PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 97, 17 January 1918, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

The Governor-General and the Conntoss of Liverpool are visiting Canterbury. Sir James Allen left for the South Island last night. He expects to return to Wellington on Wednesday next. Latest advices received from Egypt state that Captain J. B. Hine, M.I 1 ., who was seriously wounded in Palestine some time ago, is now well on tho road to recovery. That the wound was n serious our. "is shown by the fact that letters received from men who were in the battle in which Capta-n Hine was wounded slate definitely that they lwlieved him to he killed. Inspector Norwood has been on ail official visit to tho police stations in. tho Wnivarima. According to the "British Australasian," Lieutenant Will Dyson, who has been at the front for some lime under arrangement with the Commonwealth Government to make sketches of the Australian Army,, was wounded at Zo_nnebeke, and is now invalided, home. Ho and Mrs. Dyson (Ruby Lindsay) live at Chelsea. Mr. Gerald T. Baker, chairman of the principal office and board of the Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society, Melbourne, and Mr. C. E. Melville, manager of the principal office oE the society, are at present in Wellington on business. Mrs. Baker and Mrs. Melville accompany their husbands. Mr. B. V. Peinberton, of the Government Meteorologist's Office, left for Nelson yesterday ou a holiday visit. Mr. B. E. Murphy, M.A., LL.B., 8.C0m., 0.E.5., of the firm of Messrs. M'lntyro and Murphy, barristors and solicitors, Feilding, is at present in a private hospital at Palmerston North with eyo trouble. He may be unable to resume business for a week or two. ■ p Linesman R. Jackson, who has been stationed for many years in Masterton, is retiring on superannuation, owing to ill-health. Mrs. M. Hodgson, of 43 Linton. Street, Palmerston North, has received advice- that her eldest son, Private John Horace Hodgson, died of wounds on December 21. The death is reported from wounds of Private T. S. Robinson, whose parents reside in Woodville. This is the second son in this family to make thosupreme sacrifice, another son having been killed in action some time ago. Mr. C. N. Cotterill is to succeed Mr. G. A. R. Mackay as manager at Napier of the Blink of New South Wales. Professor Thomns C. Truoblood, of Michigan University, U.S.A., left by last night's ferry steamer for Dunediu. in order to bo in the southern city during t!io sitting of the University Senate. The professor is closely connected with the ~Y.JI.CA. organisation in America, being one of the trustees of the Michigan Students' Christian Association, an affiliation of tho Y.M.C.A. Tin branch with which ho is connected maintains a mission at Basra, on the Persian Gulf._ and this mission has given great assistance to the- British troops in Mesopotamia during the campaign in that territor" At a meeting of prominent citizens of Ashburton, it was decided to present Mr. T. D. Taylor, editor of the Ashburton "Mail and Guardian," with a public testimonial prior to his departure for Wellington to take up a position in the Defence Office. The "British Australasian" mentions that S.S.M. G. C. Leake, N.Z.A.S.C.; S.S.M. G. J. Russell, N.Z.A.S.C.; Sergeant E. Elliott, A.1.R,; Sergeant J. R. Fraser, A.1.R.; Sergeant E. Bowley, N.Z.A.S.C.; Corporal P Timperley, N.Z.M.C.; LanceCorporal C. M. Francis, N.Z.A.S.C; and Rifleman G. W. Bntley, N.Z.R.8., have obtained commissions in the Imperial Army. General Birdwood has received rromotion. Tho ''Gazette" notice runs:— Lieutenant-General Sir W. R. Birdwood, Ind. Army, Aide-do-Camp General to the King, to be General, vice I Sir H. B. B. Watkis, superannuated.