PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 271, 17 April 1914, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Captain Bone, Marine Superintendent of the New Zealand Shipping Co., Arrived in New Plymouth last night.

Thu Rev. G. Wooawarfl. of Foxton.haa I been appointed vicar of St. Mary*«, Ka-i-ori, in place of Kev. A. L. Hanscll, who becomes vicar of St. James', Lower Butt, lice tlie Rev. Joshua Jones, resigned. Dr. To Rangi'haroa, the present member for the Northern Maori District, has decided not to seek re-election. It ia probable that Rawiri Te Ruru, chairman of the Maori Council, will be tlie Liberal candidate, Hauraki Manning standing in the interests of the present Government. The Hon, W. Fraser (Minister of Pubr lie Works) will arrive in WaitoTa on Tuesday next On Wednesday h§ will proceed to Mokau and Awakino. Get-

ting back to Waitara on Thursday, fc« will be at New Plymouth on the following day, and will return to Wellington on Saturday.

Mr. J. M. King, late Commissioner of Taxes, who underwent a serious operation a short time ago, is retiring from the Government service, owing to illhealth, lie intends to unake his home in Auckland. Mr, King has .been associated with the Income Tax Department for the last thirty-n\e yearß.

There died at his residence in Wellington on Wednesday Mr. Alfred Patrick. Deceased, who was a native of Oxfordshire, England, had been- in the service of the Railways Department for thirtyfive years. He was married twice, and left three children by 'his ftmt wife, who are all married. He also left a widow and a young son.

The late Mr. Charles Davy, 0.E., who died at Fitzroy yesterday, wag one of the very Upon completing 'his articles in the engineering pro- \ fession at Home, ho followed his father to New Zealand fifty or sixty year* ago. He was at one time quite a landed proprietor, owning several large central business blocks here.

The death occurred at Wairoa on Sat-. urday of Mr. Thomas Taylor, an old resident of Mew Zealand. He arrived 'a Auckland seventy-six years ago with Ma father. He later left for the Be«ri|tf gold fields, and returned to Napier fiftyfour years ago; there he married and carried on a bakery for several years. From there he went to Port Chalmers, and it was stated .that he was the first baker to set up there. While in Christchurch he took a considerable part in local government affaira. Later on ho again wont back to Napier, after beinjr for about three years at Blueskin, and later settled in Wairoa.

Mr. Horry Lauder, the celebrated Scotch comedian, who is now in Aus- ' tralia, and who will shortly pay a visit to the Dominion, began his wage-earning career as a golf caddie. He subsequently worked as a half-timer in a flax mill in Arbroath. Afterwards he became a miner. Lauder, who is now in his smalt way a millionaire, says:—"When people ask me, as they sometimes do, if I ever look back with a sentimental kind of regret on my careless, happy days in the coal mine, I just look at'them and say 'Dinna blether.'" Lauder's first appearance in public* was iii 1870. As late as 1892 his salary as a professional "comic" was seventy shillings a week. With him success cams late; it came in a great flood, and Lauder is now one of the richest of the many men and women who live iby providing the public with amusement.

The death is announced at the Thames of Mr. Frederick Footc, of Whnngarei. ; Deceased was a son of Mr. William Foote, of Epsom, Auckland, and was for . many years identified with the timber industry in that province. Born in Newfoundland in the Ws, in 1803 he cam* , to New Zealand in the brigantine Clara, , a vessel of 100 tons, owned by hi* father. Mr. Frederick Foote wasasso- ' ciated with his father in the timber trade at Manukau for a Jong period: Later lie started, business with his brother William, the two being contractors for the Kauri Timber Company, and owning a mill of their own at Whakapara. He was also a partner in ■ somo engineering works at Wttangarei. ■ Deccased,*who had been ailing fmfyn ' i last couple of years, leaves a widownSnd i several children, Including Dr. Percy Foote, acting medical superintendent of I the Thames hospital. Mr. John Gibbons. i chief reporter of the Evening Post, is a ; cousin of the deceased gentlemss. Alphonss Bertillon, famous in connection with the development of the fingerprint method of identification, who died in Paris on February 12, was only just over 00, hut for somo time. bad" been suffering from anaemia. His brother, Dr. George Bertillon, made throe devoted efforts to save his ]if ( . i, v submitting to blood transfusion from himself to the invalid by the arm. The operation au Performed Hire* times, and Alphonss Bertillon s life wa.s thus, it is estimated, prolonged for ahcut four months, but it could not be saved. Bertillon first ■began the study of nnthropemetry thirty years ago, when he. catered the Prefecture of 1 ohce, and endeavoured to iutroduce hio method* there. But administrative routine for !„ng proved an n> " eurmoun able obstacle. At last Bert.llon enlisted M. Lepine's interest on hs side, and his mcttiod, were adopted. They are now used by the police of every country all over the world. Somo den of identification by finger-prints is \ times, b„ t Bort, ion was the first to discover » method of classifying finser- ..-' veloped several other methods of poltet investigation, such as the "spoken por- ,;' i description in a few sentences of %Ts' imTL ,?eO * at Bertillon '"SK tim '■• His L LI ¥ never «««i before. ■ , tlKj hod ° f GX r k ""dement or have , L ° ear8 > the "* so 08. '■ «, • aU ove tl, C " Ptod h ' ««• POll'e* ' o l"is \v .. WO [ ld> , Another '"«««« •which „w U ', tr ' ral Photogrsphv" by sons' aW" t0 8 " ,,e aro ***** * vIS m ', fto d « f °™>Mon . S«" ordinar >- *****