PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10, 5 September 1912, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Mr W. I). Row droll has been reelected chairman of directors of the Kaupokonui Dairy Company. Mr \V. H. Judkins, the well-known social reformer and editor of toe Australian edition of the Review o> Reviews and other publications, died yesterday .after a lingering illness. The deputy-governor of the C om.modal Bank will commence duties with a salary of £ISOO, rising to £2OOO, oer , annum. Applications for the position KLire being invited by. the Federal GojSfernment, states a Melbourne cable. Mr Waddy, an ex Rhodes Scholar, from Sydney, lias been appointee to the inspectorship of two ophthalmic hospitals in Egypt.— London cable. Mr. Cherry, Victorian dairy expert now in London has, says a cable message, thoroughly studied the methods of dealing with foot and mouth disease at Dublin. Mr. Cherry is acting on behalf of the Commonwealth Mrs Mary Ann Carter, rebec of the late Mr Edward Carter, of 1 anautanni, a very old resident of that district, died on Monday morning, m nei seventy-fifth year. She was a native of Scotland, and arrived m the Dominion with her parents when sac was very young. Mr James Oakley Browne, one of the oldest pressmen in New Zealand, was entertained by the members ot the Parliamentary Press Gallery on Tuesday on the occasion of his sixtyftrst birthday. On behalf of the members of the gallery, Mr h. K. Reeves, the next oldest member ot the gallery, presented Mr Browne with a token of esteem on behalf of his associate.

The “Wairarapa Age” of Monday last says: Mr. H. Fannin, a member of the staff of Messrs. Dalgety and Co. leaves to-morrow for Strattorcl, whore he has accepted a position in the office of Mr. W. G. Malone, solicitor. Mr. Fannin has had considerable experience in legal work, and will leave for his new sphere with the best wishes of a wide circle of inends. Mi. Fannin has arrived in Stratford. At a social last iglit in Now Plymouth, under the auspices of the B to. 11th Regiment, originally known as the Taranaki Guards, ex-Captain C. T. Mills was the recipient of a presentation, in the shape of an enlarged photograph of the officers of the onginal company; before the advent of tne compulsory scheme. Presentations of company shooting trophies were also made as followsßiflemen Snort, Worthington, shooting cup; Nichols, championship belt; Arnold, 1 aim ton, shield; and JLobb, oil painting by Captain Cook.

Lady Stout received a very flattering resolution of thanks on saying farewell to the Australian and Now Zealand Women Voters’ Association, of which she has been the president and the moving spirit. The secretary (Miss Newcomb) writes: ‘‘She carries back to her own land the warmest thanks of many hundreds of English women. Her joyous faith in the women’s cause, her unaltered conviction that its triumph in the British Empire will be a speedy one, have inspired many a waveror, and supported many a downcast believer. She will be greatly missed in England, but her memory will soon fade away.” Lady Stout was presented with a bouquet 01 carnations and roses.