PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2230, 17 August 1914, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

Mr. W. H. D. Bell (member for Wellington' 'Suburbs), ■ who has joined the N.Z. Expeditionary Force and left the other day with the first expedition, published an address to his constituents in' our advertising columns on Saturday, in the course of ; which he explained that, aB:ho" had" held a'commission in England oud had been partly trained for military service, lie felt .he could not do otherwise" than volunteer tor "service. : ' Mr.' Bell also thanked his constituents for the honouV which they conferred upon him'by electing him to Parliament and expressed a hopo that later in his life he mifjlit again have some opportunity of serving, them'. "'Br: Newtaan; M.P.,' will : attend to local matters in ;'the'Suburbs constituency during Mr, BellVabsenoe. 11 ' ' Colonel A. E. Wilson, D 5.0., who has been visiting 'New Zealand, is about'to leave for Sydney en route for England. Colonel Wilson' /was' one of tho Column .Commanders in the South African war and raised and commanded Kitohenor's Fighting Scouts. V '' Mr. H. H/ Ostler will represent the Crown "at 'Ch«"criminal"sessons"of tho" Supreme Court this week as Mr. P. S. K. Macassoy, who conducted the prose; cutioris'last w<eek, will be" enfeagei - on other business. "*" ' ' The local staff of Messrß. .Sharland arid Co., Ltd.', presented Mr.' W: G.'Bellafny, late town travellor for 'the firm,' with a travelling rug and a case of pipes prior to his severing his connection with them on Saturday. : Aiuother early settler, ia the person of Mr. "Samuel Smith, died on Friday at' his residence lower Hutt. Born in Cornwall, England," in 1824,- deceased came to New' Zealand, a' lad of 15, with his parents in ' the "Duke" of Roxburgh, "a. 1840. In 1817 lie joinwl tho mounted police , in Otago, and twe years later camp to the Hutt. In 1852 he went" to" Australia attracted by 1 the gold rush, whence 'he returned and : took up_ the occupation of farming at LoVer Hutt, where' he resided until his deaths The late Mr, Smith took'an"active part in the Maori War,' being present at the capture of Te Rauparaha at Porirua, and "later-he was under :fire'for'several hours \at Wanganui: He was one of the original founders' of thp Hand and Heart Lodge, Duncdin. ».«d ."•>'"•B49 he joined the Loyal"Hose of the Valley Lodgo,' Lower 'Hutt, of which, he . was-a trustee for many years. Mr. Smith" is"'survived by a widow, brie sfln, one daughter, and 10' grand-children. 5 . A cable message was received, from Mount Gambier' on Saturday'' afternoon stating that'Staff-Captain Dixon of the; Salvation" Army, had: been accidentally killed. TW deceased has relitiveS'- 'liv- ' ing in Wellington':'" Appropriate 'refcrence was'made' to the sad cveiit at yesterday's services; '*•'"' / Mr! W. B. Allen, of Clareville, has been elected honorary' life member of the Masterton.A. and P. Association. _ ." ' - Messrs. C.'and A. Odlin Co.'s employees met oh Friday to say a'u revoir to another of their fellows on' the Vnjr to the front. On this occasion Mr. P. A. Bontori, of the Hardware' . Department, was the recipient of a wristlet watch and sovereign' case. Mi. R. E. Herron, on Dehalf of the staff, wished Mr. Benton God-;. speed and a SAle xetuin." ' ■