PERSONALIA.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 6489, 8 April 1908, Page 4

PERSONALIA.

His Excellency the Governor will leave Auckland to-morrow for Wellington. On Saturday he will lay the foundation stone of the new Technical School at Petono.

Miss Tuereley, matron of Victoria Hospital, Wellington, has resigned. Mr I. W. Raymond, of Invercargill, with Mrs Raymond and family, are passengers to England by the Rimutaka, which sails to-morrow. Colonel Tuson, Adjutant-Geawral of the Forces, will proceed to Auckland next Tuesday, ana will attend the Easter manoeuvres there*

Captain Trask, of the Headquarters Defence Staff, has been seriously ill for a fortnight. Captain Trask is staying with his parents at Nelson. Mr E. Hall, secretary to the Auckland Agricultural and Pastoral Association, has been appointed to represent the association at the National Sheep-breeders* Conference in England in June. Dr H. Adams, Mrs Adams and family, leave for England by the Rimutaka tomorrow. Mr and Mrs A. Gibson, of Wellington, are passengers by the same steamer.

Mrs Leighton, who was in charge of the V aiouiue School, has been transferred by the Wellington Education Board to Mangatiki, and Mise Howden and Miss Lamport, of Mount Cook Infants* School, have received promotion.

Mr Bernard Spelman, a well-known Foxtou resident, died suddenly on Monday morning, aged thirty-six years. Deceased leaves a widow, four sons, and two daughters. He took a keen interest in educational and municipal affairs, and served on the school committee one borough council*

Among the passengers who are leaving for England by the Rimutaka to-morrow arc Mr and Mrs J, D. 0. Crowe, of Pahia* tua; the Misses Kuinmer, of Te Wharau; Dr and Mrs Home, of Now Plymouth; Mr and Mrs W. Preston Thomas; of Wellington; and Miss S. Brook, who recently retired from the Post and Telegraph Department. Mr G. A. Ross, of the Mosterton branch of the Agricultural Department, has resigned his position in order to assume the management of a station in the Lower Valley (says the "Daily Times"). Mr Ross has been attached to the Department for some ten years, and had two periods of service with the New Zealand contingents during the Boer War.

Colonel Davies, Inspector-General of tho New Zealand Defence Forces, is to represent the Dominion at the Commonwealth manoeuvres at Easter. Colonel Collins, first financial member of the Defence Council, who was to have been the Council's representative at the Otago manoeuvres, will now attend the Wellington manoeuvres, in place of Colonel Davies.

Colonel Robin, C. 8., Chief of Staff, left Wellington last night for the South. Ho will attend the camps of the Otago and Canterbury regiments of mounted rifles, who will spend seven days in camps of Instruction, tho succeeding four days to be spent in Easter field manoeuvres. Colonel Robin will return to Wellington in order to control the Easter manoeuvres,'this stop being necessary since Colonel Davies, who was to have done so, has been detailed for duty m Australia during Easter.

The wedding of Captain R. G. England, R.N.R., late commander of tho Antarctic exploring chip Nimrod, and Mis© Jessie Turner, daughter of the late Mr C. W. Turner, of Christchurch, woo celebrated yesterday morning at St, Mary's, Merivale, Christchurch. Tho bride, who was given away by her' brother, Mr Harcourt Turner, of Wellington* was dressed in a cream Eton coot ana.skirt and a cream hat with feathers. She was attended by four nieces—Mieses Peppy Turner, Joyce Tonks* Alex. Kirk, mid Margaret Garland. Tho bridegroom was supported by Dr Miohell, of the Nimrod. The guests included the officers and crew of the vessel. , When Captain and Mrs England left for their honeymoon their carriage was drawn on the, first etage of the journey by the petfcyoffioers and men Of Captain England's late command. Captain and Mrs England leave for the Old Country next week. It is quite possible that Captain England will return to the Dominion at the end of the year to take command of the Nimrod on her voyage te the ioe pack to pick up Lieutenant Siiackleton's shore party. Major-General Sir Reginald Talbot, Governor of Victoria, has resigned that post and will leave Melbourne in July for England. A younger , son. of the eighteenth Earl of Shrewsbury, Sir Reginald entered the army fifty years ogp as a comet in the First Lite Guards. His subsequent military career was active and honourable. He Served through the Zulu war of 1879, and when trouble arose in Egypt was given charge of the squadron of First Life Guards which, with tho Second Life Guards and the Blues, was formed into the Composite Regiment. Ho greatly distinguished himself at tho actions at St. Magfer, Mahsamoh, the first and second actions of Kossassln, and at tho battle of Tol-el-Kebir. Ho wo© engaged in the midnight charge of IC-a-seassin, a weird fight grimly fought out in the darkness of desert night. With Sir Drury Lowe and his stalwart Guardsmen Sir Reginald Talbot, after ■ Tol-el-Kebir, dashed forward to Cairo, seventy milee distant, securing by their rapid movement the bloodless surrender of Arabi Pasha. With the army for the relief of Gordon, Colonel Talbot accompanied the "Heavies," under Sir Herbert Stewart, and fought at Abu Kilea, El Gubat, and Matemmeh. Tor his services in Egypt he was nominated Companion of the Bath, woe mentioned in dispatches, and received many modals. Subsequently Sir Reginald was for a time milifcaiw attache at Paris, an A.D.C. to Quean Victoria, was in charge of the Cavalry Brigade- at Aldershot, and later on had command of the British army of occupation in Egypt. ’ His Excellency id now sixty-seven years of age. Lady i Talbot is a daughter of the Right Hon. James Stuart-Wortley.