PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2560, 7 September 1915, Page 5

PERSONAL ITEMS

. Th'ft; death is announced: of Sir John ■ OF'ullei'j ex-Governor of. Victoria. (Sir •John' Fuller relinquished his appoiutmeiit for. reasons of health).— Association. 1 ■The: Hon. Dr._ M'Nab arrived' from Napier last evening. ■ Sir Robert Stout has returned from Napier, where lie has . been presiding . over the Supreme Court sessions. ' • Tho sad news has been received of the -death on August 28 of Chaplain-Major , 'William Grant, senior Presbyterian •; chaplain, with the New Zealand Forces, atid a- man i honoured _ and respected throughout the Dominion. He was a. native l of OrmondviUe, > Hawke's Bay, and received the greater part of. his ' training for the ministry in New Zealand, its completion taking place in Scotland. He returned to New Zealand from the Old Country in 188!), and relieved tho Rev. James Paterson formerly of St. John's .Church, whilst he visited Europe. He was afterwards "Call--3d to New Plymouth, and' from there went to Leeston, in Canterbury, whero - he resided for fourteen' years. - At tlio . conclusion of that term he answered a - call to Gisborne, .and was stationed there when the war" broke out. Quito Tecently the congregation have -been discussing the point as to whether ho should not resign his charge in view of ~ the indefinite '• period of his . absence. - Cbaplain-Major Grant: was an enthusiast in his work, and he was as popular withthe troops as he was with his own church folk. The deceased minister, who was 56 years'of age, leaves & widow ' and five children.; Two of his sons are st the front. ■ Advice has been vj-eceived. from the Dardanelles of tho death of Private Noman Stuart Young, third son of Mr.. . Pv. H.'Young, of Hamilton East, Waifcato,' and a brother of Mrs. H. Earle, of Wellington.. Ho was previously wounded seriously, and only returned to the ffmng line a few. days ago. Trooper R. A. Young, a brother of the deceased, is at present with tho forces at the front. Both left with tho Main Expedi- . tionary Force. ... Th& Hon. W. H. Herries returns from a vißit to llotorua morning. Lieutenant Ralph Clear j, of the Melbourne Medical Corps, who-has been attached to a cavalry Tegiment in France, , 8 been promoted to a captaincy (states a Press Association message from Melbourne),.

• Messrs. C. H. Young, Salmond, and Spraggon wero elected members of tho Wellington Chamber of Commerce yesterday. Tlio resignation of Mr. J. S. Jameson, who is'removing to Auckland, was accepted with-regret. Mr, Jame50D, who has been the manager of tho United Insurance Company; in Wellington for mally years, recently retired I'iom that position. .! Mr. I<\ A. 1 -Allen, of Wellington, who , recently took • first prizo : in an essay '.competition promoted by the Incorporated Accountants' Students' Society, Victoria, has been ~ second prize iii a. subsequent competition. Essayists _chose their- own subject, and tho competition proved the success of tho .year. : The-Hon. Charles Lister, heir to .Lord Ribblesdalb, lias bceri-killed in action in tho Dardanelles—Press Association. ' "■; - .' • Mr. Ellis, of Messrs., Ellis and Manton, has been, advised that his son, Private S. ; R. Ellis, was wounded on August 8; at the Dardanelles.- ' Mr. R. Evatt, of Brougham Street, . Wellington,'/ received cable advice last evening that his'son-in-law, Captain It. W. Wilkinson,. formerly_ adjutant of the" Fifth Wellington Eegiment, and •flmv with 'the New Zealand Forces in the Dardanelles, is at 'present dangerously ill., Surgeon-General Henderson, who is to be: Director of Medical, Services in the New Zealand Army, will arrive today by the Manuka. He. is to stay at Government -House after his arrival. General Henderson / will probably call on the Defence/Minister (the Hon. J. Allen) this afternoon, and to-morrow . wjll'attend a conference at which, abng .with himself, / will,be present BrigadiorGenoral Hobin, Colonel Valintine,, Colonel Purdy, and the Minister' of Defence.. During the next few.'days Gen-, oral Henderson-will visit the civil and military- hospitals, 'and the training camps, and/generally will make himself acquainted with the details>of the work ho is to undertake. ; Major B. C. Freyberg, D.5.0., who has .distinguished himself in the Dardanelles, gained' his^. life-saving ' awards under the Wellington head centre of the Royal Life-Saving Society, having been instructed by'one of the society's: oldest'memjjers, Mr. T< Shields. A motion congratulating Major Freyberg on his success, was passed'at last night's meeting of the centre. :' '' : Mr. F; J. Brooks, clerk in the Wellington .Magistrate's Court office, : has been appointed &lieutenant in the Trentha'm Rifle Brigade (Lord Liverpool's Own). Yesterday afternoon Mr. Brooks was; presented by ; his colleagues with a caso of pipes . and 'a tobacco , pouchi suitj ably-- insoiibed; Mr. W. G. Riddel!) 5.M., : made the presentation.. Mr. W. "J; Dowsett, of the Napier staff of Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Ltd.j who lias been acoepted for active service;- has . been / presented with a money belt, a pocket wallet, a sleepingbag, and,a quantity of cigarettes by his fellow,employees.',/ . .Mr. Harvey M'lntyro, of Morrinsville, and. formerly of Wellington, has been advised that his son,, Lance-Cor-poral Reginald-M'lntyre, whd went away last/year with the Samoan Force, has been wounded 9.t Gallipoli. Another son, Georg'e, lost,, an' ann' early in the campaign, and is now recuperating in England. ' ' ■ ( News has been received from Austria of Aristide Sartorio, a famous /'ltalian artist' who was taken prisoner" early in theSwar, /. Sartorio .was . wounded twice eoriously, but'not mortally. His condition is now The artist held a'lieutenant's !commission in. a cavalry regiment. While / scouting /with - some other Officers /at Lucihico, near Gorizia, his party was surprised by an enemy patrol. Sartorio's/horse was killed, and ■he. himSfelfJSvaS. stiftick t(vic6iaild so .was captured. Ho Was' recognised ' :by' an Austrirui officer, who offered him cigar-' ettes and brandy. Lieutenant Arthur: Frederick Batchelar, third 6oti'of Mr. aiid Mrs.- J. 0. of ' Fitzherbert, Palmerston North, who/was killed in action- on August 29, was engaged in farming-for sdmo time, and four or five v years was a. member of Messrs. Mahson and Barr's mechanical :More recently he was farming in partnership with his brother' at Fitzherbert, and was so engaged when he. heard the call' to arms. For many years Lieut. 1 Batclielar had taken a. keen interest in military affairs. He joined the ranks of thej.Manawatu Mounted Rifles as long, ago as 189 D. Tho South African war broke out in that year, and the late Lieut. Batchdar was amongst, the firet to offer his: services' / He'. Wellt; out with the Frst New Zealand Contingent, and _ fought. all through the campaign, ; receiving the South African medal and clasps. On his return to New Zeeland ho still retained; his love for soldiering and continued a-member of his old corps. . He was. one of the col,our, party" chosen, to. So«jo Wellington arid' receive one of: the /given by the King to corps'that'had sent over, twenty men, and-'these colours wero deposited- in All Saints' Church last year. 'He received a commission aiid only severed his connection with the; forces a short time before the present war-broke out.; Lieut. Batchelar volunteered for, active service, immediately' the New Zealand Eypeditionary Force was accepted, and,'lie went into camp at Awapiini, receiving the command of a squadron of the 9th (Hawko's Bay) Regiment of the Wellington Mounted Rifle /Battalion. _'.'r.-. : *