PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2903, 16 October 1916, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

The H<hu J. Allen returned from Auckland yesterday. The Hon. Q. \V. Russell went north on Saturday en route to Whangarei. Ho will return to V/ellington on Thursday. Dr. Cecil Wood, Bishop of Melanesia, was present at the opening of 'the Auckland Anglican Synod l on Thursday, and was invited to take a seat during the proceedings of the synod. ■. Captain J. K. Davis, who is to command the Aurora on her voyage to tho Ross Sea, was in Wellington on Saturday. He arrived from tho south in the morning, and left by the ferry boat in tho evening.- Captain Davis is busily at work preparing for the resale of the marooned members of the Shaokleton. Expedition in M'Murdo Sound. Mr. H. Holland, Mayor of Christchurch, who has been on a visit to Wellington, returned south by the Pateena on Saturday. Mr. J. H. Upton, who has filled tho position of chairman of committees for the past 23 sessions of the Auckland Diocesan Synod, has declined to allow himself to be again nominated for that position. At, the meeting of the synod on Thursday a resolution expressing appreciation of Mr. Upton's past ser-' vices was passed with nearty. acclamation, f Mr. W. Sibbald, who was at one time Collector of Customs a.t Dunedin, has returned to Now Zealand, after a visit to England and the Continent, extending over four years. Mr. W. E. Crome, who is well known in theatrical circles in Christehurch, has arrived in Wellington, and will take charge of one or the new instruments imported by the New Zealand Picture Supplies for their picture theatres. The new instrument, of which 90 per cent, of the same kind are used in America, has been installed in the Empress Theatre, and combines, as well as the mechanical portion, .an organ and piano manual, all of which can be controlled by the one player. The funeral of the late Mr. David R. Gage took place on Saturday afternoon, various sports bodies being well represented, particularly the- Poneko Football Club, for which deceased played for many years., 'ifie New Zealand , Rugby Union was represented by Messrs. G. Dixon and E. • Wylie, the Wellington Rugby Union by Mr. D. Weir, and the Wellington Football Association was also represented. The pall-bearers were Messrs. H- Wynyard, W. Beck, S. Nicholls, and W. White. The interment was made in the Church of England section of the Karon cemetery. Cable advice' has been received that Mr. H. F. Freshwater, who has hitherto filled the position of secretary and London manager of the National Bank of New Zealand, Limited, has been appointed a director, of the bank, in succession to Mr. Thomas Seaber, resigned. Mr. Arthur AVillis has been appointed secretary and.London manager m place of Mr. Freshwater.

The Hon. Arthur Myers. Minister of Customs, Munitions, and Supplies, mil return to Wellington by this afternoon. 6 i express from Auckland,

Surgeon-Major Lempriere, of Melbourne, who has been on duty between Egypt and Australia, and on the Commonwealth's three hospital ships ever since the war broke out, is a' .visitor to New Zealand, and a guest of the Government. Hecame to New Zealand a, few days ago in charge of .the men who arrived' in tho south by the Paloona. On Saturday evening he was a guest of honour at the Wellington Savage Club's final "korer'o" of-the 6oason.

Among Saturday's list of killed ill action appeared the name of Sergt. L. A. Atkinson, eldest son of Mr. J. C. Atkinson, Auokland. Sergt. Atkinson was, before he left with the 3rd Battalion, N.Z. Rifle Brigade, traveller in the Wellington district for the' N.Z. Consolidated Dental Company, Ltd. His death will be much regretted by_ a large cirde of friends. Sergt. Atkinson's only brother, Mr. E. G. Atkinson, is also at the front.

Corporal J.. Noel Hayes, reported killed in action on September 20, was a son of Mr. John-Hayes, late Inspecting Engineer to the Mines Department, Wellington, now of Andover Street, Christchurch, and brother to Lieut. Charles W. Hayes, of the Royal Engineers. He was a pupil at South Wellington School, continuing his studies at Wellington College, where he matriculated. He joined the Colonial Mutual Insurance Company at Wellington, immediately after leaving'college, and was later transferred to Auckland. Subsequently he joined the Auckland branch of tho Guardian Assurance Company. On the outbreak of war he promptly offered his services, but was not called up for a considerable time. In the interim he associated himself with the National Reserve. On joining the forces he was attached to A Company, 4th Battalion, N.Z. Rifle Brigade, became lance-corporal, and subsequently corporal. 'He had a short stay in Egypt, audi on his battalion reaching France, he was selected for special work at the Anzao base, remaining there for a considerable time until being recently called to rejoin his unit. On the day of 'his being reported to have made tho supreme sacrifice hk parents received a cablegram from relatives in.England that he was unhurt, this evidently relating to his participation in the great offensive of a few days previously. Corporal Hayes reached his twenty-fourth birthday only three weeks prior to his death.

Mr. A. Asher, Vivian Street, has received cable advice that one of his sons who has been on active service in France has been admitted to the Military Hospital suffering from appendi-. citis.

Captain L. G. Wilson, who las been killed in aotion, was a eon of Mr. C. G. Wilson, manager, of Messrs. Sargood, Son, and Ewen. He was a very efficient officer, and Ms death will be greatly regretted by a large circle of friends. He left with the.Main Body as a second-lieutenant, and was wounded twice in the Gallipoli campaign. The late Captain Wilson was promoted to captain's rank at Zeitoun in December last, when he passed his examination, and averaged 97 marks per cent, in three subjects. Last June he had the distinction of being especially recommended by the officer commanding the 2nd Army Central School of Instruction in France as a very smart officer, and one likely to make a good instructor. The late Captain Wilson, who was only twenty-three years of age, was educated at the Middle School, Invercargill, and matrioulated at the Ofcago High School. Mr. C. G. Wilson, father of the deceased, has taken a very active part, in. conjunction ,with the . sports bodies and the Commercial Travellers' Club in raising funds for the benefit of the soldiers. As chairman of tho Wellington Cricket Association he will be the xeciirient of muoh sympathy.

Advice has been received of the death in action in France of Pte.' Noel "LV Jordan, son of Mr. C. B. Jordan, Un-der-Secretary for Justice. Pte. Jordan was educated at the Terrace School and Wellington College, and previous to enlistment in the 12th. Reinforcements was engaged in farming in the Hawke's Bay distriot. His only brother, Rifleman Alan. Jordan, has been some months in the trenches in France with the King's Royal Rifles, formerly known as the 60th Rifles. Many members of previous generations of the Jordan family have served in former campaigns under tho colours of the 60th Rifles. Deceased was 20 yearg of age.

Private Walter Jofferies Gibbons, killed in action on September 30, was the youngest of the two sons or Mr. H. C. Gibbons, .of Wellington. Doceased was bom at the Lower Hntt 22 years ago. He joined the Veterinary Division of the New Zealand Forces, and left with the sth Reinforcoments. After being in Egypt for nine months, he obtained a transfer to the infantry in order that ho might go to the Western front, and he landed at Marseilles four months ago, proceeding_ to one or 1 the battlefields after receiving special training in the French system or warfare. Hie elder brother, Corporal Edward Gibbons, is now in camp at Trentham. Lieut. G. D. Page, who left with the Auckland Infantry Battalion as company sergeant-major in Ootobar, 1914, died of wounds on October 6. Deceased was wounded at the landing at Gallipoli, but returned after three weeks in hospital, and remained until the evacuation. He was appointed acting-adjutant of the 2nd Auckland Infantry Brigade in France, but asked to be relieved of his duties in order to rejoin his men. For six years before joining'the Ex-; peditionarv Forces he was on the Defence Staff in Auckland. He leaves a widow, the youngest daughter of the late Mr. W. Letham (for many years officer in charge of Parliament Buildings), and two daughters, who are now living in Wellington. Corporal C. J. Emms, invalided homo hy the s.s. Paloona, was met m Wellington by his mother ,and brother, and will proceed to-day home to Nelson. Corporal Emms has a. bullet in his left shoulder, and is to be treated in the Nelson Hospital. Mr. W. H. Collins, one of Ashburton's oldest residents and business men,, died at his residenqe on Saturday. afternoon, after a very brief illness. Mr. Collins had been in busiross in Ashburton for over 35 yoars and had filled the office of borough councillor ' and mayor. He was a prominent and -valued members of the Ashburton High School Board of Governors, and also of the Technical School Board, and up to the last election was a member of the North' Canterbury Board of Education. He took the keenest possible interest in all educational matters, and had been for many years a leading member of the Wesloyan Church. Mr. Collins recently had a son killed in action in France.