PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2678, 26 January 1916, Page 5

PERSONAL ITEMS

The Prime Minister, the Right Hon. W. F. Massey, is expected to return to Wellington from Auckland to-day. The Minister of Defence, tho Hon i). Allen, left last night for the south. Ho will return to Wellington on Tuesday. ( Tho Hon. W. H. Herries left last night for Tauranga. Regret was expressed by the Chancellor of the University yesterday for the death in action of one of the most promising of , "Vew Zealand's . Rhodes Scholars, Itt Alan. Wallace, M.A. . _ Mr. John coojiolly, barrister and solicitor, died at lis.residence at Springlands, Blenheim, oil Saturday, after a long illness. Mr.' Connolly, who was the eldest son of the late Mr. Justice Connolly, was one of the best known and most highly esteemed men. in the Marlborough district.. Dr. R. Brewster, of New Plymouth, has been appointed a captain in the R-oyal Army Medical Corps. 4 Mr. Enoch Thawley, formerly in business as a grocer in Cuba Street, is now lying seriously ill in a hospital at Nelson. I The funeral of the late, Lieut.-Colonel J. G. Clayton, N.Z.V.C., principal vetterinary officer of the Canterbury district, took place at Karori Cemetery yesterday with military honours. A Requiem Mass was celebrated at the Basilica by the Rev. Father Smyth, who also officiated at the graveside. The Trentham Band played the cortege to the cemetery, and Trentham Camp supplied the firing party, Amongst those who. attended the funeral were Colonel Ileakes (Director of Veterinary Services and Remounts), and his staff officer (Major Rcid), Mr. F. S. Pope (secretary of the Agricultural Department). Mr. J. L. Bruce (Assistant Director), and Mr. W. C. Robinson (Chief Clerk of the Agricultural Department). Mr. A. W. Mulf»an, of the P. and T. Service at Invercargill, has been appointed private secretary to the Hon. -W. D. S. Mac Donald. , The "Cape Times" announces that Mr. Cashmore Freeth, an old Wellington boy, has been . appointed Lieuten-ant-Colonel, Officor Commanding 17th South African Infantry (Transvaal) of the East African Contingent. Lieut.Colonel Freeth left New Zealand for South Africa as a sergeant-major in tho End New Zealand Contingent. < Captain Mehaffey, who returned' to New Zealand on sick leave this week, and who has been serving with the Australian Corps, attached to tho Rabaul Expedition, is the son of Mr. W. G. Mehaffey, of Invercargill, whose death occurred only a ,fow days ago. Captain Mehaffey was trained for his profession in London, and while there he, acquired some fame as a Rugby footballer. New Zealanders at Home used to say that luf was "the .best forward in ■ England." Mr. W. Bethune and Mr. R. P. Lawrence, mine managers, of Sydney,, leave Wellington by the Corinthic for Monte Video to-day. Mr; R. Brook-Jackson is returning to London by the Corintliio, which leaves Wellington this afternoon. The Rev. Jasper Calder, of Auckland, and the Rev. H. A. Johnson, of Whangarei, have been. appointed chaplains to the New Zealand Defence Forces..Mr. John Molloy, of the Head' Office of the Government Life Insurance Department at Wellington, has been transferred to the Lands and Survey Department, Napier. Mr. Molloy took up his new position, on Saturday. Arrangements for a fitting farewell to Lieut. W. J. Organ, sometimo Mayor of the borough, were discussed' at a meeting of residents of Eastbourne on Monday night. The Mayor (Mr. J. P. Kelly) presided. It was decided to hold (l social and dance.