PERSONAL.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LX, Issue 143782, 4 May 1912, Page 2

PERSONAL.

Mr. W. Bayly, of Palmerston North, is on a visit to New Plymouth.

Mr. J. B. Murray has been elected chairman of the Wanganui Harbour Board for the eighth .time.

Mr. George Bail, an old and highlyrespected resident of Wanganui, died on Friday at Wanganui. Mr. H. D. Bedford, of Dunedin, has announced his intention of throwing in his lot with the campaign of the New Zealand United Labour Party. A telegram was received in"£swn this morning, stating Hiat Mrs. J. Sdarle, of Fitzroy, had died at Te Arolia where she was spending a holiday. Mrs. Searle died suddenly in the Cadman bath, from heart failure. A private cablegram announces the death in London on Thursday last, of Mr. Joseph B. Nathan aged 77. Deceased was an early settler in Wellington, and a prominent merchant there. He was one of the founders of the Manawatu Railway Company. He had been living in Loudon for many years past.

The consecration of the new Bishop of Melanesia, Bishop AVilson, is, according to information received by the Bishop of Auokiaud, to take place in Dunedin on July 14. The consecration of the Bishop of Nelson, under the new arrangement proposed by the Primate, will take place at Nelson on July .21.

Messrs. A. B. Charters, M.A., and F. G. Stuckey, M.A., have been appointed school inspectors for the Wellington Education Board district. The former is at present headmaster of Greytown School, and the latter headmaster at Island Bay. These two gentlemen act in succession to Mr. J. S. Tennant, the work of inspectors having increased largely of late. Each holds a B 1 teacher’s certificate. Mr. Thomas Frethey, late treasurer of the New Plymouth branch of the No-License League, at the conclusion of the annual meeting last night, was presented by the members with a fountain pen, as a slight token of their esteem. Mr. C. E. ij making the presentation, referred to the careful oversight Mr. Frethey had exercised over tne finances of the league, and wished him joy and happiness in his new home.

The following announcement appears in this week's Gazette:—“Hie Excellency the Governor has been pleased to (dismiss from the New Zealand Defence Forces, and the provisions of section 5 (a) of the Defence Act, 1909, Lieutenant (temporary Captain) Anthony Hormuzd j Rassam, New Zealand Staff Corps, for' absence from the Dominion' without leave. Dated January 15, 1912.” Captain Rassam was employed in the New Zealand Forces as area officer at Wellington under the new defence scheme, and was also adjutant of the Fifth Regiment.

A Press Association message from Auckland announces the death of Mr. Richard Monk, who for many years sat in ; t-he House of Representatives as member for Waitemata until his retirement in 1902. The late Mr. Monk was 81 years of age. He was born in Lancashire, but his parents brought him to New Zealand at a very early age. In 1849, at the age of seventeen, Mr. Monk accompanied his father to the California diggings. 'He returned to New Zealand after a time, and entered into business as proprietor of a sash and door factory, subsequently becoming connected with the Mercury Bay Timber Company. In 1881 Mr. Monk first stood for Parliament as a candidate for the Parnell seat, but was defeated. Five years later he was elected as member for Waitemata. He was defeated in the great struggle of 1890, and was elected in 1893, hut unseated. From 1890 to 1902 he represented the constituency continuously in the Opposition interest.