PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 October 1915, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. George Musgrovc, the well-known theatrical manager, now resident in Sydney, is reported to be seriously ill.

A London cablegram reports the deatli of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, former Governor of South Australia.

Major-General Birdwood has been appointed temporary Lieutenant-General for his distinguished services. A Sydney cable says that Private It. Y. Wright, who has died from wounds, wasemployed in the Sydney Morning Heraldoffice. His parents are resident at Invercargill.

The Rev. A. H. Colvile returned to New Plymouth from Auckland by mail train on Thursday. He will preach at St. Mary's on Sunday evening. Private Dawson Webster, of New Plymouth, who was wounded in the head aft the Dardanelles, i 3 now in the Krat. Southern General Hospital, 3'nningham, England. Colonel V. S. Smyth, of the Now Zealand Staff Corps, officer commanding the Canterbury military district, has been appointed commandant at Mayinorn camp, at Mangavoa, near Wellington.

The Ven. Archdeacon Evans has re; turned to New Plymouth after having been acting as locum tenens in the Auckland district for some time. The Archdeacon will preach at Holy Trinity, iTe TTcnui, on Sunday morning.' Among the Inglewood enlistments appear the names of H. X M. Thomson, solicitor; H. A. Stratford, headmaster of the Inglewood School; and 2t. C Branch, borough foreman, and Taranaki County ex-engineer.

The. condition of Carmen Sylva, QueenDowager of Roumania, is serious, and an operation to both her eyes is unavoidable. Professor Laudau of Paris, is to arrive in Bucharest in orfer to operate.

Mr. K. H. Kivell, of Stratford, received word yesterday ,that Ms son Eric has been admitted to 'Bristol Hospital, Southmead. Private Kivell liad an attack of dysentery, recently. His condition ia not severe, and it is expected thai a quick recovery will be his lot. Mr. Harry W. Nixon, who was a resident of New Plymouth for some years, lias been appointed editor of the Christchurch Star, in succession to Mr. P. C. l'roetli. Ho was a member of the staff of the Bank of New South Wales here, and lias since been on the staffs of the Christchureh 'Press and Lyttelton Times. The fear expressed by the Star yesterday, that the Trooper L. G. Hill, whose death from wounds ,ai the Dardanelles was reported in the casualty list published that day, was "Les" Hill, formerly engaged in a legal office in llawera, is groundless. The deceased was Trooper Leonard Johnston Hill, of the Otago Mounted Bides, and son of Mrs. McNarn, of Littlo Wanganui, near Westport.

At the Waitara school on Thursday Mr. N. 1). Day, who is leaving to take up a position in the Central School, New Plymouth, was the recipient, from the Fourth Standard boys, of a biscuit barrel,, from the Third Standard boys a bronze tobacco jar, and from the Third and Fourth Standard girls a cut glass and E.P. jam dish. The children expressed regret at Mr. Day's departure, and wished him good luck. Mr. A. L. Hempton, manager oi the Bank of New Zealand at Whangnrei, who lias been transferred, was entertained at a representative gathering of citizens and farmers on Wednesday. The Mayor, Mr. D. W Jack, who occupied the' eli'air, expressed the regret felt at ■Mr. Hempton's departure from Whangarei. Apart from his intimate business connection with the town, Mr. Hempton hail taken a keen interest in public and patriotic work. He is succeeded by Mr. A. K. Thomson, late of Inglewood. The late Mr. Glenville Barclay, who was found dead on a road near Dannevirks on Tuesday night, was the oldest son of Captain W. de R. Barclay, of Wellington, and for many years past was one of the most familiar figures in the House of Representatives, where he occupied the position of Native Interpreter. In that capacity he had achieved distinction as one eminently capable of translating into vivid and convincing Anglft-Saxon the picturesque and, frequently vehement periods of his Maori associates, all of whom have frequently testified to the. faithfulness of his rendering, and on more than one occasion have thanked him for his discretion. With a thorough knowledge of the Maori. language, Mr. Barclay possessed a knowledge of Maori lore and tradition that was exceedingly valuable to anyone engaged in research work-, and he was always ready to give the benefit of his knowledge to anyone who came to him for assignee Te was Ml years of age.