PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2992, 1 February 1917, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

Gaptain-Chanlain Richards, formerly Roman Catholic parish priest of Hawarden, who joined the Main New Zealand Expeditionary Force in Egypt, and who was through tho Gallipoli campaign, and is now in Franco, has been awarded tho Military Cross.

■ A Press Association message from London announces the death of Mr. Henry Saint-George, well.known in New Zealand as colonial examiner to Trinity College He was horn in 18f>6, and was a pupil of his father, becoming in later years a-well-known violinist, composer, conductor, and writer on musical subjects. He edited the "Strad" for four years, and was known as an oxpert in the history of ancient instruments, and especially as a performer on the viola do gamba and viola, d'amorc. With his father, he introduced to the British public threo hitherto unknown works of J. S. Bach, and was the first to give in England a recital solely of Bach's works;

) Advice has been received that Lieut. Colin Campbell, a brother of Mesdames ■W. H. Cruickshank and 0. Bunny, of Masterton, and a.son.of Mrs. A. Campbell, of that town, was killed in the recent fighting at the Tigris, in Meso,'potamia. The late Lieut. Campbell was connected with tho Australian Expeditionary Force. :

Hon. Major James O'Sullivan, Inspector of Equipment and Ordnance Stores, yesterday retired from active duty in the Defence Department at his own request, after nearly thirty-nine years', continuous service, during sixteen years of which ho was in charge of the Defence Stores Branch.

Friends of the Chief ,■ Justice (Sir Robert Stout), says Monday's Auckland) "Star," will regret to hear that he was laid aside last evening by illness, arid was unable to deliver. his address at the Unitarian Church. Ho was confined to his room to-day, and therefore did not, as Chancellor of the New Zealand university, presido at the concluding day's work of the Senate session. Sir Robert Stout, who, during his stay of about a month in Auckland;, will tako the criminal sittings of the Supremo Court here, will probably be woll enough (to get about as usual to-morrow. The Rev. A. C. T. Purehas, late assistant curate at Goraldine, mid son of the Rev. Canon Purehas, of Glemnark, has been appointed temporary chaplain at Christ's College, in place of the Rev. 6. S. Bryan-Brown, who has gone into oamp as chaplain to the Forces. Sappor Percy Leonard Keys, son of Mr. B. H. Keys, of Dunedin, has been awarded tho Military Medal for gallantry in France. Sapper Keys fought through the Gnllipoli campaign, and left with tlio New Zealanders for France, where he has bean ever since. Mr. Keys has two other sons on active service. Mr. 0. C. Cox, manager for Adair Bros., Limited, Gisborne, has been appointed manager of the Christchurch branch of the D. [.0.Mr. T. 11. Sherwood, late secretary of the Wellington branch' of the. New Zealand Public Service Association goes into camp nest week with the 26th draft) of Beaforcemeiiliß. , . .

The New Zealand Institute yesterda? decided to placo on record,its appreciation of the valuable! services to science of Alexander M'Kay, Henry Suter, and Thomas Broun, and to forward lottors to these gentlemen, expressing the hope that they may long bo spared to enjoy the fruits of their labours in science.

The death' took placo at CkristchurcU recently of Sergeant Samuel Banvoll* a Crimean veteran, Sergeant Barwell, who 'was 84 years of age, had a stirring career. Ho joinetf. the army when ho was 16, and his first campaign was in the years 1851-3 in the Hottentot and Kaffir wars i u Sou th Africa. In 185-t he wont to Ihc Crimea, where, to use his own words, he saw enough active service for anyone. He was at tho taking of the Alma and at the battles of Inkermann, Balclava, and Scbastopol.

Mr. H. H. Champion, who was for 1 some time connected with the editorial staff of the Melbourne ''Age," arrived , in Wellington by the lliverina on Monday. Hβ has come to New Zealand: to represent M. Eugene Brioux, in connection with the ooming production here of that writer's play, "Damaged Goods," to be performed hy a Williamson Company. Mr. Champion is an olds Royal Artillery officer, and possesses the Afghan medal,as a participator in that campaign. .. ■ , -

.Giving to serious and increased im« pairment of sight rendering further performance of' hie impossible, Mr. William Cooper, who for'the last 16 years has been law reporter for Xftfc Auckland district, to the New Zealand Law.Reports, is relinquishing his position at the end of this month. He has been' granted hy tho Auckland , •• Lawi Society 12 months , leave of absence prior fo his resignation taking final effect. Mr..Cooper is tho eldest brother of Mr; justice Cooper, and was for. some time 1 ou the Bench at Samoa, prior to these islands being handed over fo Germany. ' .