PERSONAL.

Evening Star, Issue 12164, 7 April 1904, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr W. H. Gaw, Chief Traffic Manager of Railways, has retired on account of illhealth after thirty years' service. He will ue succeeded by Mr H. Buxton, at present District Traffic Manager of Auckland Railwavs.

Monsignor Mackay, of Oamaru, who returned to Dunedin on Tusedav by the Warrimoo from an extended trip of twelve months in America and Europe, was welcomed at St. Josephs Hall last evening by a large gathering of the Catholic community. Monsignor Mackay was welcomed by Bishop Verdon and Father Murphy as one of the pioneer priests of Otago, and one who had done great work in the way of building, etc., in the diocese to which he belonged. Monsignor Mackay gave a detailed and interesting description of his journeying through the Canadian Rockies, the Great Lakes of North America, Toronto, Niagara, Montreal, New York, Ireland, Scotland, France, Italy, and Switzerland, and many other places. A Wellington telegram states that the health of the Premier is better, but that he still requires rest. Sir E. W. Byrne, Judge of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice, is dead, aged sixty years. Prince Leiningen, one of the numerous German Princes the late Queen Victoria wu, charged with having introduced into well-paid sinecures to the detriment of Englishmen, is dead. The deceased Prince was in charge of the late Queen's royal yacht when a small pleasure boat was run down in the Solent and one or two persons y\ere drowned. There was much popular indignation at the time.

The Hon. T. W. Hislop definitely announces his candidature for the Wellington mayoralty. The contest will apparently be between Mr Aitken (the present mayor) and Messrs Wilford and Hislop. Mr T. Mackenzie, M.H.R., telegraphed as follows to Mr Hunter, deputy-mayor, in reply to the request from the R-oslyn Borough Council that he (Mr Mackenzie) should again seek re-election as mayor of the borough:—"Sincerely regret your inability to accept nomination for the mayoralty; you would have worthily occupied the position. Personally, I am deeply conscious 0! the high compliment extended to me for the fourth time of unanimous request, although the personnel of the Council has changed since my occupancy of office. I realise that important and far-reaching questions wiJl occupy the attention of the Council during the ensuing year. My duty therefore is clear, and I willingly place "what time I have available at the disposal of the burgesses of Roslyn "

Mr Dinnie, Police Commissioner, is on a visit of inspection to South Island stations. A London mossage advises the death at the age of eighty-two of Frances Power Cobbe, authoress, journalist, and famous as an anti-vivis-pctionist.

A Napier telegram says that Mr Samuel Carnell. formerly member for Napier, was nominated to-day for the mavoraltv.

Our Milton correspondent writes :—.News was received here on Tuesday of the sudden death of Mr Duncan Chisbolm. one oS the oldest, if not the oldest, residents of Milton at the present time. The deceased, with his son Thomas, left Milton on Good Friday to spend their holidavs at Invercargill. He was seen during "his stay there by rcveral Milton people, looking well an dhearty. Father and son got parted on Monday, but expected to meet at the midnight train. On the son going to the station hd did not see his father, the crush of people that assembled on the platform, aud he took it for granted that he would be in one of the carriages, so he got on the train and proceeded home. On his arrival he found that his father must have missed the train. Nothing more was thought of the matter until the sad news came by wire of the sudden death of Mr Chisholm, sen. The deceased arrived in Milton in 1860, and has worked at his trade- as a carpenter up to the present time. He leaves' a family of sons and dnughter to mourn their His remains will be brought to Milton for burial.

Mr Arnold will deliver his post-sessional « >e?p at thp Choral Hall on the 19th inst.

Mr D. M. Findlay left for Wellington todav. where he intends to settle, having joined his brother, Dr Findlay. Miss Florrie Young, at the conclusion of her New Zealand tour, leaves for tie United States, where she has secured a lucrative engaeemont.

Mr 11. G. Ell. M.H.R., intends to address a meeting of ratepayers in Dunedin, under the auspice?! of the Ota go Trades and Labor Council, on the proposal to bring the rating on land value system into operation in this Cirv.