PERSONAL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10901, 19 October 1911, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr :<nd Mrs George Wliite and Miss White (late of Steward Settlement), who liave been 011 a holiday tour through,.the North, Island, returned to Oam a ru-last evening. ... :i j' ' .I=' i '*v.,The death occurred 'toAJay.Of ■William' (Langlands,. of. St..Clair, aged 82, tlie; second secretary of the Early Settlers': Association. He arrived iu' Otago by the ship Victory. At a meeting of New Plymouth High. School Board of Governors last evening the resignation was received of Mr W. • Prideham, principal since the establishment of the school in 1881. The resignation takps. effe.ct .at th? ..end of the. .year. Applications For a- liewprincipal' irciil bei invite4t4 n r'Austoalia l ,and :N.ew Zealand. . ;V ...... ~ '-j h t ■ :; jThe No-license^' Association jjre iio w • able to announce the visit ' here of 'thai Rev. R. S.i Gray on Tuesday next; when' he will deliver an address in the Open House, commencing at 8 p.m. The Mr Gray has lately returned from the United States, whither he went to at- I tend' the Baptist Conference. Advantage was Taken of the trip to make per* sonal investigations into the working of no-license in those States now under the regime. He devoted careful attention to the question in almost all the States that have elected to sweep aw ly the liquor traffic, including Maine..He. lias just returned to the Dominion, and' his ;le<?ture. on ''What, my travels-:to favor no-license, ,'apd. na-.; tional . prohibition in , should contain much convincing ,infpr- : mation. He is described as a keen ob-! server and fluent speaker. His Worship the Mayor, Dr M'Adam, will take.the chair.

Air E. N. Butt, an old resident of tho Glenavy district, died' this, mornin.r, after being in indifferent health for some time. The deceased was a superannuated railway employee, and for years occupied the position of bridge-keeper. In earlier life the late Mr Butt followed a seafaring occupation. Possessed of clever mechanical ability.-he constructed several.models-of-failing craft, a number of which lie exhibited in the late Christchureh Exhibition.