PERSONAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13298, 6 February 1914, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mi- W. A. Barton, S.M., and. Mr A. T. Coleman returned last night from the Coast. Mr A. G. Gordon, stipendiary steward, is at present visiting Guborne m connection Avith the two race meetings. Mr and -Mrs. W. Devcry have returned to Gisborne after a tour of Britain, ajid the .Continent. ''' ' . ' It is generally i understood that Mr J. (?. Wilson is .to. be: ottered the position of president of the Board of Agriculture. '.....• Private advice received m Kapler I*s? cords the death at Auckland of Mr Dim? can i Cumriling, at one lime, chief postmaster at Napier. . Mr H. Hill, chief inspector of schools for j-la'.vke's, Bay, is at present on a. visit to • Wellington, .attending a conference of inspectors of the Dominion. Mr H. D. Skinner, 8.A., late of Blenheim, has been appointed assistant master of Palmerston North High School. Mr Skinner has had some experience at Nelson-C ollege. A message from '-Thursday-. Island states that Madame Nordica's condition, whiclr has been unsatisfactory since "her arrival °by the steamer Tasmari, still continues more or less serious, but she is reported to. be improving. v Tt -is< understood that! Sir John Findlay has been approached by five constituencies^ including Wellington North and P^mell, to accept /nomination at the general election. • £?ir John states that he Will not enter -politics again. ■ Tiie Rev. F. Walker, 1 vicar of Ellerslie, Auckland, has' accepted the living of Leatpn, m the Diocese of, Gloucester, England: During the past year Mr Walker has been travelling m England, and Ivi will nqt return to New Zealand. Pafctor ' Clark;' formerly of the Auckland, Taberhacle, ' but 'latterly '% settler m the Thajihcs Valley, is spoken of a's the likely candid ate of the Reform party for ilxe Ohinemuri seat . at the coming general election. .'.-■• Th'c lion, 11. D. Bell is taking a trip on the' Government steamer Hihemoa rountt'tiic North Capo to Kaipara Heads.' ■where he ! will inspect a. stretch of lartd along the coast which it is. proposed to set aside as a sanctuary for game. Mr J., A. Smith, fopperly,. insnector ol' schppls m the Hawke's Bay district, has, Svith his \vife, b'eeii indulging m an textensive motor tour of England. Mrs Smith underwent a serious- operation recently, but has now completely recovered. ..•: : ' ■ ! T After 49 years' sfer\-ice m the employ of tho proprietors of the Nelson Rveniv{i Mail, Mr J. McEachen is retiring from : work; He w^s made; tlip ledipierit last week of a presentation from the dffico staff and a cheque from the proprietors.. Mk- McEachen assisted m the making up of the first issue of the paper. . "Viscount Kelburn, the new ;conimander of H.M.J3. Pyramus, arrived at Meibourho by the Otway, and reached WclHngtbn on Wednesday by tho Manuka. The' 'new commander is the eldest son and heir of the' Earl of Glasgow, wno waß Governor of £he colony from 1892 to 1897. Lady Kelburn reside m NeW Zealand while her husband is on the station. ■ • . The .following local residents liayc booked passages through the Union S.S. Company to places outside Anstrala'sian waters : — Mi- and Mrs Chas. Gray and Miss Gray, for Bombay, b,y tlie s.s. Orsova, leaving on April 7th ; Mr W. H. Linley, for London^ by the s.s. Otway, leaving on February 11 ; Mr Ge.b. Perkins, for Plymouth, by the is. Orvieto, leaving : qii May 9; Mr John Murray, for England, by the s.s. Osterley, leaving 1 on' March 11: Rev. T. Keith Ewen, for London, by the v s.s. Routes, leaving . .-on-- April ?2; Rev. Father lime, for by the a. s. Orvieto leaving May 9. Sii James Carroll was interviewed at tho residence of Mr H. ,H. Carr (states tho Wairoa Cfuar,dian). He is looking well, except' thaVjih affection of the leg troubles him* after much standing or walking. '6iv -James,., far fi'orn thinking of retiring from, politics, expects to again contest tlie Gisborne seat.' He is confident of- winning \ it, and expressed to our reporter a hope that he had not lost the confideiirp of >ii» old friends m that part of Wairoa district included m his electorate. Sir James anticipates that if tho Labor and Liberal parties combine forces at the next' election the latter must come back to power, though ho admitted that Mr, Ma»sey> iwndliiiK of the strike giyei Hifn a good lift, of which event he" is hia'kin^'tne v most.'