Personal.

Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12195, 19 February 1903, Page 5

Personal.

I The Board of Governor^ of Victoria College, Wellington, on,. Wednesdayappointed Mr 3.. B. Kirk, M.A., Asj sistant-Inspe : ctor "ofi Native • Schools, 'Professor 6f Biology at a salary of £700 per annum. ' ;- , A - Press ihessage from "Wellington repeats the information" &a> to Mr O'l:oug(hlin'p removal from the New Plymouth railway station *• to .ihe Bluff, .in succession to |H v-Mrv -Mr Graham, who has been sent to Queenstown. The chief clerk at Onehunga, Mr Cole,f will succeed Mr Guy, who is undcr^ orders to transfer to this station. '

<■ A team of. bowlers .visited ..New Plymouth to-day a,n,d were ' defeated oni the local *'$reen by i'6o'to. 88/ , - ',;/ Mr Hanpa has on view -in his studio ; specimens of the flashlight which he secured at Hhe o'aiiquet in, the Drill, Hall on ' Friday night. .An! excellent picture has been" obtained. ! /The Auckland Star states that aj number of Imperial officers will short-j ly arrive in New Zealand for the pur-; pose of purchasing hbrsesvfor, * jSouth Africa. ' '■»' ' ' '. ' ' ' '. The West Coast .0^ the^ Soulh' Island and laVercargill were indulging in rain; to-day, but the rest of bhe .colony was dry, and enjoying a fair amount df sun-| shine!; At'Tiritiri, the thermometer went up as high as 79, while at" the Nuggets on 1 the Otago coast it had. fallen to 48. In Hie maid centres, the leadings, were : -| Auckland 69, Wellington 68, Christchurch 57, Pucedin 74, New Plymouth 66 j. Wanganui 65, Napier 69, Nelson 67,! Greymouth 58, .O^maru. 60, luvercargill; 56. Cape Maria van Diemen and New' Plymouth were the only places' that *• re -, p 1 orted a, heavy Bea. * / '