PERSONAL.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13509, 26 August 1907, Page 4

PERSONAL.

The funeral of the late Charles George Evans, only son of the liev. F. G. Evans (whose death at Cambridge was recorded on Wednesday) took place at Cambridge on Friday. The Native Minister, the Hon. ,J. Carroll, attained his fiftieth birthday on Tuesday. In celebration of the event a large number of members of both sides of the House met. The health of the Minister was proposed by Mr Homes, who spoke of the affection and appreciation that members had for their guest not so much as a Minister of the Crown, but for his unfailing largehoartedness, as James Carroll, or better known to them as "Timi Kara. Mr Carroll, in replying, expressed appreciation of the fact that despite their political differences they still were i all the very best of friends, and* their friendship became more closely cemented as the years went by. Mr and Mrs H. R. Cattley celebrated their silver wedding yesterday. Both are old residents of New Plymouth and were married here. During his residence in the tpwn Mr Cattley has taken active interest in many public affairs and has made himself popular. His chief work has been in tho field or friendly society labour. In Forestry he has reached the highest pinnacle attainable in New Zealand. x J Miss Potts, of the West End School, is away through indisposition. - ' Captain Preece, of Palmerston North, was in town on Saturday. The Colonel Elliott, whose escape from Macedonian brigands was recently referred to in a cablegram, is a brother of the Rev. W. J. Elliott, a Methodist now at Carterton. The mesr r sage stated — Dramatic details are published of Colonel Elliott's escape from brigands, by whom he was captured during the recent troubles in Macedonia. •His captors overlooked a revolver that Colonel Elliott had. He shot five, including the leader. , , '■ At a military tournament in Hawera about six or seven weeks ago Major HN. Liardet was knocked down by a galloping horse. Tho Major received a nasty shaking and injuries^to his thunib. He underwent an operation to the 1 injured member, but tho result was not entirely satisfactory. He has gone to Wellington for further treatment. Mr D. Bray, representing 'Messrs Kearley and Tonge, Ltd., butter merchants, of London, is in town. A London cable announces that Captain C. L. Ottley, Director of Naval Intelligence, has been appointed secretary to the Committee of Imperial .Defence. Captain Ottley has been poij.nected with the navy since he was thirteen years of age — in 1871. He has seen active service on some of tho few occasions since that time ivhen the British .fleet has been engaged. , He served on the Amethyst during the engagement with tho rebel Peruvian ironclad Huascar and on board -the Monarch, during ,the Egyptian war of. 1882. . He was present at tho bombardment of Alexandra. He became senior naval officer a,t. Port Said in 1897, and since then has held many positions of trust under the, jffavai Department. Hohas been a member of the Committee of Naval Defence, since 1904. , - , Mr F. W. Marchant, engineer to the New Plymouth Harbour Board,, left for South this mornings after spending a few days here. Mr Marchant during his visit made # general inspection of the works in progress at the wharf, and will forward a on the future supply of stone for tfie breakwater extension. ' Ngata Mohau, chief of the Puketapu. died the other day. Deceased was well • known in New Plymouth.' His ancestors lived in Ngapuketurua , near Mahoetahi. He was a son of Mohau, the wellknown ally of the Europeans during the war. Ho was the last of a long line of. rangatiras who lived in that part and were there w:hen Turi and Manaia rediscovered the country in the fourteenth century. He could trace his origin back td the time of Tangatawhenua,his genealogy going back more than forty generations. He was remarkably handsome, and was of the red-haired type of Maori. His age was about sixty-five years.