PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2327, 8 December 1914, Page 5

PERSONAL ITEMS

Commissioner and Mrs. .Hodder, of the Salvation Army, are due to arrive - •here from 'Japan, via Australia, 'this' : morning.;-,; Thenew'Oommissionef will ■be given a civic welcome by-the Mayor Luke)/at the. Town Hall at . l 4:30 'p.ni., and ' l&ter'tie' wlll'"b'e'''welcomed;at the' General "Boatb-'jOfflcers'-. Training College by. the headquarters and local officers. Dr. M'Nab has, says a Press Associ-'" ation telegram from Napier, received a cablegram from his brother Mr. Alexander M'Nab, of Edinburgh, stating that the officers of the-London Scot* tish doubt the reliability of. the statej ment made by Sergeant Lowe that he ' had seen Surgeon-Captain M'Nab'a body. They believe he has been wounded and taken prisoner. . News from Home by last mail announces the death, at the age of 80, . of Mr. John Hamilton Ward. The-de-ceased gentleman arrived in Lyttelton in 1850 by the Charlotte Jane, and, was ; well'knoiyn - in";; Canterbury aB the"' founder of -tho-big brewing firm which still bears his name. a brother of' the late Mr. Crosbie Ward, at one time Postmaster-General,. and -also ;of 'Mr. Thos. -Lsi Ward, > who is well k'nownin Wellfngton.- • Mr. rWir H; S. Moorehonse has been appointed-a director of the Gear Meat Co.", vice the late Mr. J. R. Blair. ' At; yesterday's; meeting 'of; ; the Wellington Chamber r of Commerce resigna-' tions were accepted, from-Messrs. J.«X. Reich and L. H. Hoare. : Mr.. T. P:B< Ching, South' British Insurance'' C<y> was accepted as a new member. _. '