PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2800, 19 June 1916, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS

Sir Joseph Ward went south on Sator. day evening and ivill return to-morrow morning.

Liout.-Colonel J. G. Hughes, D.5.0., loft New Zealand on Major-General Gouley's staff, is returning to .New Zealand. He was severely wounded at Gallipolyand when the last mail left London ho was still hobbling about on two sticks.

, Mr. James Macintosh, Trench Consular -igeut in Wellington, who has been indisposed, has recovered sufficiently to attend lus office again.

Prrrate advice has been received that Mv. Peregrini Grigg, who was a midship, man on board the Queen Mary, and was supposed to have gone down with tha fillip, is safe, and in Mainz, in Germany.. Mr. Grigg, who is a nephew of Mr. John [\. nf VV Longbeach, was appointed to, the Queen Mary quite recently.

Mr. D. 31. Yeats has been> nominated', by tho Hutt District High School Committee for a seat on the Education Board to represent the, Hutt-Pcfone. url.an area. 1

Jlr. W. W. Do Castro, who recently, retired from the Government l Service after 41 years' service, has joined a Dunedm business firm.

one of the best known or Wellington's City Councillors, has been asked to stand for the additional Wellington seat on the Education Board. Mr. Frost lias not yet decided whetherhe can accede, to the : request. Mr. W. H. -Montgomery, of Little Kiver, Canterbury, has arrived in "Weihnffton with his wife and family.: "Ha has given his services'to the Base Records Office for a period of twelve months. .•••<■

News has been received (says tho Tnuaru "Herald") that Sub-Lieutenant Dcarden, grandson of the late Mr. John krigg, of Longleach, had been rescuod from the QueenJMary by the Germans 111 the recent North Sea battle, and ia now a prisoner of war. "

News has been received that Lieulcamnt .uwin Rutheri'urd, a Wellington College oil boy, has been awarded the 'Military Cross. Lieutenant Rutherfurd went to b).«laud rather more tban twelve months qualified for a commission in thy Royai iuold Artillery, being sent to trance shortly ai'tenvarils. Hg was severely wouuded in the legs last January and was mentioned in .dispatches, although for what* action is not known here. At present Lieutenant Ruttierfurd is making a slow recovery in Jiondon. and it is Hoped that lie may soon ,bo able to return to New Zealand for a time.

Captain J. W. H. Bannerman, : editor and manager of the Bluff "Presis-". has enlisted. Mr. Bannerman is well' known throughout Canterbury, Southland, and Otago as a footballer and cricketer.

Sergt. G. H. Holmes, son of Mir. A. H. Holmes, Registrar of the Supreme Court at Christchurch, and- formerly of Wellington, has passed the required raxamina. tion; and has been granted a commission.

Rifleman' A. J. Okev, who has given his life in the service of his country, was tho youngest brother of Mr. H. J. H. Okey, M.P. for • Taranaki. He left New Zealand with tho 10th Keinforcements. At one time he was an official of the National Bank at New Plymouth, but subsequently settled in Greymouth, where he occupied the position of secretary to one of the sawmilling' companies in that district. The late Eiflenian Okey, who' was 45 years of age, leaves a widow and three children.

At last Tuesday night's meeting of the Westland Education Board, Mr. Grimmond moved:—"That,"on the eve of its retirement from office, consequent on the amalgamation of education districts, the board desires to placo.on record its deep appreciation .of the faithful service rendered by-the teachers who h®ve bten or are at present in. its employ, with especial mention of the long and honourable record of the following teachers and officials, each of whom have served for twenty years or more:—Mr. W. D. Alackay, 38 years; Mr. H. Williams, 354) Mr. H. Winchester, 35; Mr. A. H. Seebeck, 25; Mr. A. J. Morton, 23; Mr. C. R. Kirk, 22J; Miss Ward, 331; Mrs. Henderson, 31i; Miss Potts, 31; Miss Mackinnon, 22J." The motion was seconded by Mr. Clarke, and carried,

Tho Rev. Jasper Smyth, who has Been" in charge of the Chrirch of England Mission in Stewart Island for -the past eighteen months, left there on Wednesday for Christchurch, where ho intends to reside in future. On the evening before his departure, Mr. Bragg, churchwarden, accompanied by some members of the congregation, presented Mr. Smyth, on behalf of the church people and residents,with a valuable Roslyn travelling rug as a token of esteem.

Mr. Thos. Forsyth, who has been-secre-tary of tho Clyde Quay School Committee for some years now, and who takes a very live interest in educational matters, will be a candidate for the Wellington Education' Board at the coming election.

During thevintervSl at' the Empire Theatre, Petone, on Saturday night, an opportunity was taken by the local residents to bid farewell to Sir. W. M'Ewan, a son of the Mayor of Petone (Mr. J. W. M'Eiwan) who leaves with the 14th Reinforcements. In asking Mr. M'Ewan to accept a money belt (containing several sovereigns),- Mr. J. Piper referred to the fact that scarcely a.ooncert had taken place during the last ten years in Petone without Mr. MTEwan's name on the programme. (Applause.) He wished him, on behalf of his fellow-citi-zens, a safe return.