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PERSONAL.
To-day His Excellency the Governor
will attend the unveiling of a roll of
honour at Port Cygnet. On Friday
next His Excellency will be present on
the occasion of the annual regatta at
New Norfolk.
Mr. Alexander Robertson, of Cole-
brook, has received advice that his
daughter, Sister M. M. Robertson, is
expected to arrive in Melbourne on
Christmas Day. Sister Robertson has
been four years on active service.
During the interval in the pro-
gramme at His Majesty's Theatre on
Saturday night opportunity was taken
to bid farewell to Mr. E. A. Stacey,
who for many years has been the popu-
lar manager of the theatre, and is now
retiring. The Hon. J. W. Evans said
he felt it an honour to be present that
night, and to be asked to hand over
a parting gift to Mr. Stacey, who was
relinquishing management that night.
It was a great disappointment to hun-
dreds of people to know that they were
losing Mr. Stacey from the position.
Mr. Evans, on behalf of the house
staff and orchestra, then presented him
with a morocco leather case, containing
silver-mounted hair brushes. A pre-
sentation of a pair of gold sleeve links
was also made to Mr. Hans Stacey,
who was leaving the theatre with his
father. Mr. Stacey, in reply, said that he
was leaving a body of dear friends. He
was proud of the staff, especially of the
orchestra, and said that he thought
he had gathered together one of the
finest musical combinations in Aus-
tralia. Mr. Hans Stacey also returned
thanks. When the presentation was
over, the whole audience stood up and
joined in singing "For He's a Jolly
Good Fellow." At the ronclusion of
the performance the staff and their
friends, with Mr. Stacey, met in one
of the rooms of the theatre, where re-
freshments were served and toasts hon-
ored.
It will be remembered that on elec-
tion day Mr. O'Malley left for Mel-
bourne, and that it was announced in
the Labour press that he had been
called back because his wife was dying.
As nothing more had been heard of
the matter from the same quarter, we
requested our Melbourne correspondent
to make inquiries as to the lady's
health, and his telegraphed reply is as
follows:—"Mrs. O'Malley has been ill;
nothing serious; now much better."
A cable message from Ottawa states
that Sir Robert Borden, the Prime
Minister of Canada, has decided to re-
tain that position for the present, but
intends to take a long holiday.
The Minister of Works (Hon. J. B.
Hayes) left for Scottsdale on Saturday,
and will spend the Christmas and New
Year holidays at home, returning to
Hobart early in January.
Miss Doris Smith, A.L.C.M., pupil
of Miss M. Shirley, L.A.B., has been
successful in passing the associate ex-
amination in the London College of
Music. This entitles Miss Smith to
append the letters A.L.C.M. to her
name, also to wear the cap and gown
of the college.
The many friends of the late Mr.
Arthur Oldham received with keen re-
giet the news of his death yesterday
evening at the General Hospital, after
a short illness. The deceased was
a son of the late Mr. Peter Oldham,
and brother to the present secretary
to the Hospital Board. He was well
known hy reason of his long identifica-
tion with the work of the post-office,
having entered the telegraph depart-
ment as a boy of 14, from which posi-
tion he advanced through successive
stages until he became cashier and pay-
master, a position which he occupied
for about eight years. He leaves a
grown-up family of two sons and two
daughters. He was 57 years of age.
Advice has just been received that
at the recent exams. held in Hobart by
the Royal Academy of Music Miss M.
Gillen and Miss Norah Shirley (pupils
of Madame Josie Miles, L.A.B.), have
both been highly successful. Mr. Lin-
do, the examiner from London, in giv-
ing his decision, remarked that it gave
him great pleasure to examine these
two candidates, as their singing was of
a very high standard, and that the
method of production was excellent, and
reflected great credit on their teacher.
B0th young ladies have also been suc-
cessful in the theological examination
held about the same time.
Mr. Laird Smith's condition yester-
day was stated to be satisfactorily im-
proving. It is not expected that he
will be able to leave his bed for about
a week.
Mr. Alexander Ireland, an old and
respected resident of Hobart, died on
Saturday morning. Mr. Ireland left
Scotland for Tasmania in the year
1854 to open a school in connection
with Chalmers Church, and arrived at
Hobart in February, 1855, and carried
on the school so successfully that he
was compelled to move to larger pre-
mises at the corner of Macquarie and
Harrington streets. From there he
went to still larger buildings in Davey-
street, now the site of the Girls' In-
dustrial School, and on this building
being sold he built the Scotch College
at the corner of Elizabeth and Bris-
bane streets. In 1861 he published a
geography and history of Oceania,
which was used in most of the large
schools throughout Australia. He also
went in for mining speculation, and
was a director of several companies.
For many years he also carried on the
Central Hobart Mission. For the last
twelve years Mr. Ireland had been
leading a very retired life, owing to
failing health. The deceased leaves a
son (Dr. Ireland) and four daughters.
The Rev. Adam Clark, of Ballarat
(Vic.) has accepted the position of City
Missioner for Hobart, and expects to
take up his duties early in the New Year.
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