PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2726, 22 March 1916, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS

v„!?^ Hon ' A '. L - Herdmau Wet 3 ' m ° rmnß fr ° m tlle

tjft & A 'k? Wt»nwd' from hi* wnir or the West Coast last night. The Mayor (Mr. J. p. Luke) rill attend[the conference of District PatrioNorK W & #be hold itt l ' al ™>» «ortu on Iriday next. visitor to Wellin g £' IS *' mt a

TraoV kr,- • Dallon -' His Majesty's irade Commissioner in New Zealand the absence in England of the TraoV Oomniisswner there, will leave for Svd ne.vw.th Mrs Dalton on ft e K* ■ ter?' an ? wi » absent froiS Zealand for about a month. BioS lcili *» CommisI,»;l P . "i a b " s:ii e*s vis tto Bleu-

M ? rt<m > telegraphist at the Hastings Post Office, his been at pointed assistant-superintendent at '£

; Mr. Harry Cohen, the well-known ad Vance agent, and son of Mr. Aftort Co hen, o the editorial staff of the T)u« &wS r '" kftS^^an Mr. Joseph Henry Greville, who was Wei if? J*"" *w»PMted r'esident of \\olhngton died yesterday mo rnin c a 8S Th«*<) n H Bay 0f Plent -V. Wd M The deceased was born in Enolaud and before coming to New Zealand h\d son-i™ v 6 n' Z ?? land Government sen ice. Mrs Greville died"four vears S-m""! family of fou fhn ~v B ,- Greville (editor of tho 'New Zealand Dairyman" AV»' Imgton), M r . R. p. sXfy* Go" crnment Gum v Commissioner \„°k \? ! ' r ?} d C - reville Ham"T'& a "i Mr ; Hel }Kist Greville (of To Toko), with whom he was livincr at the tone of his death-and two Kter. Mrs Holmes Miller (Ngatur PahL'

. Mr. Harold W. Tidman, for five rear, manager for Messrs. Begg and: Co at ant to the Southland Hospital ami Board outoft^ei.^

.Mr. Ken Millward, formerly of tha Wangamu Tramways cngineerL s teff j-orps. He worked his passage Home

Information ho.s been :received that, when the last mail left England, Ptc «. , wsrs son ''^. Wel,in ß toi »- waß convalescent from his attack .of typhoid .ever. Ho had returned from furlough, and was then in Homclntrch Military U-impVEasex, where thero wore a numbcr of New Zealand soldiers.

P. H. Hudson, N.Z.S C, «aff officer to the O.C. Forces, Ilth Reinforcements, has reported at Trentham tor. duty. Captain Hudson's duties as assistant-military secretary hud A.D.C to the general officer commanding are being undertaken by Liout. D. -,I. C Bryan, N.Z.5.0., who returned Wounded from the front somo time ago.

On Monday evening the Registrar of Patents, on behalf of the steff, prcsented Messrs. T. H. Morgan and J. U. 1-.Miles, with souvenirs, the former having been transferred to.Christchurch on promotion, and the latter being about to leave with tha .artillery unit of the 11th Reinforcements.

_ Mr. J. 0. Williamson, Chief Clerk in the Post and Telegraph Department, nas_ left for Auckland to assume tho duties of acting-chief postmaster thero ponding the appointment of a successor to Mr. F. D. Holdsworth, who has retired on superannuation. The duties of chief clerk are at present being performed by Mr. A. T. Markraan, of the head office staff,. Mr. Williamson will be absent from Wellington for about three months.

Mr. George Castles, tho oporatio and concert tenor, and brother of Miss Amy Castles, has enlisted as a private in fclio Australian Expeditionary Forces, and lias gone into camp at Melbourne.

Tho employees of iSlcssr6. Smith and Smith met : last evening at a. smoke concert at Godbe'r'6 Rooms, Courtonay Piace, to welcome back Trooper Alan M. Smith, ono of the. staff, and son of Mr. W. Smith, of that firm. Trooper Smith, who returned by the Tahiti a few days ago, went with' the Main Body as a member of the Wellington Mounted .Rifles. Ho was wounded in the August fighting, and was subsequently laid aside with typhoid. Air. Mowbray, accountant of the firm, was in the chair, Mr. \V. Smith being also present.