PERSONAL ITEMS.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16426, 21 January 1919, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

His Excellency the Governor-General 1 will bo present at tho annual reunion of tho C.D.C. on Thursday evening. Mr H. C. Lane, secretary of the Canterbury Education Board, has resumed his" duties, after a short illness. "Mrs Roader, Queen street, Sydenham has been advised that her son, Private C. W. Reader, is returning with Draft No'. 211. Mr J. W. Spence, engineer to the Sumner Borough Council. lia s resigned, in order to tako \\\> the position of County Engineer at btraiford. Advice has been received from the Minister of Defonco that Lanco-Cor-poral Frank Few, 2otli Reinforcements, lias been awarded the Military Medal. Captain L. H. Brake, of tho Royal Air Force, who has been home in Canterbury on furlough, left again last week for England, sailing in tho Tofua. Mrs T. C. Oldridge, Linwood, has received word that hor son, Trooper S. R. Oldridge, is being invalided back to New Zealand, and is expocted to arrive early next week.

Mr P. It- Cliniio, organiser of the Canterbury Progress League, leaves on Thursday for Akaroa, for the purpose of forming a branch of tho League thero the same night. Lieutenant G. B. Stevenson, who was second in command to Captain Purdon, of the Musketry Instruction Department at Trontham Camp, lias been transferred to Duiiedin as cliiof musketry instructor for tho Otago Military District. Lioutenant Stevenson is ono of tho Dominion's best shots, and ho used to astonish the men under him b v tho rapidity with which ho could load and lire at rapid firing practice iu camp. Advico has boon recoivod by Mrs A. Neill of 251 Montreal street, that her son, bnvor Geo. E. H. Neill, is returnine with Draft No. 211. Driver Neill is the older aon of the lato Mr Root. Noill. Ho left Now Zealand with tho 7th Reinforcements, and saw considerable service in Egypt, and for the past two years up to tho time peace was declared, had boen serving in Ffance. Driver Neill has had the good fortune to come through the campaign without oven a day's sickness. Advico has been received by Mrs "Wells, Monck's Bay, that her second son, Captain Chrys. H. Wolls, Imperial Forces, has left Port Said for England. Captain Wells left New Zealand with the Main Body and has lately beon in Northern Persia with the "Dunster force. Ho was acting as A.P.M., south

of the Caspian Soa. His brother, captain Edwin It. "Wells, M.C.. who was also with the Baku Expedition, was Duilding and fitting out a hospital for the force when last hoard from. Apropos the appointment of Mr G. E. Mannering to the position of manager of the Christchurch branch of the Union Bank, referred to in yesterday s issue, it should be mentioned that Air C. G. Ogilvie (who succooded Mr Bryant as manager here five years ago) lias been appointed to the position of inspector for the Bank in New Zealand. Mr Mannering, who succeeds Mr Ogilvio, ia well known in Christchurch. having been accountant in the Christchurch branch of the bank many years ago; he has also won repute as a mountaineer. The changes referred to above will not take place for about a month. Tho act of Colin Crowthcr, a schoolboy, who lost his life recently while trying to rescue a companion at Tauno, was brought under tho notice of the Board of Education at Auckland lasti week, with a request that it bo repotted to the Royal Hjimane Society. Tho deceased jumped into flip river fully clothed, to try to save a chum, William ■ Wright, who had fallen m from a broken: I branch of a tree on which he had been I swinging. Wright was rescued by two . men but Crowther disappeared, and Ms ' body was afterwards recovered at the 1 bottom of the river. At the inquest > tho jurv added a rider that the cast> should Tbo brought under the notice of 1 the Royal Humane Society. Members • of the Board expressed high approxna- ■ tion of Ci-owther's effort and sacrifice, I and decided to accede to the request.