PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2819, 10 July 1916, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

Tlio Prime Minister (tho Kight Hon. W. F. Massey) is suffering from influenza, and on Saturday he was unable to Juavo his house. The' Hon. .T. Allen hag also iiad a severe attack of influenza, but is now convahjscent. '• . ' ■ Captain 11. M. W. Bichardson, formerly Adjutant, sth. (Wellington) liejjiment, and lately General Staff Officer Wellington Military District, has been wounded in France. The Hon. C. Johnston, Speaker of the Legislative Council, has received from the War Offico a telegram advisinghiin of the death of his son, Captain. 0. 11. F. Johnston, killed in action in Franco, on July 2. The late Captain Johnston was in .England when wax broke out, and immediately volunteered for service with the Middlesex Regiment (the "Die; hards"), in which he was given a lieutenant's commission. He participated iii the struggle in France from an early stage, of the war, and saw many mouths of severe fighting until lie was wounded during the advanco at Hooge, and .invalided to England. He rejoined his regiment at the front again in May last, and met his death on tho field of action during the great now proceeding. Captain Johnston was an old boy of the Wanganui College, and after leaving school rssd for the -Bar, but his tastes inclined to literature, and with a view to gaining an insight to the journalistic side of , the profession of letters,' 1 spent a brief novitiate as a member of The Dominion" literary staff, where ho was extremely popular. Subsequently he went to London to extend his experience, and it was there, as stated, that he volunteered for service and joiued the Middlesex Heginient.. Three of his brothers are now at the front: Brigadier-General Earl Johnston, and Lieutenants Guy and Harold Johnston. Mr. Justice Iloskiug left Wellington for Auckland on Saturday. A Press Association cablegram from London states that Admiral Sir D. Fl. Bosaniiuet's eon lias been killed at the front. Admiral Bosancpiet was Governor of South Australia from 1909 to 1911 The death of Mr. John Taylor,- of Devonport, Auckland, occurred on Thursday night.' The deceased gentleman, who was born, in New South Wales, came tn New Zealand in 1863, during the Maori war. For 35 years ho was in the employ of the Auckland 1 Harbour Board. On September 28 of last year the late Mr. Taylor and • liis wife celebrated their golden wedding, Laving been married at St. Matthew's Church, Auckland, ,in ' 1860, bv the Rev. 13. N. Bi-ee. Private Victor J.. Hodder, who was rr- • cently reported to havo wounded in the face, is a son. of Mr. E. A. Hodder," 43 Calliope Uoad, Devonport, and is one of seven brothers who have all seen active sorvice. Four havo fought in the present war, one was killed in tho Cattle of Mons, anothor, who was wounded, has since returned to the front, 1 and three others served in tho South African war. A Press Association telegram from rChristchurch announces the death of Mr. iJo3liua Farrell, a well-known citizen and a prominent Freemason. At its meeting on Saturday, tho Hawke's Bay branch, of the Educational Institute passed a motion placing on rcl.cord its appreciation of the work carried by llr. H. Hill, late Senior. Inspector of Schools for Hawke's Bay, during his 38 years in the service. Mr. B. Bagley (Dannovirko North) has been elected president of the Hawke's Bay branch of tho Educational Institute. .For the.twenty-second consecutive time ;;Mir. T. Parker, of Napier, has been clect\ed secretary of tlm Hawke's Bay HighWand Society.