PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2613, 8 November 1915, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS

Sir Joseph Ward (Minister of Finance and the Hon. A. Myers (Minister of Munitions) returned to Wellington from Auckland yesterday morning.

Waata AViremu Hipango, a wellknown Maori chief, died last night, after a 'short illness, at the age of 62 years (states, a Press Association message from Wanganui). The deceased a short time ago presented Hipango Park to tho town of Wanganui, and tool: a licen interest in the welfare of the district.

Mr. Alfred Dillon, ex-M.P. for Hawke's Bay, is dangerously ill at Otanc. His condition (advises our Napier correspondent) is causing somo anxiety.

Mr. J. L. M'Clintock, manager for New Zealand of the Vacuum Oil Co. l'roprietary t Ltd., left on Saturday by the Moeraki on a business trip to Melbourne. Mr. M'Clintock is expected to return in five weeks' time.

Tlio Rev. D. Gordon, formerly pastor of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Marton, died last Monday, after an operation . Ho arrived in New Zealand in 1884, and was stationed at Marton for twenty-asven years, ■ retiring owing to ill-health.' Ono of his three sons is in Knox College, Dunedin.

Mr. James Littte, ex-draughts champion of Australasia, died at Christchurch Hospital last week.

Mr. L. Curtis, of New Brighton, who went Home by the Remuera, writes to a friend in Christchurch to say that ho lias joined the Royal Naval Air Service, and is now at the training depot, Sheorness. Mr. Curtis mentions that in tho South Pacific the Remuera was dodging icebergs for three days, 300 being passed in all. In. the English Channel the vessel picked up tho crow of a large steamer whioh had boen torpedoed about twelve hours previously. Mr. Curtis goes on to say that he had only been in London a few days when a Zeppelin raid was made, bombs being dropped within 400 yards of the house in which he was staying. "Tho bombs do make a mess 1 whore t'hey fall," ho remarks, "but it would tako millions of them to make an impression, on London." ' ■

Private R. B. Herdman, reported missing and believed to be drowned through the sinking of tho Marquette, is the eldest son of Mr. Peter Herdman, of Timaru. • He was formerly employed at Timaru with Messrs. Maling and Co., and he left Timaru with a special detachment of the Ambulance CoTps prior to the departure of tho sth Reinforcements. He was well fynown in athletio circles, and was for some timo 6ecrotarv and treasurer of the Zingari Football Club. He was also assistant secretary to the patriotic carnival bold in Timaru last March. He was stationed at tlio Egyptian Army Hospital at Pont do ICoubbeh, Cairo, being appointed a clerk on tho general staff of tin hospital.

Mr. J. Costin Webb, president of tho Wellington District Teachers' Institute, has been appointed to roproKont' •the teachers at the mooting of iiiubnlanco workers at Government. Uouso on November 10.