PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2635, 4 December 1915, Page 5

PERSONAL ITEMS

> Hie Mayor (Mr. J. P. Luko) returni to .Wellington to-day, from Auckland. At the annual meeting of shareholder of the Wellington Publishing Compair yesterday,. the chairman of directors' Mr. C. Earle, made roferenco to tin splendid manlier in'which tho younge: employees of The Dominion staff had re sponded to the call to arms. No fowe: than 23 members of tho stair, lie said had enlisted, IS had been accepted, 11 were serving at tho front' 1 or were nov in training, and soveral were awaitinj the call to tho colours. It was a, fine record. One member of the staff, Mr. R J. Daniel, of the literary department had laid down his life for,, his country in that memorable charge on the heights of Gaba Tep© in the oarly days ol August, when so many gallant New Zealanders, met a glorious end and left an imperishable memory in tho hearts oi their countrymen. _ A cable messago was received in Wellington yesterday stating that Lieuten- ' ant I. B. Cruickshanlc, who was in the casualty lists from the Dardanelles, is only slightly wounded, and is in the Cairo. Hospital. Lieutenant Cniickshank is a son of Mr. A. Cruickshank, of Otorohanga. . Colonel Logan, Officer Commanding the Sainoan Expedition, and now Administrator of German Samoa, enemy territory in military; occupation, is to have leavo of absence from his command for a period. _ The Prime Minister, replying to an inquiry last night, said that Colonel Logan would return to, Samoa again as'Administator on tho expiry of his leave, and that reports to the contrary were unfounded. > It was stated yesterday at the Now Zealand Club that Messrs. W. H. Seorge, of Wellington, a member of the National Council of. tne Y.M.C.A., and Mr., A. J. Jamieson, of Ohristchurcli, chairman of the National Executive of the Y;M.C.A., were, about to leave for Egypt, at their own expense, for tho purpose of furthering the work the Y.M.C.A.. thefe. is doing for the New Zealand soldiers. ■ ■ ■•Mr. Ronald K. Lyon has been appointed acting-secretary, of the Wellington Savage Club, vice Mr. Jas. Dykos, who has gone into camp. -At the meeting of the Bank of New Zealand yesterday the chairman (Mr. Harold Beauchamp) said that referenco had. been made at one or two of the past meetings to tho services rendered to tho bank by Mr. John Murray, a former inspector" and general manager, and subsequently, for a short time, a director of the bank. "I regret to say," added Mr. Beauchamp, "that he died on June 30 last. . It' is fitting that I. should mention the fact,"and place formally on record our recognition of his abilities.and our appreciation of the work'he performed for the bank. Mr. Murray's distinguished, services will never be forgotten. by those connected with this institution." Mr. Martin Kennedy, another director of the bank, said: "The chairman has referred in appreciative terms to the services rendered to the bank by the late Mr. John Murray. From my own personal experience of him as a director, and for thirty years previously as a client of the, bank when he was chief inspector, I can unreservedly endorse what the chairman has said on this subject; and having regard to the part he played in the . resuscitation, of the bank in 1894, his conduct may be-regarded as both public-spirited and disinterested, for he subsequently stood apart from holding any lucrative position in the bank, which ,he unquestionably might have had if so minded. The unlooked for and speedy recovery.» of the bank confirmed Mr. Murray's assurance, given to the Government in 1894, that the bank'had an enormously valuable goodwill." A cable-message from .London, published yesterday, stated that Mr.' R. W. Dal- • ton, of tho Board of Trade, had been appointed to succeed Mr. W. G. Wickham as Trade Commissioner for New Zealand. Mr. Dalton is at present in the commercial branch of tho Hoard of- Trade, and, in fact, succeeded Mr. Wickham to that position. He is a very capable commercial man, and has Written several books on commercial subjects. Mr. Dalton meets Mr. Wickham at Vancouver and they will be together about four davs, and the new Commissioner arrives in New Zealand . about February 7. Mr. Wickham leaves • Wellington on December 31, and dnrjiur the time there is no Commissioner in New Zealand the office will be carried on by the staff. • Mr. Basil Sharp, who left Morrinsville soon after the outbreak of the war, in order to join a regiment in England, has been badly wounded in France. He is an inmate of St. George's Hospital, in London. . ' A great deal of regret was expressed in Dunedin on receipt of the news of the death at Lemnos of. LieutenantColonel G. _H. Stewart, who left New Zealand (with the rank of major) in command of the Fifth Reinforcements. Lieutenant-Colonel Stewart, who wa? one of the two sons of tho Hon. W. Downie Stewart, his brother being Lieutenant. W. Downie Stewart, MrP. for Dunedin West,- was - born- and bred in Otago, and was educated at the Otago Boys' t High School. - He was a farmer in the-Crookston -district, where he sett-led some 20 years ago, and where his breezy manner and bonhomie made him a general favourite. He took a prominent part in all the affairs of his district, was for, a number of yeais member for the riding in the Tuapeka County _ Council, of which he occupied the chair for a term, and was the president of Farmers' Union. He had interested himself warmlv in'volunteer- . ing from the time of the Boer War, when the Kelso Mounted Rifles Company was formed under his cantaincv; IJnon the . establishment of the 12th (Otago) Mounted Riflo Regiment he was posted to the command with tho rank of liriiteiiant-oolonel. Ho was recognised throughout the military district as a keen and capable officer. He made early application for consideration by the Defence Department in its cboico of officers for the Expeditionary Force for the present war, and, as wo have said, left the Dominion in command of the_ Fifth Reinforcements. Upon his arrival in Egypt he was mado commandant of a camp near Alexandria, and departed for the Dardanelles on 'the transport Southland, .The vessel was sunk by a toruedo on tho voyage, ond Lientenant-Colonel Stewart escaped in tho Inst.boat but one that left her. At Gallipoli he was placed in command of the Canterbury Mounted -Rifles with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, and upon the bulk of the New Zealanders being granted a rest- he took, that resident to Lemnos, where he has now died. Lieutenant J Colone] Stewart was not much more than 40 years of ace. He was married to a daughter of Mr. J. F. Herbert of Kelso, /but there are no children. Mrs. Stewart. is"in Egypt, where slip nroceedod in order to be near her hnsbnnd. At the conclusion of tlio performance at the Opera House last night,- Messrs. Edward Dentice, John Callaghan, and H. Wicks, of tho Wellington Stage Hands' .Union, were entertained by members of the union on the eve of their going into camp. Mr. John Farrell, representative of J. C. Williamson, Ltd., presided. He wished tho men God speed and a safe return. Mr. Donticc was presented with a wristlet watch, and the other two were given orders to purchase mementos of the occasion. The following visitors are staying at Barrett's Hotel:—Mr. and Mrs. Rossiter; Auckland; Nurso M'Mahon; Mrs. Beech, Picton; Sir. C. Boyle, Christchurch ; Mr. M. J. Brennan, Opunake; Mr. J. Hansen, Westport; Mr. Vidal, Hastings; Mr. Watt and Mr. Burrow, Masterton; Mr. O'Keefe, Dunedin; Mrs. Day, Palmerston North; and fliiss Dennoliey, Addingtotti