PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2559, 6 September 1915, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

_♦ '■ • Dr. C. J. Wood (Bishop of, MeTaneSiiif . had intended to leave Auckland for th& Islands by the Southern Cross on Friday . last; but will now, remain'behind in order to undergo a slight operation to his ear, after which'he'will, go to the Islands, via Sydney. ' After conducting' several very successful missions in the Aiuckland district the Eev. Father M'Carthy, S.M., of the Marist Missionary staff, arrived in Wellington 011 Friday to preach a Retreat for men this week in St. Joseph's Church, Buckle Street,' beginning on Tuesday, evening. Mrs. A. Messenger, of WeUingtdnj formerly of Mastorton, has received a cablegram from the War .Office to the effect that her son, Lieutenant Roy Messenger, of the 6th Yorkshire Regiment, has been wounded. Lieutenant Messenger-went from New Zealand in l-he Main Body to Cairo, whero ho subsequently received a commission in the Gth Yorkshire Regiment. ■: He is well known in athletic circles, both in Wellington and Masterton, being _a- runner of considerable allrround ".ability. Prioi to enlisting' lie was "a 'member,of the staff of Dalgety and Co. Lieutenant Messenger is about 33 years of age. " A Press Association message froiii London states that Prince Ranjitsinghi, who sustained severe injuries t«_ the face as tho Result of-a guu accident during a grouso drive, last week, has had one oMiis eyes renioved. Mir. Eric Hooves, of the Public Tru6t Office staff, litis been granted leave of absence for the'purpose of joining the 3rd Trentham ("Earl •of Liverpool's. Own") Reinforcements. He goes ink camp at Trentham to-day, with a proi ■ visional commission as second-lieuten! ■ ant. * t Messrs. Cyprian and Lionel Bridge, of Oriental Bay, go into camp to-day as probationary;. non-commissioned offi« cers. Word has been received that Sergeant R. W. G. Parsons, of the Headquarters Staff, son ol Mrs. W. T. Pujsons, of Wellington, who was wounded at the Dardanelles, has now recovered, _ and has returned to the front. Sapper; Percy Watson Bramwell, who' \ died on August .16 of wounds received ■ in action at the Dardanelles, was tho eldest, son of Mr? J. W. Bramwell, of Feilding. .He was born; at GreymoutK and 'educated. at Lytton Street School, Feilding, and Wanganui Technical. Col- ; letre. For about three years ho was oh' the staff of E. W: Mills and Co., Ltd., Wellington, and for several; years prior • to his enlistment was'engaged in his father's business in Feilding. While in Wellington Sapper Bramwell was in the' Field Engineers Corps, and when; 'war was declared at onoe enlisted in that branch of the 6ervico. Sinco the time, of his departure with the Main Expeditionary Force his parents have received regularly most interesting and tive 'letters, tut: none of -them have contained a single-word of complaint* Ho served while in Egypt as a dispatcii rider using for that purpose the motor e-ele presented by the staff , pupils of tii© Now Zealand Intern itional, Coi;respondeuce Schools. Having - passed withfull marks as a.* first-class signaUei in all: branches, including wireless,.' Sapper Bramwell acted in that capacity, during the three months he spent in thetrenches at the Dardanelles. In his last letter he sfioko of the. pleasure he fe«j in his work, : and said ho had not had a moment's illness, not even: a t™ache. Ho was 24-years of age at the time of his deatlu