PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1898, 5 November 1913, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Sir Ohtts. Bowen, Speaker of tho Legislative Gouncjl, will arrivo from tho South to-day.

Mr. E. G. Foster, of Auckland, wan appointed corporation tramways manager and cicatrical engineer by . tho Invercargill Town Council to-night, out of ten applicants.—Press Association.

Captain XV. L. H. Burgess, of the Territorial staff, who lias been in charge at Hamilton for some leaves this week for Australia for training under tho system of exchange of oflicors. in foreo between tho Dominion and the Commonwealth.

Mr. J. 13. Brinsden, managor of tho Dunlop Itubbor Co., left yesterday afternoon for Palmerston North.

Mr. T. Lea Elliott, managing direotor of Elliott and Co., Birmingham and Capo Town, is n passenger by tho Matinganui from Syduov to-day. Mr. Mauglian Darnett, City Orguniet at Auckland, is visiting Hawcra, to play at tho opening of a now orgim in tlio Presbyterian Church there.

Mra. Ellen Carran, an old Tesldont of tho Auckland district, and mother of Bey. leather Carran, of St, Benedict's Church, died on Sunday, at the Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Auokland, aged 79. The deceased lady was a native of County Down, Ireland, and c-amo to New Zealand in 1862.

Mr. L. M'Kay, tho well-known amateur athlete, who underwent an operation last week, is reported to bo progressing favourably in a private hospital. '

A Maori war veteran, Colour-Sergeant Richard Shepherd, N.Z.C., late H.M. 68th Foot, and Now Zealand Armed Constabulary, died in Auckland on Sunday, agod .75. Colour-Sergeant Shopherd obtained tho New Zealand Cross by several acta of romarkable bravery in tho action at Otauto on March 13, 1869. With sis volunteers ho undertook to hold a position whilo a reconnaissance wa.s made. A foreo of Maoris eatno up. and m the subsequent skirmish three of tho seven men wero Bhot dead, and tho remaining four wounded. Col-our-Sergeant Shepherd was struck _in the ncek, tho _ bullet only just missing the jugular vein. On another occasion he held a ridgo behind Ngatapa Pa for four days with a small party.