PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2830, 22 July 1916, Page 8

PERSONAL ITEMS

■Mr. J. E. Triggs, southern Conciliafiftn Commissioner, who lias been hearing disputes in Wellington this week, left tor the south by the Maori last evening. Captain W. M. Bell, New. Zealand Staff Corps, lias been appointed Camp Adjutant at Treutham, in place of Captain E. (J. .Dovey, who has joined the bxpeditionary Force. Lieutenant A. A, Luckhain has been appointed Assistant Camp Adjutant, anil • Lieutenant G. C. l'elton, camp paymaster. 'Ml'.; W. j.' Mitchell, i.XLI.E.E., who has .occupied the position, of, electrical en-, gineer.to the tj.iicm Steam Ship Company,. Port. Chalmers,. for a number of years, has been, appointed electrical!and mechanical.engineer to tho WestportStockton Coal. Company. .. . . Air. -L. E. Johnson, private secretary to ; the Minister of - Railways, who has enlisted, will »o into camp on Monday. His place :;vill be-taken by Mr. AV. Crow, •who iias been associated with Ministerial circles for.very many years. Mr.' AV.• T. -'Young, -general secretary ' 'of. the 'Seamen's Union, will be a candidate for the position' nf deputy repretentative of Workers on the Arbitration ■Court at the election at the fc"id of the year/ He-'held the position from' the end of 1907 -till'tho beginning of 1911, when- he was defeated- by Mr. E. J. Carey. . > '• '. • Mr. J. Doughs ...Pfcrrett',. artist, ofAuckland, is viSiSng.Wellington. . .' ... Dr.. M...J-. Bro'die', .'Soman Catholio " Bishop. of Christchuv?h, will. visit- Auckland about August IT. On August 20 he will lay the. foundation-stone, of a. new church, to be erected at Grey Lynn, and that evening will perform an important ecclesiastical function .at St:'' Patrick's Cathedral. ; : ; * " Mr. H. Hart, who for seven years-past has ,been manager of the Pahiatua branch of the Wairarapa , Farmers' Association, is vacating the .position at.""the; end of this month to enable him to- enlist for active service. . Mr. Hart will be succeeded by Sir. W. Thompson, who" is at present occupying a .temporary position with the; firm in Wellington.. . v . • At the close of office hours'..] ast even-ing,'-the members of the. Police Depart•ment Head Dffico staff, assembled in.-the .Criminal .Registration Office to bid farewell to Constable W. J. A. JJell, who has resigned from the police set vice in order to join '.he Expeditionary Force. On •behalf of. the staff,. Senior-Sergeant Din. nie presented Constable Bell'with, a suitably engraved set of hair brushes.. In a few well-chosen words' the senior sergeant paid a Rowing tribute to the sterling qualities of- Constable Bell, and wished him. God-speed and a safe return. -The incipient, in returning .thanks, said that he hoped to.conic back to the 'friends and comrades be- so highly appreciated iii; Wellington. ■ Constable.Bell goes into camp on July. 25- with the N.C.O.'s cf tho Twenty-first .Reinforcements. . . - Word lias been received- that Dr. C. •H. .Gordon, of Riverto'n, - met with-an 'accident- 1 'inFrance. 1 When motoring '"to Boulogne, on 'his to" England, on 'leave, the car"'skidded- and 'overturned, striking a tree. At the time of'writing Dr. Gordon; had ; been in hospital for ' about a fortnight," but he expected in .'a few days to be well enough to rantinua liis-journey. Private R. C. M'Leod, D.C.M., in cafnp . at Trentham, has been appointed, a corporal in the Eighteenth Reinforcements. Mr. H. W. Trotwnn has joined' the Government Life Insurance Department, and has settled in Wellington. Last evening -Messrs. R. C. Macintyre and T. Slieehy, two members of the composing staff of Messrs. Whitcombe and Tombs, Limited, who go into camp with the Nineteenth . Reinforcements- next week, were mads presentations. Mr. Slater, who made the presentations, . which insisted of . a safety razor, and a cheque,.donated by.-tho firm, to-eAch, . 6poke feelingly about.-one's duty to .-his King and couutry. Mr.. Campbell, father of the chapel*, also- .referred in feeling terms.' After • cheers were given, both recipients responded briefly. Mr. Robert Wilson, son of' Sir James • G. Wilson, who was in a considerable •' way 'of business in" the Ifangitikei .'and Bush - districts; -finding '-difficulty 'owing : -to; age.'in getting : if tomniissionanvNew ; Zealand;■ -went Home, anli the "F.arhier6' ■ Union Advocate" hears that lie is ■ now in training at St. John's Wood Barracks, near, London, for an artillery commission, for which ho. hopes soon to pass. He has found many New Zealanders in- London, tall doing their bit in their own way, and glad to be of service. Mr. Elswortliy,' of South Canterbury, and Mr. D. H. liiddiford, of Featherston, have commissions in the Guards, and are in France. In anything to do with horses colonials are looked upon as "know-alls." Air. E. 1). O'Rorke is buying horses fo.' the Government. Mr. Monckton, lately of Otaki, is in • the Sherwood Foresters. Colonel Fitzherbert, who was mentioned in dispatches, is an.old settler up the Wanganui River. Above the .age,. he offered his services, and was sent out to Egypt, and has kept the base records in such an efficient manner' that he-has been promoted and got some decoration. "Norman" Fitzherbert,is well known on the West .Coast. Cnptain Hutton, who was A.D.C. here a" couple of years ago and married a daughter of Mrs. A. E. Rhodes, Christclnirch, and went in charge of our Nelson Contingent, is now a colonel, and -has been twice wounded, and is now in London invalided. These are only.'a'-few.of those Mr.-Wilson ha» been in communication with.