PERSONAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9208, 24 February 1912, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Mr' and Mrs W. : Beck, , who had been spending ,a -iioliday in .Wellington, returned to,l'Pa 1 nicrstoii last evening. \ .. [Leave ; of "absence, for:, the session_ has' been..granted ,to .Mr, T. M. Wilford ' (nsm]>er for Ilutt). on..account .of, his illheal' h. .... • Mr Gordon McMullan, a well-known resident of Ashhurst, was taken to. the Palnierston hospital to-day, suffering from a paralytic 'stroke, r ,; , • ... . ilr "-Hulbert; of PsJmerston, _ leaves in a lortftight'e time' for Australia, lie interested', himself considerably in swimming mtes,'and will be missed by members of the local club. oX : JPtjoi' secretary of- the New Zealand Employers' '-Federation, was' a visitor. to-: Palmerstori:to-day. Accompanied >.by Mrs Piiyfir,- he visiting th.eMy^itomp ; . CaVes,'Waikalo, arid the Wanganui river, - . 'Priqr to ! his ' departure to take chafge ■ of his ' flrst'.''parish 'at Kaikoura; ■ Rev. Fiith6i'\ Dornj rl wh o : had been a curate • at St?-' Patrick's Church; Palmerston, was p'feseiitM with nn. umbrella and;rug from tho : -.ladies and a' cigar case, .'suitably inscribed,' -frbih: tho gentlemen of the church. . )tir. A.: L. Napier Mac Lean died at his rfel'deilM in/Wellington last evening, fiom consumption, &gcd. 46 years. Deceased toolr a ; .'great' interest in', athletics, especially' il&xihg, 'and- was -referee at-many afnatour'contests. 110 leaves a widow and tjvd children. '' • :i Ivir and 'Mrs Canton, senr.,' well-known aiid-highly respected residents of.FeathersioiiWceti Will celebrate their golden wedding oh- March Bth. 1 Mr, and .Mrs Canton have been residents of the Dominion for oyer 42 i years, of, tha't period 24 years -wing been.spent in Palmerston' • '/Mr !; Fred: Piralii, 1 accompanied by Miss Dorothy Pirani, passecr through :Palmer-ston'-vostbrday afternoon, via Wellington and Christchurch, to attend the annual conference of the Now Zealand Press Association, of' which body ho is a director. Mr Pirani will also attend tho conferences .of the Newspaper Proprietors' Association and-of the-British Empire Press Union, ■Risvl' G. W. J. Spence,. President of the Methodist Conference, left by the Mam Trunk express this afternoon to attend the-annual'conference of: his church in Auckland. The proceedings will commence on Thursday next, but there are nuinerotis committee meetings before tho confercnto starts. Revs S. Lawry (Lonnexional Secretary), C. H. Garland, and W. F. Rotliwull passed through yesterday. . On tho 19th of February, at St. Paul's Pro-Cathcdcalj Dr.;. George J. Hall, son t>f Mr Ambrose Hall, Limerick,'lreland was married to Miss Rose Aschmann, daughter of 'tho late Captain Aschmann, of Lyttcl- ' ton Tho ceremony- was by the Rev. A. M.' Johnson, and tho wedding was a very- quiet,;one/r. Mrs- Hall .is wstcr to Mrs'R. W. Gilbert, of Wellington, flr rnd Mrs Hall loft for a trip to tho Island." Th'oir."future home will-bo Feilding. Mr D. Curie, one of "tho oldest newspaper men in Nov/ Zealand, was a visitor to Palmerston to-day. Mr Curio was formerly ■ proprietor of the-;Ross Guardian,. Ilokitika Guardian and Dannevirke, Advocate,: which ■ were.conducted very successfully by him. After disposing of the Advocate ten" years, ago; Mr Curie retired from journalism and made his homo in Auckland; 110 Murried to , the northern city by tho express train this afternoon. Mr W. H. Hall, one of Messrs Dalgety and ' Company's' auctioneers, .met with a nasty accident while motor-cycling to Feilding on Thursdav ovenmg with..- a, friend. While passing tluough Aorangi they collided With a irap driven by two Maoris. Mr Hall received tho worst injuries, being soverelv cut about the faco He was pick--1 ed up by his companion and conveyed to a K'nirby » manager .-of- Dalgofy s, brought Mr Hall into Palmerston, and ho is now an nmato of p. private .hospital. -. The Education Board ta received a cablegram-frpm Mr 0- A.-Banner, j£ Vv > South. Wales, accepting the position of ■ Director of - the Feildipg Technical school, Mr Bannor has had a splendid scholastic career, his speciality beinp f nulture. At present ho is .Instructor oi ' Science for the New South Wales LducaDopartnient.'. Thonw tota *» tho position of ait master m the .nm. ry schoojs of ! tho district, in addition to His ordinary art work