PERSONAL

Taranaki Daily News, 3 July 1922, Page 4

PERSONAL

Mr. R. Cottier, of Stratford, has joined Mr. Leonard Nelson’s ‘Snapshots” company as a member of the orchestra. At Wellington, on Friday, Mr. lan W. B. Roy, son of Mr. J. B. Roy, of New Plymouth, was admitted as a barrister of the Supreme Court by Mr. Justice Hosking. A London cablegram states that Commander Prickett, of H.M.S. Chatham, has been promoted to captain.

Dr. J. R. Purdie, of Lower Hutt, is spending a holiday in New Plymouth. He is accompanied by Mrs. Purdie. Mr. J. Edie, M.P. for Bruce, arrived in New Plymouth on Saturday night. He returns to Wellington to-morrow. Mr. Sidney Webb was elected chairman of the new executive at the recent Labor Conference at Edinburgh, Mr. J. Ramsay MacDonald being appointed vice-chairman. —Cable message. A New York cablegram reports that Mr. William Rockefeller leaves an estate estimated at between 300 and 400 million dollars in equal shares to his four children. There are no public bequests. Mr. Arthur C. Vile, who has been editor of the Manawatu Daily Times for some months past, has tendered his resignation, and will* probably be leaving Palmerston North at an early date (says the Standard).

Messrs. S. G. Smith, R. Masters, and E. Dixon, M’s.P., returned from Wellington by the mail train on Saturday night. The two former leave again to-morrow morning, while Mr. Dixon will probably remain in Taranaki for the opening of the Hawera show. Mr. 0. Hawken, M.P., returned to Taranaki on Friday night, and will leave again on Wednesday morning.

A prominent settler in the Kaponga district, Mr. Daniel Fitzgerald, died yesterday at his residence, on the Eltham Road, aged 87 years. The late Mr. Fitzgerald was one of the original settlers in the Kaponga district, first on the Neal Road and then on the Eltham Road, and he was well known and highly respected by the people of the district. He is survived by his widow and one son, Mr. D. T. Fitzgerald, of Kaponga.

Captain R. Johnston, Lower Hutt, died on Thursday. He was born at Brookhill Co., Leitrim, Ireland, and on the death of his parents at an early age spent his boyhood at Oak Park, Donegal. He was educated at Foyle College, Londonderry, going from there to Dublin and then to Sandhurst to complete his qualifications for the army. Entering the 89th Regiment in 1854, he went to Crimea, where he saw some stirring warfare. From there he was invalided home, and then proceeded with his regiment to the Cape, where there was trouble in Zululand. During this time the mutiny broke jjut in India, and the 89th was one of the regiments ordered to proceed. Here he saw stirring times, especially at Delhi and Agra. He proceeded to Auckland, where he joined the New Zealand Militia in about 1863. Here he served for some years in the Waikato. Mr. E. F. W. Cooke, of the New Plymouth Lands and Survey Department, was farewelled by the staff on Friday, on the eve of his retirement on superannuation. The Commisisoner of Crown Lands (Mr. Lowe) and the heads of the various departments expressed regret at Mr. Cooke’s retirement, and assured him he carried with him the good wishes of all the staff. A well-filled purse of sovereigns was then presented to Mr. Cooke, who returned thanks in a happy little Mr. D. Malcomson, of the draughting staff, was also farewelled, he having • i ransferred to the North Auckland office. Reference was made to the fact that Mr. Malcomson had recently won the Dominion Territorial championship shooting belt, and to his keen interest in athletics and football. He was presented with a. travelling-bag and foun-tain-pen.

Miss W. Jemison, who has been on the staff of the Central School for the past eight years, and who has now been appointed second assistant at Inglewood, was on Friday last farewelled by the teachers. Mr. Stratford regretted that such an obliging, conscientious and capable teacher should be leaving the school, but it was pleasing to know that Miss Jemison had received well-deserved promotion. He was sure that she would find the Inglewood parents always ready to support her efforts, and he anticipated for her a successful term in her new appointment. He then asked Miss Jemison to accept from the teachers a souvenir of her connection with the school. Mrs. Martin also spoke culogistically. Miss Jemison replied in pleasant terms. Miss Elley, of Southland, will succeed Miss Jemison at Courtenay Street.