PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 19, 21 January 1913, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Mr Joseph Cook has been chosen as leader of the Federal Opposition.

The Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, accompanied by his wife, has gone to Cannes.

King George, with the Mediterraneon fleet, wiil meet King Alfonso at Alicante in February.

Mr Campbell Jackson has received word from his brother, Mr E. Jackson, that Mrs Jackson is seriously ill with pneumonia at Auckland.

Mr . C. Hewlett, of Turakina, has been appointed headmaster of Manaia school, in succession to the late Mr Bindon.

Mrs R. F. Scott, wife of Captain Scott, the South Polar explorer, is on her way from England to New Zealand, in order to meet her husband, who, with the rest of the party, is expected to touch the Dominion about the middle of March.

Following on Mr O. J. McKenzie’s transfer on relieving duty to Wellington, Mr G. T. Murray will take charge of the Mount Egmont railway and the Stratford Main Trunk line, west end. Mr Baker will have control of the eastern end of this line, and also of the Raetihi branch railway.

Mr “Dick” King, who has been on the staff of the Public Works Department in charge of the goods traffic at the 33-Mile Siding and later at Mangere Road station, has resigned from the service, and as a popular servant of the public, he is to be tendered a farewell social on Thursday night at Whangamomona.

Mr Julian Woods, formerly of the Melbourne “Daily Telegraph,” and “Age,” and recently sub-editor of the Perth “Daily News,” was enthusiastically farewelled by the Journal ists’ Association in Perth prior to his departure to fill the sub-editorial chair of the Adelaide “Daily Herald,” the Labour paper.

Mr N. H. Murray has been appointed to the position in the Eltham District High School rendered vacant by the resignation of Miss Bockell. Mr Murray takes up his duties on Monday, 3rd February, says the Argus. In the place of Mr H. W. Jackson, who also resigned, Mr P. A. Ongley has been appointed.

The Duchess of Connaught (Priucese Louisa of Prussia), wife of the Go-vernor-General of Canada, who has been ill with peritonitis, but is now convalescent, is the only daughter ol the late Prince Frederick Charles ol Prussia, who distinguished himself in the wars ggainst Denmark, Austria, and France. She was born in 1860, and was married to the Duke of Connaught in 1879. They have one son, Prince Arthur, and two daughters, Margaret, married to the Crown Prince of Sweden, and Patricia.

Mrs H. B. Irving has now practically given up her career on the stage to devote herself to ( social organisation. She is a Poor Law guardian for tin north-eastern district of London, s most active member of several other bodies, such as the St. Pancras School for Mothers, the Tuberculin Depot, and other institutions, which aim not so much at giving relief in ( solea, Das qt, .altering conditions and raising the standard of hygienic education.

Mr Charles H. Poole, the ex-M.P., who left Auckland 'last February with his wife for America, has been doing no small amount of talking since his departure. Mr Poole started platform work at Chicago, under the direction of the National Lincoln Chautauqua Association. He spoke in 108 towns and in eight States to nearly 300,000 people, and managed during 16 weeks to deliver 250 speeches or lectures. Mr and Mrs Poole purpose spending about three months visiting friends in England, Ireland, and the Isle of Man, and will then return by way of America, where, after speaking for the Y.M.C. Associations for a while, Mr Poole will do another season’s platform work for the Chautauqua Association, and reach New Zealand from San Francisco about October next.