Personal.

Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12290, 24 June 1903, Page 5

Personal.

Mr W. H. .P. Barber; JLH.R, for? Ne-wrtoAwH is ,at preaentr ■ visitingf New. Plymouth-, staying e at- the Hotel Com-, monwealth- . • " - - ,- ' • " The death is anriotfijeed of Mr Allen.; Bell, a very old and much resflpectpiT; settler at Puniho. _" f[' : Sir William B.ussell was on Tftiestlayi the' g--uest of a - large numlher' of hi& constituents' -at -a complimentary r l^ea held in the Princess' Theatre,- Hastings, about 40© "people" bein# presetttHe was p'resenteil with an ' illuminaited dddress'an'd a large arid very hadil--lome aoh'd silrver epergrie, the r 'desagjn df which is appropriate to the colony. . There are three bowls, each one berng 1^ removable. On chief bowl arei three panels, on one of which is a re-i presentation of tthe G<>ver!nms}it build-j ings, on the sec'onxl is a design typical/ of New Zealand scenery, and' on jibe, thircl a scene representative" of Newv Zealand farm arid . station life. Tfre^ chasing auki embossing dontaitts imi-', tations of Maori earning anM of n^t-^' able flowers and foliage, including theajkeake and the native qlematis. Tiber total weight of the ' i& ounces, its length;, of base being 42 5 'inches, arid ,^e height of the* middle 1 ' stand . being 36' , inches. Sfir WiJlidml JF&issell returned ithanjlis in" a brief jbjutJ happy Efpeech. , , : Mr W. Smart, brother of Mesglrs, Smart Brps./^oflTcw Plymouth ajhd. ' Stratford has been appointed sjuper-, intenderft "engineer -of the Union ,S;S^ , Co. '■ ' . ■ - , . Mr T5. Gerard, chief clerik in the Cffi- £i cial Assignee's office. Wellington, has' been appointed Official I Assignee at ■ Auckland in place of Mr Lawson^ who* has retires^. Mr Gerard last year wad .stationed in New Plymouth for a few; weeks, an/l during hifir stay he maJcl'6' many fftbrtds, , wjho will congratulate, him on his appointment. f * Nurse Cantpbell, of the local Ho^pi-t tal staff, has passed her second, year's 1 examination as a certificated -nurse.- ' - It is unideretood that Nu,rse Tbomjp? eon, of Otago,' who wax a/ppom'te/fc second nurse, at the local Hospital at the last meeting of the Taranaki Hos; pita) and Charitable Aid BoarH ha^, wired stating she cannot iake up the] position. Mr H. Stemp, who has been acting; as wharfinger for the Eailway Bopartrnent at, the breakwater for some time, leaves next Friday on. transfer •to Patea. . Mr Stem'j> wa« al«o idesntified with the .goocljs she^l work as fore- , man for some time, and in that ca'pa*city, jartd also ki 'tye breakwater he has carrieS out his 'dnitieg fajthktli3 r i 'His many friends in' New Plymouth* wfll wish him luiok in his new sphere of work.