PERSONAL.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXIV, Issue 12726, 23 March 1909, Page 7

PERSONAL.

Notice of transfer r rom Napier lo "Wanganui, and hid promotion to the position of guard, h;s been received by Mr T. B. El lie, a well-known and popular railway official (says the Hawke's Bay Herald). Mr Ellis left for his nev sphere of duty by the mail train yesterday. The Hon. Peter McCracken. a member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council, who is on a tour of New Zealand, was in town to-day. He left by the afternoon mail for New Plymouth, where he will spend a day or two, aud may probably return to Wanganui. , A Taihape correspondent reerrete to chronicle the serious illness of Mr Frank Gibbons, of the Gretna Hotel, whose condition is causing: the greatest anxiety to hie 'numerous friendß. The Grand Prix and gold mea»l foi quality in the whisky section of the Iranco-British Exhibition has been awarded to Mackie and Co.'s "White Hone Cellar" whisky. The following on the appointment by Royal warrant to Hia Majesty last month, speaks for the quality of this old-established firm, who own the famous Lapvulin distillery, as well as the Malt Mill and Craigellachie distilleries.