PERSON AL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2883, 22 September 1916, Page 4

PERSON AL ITEMS

I . . ——-v-\ j -■ Hi 6 Excellency the Governor hat ■ been appointed patron of the Dominion. Bowling Association. Tho Hon. G. W. Russell (Minister, of Internal Affairs) leaves for the South Island to-night for the purpose of attending the laying of tho foundar tion stona of tho Darfield Memorial Hall to-morrow by Mrs. H. A. Knight. The ball is to bo erected to commemorate the services of the men or tlie Daifield district with the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces, not only in tho present war, but ako'in the South African campaign. Mr. H. I' 1 . Ayson has been appointed Deputy-Resident Commissioner ot Rarotonga- \ Private advice has been received that liieiit. J. Brown, who prior to leaving for the front, was connected with the commercial stalf of Tin: Dominion, has been wounded in action in ' France. Lieut. Brown was in charge of a light trench mortar- battery, and it is under* stood that ho. was" only slightly injured about tho head. Mr. E. A. Liddle has been appointed auditor for the Dominion Bowling Association for the curront year. The following have been elected commissioners of the Fcatherston 'Town District:—Messrs. M. B. Taifc, A. 0. Holms, J. W. Card, B. Yolvertcn, T, Davis, A. Doiiald, and W. Bentou. Among those who have enlisted for active service this week are Mr. Geo. ; Holloway, tho well-known pianist, ami Mr. S. Ijß6lctt Extou, tue popular tenor singer. ■ , > Mr. A. Drew) of. Palmorstou ..North, lias received advice that his sou, Sergt. Sidney Drew, of the Trench Mortal Battery, R.Z. Field Artillery (Ninth Reinforcement), has been recommendedfor a Distinguished Conduct Medal. Sergt. Drew went away in tho infantry of the Ninth Reinforcements, and was transferred in France to the trench mortar section. His eldest brother, ! Second Lieut. H. T. B. Drew, is at present in camp. Sergt. Keith Little, now 011 duty iui England on tho staff of Colonel - ! Smythe, has been given warrant-ofßosr '• rank, and is now r staff, sergea.ut>. major. Ho left here oii the clerical staff of Major-General Godley, and whilst at ,Anzac Cove contracted enteric fever, and was invalided to Eng- ' : land. Staff Sergt.-Major Little was formerly pa the literary staff of Thb Dohiniok. . Yesterday the .Wellington Hospital Board recoived and accepted' the xeßig- / .nations of Sister Cole and Senior Nurses Thornton, Daniel, and Grengor. , • The Rev. D. 0. Heron, M.A., Presbyterian chaplain at Trentham, is under orders to- proceed to the front with the; Eighteenth Reinforcement. Mr. J. J. Roberts, .secretary of fchei . Wellington Bowling Centre, was yes- . terda.v appointed sicretary of the Dominion Bowling Association for the current year. 1 The following report was received by, the Wellington Hospital Board yester J day.—"Miss Rowley has taken up her . duties as masseuse. Miis Gully, whosa services have been' specially obtained by the Public, Health Department, is working' amongst the infantile paralysis cases, along with the Misses Salter, 1 Norris, and' Clark, , all of whom are greatly interested! in tlieir work. Miss Helmfeldt's offer to assist as honorary consultant masseuse has been accept-' ed." Dr. W. J. Anderson, Director of Education, left by last evening's train for the Auckland aistrict, where he will bo for. three or four weeks.. . The offer of Dr. Morice, who has consented, to remain as > acting-medicaj superintendent of :tbe. Wellington Pub< lie Hcspital until Dr. Barclay's return,has. been accepted, ard the board has placed on record its appreciation of tlia offer and of the services rendered bji Dr. Moriee. 1 Reference to the death of Mrs. George Fisher was made by the Mayor at last evening's meeting of the (Sty Council. Mrs. Fisher was closely connected with civic works, the Mayor said, she being the wife of one who was for some years Mayor of the City, and who in his time was concerned in the introduction of important City, works which were a credit to him. It-was reported at yesterday's meeting of-the Wellington Hospital, Board that Dr. D. S. Milne had taken up the ' duties of house surgeon, vice Dr. Scoular. '. , Councillor W. Veiteh was, welcomed , / baok to the City Council table evening after a trip to Australia. ' The Matron of the Wellington' Public Hospital (Miss Frances Keith Payne) has resigned. Yesterday -the board dealt with her resignation, which was in the following terms:—"With muoh regret I give you my resignation; to-day after service of over 20 years. My health has not been good for some time past, and I find that I am unable to carry oa the work here as it should be'done. It has been very strenuous, and since my last severe illness I liavo felt that the time has come to leave. If you can see your way to relieving mo at an early date I shall be most gratoftil." The chairman of tho board (Mr. H. Baldwin) said .that the retirement of Miss Payne meant a loss to tho community, to the patients, and the nurse? (now in positions in various parts of the Dominion) whom she had trained. He moved that the resignation should be accepted with regret, aiid tlia.t the matter of suitable recog- 1 nition of Miss Payne's services should be referred! to the Hospital Committee. Besides .endorsing the remarks of the Chairman, Mr. C. M. Luko said that the training*- nurses had receive^ in the Wellington Hospital was so good that the institution had trons for hospitals right from Auckland to the Bluff. Rev. Mr. Van Stavereu moved that Miss Pnyne should be' granted one yoar's salary (£250), but tho board, adopting Mr. Baldwin's motion, decidod to eend the matter to the Hospital Committee.