PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2296, 2 November 1914, Page 5

PERSONAL ITEMS

Promotions in the sth' (Wellington) Regiment have been made ae'" follow :— B Company-.Private I). M'Eivett, to the rank of corporal. D Company: Privates Jones and Montgomery, to the. rank of lance-corporal, ". ■ -,■■'■•■

: The civic'flag was flown at half-mast from tho tower of. the Town Hall 'on Saturday, as ,a. mark of respect to the memory of tho late Mr.'C. T. Benzoui. a former city councillor, whose funeral toofi place at-Karpri during the rnornr ing. Tlie-funeral was attended by; representatives of. the .civil and municipal services, and on account of the deceased haying been for- many.years con-' nect'ed with the British Army, the coffin was draped with , the "Union Jack and the Ensign of the : New Zealand Association of His Majesty's Veterans. ;-•

Mr. G. W. Vonables, who has been selected as 'i tho Reform candidate for Napier, has been'resident in Hawke's Bay for ten years,'and in Napier for half that 'time; Hβ,' is well known (ac- , cording'to the "Hawke'e Bay Herald , ') 'as a■ Tieen and .capable:..business, manwith- a: : clean'.record, and as one who has .taken a/great interest in .many movements for the public welfare. He has.worked his way up from.the ranks, and in his own special, calling, that of a printer, has held-prominent positions in the trade councils of Hobart, Melbourne,- Perth,' and Wellington. He hae had considerable experience of local affairs also, having served as a member of the Borough Council in Cambridge, and as a member of the Town Board of Napier South, as well as on school, various districts. He is not, therefore; an untried man in public affairs.-. ■ ■ ]'-.'■■' ■ :.••'■' :'' Mr. Stanley Rankinhas taken over the dental practice of Mr.'Ernest Herbert Rawson, who has joined the Expeditionary Force. ...,' ■ ../ . . , .' . . The death occurred in Dunedin last week of the. mother of Mra. R.. W. MWilly, of WeUington. ~ ■ The death is announced of Mr./ James Buirell, well ■ known in : the Westland sawmilling'trade.. . . . . Sir Ernest Rutherford will 6pend about another week in Christchuich before leaving, for the North Island, '■'on his way back to England.. Lady Ruth-. 1 erford .will .remain in- Christchuroh a little longer than a week.

The honorary position of general secretary to the . Canterbury-Westland Central Committee of the Bible-in-Sohobls Leapue, which was held by the Rev. /John MacKenzie until his departure for Melbourne, has been taken up by the Rev. John Patereon, of St. Paul's ■Presbyterian Church, Christchurch.: : -..•;■■:' '■ ■■■' '■ : . ■ v .-. :': .