PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2976, 13 January 1917, Page 8

PERSONAL ITEMS

Mr. Charles Houldsworth, managing director of the Union Steam Ship Company, left' for' Sydney on -Thursday night-.

. Mr. J. Maughan Barnett has.resigned his appointment of conductor to the Auckland Choral Society. The council of the society has decided to invite Mr, Colin Muston to fill the position. '

Major C. H. Wheeler, medical officer in charge of one of the transports, is spending three weeks'.furlough at his home at Devonport. .. ...

' Mr. F. P. Talbcys,.engineer and manager of the Waiiganui. ;trainivays, who has been oii'.a. visit to 'the Eolith, -will return to Wangauui to-day:

- Mr. J. W. A. Heenan is-gazetted-Re-gistrar .of -Electors for: t-li© "Wellington North, district..- ■ • • '".v.

• ■ -Mt..Allan Strang has returned to Palmerston- North from a visit to the' Old Country. ' v ■

'' Mr. tJR. W. Wright- has pointed a member of the' Revaluation Committee for the Wellington Land District.' ' '

Police Inspector M'Grati, of Napier, at one time chief detective a-t Wellington, has been advised that his son, Sergt. C.. U. M'Grath, of the Royal. Canadian Regiment, has been missing sines October, S last.

Mr. T.- M. Wilford, M.P., who has been spending a holiday at Rotonia, will return to Wellington this evening.

Captain R. N. Hawes, who fought in. the Maori War in the Wangauiii and Taranaki districts in the 60's, is dead.

Mr. Home, Inspector of Permanent Way, Main Trunk line, who was station, ed at Ohakune, has died in the Taihape Hospital. Deceased, who had Been 1 iii indifferent health for a considerable time, has left a widow and a larga family.

Sir. John Mowlcm, a former resident of Masterton, for tho past sixteen years in business in South Africa, is- revisiting New Zealand. Tho following appointments of corps .commanders in connection with the .annual field changes- -of -the Salvation Army are announcedWellingtott-Ci-tv, Staff-Captain Burton ;, Palmerston .K., Adjutant Bear; levin, Adjutant- Parsons; Woodvillc, Adjutant Glanvilld; T'oxton, Ensign Hull; Feilcliug, Adjutant W. R. Hume. Tlie officers will say farewell to their respective consre--gations on Sunday next. ( • Mr. C. P. Baldwin, latb male nurse, Wellington Hospital, has joined"the Twent-v-fifth Reinforcements, being attached to tho ambulance section. ' -Hi left for Awapuni Camp last Wednesday, i Mr. A M. Snlek, barrister and solicitor, well known in athletic circles, has enlisted and goes into camp shoitl.y. He has taken into partnership Mr. C. G. Turner (Into mansging solicitor for Mr. G. H. Harper), who will conduct tho partnership affairs while liis partner is absent at the front. . i Mr. Thomas William Wardell, sccojid son of tho lato Mr. H. S. merly Resident Magistrate in the Wairarapa, died at Masterton yesterday morning after'a short but painful allnoss. He leaves a widow (sister of Mr. Frank Armstrong, of Akitio) arid-j a. family of three.—Social correspondent.- - i