PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2508, 8 July 1915, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS

Dr. Young leaves .Wellington on M<ai» day for Auckland, en '■ route for Eng-< land. The Rev. A. L. Hansell has been ap« pointed a governor of the Bishop Had«i 6 field Memorial College and Hostel. ■ ' Sir. H. E. Wilson, of the Union Steam Hhip Company's stores depart, ment, left for London by the Paparoa on Tiiesda}', with the intoiftion of offering 'his services in one of the English munitions factories. Mr. Wilson, who is a son of Mr. J. Wilson (of the ; City Treasurer's staff) is well known in athletic circles, having, been successful in annexing tho 440 yards'. Now Zcaland and Wellington championships. Mr.,E. M. llyan (Y.M.C.A. Field Service secretary) lias been confined to the house since Sunday with a bad throat, but hopes to return to Trentham, shortly. The funeral of Mr. John M'Pherson, lato City Forester, took place yesterday afternoon, and was attended by the Mayor (Mr. J. P. Luke), the City Engineer (Mr. W. H. Morton), the Town Clerk (Mr. J. R. Palmer), and other City Corporation officials, the men who worked under the deceased, Mr*,' Geo. Frost (chairman of the Reserves Committee), and a largo number of Mr. M'Pherson's personal friends. The ser-vice-at the graveside at Karon was . conducted by the Rev. Wm. Shirer. The Wellington' Anglican Diocesan ' Synod last night placed on, record its • high appreciation of. the Christian life and character of James RobertUCassell,' Archdeacon of Waitotara, and of the devoted labours for the good of the. Church. The Synod expressed to Mrs.: Cassell its cordial. and real sympathy with her in her great loss. Mr. Joseph Blascheck the entertainer, now in Wellington, intends to visit Fiji and possibly Samoa in the near future. •; ' ■:■./

At tho termination of their Wellington season the Cherniavskys go north, and leave Auckland' a month hence for Suva, where they are to give concerts,' prior to leaving for America, bv '; the Niagara in September. • This will take them to America in time for the open-, ing of the season in October. Their manager, Mr. Howard Edie, is now in Canada making advance arrangements for their tour of the Dominion. Private George Pester, who was. wounded at the Dardanelles, was born in New Zealand (states a Press Association telegram', from Sydney). 7 Mr. A. C. Gillies, manager for Messrs. . R. Martin, Ltd., leaves for Australia by, the s.s. Manuka to-morrow on a 1 com-, bined business and pleasure trip. . Mr. 106, Abel Smith' . Street, received advice yesterday morn?, ing that his son, Driver Albert J. B. Ryan, of No. 3 Battery, Held Artillery, Brigade, Main Body New Zealand Expeditionary Force, had been slightly, wounded.: in the arm and chest. He was admitted to hospital at Malta on July 2. Mr.'llyan has two other .'sons who are members Of the Expeditionary, Force—Sergeant W. C. • Ryan,. at pre- >. cent in' Alexandria, and Lieutenant M. v J. Ryan, Medical Corps, Trentham Camp. , ' The following • Wellington n.c.o.'s for . -the Eighth . Reinforcements are , to: go into camp;at Trentham on Saturday:— Mounted Rifles: E. G. • Pfenderville. Engineers: A. G, Hickson, S.:B. Thomp-; son.' Artillery,: K. M. Wardrop, J. , Gcndall, W. N. Sievers, H, "J; Sweeney. Signallers: W. S.. Digglc.lnfantry : L., W. Bishop, L. T. Scudamore. F. E. M'Douald, J. G. B. Fulton, H. Gowdy, ; L. A. G. -Brackett,/W. L. Girling-But-cher,.C. H. Dinnie, .R. ( D. Boyle, G. B, : E. Russell. A. Hudson,. H. N. Crump,. F. W..- Crombie, J. Brown, A. J, fiimmo, A. H. Aitken, ■J, T. Y. Burborange, C. J. A'shton.; Extra' Mounted Rifles: J. Cox, E. G. Stewart, D. G., Beaumont-, J. M. Earle, A. N., Morris,: H. K. Johnston, A, Holland, J. J. Quinn, R. Savage. • ■■■■.-,• : The question of a tax on motor-cars for the upkeep of the roads was considered by the Automobile Club on Tuesday; in view of the fact'that this subject will come before a conference of - the-Automobile Onion," on' Friday. The club did not think that such a tax would bo in degree sufficient for tho • purpose, and instructed its delegates to ■ advocate a wheel tax on all vehicles.' Sergeant J. .L. S. Richardson (Wellington Battalion, died, of wounds) belonged to Hawke's Bay. Ho was tho second son of Sir A. E.- 'Richardson, Bart., of Perthshire, Scotland. He was educated at St. Andrews, and afterwards came to New Zealand,'being for many years a resident of Waipukurau. He was a,'keen golf and polo, enthusi- 1 ast. • His elder brother, who' succeeded, to the title some six or seven years ago,' was killed in action in Flanders recently. ■ ' v -Members of the Wellington ' 'Auto- 1 mobile Club had a conference on Tuesday with Dr. Valintine. Director of Military Hospitals, on the subject of the carriage'of. tho sick-and wounded ' soldiers. The club, agreed that its members would accept and carry out. the duty of removing all the sick and. wounded soldiers from the s.s. Willochra or any other ship' that' may arrivo .withwounded soldiers on board. As to the removal of' the sick : from : howover, the opinion was expressed that • it "would be too great an undertaking. V In, the first place there would be a• ■ danger of tho cars becoming 1 infected, and in the second tho cars'available would not be sufficient for the purposo - without putting too big a strain on the members. For tho purposo of carrying' the sick, tho club ■ suggested that the Government should provide three cars, to be used . continuously, and ■ agreed that it would supply any deficiency in .that respect that might arise.

At tho Labour Congress yesterday the! following remit was moved : by the Napier branch of. the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners:'"That this conference convene; another ,coiifer : ; ence of '.bona-fi.de organised Labour, the' representation at which shall be 'confined to, bona-iido members of the organisation they represent,: and who shall he working at then: trade, or calling; no person to be allowed to be present who is'getting! his livelihood from' organised' Labour in \ any. capacity. Such conference; to : draw up a form of organisation I which will consolidate. tho Lauour forces of this country."—-The proposal was, defeated.