PERSONAL.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13947, 30 April 1909, Page 2

PERSONAL.

Mr. and Mrs. Audnus Haynes, formerly of New Plymouth, are -^pending .1 tew days' holiday here. Mr. J. C. A<l..ir.s is a lew ln;,s in New I'l,\ niinUh un>'Uiug old arlU.'.illt.Ulce.s. .Mi. and Mis. Graves \iikin. of Auck.ind, Kre in town, en iheic letuin joiu- ]. •. ,ii!iu -i tour dl ih" Dt.ii. niiDii. The Uislu.p oi liilltiirst aels «> .'ii'si.if" ol Austi;>li.i iiil a lush ap.miufi.K nt is made, ■ :i> , a table from ■ndiu \ . Captain Uobert Scoit. Hon. D.Sc., .\ho c.mmaudcd the l)i.-<"vety expedition to the Antarctic, has been appoint•d Naval A-"istant to Ihe Second Sea Lord. The Hon. It. M'Ken::ie will leave Wellington lor Wnil.i to-morrow to t i:\ side at a c.>iifore::.-e «.! iiiining iujKictors. Some important questions .-.ill come up tur renew at (he < onferenco. Mr. Edward Pfank'ich. of (he local Lands and Survey Detriment, has H^t ieturne<Lfroiii'ru <«\ieiided trip t< Kiji, his nuti\e co-intry. S\v. PianUii'ch v. as accompanied on his trip by Mu.-tcr lan Roy, his swimming pupil. Lieut. Shackloton, of the British Amiretic expedition, wiote mtiTiiating he tvoiild be glad to bo enrolled an honorirv member of the Legion of Frontiorsneii. The acting-commissioner for the ..e^ion in New Zealand accordingly on•olU'd him.— Pres^ wire. Mr 11. V. Gully, the retiring town •lerk nt Nelson, was ]ast ni^ht the recipient of six presentations from all jranciies of the NeNon municipal service, ">ays » Press telegram. Mr Gully iai held the position tor thirty-five .-oar?, and is retiring to enter It gal practice. A telegram received hi3t niglit from [)tinodin sfated that the Prime Minister paid a visit to Taicri- yesterday and eceived a ntfmber of deputations con-er-.iing local matters. In the evenint le was present at n social nt Mosgiol, endnred to tho Hon. T. Mackenzie in honour of his oJovntio,i to Cabinet rank. To-day Sir Joseph Ward will proceed o lnvercargill. At the Nelson District Court yester\*y, members of the Bar farewelled l u'd go Ha«selden. who for tho last tine in Nelson. Judty jlasolden is •etiring owing to the abolition of the district C<iurt. 1U« entered the Civil Service in 1866 and was 'admitted a larristor in 1872. For a time he wn«CJrown Prosecutor at Westport and In 88.) went to Wellington where he prac-oi-ed until 18U7. S-ibsequently he ,vas appointed Stipendiary Magistrate it Wellington and Christ church, and in' ls)o.l was appointed District Judge. The President of the Native Apjk'l'•<te Court, Jud;.!.o Seth-Smith, has i eel Totified thnt he will l>e retiml fron 'hat position as from tho end of tin ■<i-ont month. His ictirement is ( iiart of tho retrenchment scheme winch' was recent ly announced, the Native Appellate Court ceasing to exi-st. and its functions being taken over by the Native Land Court. The retiring Judge was appointed^ Judge ol the Natne Land Court in 1888, and he continued to hold that office until 1894, whoa b. retired. In 1!M)4 he was reappomtod and held tho office lor a further pono' of two years, att«r which he was ap pointed as President ot the Appo'latCourt, a position which ho has held e\ei since. (ieneral sympathy, wrote the London correspondent of the Wellington Post on March 19, will !><• M< "'»>' the Hh^ti VomniU*u>»i*r iov New Keiillliui in the, bereavement that ho has suHeroti hy the death of his eldest sister, Mrs Header, which sad event took place on Thursday, at Hopton Wafers, Cleolnm Mortiinei, AVorcestershire. Mrs. Readei 1 has Ikvii ailing fot some lime, nntl when it became apparent 1 hut the end was drawing near a message wasent to Mr. Hall-Jones, who was tortu nately able to see his -istor betore six pas-ed nwuv. The dm-eased l;:dy had always resided in Knglaml. and her nmains will be intei red on Monday when the High Coinmissi'-.ner will at tend the funeral. In consequence ol this bereavement. Mr. Ha 11- Jones had to ciinrel an invitation to attend a luncheon at the Mansion House ..o-day. at winch the Prince of Wales, the Prime Minister, and Mr Bnlfour were expected to bo present. Another engagement ■cancelled is the invitation to attend tho banquet of the Civil Engineers, fixed for to-night.' The death took place in Auckland on Wednesday of Judge 11. F. Edgar, of the Native Land Court. Deceased was in his ofitb >ear. He wr.s tho only For of the Into Rev. Samuel Edgar. n,nd came to New Zealnnd with his father in the early seventies, settling at Pon Mbert. Deceased afterwards joined the Native Lands Court staff, under the Into Chief Judge Fenton. He was subsequently appointed as registrar, nii'l later w:ik elevated to the bench ot tho Ni-tive Land Court. In May, 190 G. when tho Native Department was reconstructed, tho late jndgo proceeded i to Wellington as Under-Socretary to fhe Native Dopnrtirent, remaining in that office for about twelve months. While on the bench he bnd charjjp first I -<f ,"11 of tho Wainriki di.-strict and later of the Tokerau district . north of Auckland. Tho late judge leiuos a widow, formerly Mias Langsford, of Auckland For ma'nv years he was n member of I the Auckland Choral Society, and took a keen interest in nnrie. Mr J D. P-itehie, th" retiring Seoretorv for AgricuKuro. w.n«t ontortamed nt dinner at th" Hotel Windsor. Wellington, on Wodn-pdnv evening by the officers of tho dene H merit, who came from all parts of the Dominion to snood their hito chief on bis siv months lioh'dnv trip to the Old Couutiv. Al'"- •"- Clifton, Chief Ttncportor of Stock, presided, supported by tb- Hon. Dr. 1< nidlav, renrosontinc; the Afmi^try. H;' 1 'Hl'rhi H"». tho Prime Minister, Sir Joseph Ward (-Minister of AgneulituM. and tho Tfon. T. Mackenzie sent anolouios and ;j,ood w i°be«. Amontrst 'the guests wore 3Vlo-sr<:. James M'Korrow and A. Barron, rot i ring votorins of tho Civil Service. The proceed in»s were mo<-t copdinl, and included the presentation to the nf the ovot.ii'C of a Lift tho roMilt of n hmiied sul)soription by tho staif of tho denartme"! thrtiu-hout the Df.miniori, with which to purchase in T/oiulon a souvenir of his loin; connection— niuotoeii yoirs--with tho department, of which ho w-«-Ih(< founder. Smi^s were contribu<od W Messrs F. S. Pope (successor to \>'\ T?itrhi- as Secret -irv of Agriculture^, L. J, Hill and D. Kenny.

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