PERSONAL MATTERS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LIX, Issue 9932, 31 July 1908, Page 5

PERSONAL MATTERS.

Mr \V. M. Easchope has beeu appointed a vaccination inspector for the district of Mastertou, vice Mr S. Ihdbr, Postmaster. '

The Rev. J. Gibson-Smith, of St. Andrew's," Welliugtou, arrived by the J mail train this moruing, and will re- f main in Mastertou till Monday.

Mrs Te Tau gives a receptiou iv the Foresters' Hall this afternoon iv •honour of .the.visit .of tho Rev. A. P. Beunett aud the Rotorua Maoris.

One of tho pioneers of Otago. Mr James T. Doualdsou, of RavensAVOod. Hampdeu, has passed away; aged seventy-six years. He Avas born iv Stirling, aud came to Dnuedih? in 1861. ' '"'■'" "

;MrW. G. Riddell, S.M,, is being 'transferred to Napier on Saturday to relieve Mr M'Oarthy, S.M., who has been granted three months' leave of absonce. r s ; - ;';■ < : ■ '■.•..'■

Mr J. O'Neill, for some years connected with the clerical staff of the Dannevirke railway statiou, has beeu promoted, and will assume the. positiou of chief clerk at the Featherston Office on Saturday.

1 The following school appointments have been approved :—NewtoAvn—Assistant, Miss C. McKeuzie; Pahiatua— Secondary assistant, Mr J. Johnson; Mangamahoe, Mrs Harrison; Tane, Miss.E. Weisuer.

'Great anxiety is being felt regarding the safety of Sir William MacGregor, Governor of Newfoundland, Who has been cruising around the Labrador coast. He has not been heard of ' since a great storm, three days since.—Received 8.55 a.m.

The death is announced at Palmerston North of J. J. McCouville, familiarly kuoAvn as "Melbourne Jack," a noted whip. Iv the old coaching days he drove HastAvell and Macara's coaches, and Avas on the Welliugtou-Foxtou route for mauy years, and subsequently drove on tho West Coast coaching route. Deceased leaves a Avife and family.—Associatiou.

Mr Hogg, at the Education Board, yesterday, paid a high compliment- to Mr McDougall, Clerk of Works, on accouut of the neAV school at Nireaha, which Avas formally opened on Mouday. He described the building as one ot the most complete, Avell-fiuished aud couA'enieutly arranged that had been erected in the couutry district.

Messrs C. Gray aud J. S. Hunter, of the Oamaru Learners' School, took up their duties on the telegraphic staff of the Masterton Post Office "this morning. Mr H. C. Williams, of Mastertou, has beou transferred to Welliugtou, but before commencing his duties in the metropolitan office he Avill take his auuual leave.

The Hou. R. McNab has received AVord from Euglaud that he has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Mr McNab's historical and geographical research Avork is such that he Avill be a valued 'Fellow of the Society.

Australian papers auuouuce the engagement of Mr Richard Lintou, Waiuui, Lavender Bay, Sydney, formerly of Palmerston North, New Zealand, to Ethel Isabel, eldest daughter of Mr R. E. Bauuister, of Palmerston North.

Miss Van Stavereu and Miss A. Van Stavereu, daughters of the Rev. H. Van Stavereu, Avill leave Welliugtou for Italy iv December, for the purpose of completing their studies at| the Couservatorium in Milau. They Avill be away for about two years.

A Feildiug Press Association telegram states that Mr A. C. Mathesou, manager of the Bank of NeAV Zealand tliere, has received uotice of his promotion to tbe inspecting staff. His duties Avill be principally in the South Island. Mr Mathesou Avas oue time captain of the Feildiug Football Club aud Avas a MauaAvatu representative footballer.

Mrs Arthur Hunt, avlio lived for some time in Wellington, ami avlio has been stayiug iv Syduey, iutends to take, Avith her sister, Miss Irene Marks, a most interesting trip. They Avill visit Japan and China, cross by the trans-Siberian railway to Russia, go to St. Petersburg aud Moscoav, aud then on to Paris and London.

Mr E. J. Jackett, the brilliant fullback in the British football team, has accepted a position in the New Zealand Tourist Department. It is understood that he will take up his duties immediately after the conclusion of the tour in Australia. Mr Jackett, avlio is a native of Cornwall, represented his county on the football field from 1898 uutil 1908, with the exception of the year 1901, aud he has played for on no fewer thau ten occasious. He has also Held the cycling championship of Cormvall since 1898.

Official denial Avas made by the Prime Minister in the House, on Wednesday evening, to a newspaper paragraph Avhieh had been circulated from Auckland that E. J. Jackett, a member of the Anglo-Welsh football team, had beeu appointed to a positiou in the Tourist Department. He said he had wired the statement to Mr T. E. Donne, at Auckland, and that gentleman had replied that it Avas the first, he had heard of it. No promise of any kind had been made by him.

Mr T. E. Corkill, the present accountant at the head office of the Bank of Noav Zealand, has been promoted to the inspecting staff of the Bank. His Avork Avill lie principally in the North Island. He Avill be succeeded in bis present office by Mr F. A. M'Beau, accountant in the Christchurch branch. Mr A. C.. Mathesou, mauager at Feildiug, avlio is also to" become au inspector, principally for the South Island, Avill be succeeded by Mr F. D. Clayton, from the head office staff. Mi-A.' L. T. Jones, of the Wellington branch, has beeu appoiuted accountant at Christchurch.