PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3118, 23 June 1917, Page 9

PERSONAL ITEMS

A Press Association cablegram from ■ griney. records the dtath of Mr. Thomas Henry Throve, inemW ■ for Macquarie ■ in the New South'"Wiilee. House of Representatives, and Chairman of Committees. •■ Major R. St. J. Beeie, of the Now Zealand Rifle Brigade, aid formerly a Trell-knowTi Wellington solicitor, has been wounded twice in action. Tho first wound he received was slight enough to enable him to remain with his unit. The. second is a gunshot wound in the back, fortunately not serious., ne is now in a hospital in France. Lieutenant A. C. Cooper, reported killed in action, left New Zealand with the Main Body," and gained his commission on the field'of battle. He went through tho Gallipoli campaign, and labjr prooeeded to rVance, where lie was wounded in the Somme battle, and' for gallantry was. awarded the Military Cross. .Lieutenant Cooper was well known in , athletic circles, being a prominent iootballer. His mother resides at Waihi. : A well-known resident of ■ Auckland, Mr.'Thomas M'Mastor, died on Mondiy at the age of 76 years. Mr. M'Master ■was born in Sligo, Ireland, in 1841. Soma yeare later he emigrated to Ballarat, and commenced business as a draper. In 1869 he camo to Auckland, and continued in. hie occupation, for many years being • senior' partner in. the firm of M'Master nnd Shalders. About two years ago he retired from business. Ho had always been, connected with the Methodist Church, and had been associated with various other religions activities. . Mr. M'Master is survived by his wife, one .■ Bon,- Surgeon-Captain. A. C. M'Master, I who is at present in charge of the Perth War Hospital, Scotland, and three daughters—Mrs. Moginie, of Birkenhead, Mrs. Lawson, of Melbourne, and Mrs. Stanton, of Auckland.

•...Mr. Sobert Sinclair, who had been a , resident of Wellington for over ■Iβ years, died at a private hospital on Thursday. The deceased was born at Walls, Shetland Islands, 62 years ago, and camo out to New Zealand by the ship Rodney :in 1875. Shortly after his arrival he 'found employment with Mr. M'Credie, 'ironmonger, Lambton Quay, and later on ■ Jie was timekeeper and pay-clerk for the late Mr. Joseph Saunders during the carrying out of several big contracts, in■cluding the Thorhdon (Kaiwarra Bight) ■ and Kaiwarra reclamations. Afterwards i he earned on business as a grocer at the ■corner of ' Brougham and Majoribanke ■Streets, retiring some years ago in favour 'of his eons. Since then he had lived at HataiUi. He had been in ill-health' for about two years before his death, and lad recently undergone a second operation. Mi. Sinclair has left a widow, two sons and two daughters. Sergeant G. V. T. Moore, of the Divisional Signalling Corps, New Zealand Engineers, who has been reported wounded, left New Zealand with the Main Body of tho New Zealand Expeditionary Forces. After going through the Gallipoli campaign, he proceeded to France, ■whore he has eince been awarded tho Military Medal. He also eaw active service in South' Africa during tho Boer War. Sergeant Moore was, prior to leaving New Zealand, employed in the Post and Telegraph Department at Marten Junction, where he was postmaster. Private J. A.' Davies, killed in action, was the eldest son of Mrs. R. E. Davies, of 23 Hanson Street, Newtown. Private Davies was employed by the Wellington Harbour Board before enlisting. He left with the Eleventh Reinforcements. Mr. Benjamin Gates, a veteran of the Crimea War, died at the Auckland Hos- • pital on Tuesday at the age of 88 years. Mr. A. W. Bethune, Inspector of Machinery, Surveyor of Ships and Chief Examiner of Engineers at C'hristchurch, ' has retired from tho Service after spending SO years with his Department. He joined the Service on. .lime 1, ISBS, and served as third, second, and chief engineer of Government steamers until 189b - , ' -when he left for Great Britain to superintend the constriction of the cable eteamer Tutanelmi. He was chief engineer of thw ship until ISflO, when he was appointed to the position which he . has held up to dnte.

A private cablegram from Saigon, says the -Auckland. "Star," conveys news of the death of.Captain Arthur Coe. In, recent letters the late Captain..Coo .spoke of ill-health, which was attributed to the trying . climate. Bofore proceeciTng to China, Captain Coo was for .some jtime in the serrice of both the Northern S.S. Company and tho Craig Line. At tho time of his death ho was in command of a etoainer on the mn from Hong-Kong to Singapore. Ho leaves a widow. Private Nool AV. Jennings, Auckland Infantry, who was killed in action ou June 7, was a member of tho reporting staff of tho "New Zealand Herald" from July, 19H, to November, 1915, when ho enlisted, ha.ving previously been rejected on account of an old injury to tho knee. He was horn at Motueka twenty-fivo years ago, and educated at Nelson College. Later he was on tho staff of the Christchurch "Press," and the Stratford "Post," eventually leaving to tako up « post on the "Herald." His mother, Mrs. George Jennings, lives in Christchurch. Second-Lieutenant H. T. Hall, reported killed in action, was the eldest eon of Mr. H. Hall, of Devonport, Auckland. He enlisted as a private, but was promoted corporal before leaving Now Zealand with an early reinforcement. After service in Egypt and France he was recommended ■ for his. commission, being 6ent to an officers' training camp in ■ London to continue , his studies. He was ; a keen : yachtsman and. .all-round sportsman.- Previous to his enlistment 'he was assistant-master at the Epsom School. ... Mr. "ATilliam Ledingham, who died at his residence in Gra.fton Eoad on Monday, was a well-known Auckland resident. ' Born in ' Scotland, he was for many years a planter and trader at Levuka, Fiji, and went to Auckland to reside upon retiring. Hβ -was a prominent member of the Auckland Bowling Club, and had the reputation of being one of the best bowlers in the city. Mr. ■Ledingham ■is survived by. a widow, one son—Mr.- W. Ledingnani, of Auckland-" and two daughters—Mis; Ledingham and Mrs. Shirt, of Fiji.