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PERSONAL ITEMS

The. Minister of 'Internal Affairs, the Hon. G. \Y. ltussell, left for the south li,. evollm K- expects to return to i\\ ellmgton on Tuesday. Lieut. Miles (son of Mr. A. H. Miles), Who was invalided from Egypt to England, returned to Wellington yesterday, having arrived by the Rotorua. . Mr. Alfred Smith, manager of tho of New Zealaud at Invorcargill, has . been appointed manager-.of the Wellington branch. Mr. Smith succeeds Mr. A. P. Green at Wellington, but the transfers and'promotions which will follow will not bo known for a few days yet. In the meantime, Mr. Smith, who }ias beon in indifferent health for some time'j has bean granted holiday befo're coining to Wellington. Mr. Robson, of tho Gore branch, is relieving him at Invercargill. Mr. John Reitli, for many years manager of thp Wellington branch of the.iV.Z. Bible, Tract, and Book Society, Has retired 011 pension, and,has been succeeded by Mr. H. 0. South from the society's head office, Dunedin. ' Mr. Edwin Geach, of Sydney, is at present visiting Auckland. He is to journey to Wellington via Rotorua ;ind the Wanganui River. He is accompanied Jjy Mrs. Geach, formerly Miss iWillis, of Johnsonville (Wellingtoji). Brothers Nicholls, O'Hearn; Watson, Lyons, .and George, of the Marist Brotherhood, arrived in Auckland by the Victoria from Sydney on Wednesday.' . The respective destinations of the '' brothers have not y6t been decided, but. . a.uumber will be retained on the' teach- ,• ' ing staff of the SaCTed Heart College, at I'onsonby. . . / . Among the passengers >ho arrived at . . Auckland by the Victoria from Sydney on Wednesday wero the Rev. Fathers Thomas. Barry, John Shcrin, James White, and John O'Reilly. They are ispendiuga holiday in New Zealand, and' intend visiting Rotorua and other .points . of interest: . Mr. Richard Teece, general manager and actuary of the Australian Mutual Provident Society, arrived in' Auckland by the Victoria on Wednesday on an - official visit to the North Island offices of the society in New Zealand. Mr. stay in the Dominion will be limited ;to about three weeks, an his engagements. require that he shall be back at the head office in Sydney at the end of the present month. '• • Corporal F. H. R. Stidolph, son of : 'Mr. S. Stidolph, of Wellington; returned to Wellington yesterday among tlio fyotorua's complement. Corporal Stidolph was severely wounded by ahrapr tfel' on Anzac beach on July 31 last, receiving one bullet in his foot, another . iii .the ankle, and a third in the neck, .'whilst splinters damaged his nose and ."-'cheek;. The bullet wound in his. foot - still gives, him trouble, and will probably incapacitate him from further military service. At last advices _ his 'brother was suffering from enteric in a Malta, hospital. Mr. Robert Casbman has. been ap- : pointed Inspector of Weights and Mea- ; Bures in place of Captain W. H. Hentiah, who has retired from the service ! 011 'superannuation." ' ■ Mr. Gilbert Lethaiii, of tho Lands and Survey Department, Wellington, who left for Sydney some months ago, "'- to :nndergo an operation, has returned to Wellington. Tho operation is considered to have been successful, Mr. A. E. T. Devore, of the legal firm of Devore, Martin, and Prender- . gast, Auckland, died at midnight on, Thursday, .72. year*. of age. He had been ailing for sonic time. He had been ? -absent from his office only ten davs.; — (Press Association.) Word has'been received that Corporal Colin Moxhani, of the Otago Infantry, ; who 'was reported missing on August • 7; is now, by Court of Inquiry, believed ' to be dead. The late Corporal Moxham was born in Wellington, and was edu- ! cated-at the Terrace School. He serv- 1 ed his apprenticeship with S. _ Danks and Son, brass founders of this city. , jAt the time of enlisting lie was foreman ; to the firm of Watson and Munro, elec- J ' tricians, Dunedin. He was .an enthusiastic hockey player, and was captain j of "the Y.M.C.A. team; He received his promotion on active service. . ~

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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2687, 5 February 1916, Page 5

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PERSONAL ITEMS Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2687, 5 February 1916, Page 5

PERSONAL ITEMS Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2687, 5 February 1916, Page 5

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