PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 228, 14 June 1918, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

The Hon. G. W. TCiiKcll returned from Napier lost evening. Tlxe Hon. D. 11. Guthrio will return from his tour of the Auckland district by. the midday express to-day.

Dr. A. K. Newman hns received news that his son, who is witli the l\oyal Field Artillery' on the Western front has ben promoted captain- Captain Newman vis in the great battles, against the Germans when tlicy made their iirsC thrusts-one towards Amiens anil tho later offensive on tho Flanders front. Captain W. Glen. M.C., Royal Field Artillery, bolter known o the pub c of New Zealand a? a. member ot the All Black team, has been severely gassed, and he is in hospital in England.

Mr. S. E. M'Carthy, S.M., will be leaving Wellington next week on a raontlj liHiihv Mr F. V. Frazer, S.M., ot Au& to Wellington to take, up magisterial duties.

Tho appointments of the following officers for duty on a hospital ship have been approved :-Ncw Zealand Medical Corps-Colonel the Honourable \\. h. Collins, C.M.G., M.B (D), returns to duty; Major (temp.) Wil iam P. Johnston, M.8.; Captain Gerald W. Russell,' M.D., returns to duty; Captain William l«'. Petersen, M.8.; Captain Alan L.Christie, M.G. New Eealaml Denta Corps-Lieutenant Robert B. Dodds. New Zealand Chaplains ])eparlment-Re\. John Chisholm, Chaplain *o f lie i°i'Ms, 3rd Class; Kev. Nicholas B. Moloney, Chaplain votht Forces. Itli Class returns to dutv; Rev. Robert Franklin, Chaplain to thol'orces, 4th Class, returns to duty. New Zealand Array Nurs.ng Serv coMatron Butli Gilmer. returns to duty, Sister Jean Young, returns to dutj, bister Emilv Bishop, Ruth aras ' *f v Nurso Lillian Davis,, Staff. Nuree Man Wilis Stall' Catherine \Villiamb, St" 'Nm'seM^aretCox. Staft Nurse \ilecn Miller, Masseuse Mary bhirlcy, Jlnsscuse Coila Brown.

Tho death occurred at Cairo on Juno 0 from wounds received in action alLicuWiiit A G R. Crawford. Lieutenant Crwforf'wM funded on March M. He joined tho Ninth Reinforcements, am later received a commission, ,u;d ie: t T\nv Zealand with the Sixteenth Mounted l.einfoixements, subsequently transfemng to the Imperial Cau;oi I'n'jis, t^Pt-j 11 ': vious to enlialiM. Lieutennnt mfo d had been a lieutenant in the m England, and later he had volunteering experience in India, where he vas following the occupation of a t>-;i planter. The late Lieutenant Crawford was -10 rears of aue, and he leau-s a wnkw and imo son. For a number of lie was engaged in farmiug in the Pani.-I.un disDr! A. K. N'ewman, M.P., will attend the conference of representatives of local bodies of the Wellington province, to bo held at Palmcrston next week, regarding the Shannon' hydro-electric power scheme. The chairman of the Foxlon Harbour Board (Mr. P. Hennessy) nnd Mr. J. A. Nash have been appointed to represent .Foston at the Harbour Boards Conteronce in Wellington.

On Tuesday evening Mr. P. Hennessy, chairman of tho Foxton Harlraiir Board, was entertained at a social gathering in recognition of his 'work in connection with the acquisition of the wharf by the Foxton Harbour Board.

Mr. William Reid, of Wanganui, beliCTed to be tho oldest resident m the district, celebrated his 95th birthday this ■week.

Captain C. 0. Walker, military rcpresentative attached to the First Wellington Appeal Board, is still incapacitated through illness, and has been granted a furthar extension of leave.

On the motion of the president at this week's meeting of the Mantiwatu A. ami P. Committee a vote of sympathy was passed with tho relatives of the following soldiers: Gunner Carson (Palmerston), Private R. C. Hill (Bunnytliorno , Lieutenant R. Fowler (Palmerstra, bled in action; Private A. K F. l'urlong (Linton), died of wounds; Lieutonant R. H. Buchanan, missing; Corporal 1. a. Freeth (l'almerston), and Private 1. W. Honore (Tiritea), wounded; also with any others who may have lost relatives and been overlooked. A voto of sympathy was also passed with Mr. W. Hayward, who is at present indisposed.

Lieutenant A. Hall (killed in action in Palestine) was tho enly son of Mr. \V. H Hall, lato of Drury, Auckland. He was born at Governor's Bay, Canterburv and was educated at tho Thames Public School aud Hinh School. Having obtained liis Junior Civil Service certihoate he entered tho Post and lolcgraph Department, and whilo there passed the Senior Civil Service, examination. Later Mr Hall transferred to the Defence Department, and was chosen as private secretary to the Hon. F. M. R Fisher, then Minister of Marine. Immediately- upon tho outbreak of war Mr. Hall, who was then in his 23rd year, volunteered for service abroad with the Main Body in the Wellington Monntsd Rifles. He was one of tho first ■lauding party of Jjiow Zealanders at Gallipoli, and afterwards served through the whole campaign there as sergeant. His division being urgently in need of signallers, he threw up hia 'non-commissioned rani" ami joined the signallers as a- private. Subscquently lie gained the Tank of lieutenant, was mentioned several limes in dispatches, and was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry on the field.

Mr. Walter Vuller lias left on a visit to Dunedin and Christchuveli in oonncctirti with the firm's vaudeville interests. The friends of the J-.cv. W. and Mrs. Bnllochcy will vegrot to learn of Iho death of their younger eon, Mr. G. I'. Ballochey, lifter a short illness. The funeral took place yesterday afternoon in St. Mary's Churchyard, Kiirnri. the service heiii" conducted by the Kiuhl Itev. tho Bishop of Wellinston. tho Row W. Fancourt, ami the Rev. G. T. Woodivard.

(Jabli> advice has lwen roceivod io the effect Hint Mr. IT. Routh, nssisinnt manager at To Am House Drapery Company, who left with tho Twenty-Ninth Reinforcements, li9.s been admitted to hospital in France, suffering from rheumatic fever. • . .

Mr. George Allport, Secretary to tho Marine Department, who is with tho iWaterside Accidents' Commission at Port Chalmers, will return Io Wellington tomorrow morning

Mr. Lan Simson, Mayor of Hastings, is a. visitor to Wellington, having como to ■tho city to obtain advico regarding his eyes.

Inferring to the arrival of parcels from New 'Zealand, a soldier in Franuu said he was surprised that tins of condensed milk were sent, ns it could be easily obtained from about. Is. 3d. to Is. 8(1. No states, however, that tinned fruit, is very dear, but docs not appear to be often sent, although it would not \vei§h much inoro than condonsed milk.

Mr. A. E. Cohen, of the DunedHa "Star," who has been on n holiday visifc to Rotorua, is at present in Wellington, and will leave for the south to-night.

Mr. Vilhelni Jensen, of Wellington, haa been appointed a justice of the pence. The City Council last night appointed Councillors W. It. I , - Harbor and G. Frost and Mr. W. H. -Morton (City Engineer) to be the council's delegates at tho conference to 1» held in Palmerston next w«ek, with a view lo the formation of ' a Hydro-Electric Power League.

An unusual fitory of a sixteen-year-old lad's war service was told to tho Military Service Board at Auckland on Tuesday, when Private Josepn Clark, of Grafton Rimd, aslced for leave until he became of mililnrv age. Ho would not reach his twentieth birthday until October of next year. Ho had enlisted at the age of sixteen, leaving with the Fourteenth Reinforcements, and had seen thirteen months service in Fiance. His father and uncle Ifnd also been on active service, and u-liilo his father was in hospital In England thi> son had gone across on furlough. The authorities had then been informed that hn was under nge, and ho hud subsequently Ijeon sent back to New Zealand on duty. The, father mid undo had also returned, and been discharged as unfit for further service. The mother was Buffering from heart trouble, and the application was being made on her account, and because appellant wanted an opportunity to learn to earn hi* living. When lie had enlisted lift had just started -work us an office boy. Even if ho .wero sent back lo England, naid appellant, ho would not be sent back lo the front until ho wns twenty jeurs or , age. The board decided to grant leayo until appellant's nineteenth birthday, in October, when tho application might ho renewed.

The deed for which Lieutenant Keljsiway, son of Mr, A. lie! lawny, of Wellington South, won his Military Cross in officially described as under:—Lieutenant George Thomas Kellawoy, Engincers.Before an attack ho established communications for two brigades. During the attack ha led a party forward and established communication with tho brlgado forward station. Ho displayed great energy and ability throughout, and set his party an excellent example under heavy fire."

A Solemn Requiem Mass was hold at Petone Ca'Vic Church vesterdav niorning for tho repose of the soul of the late Chaplain M'Menaniin. There was a largo congregation, amongst -whom were His Grace Archbishop O'Shea, Monsignor M'Kenna, Deans Holley, Power and Lane, Fathers M'Kenna, Devoy, Dignan, Cashman, Guinane, Cronin, Fitzgibbon, and M'Donald. Mrs. M'Mcnamin (mo. ther) and the sisters and brothers of tlw deceased wero also present, ahe celc brant was the B«v. Father Kimbell, Rev. Father Cninpbell being deacon, the Kev. Father Phokn sub-deacon, and lather O'Connor master of ceremonies. Dean Tower preached an eloquent sermon irom the text. "Who shall ascend intotlio mount of the Lewi?" A choir of pnestn rendered tho Psalms. Cabled advice has been received by Mrs. A. Campbell, of Auckland, that her son (Private Robert Campbell) was lulled at the battle of Thiepval ou May 20. Deceased was a brother of Messrs. D. anu A. Campbell, boot importers, of Vulcan Lane. Auckland, and was born in Auckland, being 26 years of age. He haa been away ■ about twelve months on a holiday trip, and chanced to be in Lon- • don when war broke out. He at once became one of the first 100,000, as he enlisted on the day after war was declared by Great Britain . Deceased w.as first attached to the Dragoons, Mji shortly afterwards was transferred to the 7th Royal Fuisiliers. Private Campbell had been on active m-nce three years and ton months, was twice wounded and -also gassed- a couple of times. In the earlier part of the war he' proveu himself an expert bomb-thrower. Tho first occasion on which ho was woundeu ho was recommended for a commission, but had always declined becoming more than a private, preferring to stay with his chums. For creeping into a trench and brine out a wounded Tommy he was awarded the Military Medal, which was presented to jiini at Ypres in a holfow square of bis comrades. Private Campbell was gassed the second time during tho big German push last Eas-<-ct 'He' was sent down to the coast, but unfortunately there was no room for him on the sMd. so he was taken to (i hospital at Boulogne. Seven • weeks Inter ho was back at the front, and was killed. Deceased was educated at Trlnce pupil at Wanganni College, and for a ehorl time also attonded King'e College,