PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2664, 8 January 1916, Page 5

PERSONAL ITEMS

'His Excellency the Governor, wjio wont south with the hospital ship Maheno, returned to "Wellington yosterday morning by the Maori. " At tlio review of tho 9th Reinforcements by tlie Governor at Trentham yesterday, Trooper Wilson was decorated with tlie Distinguished Conduct Medal by His Excellency for conspicuous bravery. at Gallipoli. Mr. G. H. Scales was a passenger to' Wellington from the soutu yesterday. • Colonel Collins, P.M.0., of tho hospital ship Maheno, arrived from the south by the Maori yesterday moriiing. The Minister of Defence visited Trentham Camp last night, to be present at the farewell dinner given in the officers' iness to the officers of the 9th Reinforcements. . A Press Association message from Gisliorno states that Corpl. Tuanae Carroll, tilled in action, was an adopted son of Sir James and Lady Carroll. West Coasters in Wellington mil learn'with regret that information has been received that Corporal E. C. Bcres-for-Wilkinsdn, of tlio N. 2. Rifle Brigade, was killed in action on Christmas Day. The deceased, who is a nephew of Mr. C. E. Mirfin, of tho Government Printing Office, Wellington, was only 23 years of age, having been born in Reefton, on tho West Coast, where his widowed mother still resides. Deceased entered tho Post and Telegraph service in Reefton, and was later on employed' in the Accountant's branch of the General Post Office in Wellington, and whilst here he was an active member of the Thorndon Swimming' Club, winning tho club's silver cup on one occasion. After a couple of years here he was transferred to the Justice Department, and was engaged as a. clerk in the courthouse at Paeroa, where he-enlisted. He left New Zealand as a private, but a letter received from liim a few days ago stated that he had been promoted in Egypt to a corporal. Mrs. Beresford-Wilkinson's only remaining child,' Mr. A. E. Beres-ford-Wilkinson, is at present at Trentham in the 10th Reinforcements, Artillery. Mrs. Bernau, wife of Surgeon-Captain Bernau, of the hospital ship Maheno, was (says our Napier correspondent) yesterday presented with a silvermounted pipe and cigarotte-holder from the Napier Fire Brigade as a mark of 'tho brigade's appreciation of the doctor's honorary, services. Mr. Percy Velvin, of Christchurch, fend Mr. A. L. Baumgart, of Norsewood, late of leave for Egypt to-day as Y.M.C.A. representatives. Mr; Velvin has had experience in association work in "America, and also in Christchurch, where for two years he has been iii charge of the Boys' Gordon Hall. Mr. Baumgart has likewise had much experience in work amongst men. He; offered himself to the Defence authorities", but was ' rejected through defective eyesight. Messrs. Velvin and Baumgart will add strpngtli to the association's splendid staff of over thirty men in Egypt,; Malta, Salonika, Gallipoli, and the Eastern Mediterranean. Mr. E. K. Mulgan, 'chief inspeotor of schools for tho Auckland ' Education ' Board, was expected to arrive in Auckland yesterday. Ho went to England in March last on a year's leave of absence, and whilst in Britain represented the Education Board at a conference of tho Imperial Union of Teachers, in July last. Dr. Morice has taken over tho duties of superintendent of the Wellington Hospital, relieving Dr. Barclay, who is joining the mcdical 6taff of - the hospital ship Maheno. Mr. Philip Cunningham, of, tho Pensions Department, has" been .transferred to. Christchurch as. Registrar of Pensions for the Canterbury, District. ,Before leaving he! was farewelled by the members of the Civil. Service Club. Mrs. W. Denman, of Brooklyn, has received a telegram from the Admiralty stating that her eldest con, Arthur,, had met his death by drowning. Deceased was a leading seaman on H.M.S. Goshawk, on active service. The death is announced of Mr. John 'Anderson, an old settler of the Tenui Valley, at the age of 69 years. Mr. H. G. Hill has resigned from the chairmanship of the Wellington Patriotic Socioty owing to pressure of other business; ' Private Tessrey R. Coupland diod at Victoria Hospital-yesterday at the age of : 21 years. He came from Auckland and was sont from Trentham to tlio iWellington Hospital on_ December 20 Buffering from He was operated on last Wednesday, and died yesterday. Tho officers of the Post and Telegraph Stores Branch assembled yesterday afternoon to bid farewell to one of their fellow-officcrs, Mr. Harold Johnston, who is leaving the department to enter business on his own account. Regret was expressed at Mr. Johnston's departure. He will also be much missed from the Sports Club of the_ branch, in which he took an active interest.Mr. Mann, Controller of Stores, expressed regret at losing Mr. Johnston's services, and asked him to accepts set of razors, suitably inscribed, as an expression of goodwill from the whole of the staff. Cable advice has been received to the effect that Lieutenant N. S. Boyle, son' of Mrs. M. Boyle, Webb Street, Wellington, and brother of Lieutenant R,. D. Boyle, who is at present in camp, • disembarked at Malta ffom the hospital ship Soudan, on December 26, suffering from jaundice and malaria. The death is reported from' Wanganui of' Mr. James Bruce, who for many years occupied Glencairn, Turakiua, along with his brothers, George and Andrew. Mr. Ivor G. Prichard, of the staff of | the Blenheim Borough Sohool, leaves for Trenthn'm on January 11 as a non-com. in the 14th Reinforcements. Captain W. H.' Hawkins, who for some time past has been farming in the Oak-lira district, left by the mail train on Thursday for Trentham, his services having been accepted by the Defence Department, states the Taranaki "Herald." Mr. C. L. Harmann, manager of the Otaki branch of the Bank of Australasia, has resumed his duties after being ab- 1 sent some weeks on sick leave. The death of Mr. Alex. Isdale," which occurred suddenly on Monday night, at the advanced age of 86 years, removes yet another from the ranks of the early settlers of North Otago. Mr, Isdale, who was a native of Perthshire, came out to the Dominion in the ship Alpine in the late 'fifties, arriving in Port Chalmers. After a few weeks' residence in Dunedin he went on to Oamaru, work, ing for some years as shepherd on the Bairudderv Station, and on fencing contracts on'the Ard go wan Estate, where ho eventually became a foreman. At the first land sale in Oamaru, Mr. Isdale purchased tho fifty acres at Weston, which he occupied at the time of his death. He later, took over a section of 300 acres at Teaneraki, which he.farmed successfully .for some years. Deceased was a recognised authority on fruit culture, and did much to promote the welfare of the industry in North Otago, being one of tho first members■ of the North Otago Horticultural Society. He was for many years a member of the Waiareka Road Board, and held_ a seat nn the. Waitaki County Council from 1887 to 1896, retiring in the last-men-tioned year. Mrs. Isdale pre-deceased her husband recentlv. He leaves fivo sons, Mr. T. Isdale (Western Australia), Mr. John Isdale (Weston), and Messrs. David, Alfred, and William Isdale, who are at present farming in the North Wand, and two daughters, Miss Isdale (Weston) and Mrs. Gill (Tur.-uiaki),