PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3041, 30 March 1917, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

The Hon. G. W. Russell left at Midday yesterday for "Wanganui and, New Plymouth: He expects to-retail to Wellington on Wednesday next. The Hon. 'A. M. Myers, who has been on ia visit to Auckland, will return to Wellington on Sunday morning.The Hon, J. A. Hanan, Minister of Education, is. expected to arrive back from Auokland to-morrow. The Hon. Dr. Pomare went to Marton yesterday to present an address-to a Maori soldier who has. gained tiie Distinguished Conduct Medal. , .. • The Mayor and City Engineer are expected to return from the visit to Lake Coleridge this morning. ".:' •''.;■

The result of the polling in North •Roscommon early last month to fill the vacanoy caused by the death of Mr. J. J- O'Kelly (Nationalist) was the election'of Count George NobleJPlunkett, who received 8022 votes. The official Nationalist candidate, Mr. IV J. Devine, received 1708 votes; andl Mr. Jasper Tully,' an independent candidate, 687 votes. Count Plunkett thus has a majorityof 627 votes over the combined polls of the two other candidates. Count Plunkett, who -was deported .in connection with the Easter rebelhon had on; y just 'been permitted to return to Ireland. The Commercial Travellers' CluV entertained Sir James Carroll at lunoheen yesterday afternoon. ..,...-.;. ■ Mrs.' Joseph Banks, of Gwynnelands, has received advice from her son, Sergeant J. Banks, that he has successfully undergone an operation, bywhicn an W drum was, removed, ins injury was the result of shock received -lathe Somme battle. Sergeant Banks is the staff of one of the British military hospitals. _ Corporal Harold Howie, son of Mr. George Howie, of Morrinsville, who has been in a London hospital for some months, and has undergone fivewneus operations, is now reported to be making good progress towards recovery. Corporal Howie enlisted at tho age of 20, and left' New Zealand .in August, 1915 Ho fought all through the ballipoli campaign, and was severely wounded in the abdomen at tho feomme in September last. ; Private Victor. Bischoff, who 'died of pneumonia in England, was tW second son of Mr.'Thos. Bisohoff, of Mangakurn, Kaipara. and late of Hawe-ra. Two of Mr: Bisohoff's sons, beoifee and Victor, who were both farmwE vnth him, responded to their country's call over a year ago. ■

Mr F G. Scott-Smith, o£ Ponsonby, has (says an Auckland paper) teen appointed town clerk of Northcota. There wcro 21 applicants for the position. ' . ■ Tho Rev. R. K- Evans, of Waikaka, Southland, who is at present occupying the pulpit of St. Androw's, Auckland, having: exchanged with tho Rev. A. A. Murray, has received a call: from tho congregation of the North-East Valley Church, Dunedin. • ■*,

Captain Walker, of the First Wellineton Military Service Board, has received a telegram staling that his brothei' is returniuii bonis invalided from Egypt, where he has been with the Mounted Rifle Brigade* ■

Chaplain-Captain. Dbre) one of thd chaplain heroes of Gallipoli, who kaß boon undergoine: treatment.at Rotorua, has sufficiently recovered from bis injuries, to discard his crutch, and .h* can now walk with the aid of two sticks. Major T. P. Halpin. of Cuba Street,! has been approached to become a candidate for the City Council, but for business reasons has declined. Mr. Ralph Jone?, of Petone, has received word that his son, Private E..' E. Jones, was admitted to the Station-' ary Hospital, Boulogne, on March 8. suffering from a sovere penetrated wound in tho left oyo. Mr. J. L. Duggan, chief clerk of tho Palmorston Magistrate's Court' staff, leaves early next woek to tako up tha appointment of Clork of tho-Court at Balclutha. Tho Rev. Percy Battey, who has been in charge of, tho Edgeware Road Methodist Church, Christchurch, sineo April, concluded liis ministrations on Sunday. Mr. Battoy, having passed, the medical test, will go into camp 35 a non-combatant at an early dato. Mr. Joseph Braithwaito, who died at Dunedin on Tuesday, was born in England in 1848, and'arrived in Melbourne with his parents when four years of age. He received his education at Colonel Templeton's School, VCdillingtori. Mr. Braithwaito- arrived in Dunedin : in 1860, and he' was still a. young man when he commenced business as a bookseller, and from a small beginning his business ultimately, became very oxtensive. His first public office was as a member of the Dun-, edin Domain Board, \ after which l,e fraduated to more important offices. '< n time he attained a seat on tho City; Council, 'and. was Mayor on'one occa» : sion. ■■''...