PERSONAL.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 14016, 22 September 1909, Page 2

PERSONAL.

Miss K. E. H. Williams has resigned ; her position as assistant mistress of Hniakams school. 1 Mr. Gresley Lukin, editor of the Wellington Evening Post, one of New Zealand's, delegate* to the Imperial Press Conference, returned to Welling lon from London by the Ruapehu yesterday. — Press wire. At a meeting of the Duiifnlin Presbytery yesterday, it was unanimously decided to sustain & call to Uev. R. E. Davies, of Petersham, Sydney, to the pastorate of Knox Church, in succession to Rev. W. Hewitson. — Press wire. A press wire from Napier states that Bishop Williams was yesterday presented with his portrait in oils) as a maik of esteem on the occasion of his retirement from the oversight of the Anglic'iii diocese of Waiapu. In the course ot hi.s reply, he said it could l>e taken for granted that Archbishop Averill wotilt! accept the bishopric. His Excellency t\\o Governor, accompanied hy Captain Shannon, anived in Christchurch from W» IHnKton yesterday morning and leaves a^ain !»y the lirst express to-day for Dunedin in order to be present at n tiiuctinu connected with the Choral Society. His Kxctilloney returns from South on Friday, and proceeds direct to Wellington en route for Auckland.— Pit „ wire. The Hawera Star learns that the condition of Mr. C. R. Bayley, who is undergoing treatment at Motoruu, ha.s not unproved much of late. The Hon. J. Carrol), the Hon. J. A. Millar, and the Hon. {!. Fowlds will welcome Sir Joseph Ward on his arrival at Auckland to-morrow week. Mr. Charles MacKie. the first Home representative ot the National Dairy Association, has commenced business at. an auctioneer at Waipukurau. The Rev. F. T. Reid, who has been in charge of tho Waitara Methedist Chinch in this circuit for some has decided to vacate the pastorate ol the church next April, when he «il? leave for Port Chalmers where he « ill take up the work <>t his church. Our Wmtara correspondent sa.\s the lev. gentleman, (luring his sojourn nmongst them, has shown hini&elf a good worker for the cause of his church, while an u n assuming style ha.s contributed in no small degree to his successful administration. Mr. A Morton has been appointed by the Education Hoard to fill the vacancy on the Board of School Commissioners caused by the death of Mr. H. Faull.