PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 162, 28 March 1918, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

The Hon. A. 51. Myers left for Aucf land yesterday by the express train.' He will not return to Wellington until after the Easter holidays.

Captain E. T. Perkins, of the Royal Artillery, who originally left New Zealand with the Main Body, is in Wellington on furlough.' Captain Perkins, who is a son of Dr. Perkins, of Newtown, has been on active service for th'reo years, and except for a light attack of malaria, has come through unscathed.

Mr. G. S. Strack, M.A., late of Wellington, lias been appointed to .1 position on the staff of the Palmerston North High .School Mr. Strack, who is a son of Mr. Strack. rector of tho Hawera High School, recently returned from the front, where lie 6aw considerable service.

I Mr. Gordon Eliotfc, son of Mr. M. X, j Eliott, of Palmerston North, has been I successful in passing his tests at the Auckland Flying School, and will leavo for England at an earlv date to ioiu, tho Royal Navy Aerial Service. Between two and three years ago Mr J Melville Andrews, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Andrews, of Palmerston North, left to. join the Royal Flying CorpsMr. Andrews was successful in his mission, and has made ranid advancement in his squadron since, holding now tho rank of Flight-Comniander. Recently he lias been engaged in testing and! piloting machines across tho Channel to France and returning by boat. In: a letter to his mother, Flight-Corn--niander Andrews states that he is now ; stationed at Coventry. Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson, of Cross* i Creek, Wairarapa, have been advised' .that their son, Lieutenant W. H. Stov(enson, hag recovered from a long ill— I ness, and is now on leave, before returning to the trenches. * Mr. J. I'. Vause, of. Cheltenham, Auckland, has received advice that his sou, Company Sergeaat-Major Qvril J. Vaufcc, serving with the Australian Forces, has been awarded the Meritorious Service Medal. Company SergeantMajor Vauso, who e went with tho Mam Body from Australia, has been all through the campaigns in Egypt, Gailipoli, and France to date, is now in England qualifying , for a commission.

The Rev. Clement Houchen. M.C., who was among those mentioned in dispatches at tho end of December by Sir Douglas Haig, will return to New Zca* land shortly, having been declared by; a medical board unfit for general duty, within a year. He was severly wound- , ed in tho head on October 4, and though improving generally,' has losb the sight of his left eye. Mr. Houchen left New Zealand as ohaplain to the Ist. and 2nd Battalions of tho Rifle Brigade, in "October, 1915. He was with that brigade until the beginning of 1917, when he was appointed senior) Church of England chaplain to the New Zealand Division in France, tthieli appointment he held until wounded. Mr. Houchen was vicar at Te Kuiti prior to leaving for the front. His brother, Sub-Lieutenant Harold Houchen, of tho Royal Naval. .Reserve, was* lately granted his commission, and is now on duty in tho North Sea.

Mr. Hugh- D. Wilson, late general manager for Waddington's Theatre, Ltd., Sydney, has arrived in Wellington to take up the position of/exhibitions manager in charge of the thpatits controlled by the New' Zealand Picture Supplies, Ltd.

The death occurred on Sunday aftcrncoii of Mr. William Child, another of Nelson's-early settiers. Mr. Child, who was 76 years of ago, was born in Yorkshire. He came out to Nelson 40 years ago, and had had hin home there ever since. Eight years ago he made a trip to England. For several years after his arrival in. Nelson Mr. Gnild carried on the business of a carpenter, and joiner, in Bridge Street, but hs was subsequently connected with oilier ventures. He was a trustee of the Baptist Church, and was for many years a deacon. Ho leaves a widow' and two daughters, Mrs. Harold 'flood and Miss Ella Child, the latter, \vt-H known as Nurse Child, being on active service at the front.

There wae a lame attendance at the Commercial Travellers'. Club yesterday, when Mr. E. M. Brewer was presented with a token of regard by the members of the club. Mi. W. F. Cuthbertson,' president, presided, and sr>id trat the members of the club were dc-siioue of showing in some tangible manner their the excellent work Mr. Brewer had accomplished in the interests of the club generally. They wore pleased to'learr. that their grest was about to join fm benedicts, and they wished he and his future wife long life and happiness. The president then presented Mr. Brewer with a case of cutlery and with a silver salver for hi 3 bride to bo. Messrs. F. W. Manton, M A. Carr, and C. E. , Kushbrook also spoke of the good qualities oi Mr. Brewer, as did Major A. M. Samuel. Mr. Brewer had put in an immense amount of worh in the interests of the association. The recipient, di reply, said that rrhj.t ho had done for the as' sociation wi\s a pleasure to him and not a labour. His great desire was to further the interests of the commerce of the community as much as lay in his power. At the conclusion cf Ui« gathering cheers were given for Mr. Breww" and his brf.dc-elect.