PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2573, 22 September 1915, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS

Captain Northcroft-, Resident Cora, nnssioner of the Cook Group, will retire from that position in December. Tho Hon. Thomas Mackenzie (Higli Commissioner for New Zealand) has taken a cottage adjacent to the hospital at Walton-on-Thames, and is cheer* nig up the Now Zealanders.—Press Association. AVord was received in Wellington yesterday of the death on Monday at Auckland of Captain J. Robertson, a wellknown figure in shipping circles all over, tho Dominion. Captain Robertson retired from active life som£ few years ®S° having been then in command of the Monowai. ; Previous to that he. was tor many 'years in charge of the lvotoiti. The flags on board the Mararoa were flown at lialf-mast yesterday, as a mark of respect to the memory of deceased. ■ ..^ T ' Pryor, secretary of the IN.Z. Employers' Federation, who re-; eently underwent a minor operation, is progressing satisfactorily towards recovery. He will be unable to attend at Ills'..office for some days. Colonel Cosgrove, who is organising tne Boy Scout movement, throughout. New Zealand, arrived from the south! yesterday morning. A private cable message has been re-* ceivod by Mr. B. Nolan, of the State Coal Department, stating that his eldest son, Bombardier John Brondon Nolan,who left with the Artillery section of the New Zealand Alain Expeditionary Force, is under; treatment at the RedCross Hospital, Highbury, Birmingham.Lieutenant J. B. Davis, of the Headquarters Staff, Mounted Division, has cabled to his father, Major H. P. Davis, V.D., of Wellington, that he has recovered from his recent illness, "and is re* turning to duty. Private Henry Kildare Lynch, killed at Gallipoli on August 7, was a son of Mr. and Mrs. P..H. Lynch, of Kumeroa-,.. Hawke's Bay, and an ex-student of St. Patrick's College. He-was one of the first to enlist, and left with the Main' E'orce, and was in the midst of the fighting from April 25 until his death. The Rev. John Dawson, president of the New Zealand Methodist Conference, te visiting Auckland. ,

Mr. A. E. Caddick, M.A., of thei Btaff of Wellington College, goes into camp with the Ambulanco Corps at Palmerston North on Friday next. Mr. Caddick is exceptionally well qualified for this branch of the service, and at--ano time he held a military commission., In. tlie City ho is wall-lhiown in cricket circles. Mr. Baxter Buckley, the talented Well, ington pianist arid teacher, intends leaving on an extended visit to the Old Country nest month. Mr. Harry Price, of . Warner's Hotel, and formerly of Wellington, has received official information that his son, Corporal Price, of the Australian Infantry, reported as wounded between August ,6 and 9, is in tho Heliopolis ] Hospital, progressing favourably. It is stated that no fewer than eighiJ members of the "All Blacks" New. Zea- : land representative team which visited California about two years'ago are with the. New Zealand Expeditionary. Force on GaPipoli Peninsula. Two have been killed in action—Sergeant A. J. Downing and Sergeant H. Dewar—and one has been wounded, Sergeant'J. E. hill. The death occurred on Sunday of Mr. Geo. Arthur Burling. . The lata Mr. Burling was bom in London; in 1838, and arrived in Wellington with ■ his parents in the ship London,, which reached port on March 22, 1840- After residing for three years neat Wadestown; the family moved t} the present site of Featherston, being the first white' settlers in that quarter. With some other relations, the late Mr. Burling was encamped on' the top of the 'Rimutaka' Range at-'the time of 'the great earthquake, .which damaged the road so severely that they had to leave the bullock team and walk into Wellington. In 1861 Mr.- Burling-• began sheep farming, which occupation < he; followed for 6ome years at Waterfalls," also at Waikanae. In retired life he resided at Ashhurst. Deceased was a son of the late Mr. Henry Burling. The late Mr. Burling was married in 1861 to Miss Gooding, and leaves a widow, six sons and six daughters, all of whom are married; also 48 grandchildren and 8 great-grand'cliildren. The sons are:Mr. George Burling, Aurora Downs; Mr. Clias. R. Burling, Tikaranonga, Poni?aroa; Mr.- Henry Purling, Fitzherbert: Mr. Alfred Burling, Bay of Islands; Mr. Adam Burling, Ashhurst; and Mr. Len. Burling, Waikanae; andthe daughters, Mrs. A. Napier, Alfredton; Mrs. W. 'Burling; Woodlands, Pon^aroa; Mrs. Arthur Small, Metahuna; Mrs. W. Goof ng, Western Lake; Mrs. W. Morns, Alfredton; Mrs. J. Robbie, Waihoke. Trooper Stanley Hall, who is reported in to-day's casualty list; to have, died from wounds received in one of tho recent battles at tho Dardanelles, was tho fourth son of Mr. Archibald. Hall, -formerly lessee and manager, of tho Wellington Tramways. The late ; trooper served an apprenticeship 111: the engineering shops of tho WellingtonManawatu Railway Company, and. remained in the service for about a year after tho company's lino and shops were' taken over by the Government. He then went on to land at Ohau,. afterwards joined his father in the ■ coaching business between Canterbury, and the West Coast.

Mr. A. E. Bedshaw, of Napier, is leaving for America ou December. 2. Captain William Fraser, of Napier, lias accepted a position as quartermaster on a troopship during the continuation of, tlio war. • Mr. and Mts. S. L. Jackson, -who hav« been travelling in the north, returned to their home at "Wirokiiyi," Levin, on Monday. - • /' The death occurred at the Chatham' Islands recently of Mr. Denis Murphy, the oldest settler on the islands. He was born in Ireland, and was 91 years of age. i After spending a number of years in New Zealand ho went to tho Oliathams, where ho took up land for sheep farming purposes, and resided there for fifty-ono years. He served for many years under General Chute, and went through the Indian Mutiny, and Maori Wars. Mr. Murphy brought up a family of twelve children, seven of whom aro still living on the Chatham Islands. His wife died thirteen years ago. Mr. R. o.' Tcnnent, manager of the Bank of New South Wales at Invercargill, has on© son with the New.Zealand Reinforcements, while another is a captain and paymaster with the South African contingent shortly to leave for Europe. Two other sons, Messrs. H. 0. and H. D. Tennent,-arrived from Cape Town on Saturday to join tho New Zealand Reinforcements. Both_ served as non-commissioned officers in the Natal Light Horse, a crack regiment-, which was in action against the rebels and later against tho Germans at the battle of Gibeon, and other places. Mr. R. A. Olson, examining officer for the Customs .Department at Port Ahuriri, has been promoted to a similar position at Auckland. Dr. J. Miller, of Wairoa, leaves for London on October 6.