PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 54, 27 November 1917, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

Tho Hon. W. D. S. Mac Donald is expected back from Gisborne to-mor-row. Anion"- those New ZeaUnders who met their death in the recent victorious lighting in Palestine was Lieutenant Ivanlioc Edward Baigent, who leftNevv Zealand with tho mounted section ot tho Twenty-second Reinforcements. Lieutenant Baigent's last letter was written when ho was in the neighbourhood of Bcersheba, wliore the New Zealand Mounteds figured prominently in the movoment that turned the Turkish line. Lieut. Baigent was the seventh son of the late Mr. Arthur Baigent, of Nelson, brother of Messrs. L. and M. Bailout, of Upper Ilutt, and partner in tho firm of Messrs. Baigent Bros. At the ago of 22 ho joined the Sixth Contingent as a private, and for Ins services in South Africa- won the Distinguished Conduct Medal. His exploit on that occasion was the rescue of an unhorsed comrade in the face ot a Boer ambush, which had been laid at a ford for a dispatch party. Trooper Baigent, who was m charge ot the party, gave the unhorsed man a mount, and'both galloped back across'the ford under heavv fire. Lieutenant Baigent was aged 39 and was unmarried. Trooper A. Anderson, whoso death in action was reported recently,- was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Anderson, of Aravle Street, Wellington, and at the time of his enlistment was employed on tho composing room stall: or The Dominion. Trooper Anderson is the sixth member of The Dominion staff to make the supreme sacrifice.

A Press Association telegram from Palmcrston North states that Mr. Donald Rait, a well-known veterinary surgeon, was killed by a kick from a horse yesterday morning. Deceased served 'in Egypt witli tho-veterinary section of the New Zealand Forces as captain, remaining there for about two years. - , Mr. W. J- Roche, engineer of the Borough of Lower Hutt, is leaving the service of the borough at about the end of tho year. Sir. John Gardiner has been appointed to take his place. Cadot Alex. Ramsay, missing from tho Aparima, was a son of the lato Mr. Alexander Ramsay, Inspector ot Machinery, at Dunedin, and was a grandson of Mrs. James Mac Alpine, ot Thomson Street, AVelliugton. He was only 16 years of age, and would have been out of his time in April next, tie was previously on tho Amokura. At tho suggestion of the Mayor of Lower Hutt (Mr. H. Baldwin) tho Lower Hutt Borough Council last oveniii2 resolved to congratulato t tho Hon, T M Wilford on his attainment ot Cabinet rank. Mr. Baldwin said that matters which touched politics were awkward to mention in council, but as one differing from Mr. Wilford politically he could safely refer to this subject. Lower Hutt was tho birthplace of Mr Wilford, and it was fitting that the council, as the representatives of the people of Lower Hutt, should congratulate Mr. Wilford, who. lie was sure, would fill his office worthily. The motion was-carried. Mr. W. T. Nelson, of the Lands Department, at present stationed in Auckland, has been granted _ three months' vacation, prior _to retiring cn superannuation. Ho joined tho Department as a cadet at Invorcargm. At tho end of last week a reception was given at tho Porirua J . Driver Francis Aslnvorth, of the N.Z.F.A., by the staff of tho Mental Hospital to* celebrate his return from tho front. Mr. R, A. Wright, M.P., who occupied the chair, paid a tribute to the' many good qualities of Driver Ashworth. The latter was, he salt , 24 years of age, and after serving with the' Garrison Artillery left New Zealand with the Seventh Reinforcement. Ho saw servico in Egypt and France, and was at the battles of Armentieres, Somme, and Messines. Short addresses of wolcome wero also given I)}' Rev. Mr Walton (Church of England), and Mr. Earwaka (Methodist). Driver Ashworth responded in suitable terms, after which an enjoyable danco was held. Second Lieutenant R. H. who was on service with the Wellington Regiment in France, and who has since been on tho Instructional Staff of the CI Camp, has been appointed Adjutant to the CI Camp now stationed at Tauherenikar..

Mr. Charles G. Winslow, of Chicago, has arrived in- Auckland to take up the position of private secretary to Mr. A. A. AVinslow. American ConsulGone'ral for New Zealand. He is a nophew of the Consul-Geneta!.