PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 303, 11 September 1918, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

Advice has been received that Lieutenant Charles It. Carter, M.M., s'ui of Mr. George Carter, of Bulls, is at present dangerously ill in hospital in France, suffering from tho effects of a gunshot wound in the abdomen. Lieutenant Carter lias been three and a half years on active service, and this is the second occasion on which he has been wounded. ■ News was received yesterday by Major A. A. Corrigan, Officer Com? manding No. 5 Group, Wellington, of tho death of his nephew, Mr. Francis Corrigan, at Christcliuieli. The late Mr. Corrigan was the son of Mr: W. H. Corrigan, of Christchuroh, and was a returned soldier. He loft for the front with the Fifth Reinforcements, when under IS) years of age, saw active service in Egypt, and sormi on the Gallipnll Peninsula. Afterwards he proceeded to Franco with the New Zealand Division, being attached to a Canterbury battalion, fie participated in tho fighting at the Somme, and had unbroken" service until gassed at Ploegsteort, just prior to tho Battle of'Messities, when he wars evacuated, to England. Developing lung troublo, he was returned to New Zealand, but made no progress. After patient sufforing i e passed sway yesterday afternoon at tho Cashniero Hills Sanatorium. Mrs. Donaldson, of 88 Ross Street, Lyall Bay, has received news of the death of her son-in-law, Private J. G. Depree, who fell in action or- August 21. Private Depree (whose parents resido at Timani) voluntarily enlisted and loft New Zealand as Regimental Q.M.S. of the Twenty-fifth Reiiitoreeinelits, and had seen a great deal of fighting. He leaves a. wife -and child to mourn his loss. On the same, day Mrs. Donaldson received word that her eldest son, Arthur, bad been severely wounded for the third time. Ho left as a sergeant.in the Nineteenth Reinforcements, and at latest advices was proceeding to England to sit for a commission, but apparently ho was 'required in the firing-line during the recent push. Ho was a splendid athlete, being a representative cricketer and footballer. In tho latter capacity he played for the St. James Football Club, and in late years he played tho League game. Ho represented both Wellington and Now Zealand during tho visit of the English League team sonuvycais ago. The Wellington Education Board announce tho following appointments:— Worser Bay, assistant (temporary appointment), Mr. S. Duncan; Fernridgc, assistant, Miss W. E. Evans; Konini, assistant, Miss C. M. Gibhs; Kaiuma, sole teacher, Miss M. Burton.. Mr. Peter Bailie, of Seatouiv, who is i about to go into camp, was farewelled by the Seatoun branch of the Second Division League. , Lieutenant E. J. Browning lias been appointed to the position of Assistant' Adjutant-General for the Auckland military district. Mr. Browning was a member of tho volunteers eighteen years ago, and enlisted with thc ; Eighth New Zealand Contingent for service in South Africa. After returning to New Zealand he enlisted with the Royal New Zealand Engineers, and in 1908 was transferred to tho permanent staff. He was made an honorary lieutenant in 1916. When first appointed to the permanent staif ho was engineering and signalling instructor to the Wellington military district. Afterwards he was brigade sergeant-major to the Wellington Mounted Rifles Brigade, and on going to Auckland held the same rank .with tho Auckland Infantry _ Brigade. Since receiving a commission Mr. Browning has held appointments as district attesting officer, recruiting officer, and assistant to the A.A.G. at district headquarters. Mrs. E. Burrows, of Ponsonhy, lost her only son William when H.M.S. Irresistible was mined on March 18, 1915, at tno Dardanelles. A letter has been received from the dead sailor's chum, who writes:—"Bill was up on deck holding the cat, of which ho was very fond. He put it down' to do something, and the cat ran down to the mess deck. Bill ran after it, and while he was helow orders were given to close the hatches, so poor Bill went down .with the ship." Second Lieutenant H. A.. Mackenzie, reported slightly wounded, is a son of Professor Mackenzie, of' Victoria College, and was tho New Zealand Rhodes Scholar selected in 1917. He had a brilliant scholastic career at Victoria College, whoie ho also held his own in the field of physical sport. At the time cf his selection he was' 'serving with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. The meeting of tho Karori Borough Council last evening passed a motion of condolence with Mrs. C. H. Williams, an old resident of Karori, but now of Kaitoke, whp recently lost two sons at tho front within three days. Mr. Will Hope, well known for some years as a cartoonist in New Zealand, is now in the Ist Battalion, Australian Infantry, and is expecting to go to the Western fro,nt shortly. Mr. Hope left New Zealand in 1915 for America, and he had a good deal of experience throughout the States from San Francisco to New York. He was.connected at different times with the New York "Globe," the "St. Louis Post and Dispatch," and the "Cleveland Leader News." At the beginning of this year he enlisted in America for service with the British Army, with an understanding that ho would be transferred by tho British authorities" to the A.I.F. Instead, he was drafted to tho Middlesex Regiment, and spent five months in training with them before ho succeeded in getting his transfer. Mr. -Pike, of Messrs. Phillips and Pike, ■ returned last evening from a business'trip to Sydney. . TRAMWAY MEN'S WORKING CONDITIONS — 1 By TeloKranh.—Press Association Dunedin, September 10. A meeting of representatives of the various tramways.proprietaries in the South Island was held to-day to consider matters connected with tho working conditions of the tramway •men. Representations made to the Minister of Labour by the : transpoit workers were considered, and it was agreed that representatives from tho various tramway proprietaries should wait on the Minister as a deputation and supply him with all information ho desired on tho working conditions in the South Island.