general carrier on his own account. With the construction of the breakwater, the Lighter Company went out of business, and Mr. Davidson extended his carrying connection and added a coal and firewood yard to it, employing a considerable staff. He sold out his business on his visit to Scotland and on his return to New Plymouth again entered into business in a general store, first in the town and later at Moturoa, where he resided at the time of his death. Mr. Davidson was a man of sterling character, straight as a die and his word his bond. He is survived by his widow, who is an invalid.
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