PERSONAL.

Patea Mail, Volume XXXVII, 13 June 1913, Page 2

PERSONAL.

Sir Joseph Ward and parly will leave England for New Z?alaad on the 20th iust.

M .jor-General Gbdloy will leave by the Aorangi en route to England on i the 20th iust. He will return to New Zealand about the end of the year.

Sir James Carroll is now reported to be making very good progress, towards recovery from bis recent seveiie illness, though ho has not yet boon to leave his bed. He is able to see a limited number of friends daily. Private advices have been roceivad in Wellington to the effect that Mr H, W. Northcrofc, Resident Commissioner at the Cook Islands, who was recently indisposed at Rarotonga for some weeks, has now sufficiently recovered to attend to bis official duties.

The Eight Rev. Dr Orossley, Ang’ican B'shop of Auckland, who left last week by the Maheno for Australia, is, according to a private telegram received on Tuesday, in very poor health. So far the change has effected no improvement, and his condition causes his friends some anxiety, Mr R, Browne, supervisor of technical schools and agricultural instructor for the northern district of the Wanganui Education Board, has says the ‘'Star” been offered the position of second agricultural instructor under the Auckland Education Biard. He has not yet delioitoly decided to accept the appointment.

The funeral of the lata Miss T. A. Travers took place this afternoon at the Patea Cemetery a largo number cf settlers attending to pay their lust tribute to the memory of the deceased. The ceremony at the Church ami graveside wis carried out by th > Rov. Rather Duffy iu a most impressive manner. Sir William Hall-Jones, until recently High Commissioner for Now Zealand in Lindon, returned to Wellington by tho Ulimaroa from Sydney on Wednesday, having boon absent from New Zealand for .our years and a half. He was accompanied by Lady Hall. Jones, and the two Misses Hall-jones. “No, I have no intention whatever of re-entering public life in Now Zealand, I have had a long time of it, and now I think I should let others have a turn,” said Sir William, in reply to a question—tho question to which most people interested in politics have been awaiting his answer with some curiosity.

The funeral of the late Mr George Tinney took place at the Patoa Cemetery yesterday, the Rev. R, Franklin, Vicar O" Waverley, officiating. There was a large attendance of residents from all parts of the district to pay their last respects to the deesased. The “C ’’ Company, Xtth Regiment (ParanJa Rifles), of which the deceased was a member, attended in fall stiength und r Lieut. Kirk, O C., the firing party being in charge of Ssrgt.-Major Ball. Tho Deal Court of Foresters also attended ami acted ns pall bearers, the cofli i bring covered with the Union Jack The burial service was conducted in a most impressive manner by the Rev. R. Franklin. At the conclusion of the service throe volleys were fired by the firing party, after which the “Last Post” was sounded by Sergt.-Major Mahoney.