PERSONAL.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16591, 13 November 1919, Page 2

PERSONAL.

Mr. P. G. Withers, Inspector of Stamp Duties, is visiting New Plymouth. President Wilson was permitted to sit up for an .hour in an invalid chair to see the armistice celebrations. The Supreme Council has authorised General Maokensen to leave Salonika and go to Germany in view of his age and bad health. A cable from London says that Ma-jor-General J. B. Seely, iParliapientary Secretary to the Air Ministry, has resigned. Sergeant P. S. Appleby, formerly of Cambridge, has returned by R.M.S. Remuera, and is at present staying with his uncle, Mr. Richard Appleby, Cambridge, Waikato. A Christchurch telegram states that Mr. C. E. Matthews has been appointed Controller-Genera! of Prisons, and Mr. M. Hawkins promoted to Chief Inspector. Captain F. Hartnell has been appointed to represent the Returned Soldiers’ Association on the New Plymouth Repatriation Committee ’in place of Mr. E. B. Ellerm, resigned. Advice has been received by Mr. W. A. von Heisenberg, of the Department of Internal Affairs, Wellingtcyj, that his youngest brother Ernest is reported missing, believed drowned, off a transport en route to New Zealand. Tho deceased soldier, who left with_the doth Reinforcements, was in his 23rd year.

At a meeting of the Taranaki Presbytery in Hawora on Tuesday a call from tho Manaia congregation in favour of the Rev. J. Douglas Smith was sustained and accepted by Mr. Smith. The date of the induction was provisionally fixed for December 10. Mr. Smith has recently returned' from active service, Tho death is announced from Greymonth of Mr. Edward Scddon, a brother of tho late Rt. Hon. B. J. Seddon. The late Mr. 'Seddon was horn in Lancashire, England, 72 year® ago. Ho had resided in New Zealand for a number of years, latterly at Greymouth. He is survived by* a sister, Mrs. IF. Cunliffe, of Greymouth. Mr. AV. P. Massey was at Hamilton on Thursday and opened, the new glaxo factory at Matangi, which is handling the largest quantity of milk under one roof in tho world. Tho building, with an employees’ cottage, etc., cost £40,000, and the machinery £45,000. Mr. Massey leaves for Puke-’ koho to-day. The list of successful candidates at the recent examinations of the Canterbury College School of Engineering includes the name of Leslie Allan, a former pupil of the New Plymouth Technical College, who obtain first-class passes in freehand, mechanical drawing, steam, strength of materials, applied mechanics and descriptive geometry, a second-class in mechanical drawing, and a third-class in pure mathematics, differential and integral calculus and confc sections.

The death took place in Christchurch last- week of Mrs. diaries Cook, a very well known resident of that city, and one who had 'made for herself a large circle of friends. "When a small child Mrs. Cook came out to New Zealand with her parents from Manchester, England, first living in Auckland, but later coming to Lyttelton, where her father, Mr. Erederick Crowley, was for many years manager of the Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. In 1876 she married the late Mr. Charles Cook, who predeceased her several months ago. Mr. Cook was headmaster of tho Melville House School until ho opened tiro Warwick House School, of which ho was principal until about ton years ago. Mrs. Cook leaves three daughters, Mrs. Moyes (New Plymouth), Mrs. Arthur Sandston and .Miss Cook (Christchurch) . and tw-o sons, Mr. Douglas Cook (Wellington) and Mr. Arthur Cook, of Christchurch. At tho Education Board meeting on Wednesday afternoon the chairman (Mr. R. Masters) said he regretted to have to announce tho news of the deatli of Mr. James Wade, a former chairman of the board, which had occurred that afternoon. Mr. Wade had been chairman from 1904 to 1911, and for some years previous to 1904 had been a member of the board. The speaker had not had the pleasure of his acquaintance, but had learned from others that ho had been a most conscientious and enthusiastic member of the board. Mr. Masters moved that tho regret of tho members at the death of Mr. Wade bo recorded and that sympathy be expressed' with his relatives. Mr. Trimble.seconded tho resolution, and said l-.b wished to boar testimony to the earnest manner in which the late Mr. Wade had carried out his work on the board. Ho had nob had very groat advantages in the way of education, but during his time on the board had earnestly J striven to do everything he could for tho benefit of the education of the community. The resolution was carried in silence, and the hoard adjourned for half-an-hour.