PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2358, 14 January 1915, Page 5

PERSONAL ITEMS

'- Lieutenant-Colonel C* M. : Gibbon, Chief of tie General Staff, left for Christchurch last -night toattend the refresher course for officers and N.C.O.'s of the Canterbury dißtnot at Waikari. He will return to "Wellington at the end of the week. ! The .Veryßev. Dr. Kennedy, Rector of St. Patrick's College, returned to Wellington from Europe yesterday, and left for the south by last night's steamer. , News ha? been received in Carterton .of the death at Victoria, British Columbia, .on December 5, of Mr. \V- Donnard, who for many years was a resident of .Carterton, and only left there about two yearß ago to take up his residence with & son. The deceased'was a well known oitizen of Carterton, and was associated with a number of public institutions in the town, inoluding the, Library, Bowling Club, Horticultural Society, and St. Mark's Church, i Among the passengers to arrive from London ny the Remuera yesterday were Herr and Madame Wielaert, of Auckland: , Miss D. D. Pollen, daughter of the Port Medical Officer; Mr. F, W._ B, fireville (of the "New Zealand Dairyman"): and Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Riddiford.

the list of names of young officers killed in action near Ypres is i that of George Herbert Vacher, second lieutenant in the Warwickshire Regiment. grand-nephew of the late Mr. G. F. Sullen, of.Kaikoura, and a- .descendant of the 6ame family as Admiral Sir Charles Bullen, of Nelson's days. He was educated at the King's School, Sherborne, an undergraduate of Worcester College, Oxford. Mr. S. Kirkcaldie, of Kirkoaldie and Stains, Ltd., and Mr. W. Simm._ manseer of the t.1.0., are on a' visit to Napier.' j Mr. George Nelson, of Hawke's Bay, is serving with (the Defences Forces in the Old Country. The late Mr. Harry Excell, of St. Batians (Qtago), was one of the oldest , residents of that district. Having hsd considerable experience in quartz mining in Victoria, he was an acknowledged expert, notably in underground workings. He arrived in Neiy Zealand over 40 years ago, and carried on mining until incapacitated reoently. He took an. active interest in the welfare of St. Bathans, was one of those who established there an Qddfeliows' - Lodge, and did much to increase its membership. For many years he. was secretary to the School Committee. The deceased, who was well known and highly esteemed, ■ iwas 76 years of age, and he leaves a widow and a grown-up family of seven sons and four daughters. , J. J. Qastells leaves [Wellington to-day for Hamilton, which station he i.B to take charge of. Lieutenant W. M. Thoip, Ist Canterbury Regiment, has received a commission in the Fourth Reinforcements. Lieutenant Thorn, who is a member of the staff of Messrs. T. Borthwick and Sons,- has command of the Marist Bror thers' Cadets, whic)i he inaugurated over, five years ago. He is a ipember of the Ohristchurch Accountancy Club, [District Officers' Club; and a prominent member pf the Marist Brothers' Old Boys' Association. Amongst the passengers whp returned from England by the Remuera yester- '< day was Mr. F. W. B. Greville, who has been away from Nev Zealand since ..April last, and during his absence-has "travelled all through the United King; dom and on the Continent, having visit ed : Denmark, jSweden, Holland, France and Germany, having only left the lastnamed country two or three days- before the war was declared. Mr. Greville was in Paris when England actually declar- . / ed war with Germany: :"Mr. aid/Mrs.' J. A. Pike returned 4. from a trip to England by the -Remuera yesterday. Captain Haw kin?, of Hawera, and • Captain Bower, of Kilbirnie, have been ' appointed to tne charge of the Carter? ton Salvation Corps. Mtb. Whitley, wife of Captain Whitley, pho left for the front, has been carrying on the work since'the departure of her husband, and now intends to have six months' rest, and will stay in Carterton in t>he meanwhile. •, Sergeant Henry, of the Lambton Quay Police Staff, who has Beep transferred to Palmerston North, was last night farewelled by members of the Wellington Force and presented with a set of law books. > > Ifr. Henry E. Surface,' an American expert, "was a through passenger to Tasmania by the Niagara. His mission ' is 'to* advise the Government of that - State as to the methods of manufaotuiv ing pappr from wood pulp!: