PERSONAL.

Taranaki Herald, Issue 13917, 29 May 1909, Page 2

PERSONAL.

Mr. P. Henne has resigned his position as assistant with Mr. A. E. Sykes, of New Plymouth, and is returning to his home at Stafford, on the West Coast. Mr. Longvillo, late of Haslet's Pharmacy, Queen Stret, Auckland, is filling the vacancy. Sir John Colomb, K.C.M.G., according to a London cable, died after being operated on. Deceased was 71 years of age. He enterod the Navy in 1854, retiring in 1869, then being a captain. He- was afterwards identified with the army, militia, and volunteers, and served, on several imporkanb ikoytA Commissions. He was also an author, publishing many works on naval, military, and imperial matters. A Press Association telegram from Christchurch reports the death of Mrs. Ivess, wife of Mr. J. Ivess, the wellknov/n newspaper proprietor and exmember of the .House. .♦ Mr. John Stapleton leaves New Plymouth on Monday for the Home of the Little Sisters of the Poor, Auckland. Mrs. W. Pember Reeves, wife of the ex-High Commissioner for New Zealand, will be a candidate for the London County Council at the next elections. She is a prominent member of the Fabian Socialist party. Mr. A. P. O'Leary, of New Plymouth . (writes a London correspondent on j April 16) is at present staying with his wif© ana daughters at Leipzig, where the Aliases O s l*earf- are sbuay/ng music at the Royal Conservatorium. Miss] Iris O'Leary has just received her diploma from the conservatorium, where she has been a pupil for the past two years, taking the piano with Fraulein Leitz and narmony with Professor Schreck. She has received very high praise for her work, her piano-playing beinf^ especially mentioned. Miss O'Leary will continue her studies in Leipzig for another year as a private pupil of J-lerr Teichmuller. Mr. O'Leary is returning to London at the end of April, and will visit most of the leading provincial centres in the old country ere sailing for New Zealand towards the end of the year. The Marlborough Express, in an account of the performance of "Rip Van Winkle" by Pollard's Juveniles, says: "Miss Clarice Buckman (sister of Rosina Buckman) was in excellent voice, and her rendering of 'M ( y Pipe' in £>io secord act was heartily applauded, and was one of the most enjoyable items of the ovening. Miss Clarice is making , an early name for herself, and it is quite safe to say that she wi 1 ' bo among the- star artists in the near i'al re. She hns a splendid quality of voice, and whatever her histrionic abilities may be, her singing is bound to carry her to tho front. Miss Clarice, vocally, has power, volume, and plenty of resonance, and may be trusted to follow up tho success of her older sister."