PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 270, 7 April 1913, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Mr. Lan P. Oranf, of Messrs. Roy and Nicholson's stall, has been appointed to tli« charge of Messrs. Weston and Weston's branch office at Inglewood . It wis just .(9 vrn| . s ago V e S t ( .rday since Capla.t, Lloyd, of the 57th Regiment was killed by natives at Aim Alfu. iwar the Kuiluke Ranges, after putting «P a«a lu.it fight. Yesterday, Sergeant Major Re/ar, who wag a member of the same regiment, and is on u visit here, placed a m real I, on the late Captain's grave at Te ■ Ileum. A cable message from London announces the death of Professor Edward Dowdcn. The deceased, who was born m 1543, was appointed Professor of English Literature at the University of Dublin in 1807. and had held many other important appointments, He was the author ot numerous works, and edited many issa.s of the works of British poets. The lion. Mr. Eraser, Minister for Public Works, proceeded to Wellington by the mail train on Saturday morning. He told a deputal ion which met him at Hawora that he was sorry to have to return to Wellington so soon, but it was necessary that he should do so; furthermorn, he was feeling the ell'ect of the strenuous time which Ministers had had during the past few days. Appointments of members of the Kgmont National Park Hoard have been gazetted as follows:—Messrs. William Andrew (,'ollis (Borough Council of Xew Plymouth). ..lames Robert Hill (Taranaki County Council), William Rogers (Stratford County Council). CharlcPoodson (llawcra Rorough Counel). Robert MeKimiov Morison (Stratford Borough Council). Frederick William Uilkie (llawcra Comity Council). On Sunday there passed away at hk>r residence, Devon street Kast/another of the pioneer settlers. Mrs. Catherine Moore who came out with her parents, Air. and .Mrs. Kdwin Harris, in the William Bryan. IS-il. At the time of the Maori War in IStli), she, X vith her parents and sisters, went over to Nelson. Her only brother was killed by the natives during the war. Mr. "and Mrs. Moore returned to Xew Plymouth in lStio, where she has resided till the time Ot her death. Mrs. Moore leaves three sons and three daughters to mourn her loss. At the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Timnrii, on Wednesday morning, the dentil occurred of Sister Donovan. The deceased lady was 01 years of age. and in > the thirfy-!.econd year of her religious .: life, the whole of which was spent in 4 Timaru. She had only been ill a week, and meningitis was the cause of deatli. Sister Donovan was well known in Tim- i am, and on account of her kind and' obliging manner and her never-failing cheerfulness, she was beloved by all with whom she came in contact. She will be sadly missed at the Convent by the inmates as well as visitors, as she was always ready to oblige or put herself out > to ensure the comfort of all, and she ■ proved herself ever.a most unselfish and devoted worker. Mv. William Hay, of Dunedin, has arrived in Manila in the capacity of Special Commissioner of the Xew Zealand Gov-.

eminent to study trade conditions. Mr. Hay is making a journey round the world . on behalf of the Government of New i Zealand, and from each place visited he : renders a report on commercial condi- •. tions and the prospects for trade with New Zealand. In Manila he has been ' supplied with much valuable data bv "* the Manila Merchants' Association. He . reached Manila by the steamer Knmana Maru from Australia, and will depart again for Hongkong. From Hongkong his journey goes along, the China coast to Manchuria, thence to Korea, Japan,' Hawaii, the Cnited States and Canada,', Europe Africa and India, which latter ' country will, probably, be his last stop \ before returning to New Zealand. '> The death occurred snddenlv at Patent on Thursdiiv of Mr. James Robertson, at " the age of 80 years. The deceased was born in Forfarshire, and came to the '' Dominion in ibe, filing ship Straths- • fieldsaye, arriving in D'uaedin in 1858. After working »>u the famous Dunstan' and several oilier gold fields of the South . -' Island, the late Mr. Robertson came to the North Island in 1875, taking up a farm on the Stuart Road, Eltham, where be resided till about seven years ago,. when after the death of bis wife be came to Pafc.-i. where he had lived with " his daughter. Mrs. Ceo. Williams, ever since. The late Mr. Robertson was a piper of some merit, and was a wellknown figure at most Caledonian sports in the Dominion, where he often acted as judge of the bagpipe music. Rome nine years ago, he made an extensive tour of the Homeland.—"Press." .* Mr. Charles Tellier. the aged inventor of cold storage, was discovered some, months ago to be living near Talis in '' a condition of poverty unite unworthy of the services he had rendered to the , world at large. A subscription list ' was opened immediately by the French Cold Storage Association, and a sum of £3200 was collected. A cheque for this amount and a medallion were presented to M. Tellier recently at a lunch given in his honor by the Association. The menu of the lunch was composed exclusively of the products of distant countries, the transport of which had been made possible by the methods of which the guest of the day was the pioneer. Complimentary speeches were delivered by MM. Rafael de Micro, Uruguayan Minister, and Carlos Vazalia, First Secretary of the Argentine Republic. M. D'Arsovnal, in the name of the President of the Republic, presented M. Tellier with the Cross of the Legion of Honor. The aged inventor—be is now in bis eightysixth year—replied briefly, in a voice trembling with emotion. He still continues, with unflagging enthusiasm, his scientific researches, and it is said that he is on the point of perfecting a new system of refrigeration, which requires no special apparatus;'or installation.