PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 157, 22 March 1918, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

Major S. J. Bolton, Corps of . New Zealnud Engineers, has been awarded the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal for twenty-one years' service in the New Zealand Forces. Inspector M'Grath, of Napier, who was chief-detective at Wellington for a number of years, i 6 spending a holiday in Wellington. Lieutenant-Colonel A'. B. Charters, C.M.G., has been awarded the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal., Ho has been a member of the Forces for over twenty-one years. His Majesty's Trade Commissioner (Mr. R. W. Dalton) will leave for Auckland to-morrow, en route to the Pacific Islands, where lie is to investigate trade matters on behalf of the Imperial Government. He will be away from New Zealand for some weeks. Superintendent Woolley, who has been in charge of the Auckland Fire Brigade since the end of 1901, has resigned owing to ill-health.—Press Assn. Mr. C. P. ■ Bond, of Palmerston North, has taken up duties as dental surgeon at the Wellington Hospital. A Press Association telegram states that Mr. William Ryan, for thirty years a fire brigadesman and superintendent at Greymouth, died yesterday morning. ' Dr. Frederick G. Richards, a native of Wellington, who, when in London at the outbreak 'of the war, volunteered for service,.and has spent practically the wholo time since in France, recently received the D.f.O. At his own request he was transferred from the British Army to the Now Zealand Expeditionary Forces. Captain Colm Gilray, the well-known University and Otago representative footballer and a Rhodes scholar, has \leen awarded the Military Cross, in. recognition of services at the front; as captain in one of the British Eifles Brigades. The funeral of the lite Mr. Joseph Mandel took place yesterday and_ was attended by a large number of friends of the deceased. Amongst those present were representatives of the Commercial Travellers' Club, various bowling clubs, the Licensed Victuallers' Association, Jewellers' Association, wholesale wine and spirit merchants, and representatives of other warehouses. The Rev. H. Van Staveren conducted the service at the graveside at Karori. A very large number of wreaths were received from all quarters, and telegrams of sympathy were received from all parts of New Zealand and from Australia.

■ Mr. E. T. Wray, agency manager m New Zealand of the Colonial Mutual Life Society, is visiting the 'Boutn Island tranches of the society.