Personal.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 12817, 27 March 1905, Page 7

Personal.

The Hon. J. Carroll arrived at Gisborne on Saturday night overland from Rotorua. A large party from Auckland^ including the Mayor and Premier, left by steamer . for Coromandel on Sunday morning to attend the funeral of the late Sir Alfred Cadman. ■ n Mr Bert Jftoyle received cable advice* 'that Miss lGertie idapipicm would prabably leave for New Zealand during last week. ' , w( Mr E. Earsons has been appointed manager of the New Zealand lnsurj|ance Coimpany at Shanghai, in placeof Mr iE. P. Hudson, who has been promoted to the Capetown branch <g the company. Mr Parsons paid a ! visit to Auckland sonic > ago. He is a son of Mr Parsons, secretary of thu Auckland Gas Company. \ The Town- Clerk -(Sir F. T. BellringV I er) received n telegrasn On Monday ! morning- from Mr Samuel Hooker, the newly app.ointt-d • borough foreman^ stating that he was leaving Nelson for JS T ew Plymouth the s.ame clay.Mr Huddlestone, who has been tohnr porarily appointed teacher- at the Stanley Road school, has arrived in New Plymouth to' enter on his duties. i It is understopd that Mr R. Coclt I (jMayor) has . definitely decided not to I become a candidate for the Silaypralty at the forthcoming election. - ' '„ I Mr G. F. Francis, resident secretary in Wanganui for the A.M:P. Society, has been promoted to the. Christchurch oMce. Mr Francis' many friends in : this district will be pleased to hear of his adtvjaixcement. , He Jha<i been in charge, of w, Waaganui \ Ta-ratajcSi for ! eigibit years. His suiccessor Will, be Mr C. T. Jojhln^ooti,' a son k>f the. late Gapt. Johnson, of .Wellißgtoin. -. ! Mr F. G. Carson, son of Mr Gilbert- '' Carson, of Wanganui, was imarried 'on Wednesday' at the Church of England", Bunny thorpe, to TVliss ' Agnes M. , RichI ardson, nieqe of Mr 3J. Richardsonj postmaster at Bunny thorpe. v ... ! Police Inspector Wilson, in »cjhar|ge of the L West Coas^ districts, is eti present on a 'brief visit • io- New vPlymtoiuth, having arrived here on / Saftterfday, nightk ■ < - . - Bef errino; .ita^Ahe sudden death of Mr John D. |qtot, of waxwbrkj^ fame, the Auckland* Herald says'rKe first came to New about 10 years ago, accompanied by an unmarried sister, who die.d. in Brisbane six years ago, after assisting in the management of the business. Mr Rowley opened a waxworks entertainment in Auckland in a large shop in Queenstreet, on the site of the present Strand Arcade on his arrival. He afterwards made a tour of the colony, and then went to Australia, India, Africa, aod Home to the Old Country, making three' return visits to New Zealand. The last occasion on which he returned here was in September, 190-1. He was accompanied on his present tour by his niece,^ Miss Ada Rowley, his only relative in the colony. He 1 has two brothers in Lon-don—-one an auctioneerr— and his fataec is still living in Southampton, having reached the advanced age of over 70 years. The deceased, who was born at West Bromwich, Birmingham, Eng- j Africa, and Home to the Old Coun/and, never married.