PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2576, 25 September 1915, Page 5

PERSONAL ITEMS

.Brigadier-General Robin, Commandant of tho New Zealand Defenco Forces, and Surgeon-General Henderson, Direc-tor-General, of Medical will leave for the South on Monday night for the purpose of making a tour of inspection; of -tho southern military districts. They, will return to AYellington about tho end of the week. His AVorship the Mayor, Mi« J. P. Luke, who'is at present' in Napier,' re--turns to- AVellington to-day. Captain R. AV. AVilkinson, formerly adjutant of the Fifth AVellington Regiment, who . w,is recently / invalided to England from; the Dardanelles,' developed meningitis cn the way; Home, and is at latest advices very seriously ill. Inspector Hendrey leaves on a visit to Auckland-this afternoon.' The visit will extend over a few days, and during his absence his place will be taken by- Sub-Inspector M'Kiniion. : Major C. G* .Powles, revolted wounded in Gallipoli, is the eldest ■■ son of Mr. C.; P. Powles, of this City. Ho 6aw service in South Africa in tho Boer War, being in- the Fourth Contingent-. Ho left horo as >Sorgeant~M(tjor, and won his commission: of Lieutenant in the . field. He was invalided to England; On his"returii to. New Zealand he was for a time manager'of some sawmills at Te Horo : and Opunako. AVhen . tho Territorial scheme of military;, service was begun, under, General.Sir Alexander Godley,- he. offered himself, v. Ho-wias-made Lieutenbeing promoted to a Captaincy. • He did a. great deal of work An - -training :, Territorials '•; and ;• Senior Cadets, and was in . command of the Cadets when inspected by Sir laii Hamilton. .' During, tho-lasi' strike he wasin charge of ; the Mount Cook Barracks and the Mounted Special Constables who bivouacked there. He was several times in charge '; of- Territorial Scamps. .; He volunteered to go ;-with the Main Body, of our Expeditionary Force, 'arid was given charge of tho-Mounted Itifantry, with the rank of. Brigadier-Major, under Lieutenant-Colonel, now ' BrigadierGeneral Russell. 'Since ho left New Zealand he has been promoted to the rank of-Major:

• A Press Association . message '■ from Auckland received, last night states that tho Roman Catholic Bishop of Auckland ■ .(Dr has : made gbod progress towards recovery, from his illness, and.that the following- cablegram ..was from Sydney"There is a marked .improvement iirthe Bishop's condition. He leaves hospital to-day : for tho • Arch : bishop's. Palace at; Manly .-'-; ' 11 . Letters o£ thanks have .been, 'sent by tho Wellington Hospital Board to Dr. Henry Deck'for his';, services is house 1 surgeon, and to Drs. Pollen and Steele, for assistance rendered'during the period- , when? the'. resident; : medical' staff .'was shorthanded. A. private cablegram;,received in /Wellington' states that; Private C.' S. ters,'who left with tins sth Reinforcements, is in. tlio : . , ; Floriana - Hospital, Malta, "sufferingfrom enteritis. Trooper Gordon Abercrombie, who! .was oil Thursday*.reported wounded at'the Dardanelles, is a son of Mr. D. A. Abercronibie, ;of Vi'ellington, "New Zealand, manager! for the .Queensland. Insurance .Company. .. Ho was educated at .Wellington College, and was after-, wards engaged in sheepJarming at Mr. Hammond's ' station, Lismore, Wangaiiui.. Before tho war he was a member of the Queen Alexandra's 2nd (Wellington _West. Coast). Mounted Rifles, and he joined that ■ regiment's. squadron in the Main Expeditionary Force. -

■ Corporal Edward Gordon ...Weight . (Canterbury; Mounted Rifles,' missing), •'is the., eldest son; of; Mr,'E. FV Weight,-', of the Government Priiiting Office, .Wellington, and< was a commercial hardware. traveller. He served about eight years in the .old Siibjiariiie Miners Company, and. ..wis.', also for a time ill the 1) Battery. . When' war broke out he wis in tho employ of Messrs. John Edmonds and Co., Dunedin. Ho was sta r tioiied at Timaru when he joined the South .'Canterbury portion of : the Can- : terbiiry .Mounted .Rifles, Reinforcements., He was, wounded some iime ago, but .recovered and returned to tho front. ' .

Trooper Harold E. Holloway, of the Wellington . Mounted Rifles,. ''who. lias': been, killed .in action, enlisted -with" the First. Expeditionary. Force fromMastertoiii: He .had been- employed by Mr. Hugh Morrison, of Awatoitoi, for'about three years.- His parents live in England, and his father is an officer- in. the Imperial Army. '. ■ ' At a social gathering (it Knox Church, .Mastertou,- on Thursday .evening, tlie Rev; L. Thompson, of Carterton, who has resigned from the ministry onaccount of. failing health, was presented with a puree ot sovereigns'. Tlie Rev. T. ;Halliday, of Laiisdowno; who has been', rendering valuable* assistance at Masterton since! .the departure of the Rev; -'A'., T. Thompson, was (presented .with an armchair. . . Trooper E. Holloway, who lias been killed in action,,was in- tlie employ of Mr. Hugh of Awatoitoi, when he enlisted.. His father i 3 an oificer' in. the Imperial - Army. ■ The retirement on superannuation of Mr. W. l'\ Dickey, Collector of Customs at v Napier, has /necessitated sev•oral changes in the Department.' Mr. AV.•; J'. Hawley, Collector of Customs at Inveroargill, has been appointed to 1 a similar position at Napier. Mr. A. V. J'enu, Sub-Collector; at; Auckland, has been promoted to the position of Collector at Inveroargill; Mr. P. Doull, Sub-Collector at Dunedin, succeeds Mr. I'enu in Auckland, and is to be succeeded at Dunedin by Mr.. J. Macin-;-M r - A. officer atWellington, goes to Christchurch as inspector. Mr. W. A. Cameron, examining officer' at Auckland; "goes to Wellington as landing officer. Sir. R. A. 01sen, examining, clerk at Port Ahuriri, is promoted to Auckland, and Mr. J: T. Bridgman, clerk at Christchurch, is to be .esamining officer; at Napier.