PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2468, 22 May 1915, Page 5

PERSONAL ITEMS

Mr. E. T. Gore Gillon, the wellknown Auckland surgeon who went Home some time ago to offer his professional services to tho British Army, has been appointed Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary) m the Royal Anny Medical Corps, attached for duty as surgeon to Queen Alexandra Military Hospital, Millbank, S.W. A cablegram Teceived from Australia yesterday states that Lance-Corporal L. W. Cozens, of tho 14th Battalion Australian Infantry was wounded in action at the Dardanelles. This refers to tho eldest son of Captain E. W. Cozens, of the Wellington Meat Export Company, Ltd., who enlisted in the Australian Forces at the commencement of the war. Advice has been received by Mr. J. A. Simson, of that his brother, Captain Donald Simson, who was previously reported wounded at the Dardanelles, is now on the. "seriously wounded" list. _ Captain Simson went from South Africa to London on business, and when the war broke out he joined the British Section of the New Zealand Forces, and took them to Egypt. Mr. 'Martin Duff, of Dunedln, has been engaged by the Royal Wellington Choral Society to sing the_ part of Turridu in "Cavalleria Rusticana" on Tuosday week. Mt. Maughan Barnett will arrive from Auckland on Thursday next to conduct the final rehearsals and performance by tho Royal Wellington Choral Society of "Cavalleria Rusticana" on June 1. Miss Mina Caldow, who has been in Gisborne for a fortnight in conneotion with the Fete of Nations and Queen Carnival in that town, returns to Wellington next week. Miss Elsy Treweek, who is to sing the part of Santuzza in "Cavalleria Rusticana" on June 1, left' Sydney yesterday by the Manuka. At a well-attended meeting of the Wellington branch of the New Zealand Institute of Architects a very pleasant feature was incorporated, in that a sendoff was_ extended to six of the_ -members, viz.—Captain Greenish, Lieutenant Haughtoii, Sergeant Flair, and Privates Quick, Busby, and Tomsitt, who are leaving for the front at an early date. Each member was toasted (which in deference to the Kind's wishes was non-intoxicant) and wished a safe voyage and safe return, and each 1 waß presented with a silver wristlet watch, having radium hands and dials, as a reminder of their Wellington brethren. Mr. O. M. Lindsay, who has for some years acted as Wellington representative for the International Correspondence Schools, has resigned his position in order to enter into business on his own account. On severing his connection with the I.C.S. staff this week, the' general.manager (Mr. J.. G. Smith) presented him with a handsome carriage clock as a token of esteem. A cable message received by Mr. G. T; Oxley, manager in Auckland for W. Cooko and Co., the well-known firm of iron merchants, states that Sir, J. Friendenstein, oversea director of the firm, was drowned on the Lusitania. The late Mr. Friendenstein was a frequent visitor to New Zealand, and had many friends here. Miss Jessie Campbell, who Is about to sever her conneotion with the New Zealand Provision and Produce Company, Christohnrch, and is joining the miTsing staff of the Wellington Hospital, was presented with a solid silver manicure sot by the members of the office staff, sayß the Christchurch "Press." The funeral of the late Rev.Win. Kirk, the pioneer Methodist missionary who died on Wednesday in his 90th year, took place yesterday, and was attended by a large number of citizens, including many old colonists. Prior to the oortege leaving for the Taita Cemetery, short services were held at the deceased gentleman's late residence, Brittania Street, Petone, and at the Nelson Street. Methodist Church, the Rev. J. J. Lewis, conducting the services, assisted^ by the Revs. J. J. Chapman (Taranald Street) and W. Beckett (Lower Hutt). The Rev. J. Dawson (president of the conference) delivered an address, expressing the sympathy of the whole of the church in New Zealand with the late Mr. Kirk's relatives. Other members of the clergy present were the Revs. J. Paterson, S. H. D. Ferryman,' and J. H. White. The service at the graveside was conducted by the, Rev. J. J. Lewis. The chief mourners were members of the family of the deceased. Next Sunday evening a memorial service will be held at the Petone Methodist Church. The death occurred at Carterton on Thursday night, of Mrs. Smith} wife of Mr. C. J. Smith, an old. and esteemed settler of the district. The late Mrs. Smith, who was B5 years ol age, had been an invalid for a long period. She was born in Middlesex, England, and had spent forty-two years in New Zealand. She is survived by her husband and seven grown-up children, and twelve grandchildren.