PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 302, 10 September 1918, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

The Hon. G. W. Russell left yestertiny for Christ-church, on/ route to tho West Coast, of which district ho is to make a tour extending as far south as , Ross. He is due back in Wellington „ on Tuesday next. a| The Hon. A. M. Myers returned f,, from Auckland yesterday. ti His Honour Mr. Justice Chapman le left for the AVcst Coast yesterday, w where, in association with Mr. Justice in Sim, lie will hear tho Grey election si petition. Tho Gazette notifying the award of ci the Military Cross to' Captain F. F. si Newman, R.E.A., runs as under:— o "From March 21, 1918, to April 7, 2 1918, this officer's reconnaissances were ii of the utmost- value to the brigade. He continually kept in touch with tho r , enemy, and reported tho disposition ol Kl our own troops, and generally showed ] ; complete disregard of danger. At 2 Morconrfc 011 March 20 he commanded ' a a section of the guns that were left he- c hind'to cover the retirement. He re- g niained' in action until every round was | expended, engaging the enemy's inlan- c try till they were within t-hreo hundred v yards, firing over open sights. l ean- a net speak too highly of this t(Peer s]. ciisiiitent pluck and self-reliance. Lieutenant Wrcau has been gazetted c captain., M. Willy Rogers, a Parisian art critic, and Signor Rnoul Bigaw.i, an Italian,- both ex-soldiers, aro visiting Wellington at present ill' connection with the exhibition and sale of pictures executed by soldier-artists, which aro being sold in aid of the work among the blind soldiers of France. Sapper Frank Vernon Tyerman, whose death in action occurred in August, was a son of Mr. W. J. Tyerman, ] chemist, Wanganui. The deceased sol- 1 d-ier enlisted in the Eighteenth Rein- ] forcements, and sailed with the Twentyfifths as sergeant-major in the Field ' Engineers. He passed his lieutenancy examination in England, but resigned 1 his commission, and left for Franco as 1 a sapper. His death at twenty-six 1 years of age is regretted by a wide 1 circle of friends. Quartermaster-Sergeant Peter Nicholson (59,'132), reported died from wounds, was 011 duty atf Somes Island for two years before sailing with the Twenty-ninth Reinforcements, and relinquished his rank to enter camp as a private. The deceased soldier was a. nephew of the Messrs. Arcus, of the Wellington Harbour Board staff. Cable advice has been received by Mrs. Caddick, Hanson Street, that her eldest son, Private C. I. Caddick, was wounded on August 26, and admitted to hospital in France. The Rev. R. J. Stanton, curate of 'St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnoll, has been appointed assistant chaplain at Treutl'am Camp, prior to leaving with a reinforcement draft. _ He will leave Auckland for camp within a fortnight. Tho late Mr. Robert Fletcher's seat on tho Wellington Harbour Board will lie filled at tho nextmeeting of the Wellington City Council. At the last Harbour Board election, the runner-up to Mr. Fletcher was Mr. C. B. Norwood, with Mr. William Hildreth next. Speaking to a Dominion reporter yesterday, the Mayor (Mr. J. P. Luke) said that in all probability the vacant seat would be offered to. Councillor Norwood. . Advice has been received of the death, on September 2, from wounds, of Lieutenant F. Arthur Noes. Lieutenant Nees is a Wellington boy. He went into camp with tho Twenty-fourth n.c.o.'s, and received his commission, leaving with tho _ Twenty-eighth Reinforcement. In civil life he was ivarehouse manager for Messrs. Cathie and Sons., Ltd., and was well known in musical circles. Lieutenant Nees leaves a widow, Mrs. Burl Nees, of Hataitai. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. William Nees, of Oriental Bay. A Press Association message from Christchureh states that Mr. J. S. Fostor is dead. Mr. Foster was well known in education circles, lie had been master of several schools in Christchureh. and afterwards was an inspector under the North Canterbury Education Board, and for the last few years principal oif tho Normal Training College. - He took a deep interest in education affairs, and was a member of the New Zealand Educational Institute and president of the institute in 1898, besides holding office on many other education bodies. The late Mr. Foster was horn in London in 1853, and educated at Christ's College, Christchureh. and Canterbury College. He secured lus-B.A. degree 1111881, and his M.A. (first-class honours in languages and literature) in 1882. Second Lieutenant W. J. R. Hill (reported dangerously ill on Saturday) has in tho latest report been removed to t-lio list of seriously ill. • He is suiter--1 ing from a gunshot wound in the back. 1 Lieutenant Hill is a son of Mr. S. Hill, of Auckland, and was at 0110 timo 011 1 tho literary staff of tho "Evening ! Post." He was a member of the Snmoan Force, and saw service at Gallipoli. 1 Mr. N. Meuli, of Wanganui, ha s re- ■ coived a cable messago announcing the 1 death in action of his son Lawrence, 1 who left New Zealand in October, 1916, 1 as a sergeant with the Eighteenth : Reintforcoments, and on arrival at > Sling was detained there for instruc--1 tional purposes. He was promoted to I the rank of sergeant-major, and when the last news was received from liim in Franco he was expecting to return, to J England for a commission. ( As a r prominent representative of Rugby football and in the commercial world, 110 was exceedingly popular. ; Cabled advice has been received by - Mr. and Mrs. T. O'Gorman, of Upton :• Terrace, that their fourth son, Private . Con. O'Gorman, died from wounds > in France 011 August 28. Private : O'Gorman went away with tho Thirty- ■ , third Reinforcements, and previous to > enlisting was an employee of Ballingor - Bros. This is tho third son of the > family to lose his life in the war, tiro 1 other sons having been killed in action , in October, 1917. Two others are still r on active scrvicc in France. All fivo , boys received their education itt tho - Marist Brothers' School. " Mr. R. H. Edwards, well known in f businoss circles in Wellington for many I years past and an old Wellington resident, died on Saturday at his daughB tor's residence 98 Majoribanks Street, • at tho age of 80 years. He hail been ' in failing health for some months, and s had been con lined to his bed for sevcc ral weeks. Tho lato Mr. Edwards arrived in Duncdin in 1862 by tho ship j Bruce, from Launceston. About four years later he came; to Wellington, where he had resided ever since. He ■ was twico married. His first wile died 37 years ago, and seven years rfgo J his second wifo died. Of his sixteen children, fourteen are still alivo. He Y also leaves 32 grandchildren and seven j great-grandchildren. His sons are '} Messrs. W. H. Edwards, builder, of Woodward Street; Richard Edwards, )' Petono; Charles Edwards, Gisborne; | c Alfred Edwards, Auckland : Albert Ed- !" wards, Kihikihi; Ernest Edwards, Wa- " nganui; Harold Edwards, somewhere in France. The last-named, who is tho youngest son, left with -.tho Ninth Reinforcements. The daughters of the ( 1 deceased aro: —Mrs. J. Parker, Auck- ■ land; Mrs. M. Browman, Hataitai; t Sirs. J. W. Middlemiss, Levin ; Mrs. E, Hoskins, Petono; Mrs. Vincent, Hamilton ; Mrs. Thomas M'Nec, Majoribanks (Street; and Airs. A. P. Ralph, Kilhirnie. Mr. Edwards was for many years !• in business ns a builder and joiner, in Johnston Street, the site of the pre- » sent polico station. He was a Justice 3, of the Peaco for many years, and had 0 been connected with tho Order of Rechabites for over forty years.

News has been, received from Sydney if tho death there, of Mr. Robert G. ''indlay, one of the pioneer settlers of .he Miranda district,' on the western ilioro of. the Firth of Thames, at the ige of 76 years. Mr. Fiudlay settled n the district, close to tho site of the 11 lid Miranda redoubt, in the very early t "seventies," and engaged in farming 1 ind also in storekeeping. _ his 1: family lie has been resident ill the dis- t trict ever since. A short time ago he v left for Sydney on a visit. The body o iiill be brought back to Auckland for ] interment at Miranda. Mrs. Findlay t survives her husband. 1 Mrs. John Sinclair, Hataitai, lias re- ( ceived a cablegram stating that her son, Privato C. C. Sinclair, was wound- < ed and admitted to hospital on August ( 27. He left with the Fifteenth He- I inl'orcemcnts. Mr. James Ewing, of Kilbirnie, has ' received news of the death of his only 1 son, John Campbell Lindsay Ewing, killed in action in Flanders on August [ 24. Deceased, who was 23 years of age, was born at Lyttelton, and educated at Lyttelton and Wellington South Schools, and at Wellington College. He was qualifying as a marine engineer with tho Union Company when he entered camp. He had been at tho front about five months, and had taken part with his regiment in "nil actions up till tlio timo of.his death.