PERSONAL.

Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 654, 2 March 1909, Page 5

PERSONAL.

The Hod. G. Fowlds is expected back from Auckland at the week end. Mr H. Wollerman is to go through to Rofcorna for a couple of weeks' holiday to-day. Mr Andrew Cockburn, an old settler in the Mastertondistriot.died at Ohristohnrch on Saturday last. Miss Irene Ainßley has gone to Australia to meet Madame Melba, whose concert company she expects to join. Dr. Pomare weufc through fco Taihape to-day to investigate a case of typhoid fever at the Maori settle'-] meat. ! * Mrs Ruff, of Bunnytborpe, had her leg broken and : sustained severe bruises by being thrown out of a buggy on Sunday. The Hon. Minister for Labour passed through to Taranaki jesterday. He purposes to have a look at some back block roads there. The many frieuds of Mr T. A. Morine, of Palmerston North, will regret to hear that he is at present an inmate of the Palmerston North

Hospital. Rev. George Manifold, 8.A., who has been ministering at Ashburton for the past two years, has accepted a call to the Pastorate Ohurch of

Christ in Hobart, Tasmania. Owing to the absence of the Rev. Macdonald, the services at tho Baptist Ohuroh iWere condpcted on Sunday by Mr Elliott in the morning and in the evening by Mr Emmett. MrF. G. Hnnton, of Auckland, who has been removed to Palmerston Court to replace Mr 0. Taylor, •transferred to \Yanganui, has arrived and commenoed his new dntias.

A oable received last night states that next Trinity College musical examiner for New Zealand and Tasmania will be Mr Henry St. George, who was out here last year. Entries for June examinations olose tomorrow,

A public meeting is to be held at Wellington to-day to make arrangements for a benefit conceit to be tendered Miss Mioa Oaldow as a prelude to her departure to study in England. Miss Oaldow has been one of Wellington's favourite contraltos.

At the annual meeting of the North Island Band Association, held at Hastings, Mr P. V. G. McLeod, of Master ton, was oleoted a certificated band contest judge, affiliated and registered under the rules of the Association. Mr McLeod was also re-eleoted to the Executive Committee.

We understand that the Orchestral Society, with whom the late Viotor Harris made his early appearance here, is forwarding toMrOorderand the Royal Academy its appreciation of the touching tribute to the gifted young mnsioian'B memory by the composition and performance of the Oorder In Meinoriam Symphony. The death is announced, by cable, of "Oaran d'Ache," the famous French artist. M. Emmanuel Poire, "Oaran d'Ache," was born in Moscow in .1859, and was noted as an artist and caricaturist. He was a contributor to the Paris journal, Figaro, and his politioa) cartoons added materially to the gaiety of nations..

MrE. W. Kuowleß, the well-known Napier merchant of former times, later proprietor of the Napier Daily Telegraph, and who presided over the reount meeting of the N.Z. Pi ess Association at Wanganui, came to Palmerston last night with Mrs Kuowles aud party, and will go on to Napier to-day after a pleasant time on the Wanganui river subsequenfc to the press meeting. They are at the Grand. Dr. J. H. Hamish BaiJlie, youngest son of the Hon. W. D. Haines Baillie, died in London on the 25th ult., of soarlet fever. Dr. Baillie had a distinguished career. He secured a junior University scholarship at Nelson College, his B.Sc , and M.B. degrees at Dnnedin, M.R.O.S. aud > L.R.O.P. at London, and (quite recently) D.P.H. at Cambridge. He had been a House Surgeon in the London County Asylum at Horton for the past three years and acting demonstrator in Baoteriaology at ] University College, London. He was to have left for New Zealand on Thursday. ' The death ooourred yesterday of Mr Thomas Wellington Nathan, an old and respected resident of Palmerston North, at "the age of 68 years. The lite Mr Nathan was born in Wellington on the Bth April, 1841, and was one of the first boys born in New Zealand. He was the son of Mr Henry Nathan of Wanganui, and among his brothers were Anthony, Mayor of Taihape; William, of Phiatua, and George, late of the Empire Hotel, Palmerßton North. His sisters included Mrs Armstice, Wellington, 'Mrs T. Bush, Wellington, Mrs J. 0. Morey, New Plyfmonth, and Mis Ooker, New Plymouth. Deceased was a farmer in the district and has been unwell for the past two years. iiis family inoludes Mr William Nathan of Wanganui, Mrs Treat■batch, and Mrs A. Windsor and Mrs 0. Wilson of Wanganui.