PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2887, 27 September 1916, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

Sir Walter .Buchanan, M.L.C., is to bo entertained' by six school districts in Wairarapa to mark his 34 years' service oil the Wellington Education Board.

Out'of rospccfc to the memory of the lato Rifleman A. Meliss Stuart, a former membor of tho Wellington Stock Exchange, who has died of wounds at the front, thore was no call on 'Change at 11a.m. yesterday. On that occasion tho following resolution was passtid:—"That thoExohango convoys its deep senso of loss and its profound regret at tho death from wounds received in action of a highly-esteemed member, Mr. A. Meliss Stuart, and that an expression of tho smccre sympathy of" members of tho iLxchango bo coiiveyed to Mi 1 . D.- T. Stuart and family" Advico has been received of the doath in action in Juno last of Captain Neville Houston, son of Mr. W. D. Houston, of Oriental Bay. The lato Captain Houston had been four times wounded in Franco, and while In England on leave was offered a position as instructor, but declined it to go back to the firing-line. Advice just received states that Captain Houston was killed while ont in "No-Man's Land."

Mr. E. C. Jack, Dominion secretary oF tho New Zealand Farmers' Union, who has been on a business tour, is expected to return to AVellington to-day. i A Press Association message from Napier announces the death of Mrs. J* B. Fielder, who arrived in Auckland in 1863, and in Napier in 1865. The late Mrs. Fielder celebrated her golden wedding last year.

A Press Association message from Sydney received yesterday, states that the estate of the late Captain D. J. Williams is valued at £29,297. Captain D. J. Williams was a former resident of Newcastle, and died at his homo at Epping, Sydney, on July 15. He arrived m Now South Wales fifty years ago, and engaged in maritime pursuits. For about eight years he was engaged in the trade between Newcastle and New Zealand and Mauritius. In "1874 he was appointed manager of the Blackball line of sailing snips, engaged in the AustralianNew Zealand trade. In 1875 he was appointed by the Union Steam Ship Company to watch the interests of the steamer Wakatipu. From then on for forty years he was manager at Newcastle for that company. Ho resigned his position in December, 1914. I Captain Williams was a native of Gravesend, England.

Captain Edward. ("Peter") Harris, killed in action in France, was the third son of tho late Archdeacon Harris, who at one time was headmaster of Christ's College, Christchurcb. Deceased was a brother of the late Mr. George Harris, solicitor, of Ghristchuroh.

To this list of fine sportsmen wh'<i have laid down their l'™s for Bang and country has to bo added, the ma of Lieutenant Rupert George t Hickmott, ono of the most promising on New Zealand's younger cricketers. Lieutenant Hickmott lias been killed m action in Franco. He was the elder, son of Mr. George Hickmott, Christ* church, and was about twenty-four years of age. Mr. W. Kerr, S.M., who has been, transferred to Masterton, was bidden farewell by members of t"h© Wanganui. Bar, the police, and Justices of tha Peace yesterday. Eulogistic references to his work on the Bench arid tof his high character were made by Mr< Marshall (Crown Prosecutor), on behalf of tbo Bar, Inspector Wilson (police), and Mr. Mackay (for the Jus- 1 tices}. —Press Association.

The ffollowing have been appointed representatives from the Christehureh. Presbytery to Assembly in Wellington, states the "Outlook" Revs. Dr. Erwin, J. Paterson, A. Thompson, J. S. Heid, J. A. Brown, S. E. Hill, J. J. Bates, W.-H. Howes, John Watt, F. Rule, and C. Murray. Sessions to be represented: Knox, St. Andrew's, St. Paul's, St. Peter's, Dunsandel, Lincoln, Lyttelton, Malvern, Waiau, Waikari. Tha Presbytery further appointed the following on the Assembly's committees: Bills and Business, Rev. C. Murray: Committee-on. Standing Committees, Rev. Dr. .Erwin; Assembly Expenses and Collections, Rev. J. J. Bates; Commissions and Becords, Rev. S. E. Hill.

Yesterday's casualty list reported that Gnnner W. D. Frandi had been wounded at the front, and stated thai his next-of-kin lived in Auckland. Gunner Frandi's relatives state that this is an error, that lie is a Wellington man, that his people live here, and also tliat they received no official notification of his being, wounded, and were not aware that ho had been injured till they' read the casualty list! in tho Press.