PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2395, 26 February 1915, Page 5

PERSONAL ITEMS

His Honour Mr. Justice Hosking, who has been taking 'the Palmerston sit-! tings of the Supreme Court, will leave to-day for Auckland. His Honour Mr. Justice Chapman,'who is one of the Judges now. hearing _ the Taumarunm petition, will take over the Palmerston sittings, probably on Monday. Mr. R. W. St. Leger, late of Wellington, has been temporarily appointed sergeant-major of No. i Company, Field 'Engineers, and is posted to Wellington. ' : Mr. St. Leger has had considerable ex- ■ perience in, the Imperial, service. His uncle, Major. A. 0. St. Leger, of the Royal. .Irish.' was slightly wounded at Soissons. . ,• i Mr. T.' J. Parker, Dunedin manager . for the Huddart, Parker-Proprietary, I is .relieving Mr. D. Ryan, manager' at "' \'Auckland. The; latter ;gentleman, -who '.has been very seriously ill, is to', spend a month recuperating his health at ' Rotorna. . - . ! Mr. H. Baldwin, Mayor of Lower 'Hutt, has intimated that he will he a' ' candidate .'for the office once more at : the April elections. Mr. J. W. M'Ewan will in all. probability be 'the sole can-, dictate, for the Mayoralty, of Petone. •' '• Dr. Barclay, the new Medical Super- ■ . intendent of the Wellington -Hospital, -•; L" to be entertained at the Pioneer Club this afternoon by Dr. . Platts-Mills,' a member of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. : ' The members of the board and the honorary medical staff are being invited to attend. v -Miss Phyllis . Hanify, ..L.T.C.L., L.A.8., has consented to'act. as accompanist to the .Wellington Musical Union for the ensuing season.. -.j - 'Mr. J. Lethbridge King, ; a . wellknown Sydney Magistrate, .■ who • has. been tourine New Zealand, will leave Wellington for Sydney by the Moeraki to-day; ' . - Mr. F. '8.. Clark, a well-known wool buyer who pays annual visits to New Zealand, will leave Wellington for Lon- ■, don>by the Corintiiio early this morning. ' ; ' The following is an interesting extract from the "British . Journal of Nursing""We feel sure New Zea- . . land nurses will rejoice to ( learn' that the four• 'registered'. ■ New Zealand nurses working under the French .Flag i ... Nursing Corps have , won high. praise from their superiors. Sisters Lind and' Hitchcock have gained respect at Rouen, .. and Sisters Cooke and Eaddy, we learn, are very much liked in their .'servicesat Bernay, and it . is riot improbable that the former will be made infirmiere major, a 6 her doctor thinks' very highly of her work. We feel sure our nu- .... merous readers, in New Zealand will t rejoice at-their success, especially ill a service so novel and difficult." ' The funeral of the late Miss Constance Beryl Prince, a meaber of the • nursing staff of the Wellington Hospital, who died on Tuesday after two • ■ Jays' illness, took place; yesterday afternoon. .Before'the'cortege left the Sfurses' Home a short 'service was con- ■ lucted by the Rev. A. W. C. Standidge, who also'officiated at the graveside at Karori. .Amongst those present were Medical/Superintendent' (Dr. Barslay), members of the resident and honorary medical staffs, the chairman of' the Hospital Board (Rev. W. A. Evans) and the members of that.body, the secretary of the board (Mr. J. Coylo)'andhis staff, the assistant matron (Miss Hetherihgton), and all the nurses who could bo spared from duty (about 40- in numbef). The chief mourners were tho deceased's father (Mr. H. .J. Prince, of Kaikoura, and Messrs. R. Prince (uncle) and W. Spence (brother-in-law).. Owing topres--sure of her duties the matron (Miss Payne) was unable to go out to Karori. •Wreaths were sent by the Hospital Board and the various; staffs of the in- ' stitution.' ■ .