PERSONAL

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8310, 14 June 1907, Page 5

PERSONAL

Mr Woodward, of Ballarat, ha,s consented to act as judge of the Taihape poultry show. The Star understands that the widow of the late John Ballance is suffering from diphtheria in Wanganui. Mr W. T. Wood, M.H.R., has received, word from Geraldine. that his married daughter, Mrs S. Ashton, is slowly improving after her recent accident. The late Mr John Beaufort, whose death occurred at Pahiatua on Friday evening under circumstances already published, was a member of a well-connected English family, being a nephew of the Earl of Beaufort and of Miss Maria Edgworth, the novelist. The death is announced at Lyttelton of Mrs Mary A. Collins, an old New Zealand settler. Mrs Collins came out to Melbourne in the ship Red Jacket in 1857, and in October, 1858, she was married to Captain J. P. Collins, with whom she came to Lyttelton in 1868, in the steamer Alhmabra. Captain Collins died some years ago, but Mrs Collins has resided in Lyttelton ever since her arrival. The Rev. A. S. Wilson, of the principal Baptist Church in Perth, Western Australia, has accepted a hearty and unanimous call to the pastorate of the Wanganui Baptist Church. Mr Wilson is expected to arrive in Wanganui in August. He has held his present position for 12 years, but owing to the climate he has been recommended by his medical adviser to come to New Zealand. —Chronicle. Another young New Zealander has distinguished himself in Egypt in the person of Mr Marton Ireland, C.E., son of Mrs. Barton Ireland., of Auckland, and brother of Mrs C. -A. Tisdall, of Rotorua. The Khedive of Egypt, authorised by the Sultan of Turkey, has recently conferred on Mr Barton Ireland the Imperial Ottoman Order of the Medjidieh, in recognition of valuable services rendered by hftn. In the London Gazette of April 2nd it is notified that the King has been pleased to grant Mr Ireland His Majesty's Rcjal license and authority to accept and wear the decoration. Early in April, General Booth, the venerable head of the Salvation Army, arrived in Japan, where he was conveyed in the steamer Minne-

sota, which carried the Army flag: as a compliment to her distinguished passenger. He was welcomed at Yokohama by an enormous gathering, a fireworks display in his honour being attended by 25,000 people. Subsequently the General was received by the Mikado, a rare mark of respect, and from the Imperial palace he visited the workhouses, addressing 2000 inmates. General Booth also presided over a meeting of the nobility and leading politicians, with whom he discussed means for suppressing Western vice in Japan.