PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 44, 16 November 1918, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS

■ ' A private, cablegram -has. boon received; lit Wellington,-stating that .Mr, Walter Leopold Bullcr died . in, Lngland- on November 10-from-pneumoiM.-uUiV-.HiillM was'the eldest son of .the lato-.Siiv. Walter--Bullei'.- Hel'orfcho wjuit to'reside'-, m. bng-; land he lived at .Lake rapaitonga, near Oliaii. hike.his father, Mr, fSuller tool; a vnrv-keen interest-in the.Maon .nice. ]l will be remembered that -when he. was., last in, Now.--Zealand a few years,ago .he; presented to-tha (Toveynmpiit,tliq valuable collection of .Jtaori . greenstones, and: curios. -Tho' lalo-Mr.,Bullcr niarried a niece of Lm'dStanfonlham.,-- -He leaves : a -w-i'fo and threo .cliil(lve,n... His, brother, the late'llr. Percy Buller, a member of tho firm of .Bailor. ; and Anderson,, also died a i'ow years ago,-' .'.lho, suryiviiig membor of the. family, is Mrs.,Ma<ocks, the wife of Brigadier-General ; -Jliulocks. Gciioval Madocks has seen n, gre:|t ileal■ of fighting ilurin;; V ,c ,',' pl ,' csi> i ' i'"f l r-r ■ will be',remembered , that ...he left ioi ; South Africa-tu-take part in, the Boer war >is caplaiiijll tlio l;,)i'sf >!ew. ; Zc,a-; .•liiiid'.t'oiiliiigenf. ;..:,,,.., ,- '. .- -The death occurred... in - the .Victoria-' ■'Hospital nt I a.m.'.yesterday- of-T.icuteii-ant -Alexander Douglas Jack, w.hn, was • second in. command nt -homes. -Island. ■ under - .Major .Jluthiespii. Lieutenant .lack : - had been suttering. from influenza for a week, past, and appeared to-be op : the meml, when pneumonia, developed, and , ho .was •brought-into town on Wednesday morning. .-The deceased, who was a.*ingc man, was the son 01.-Mr. N P. Jnek, of-.Mnrriiisville, and- iornierly of. the Whiiii"aroi'.district,.where. tlie faipily, is very well known. Ho was..born .at: -Jlaungatapere (Wliangai'ei) 28 years ago, educated at tho local school and the Whangarci.. District High . School. When.war broke out he was lai'ining. am having always been a keen lerritona officer he offei'cd his, so.mc.vi. nnd eftNew Zealand as a lieutemint. .with .the. Fifth Reinforcements.-. Ho. was severe y muiidMl at 'Gnllipuli. "nml subsequently spent two years in hospital, ui Wj\nd. being eventually returned invalided to Now Zealand. .Here his health improved mid-he was' appointed area olhcer nt Taumanuuii, a post lie held until lie was appointed to assist Major JlaUneson on Soines Island. Lieutenant Jack was most highly esteemed as a soldier ami a man, 'by nil who knew him.. .Major lliitlnesoji pavs a lino tnbutb Id, minlitii's as a soldier ami bis sterling, character 'generally, which made- him respected and liked by everyone on the island. \ ' ' The deatli.occurred at 1 p.m. yesterday from inlluewn'of Mr. G. O. 11. Hamerton who for somo lime was a member of the commercial staff of The Dominion, and Intcrlv has been in tho employ of Messrs Laerv n"d Co.. Mr. llamei'toii, who" w'as married only a low weeks ago, was a. .menibqr of'a faiiub". well..known in the'Blea district.;'-"',' ..'"-.

Mr. W. \\. Morris (Secrcfnry of the Post' and ' Telegraph Department) 'is among the many now on the sickTisl. .

The <lca(h I'rnni influenza'wis reporled yesterday morning of Mr. David Koberlson, first assistant nuisler at the Hull; District High School, and well known throughout the district'. .Mr. Ijpberlsiin caino to Wellington- from the Marlborough district some seven years ago, and was' on' the 'stall of Ihe'lVUme West School before lie was'transferred 10-the Hutt District High School. He leaves a wife and family. • <-'■

News has just. . been- received thai Norman .C.-S.-Iron?, son <>f J |r - G'corge Irons, of Central Terrace. Kolburn,-was killed in action 'oh October 27.--- I life Iwin-brotlier Cecil was wounded.on -July 30, and is 'still''in hospital, An- older brother (Will) is also in liospifal in Kuelnnd. The laic. Private Irons was well known in fool ball . and teni'!* : f6'r"iiinnv : 'vp'ars'a member.of Hie Wellington Football Club ami 'ho Wellington 'Tennis He' ha'd'lftvn previnu«lv -wounded mid several limes -invalided. a»d had apparently just'returnoil In (he front'.'■ "' ' '."" . , 'Mi\ ; George' lioborlson, supevviv.or .of nW'buMn'o* in' I lie Governm.-nt ,iti' Insurance Department, is at prespiu laid up with' infliio!iM..likew-,se his two son,;, Captain "C. P. Roberfsc-i' and . Quiirte;-master-Sergeant AV:'«."'.lWv-rtsnn.

Dr. Wafc'riyorth',.-the. medical man in clinreo of (lie . children's ward at the AVcliliißlon Hospital,, is on Ihosiek'list. Dr .Bnrcla'v .(medical superintendent) is rcL-ovcrin? from mi r<ti:ifk of influenza, lint is still imnhlc to rcsunieduly. Dr. Catella has resinned duty, . and' Br. Fitzgerald is convalescent. Base Uecords Office advises that liobert .lames Ballantyne, a discharged soldier, died at liis mother's residence, :Jt Groyo Ifoad, Kclburn, Wellington, llo.ivaa 25 years of ago," and single. • /•»•. ' Dr' Gib'bs, of Upper Willis Street, is still confined, to his-bed, wj,th-influenza. He is' recovering .satisfactorily, but is still unable to resume active.practice. Stalf Sergeant-Major Boock, 'N.Z.M.C, who died in Fontherston Camp, was the third sonof-.Mr. J. Boock, of Aro Street, Wellington. He went into camp with, tho. Sixth Reinforcements,' and left'on active service with the .Sixteenth,- and afterwards with the Twentyrsecond Reinforcement. ■ On. his return to.'NcwvZealnnd he was posted for duty- in CI Camp. The funeral tool; place on Thursday, tho burial service being conducted by tho fiev. H, van. Stavereiv and Klie Kev. Mr. Pitkowsky. : .--- • . Tliev death occurred from bronchialpneumonia, ■at the "Fentherstbn:.-Military Hospital -'on November 12, of G'uMi'er'.J. 11. Carson, who was a.son of. Sir. J. 'H,. Carson, 'of Palhu-rston North. This:; is the second bereavement sustained;bjv.Mr. and Mrs. Carson within the last.-.'sis 'months, another son, Corporal-Farrier J. G. M'K, Carson (.Main Body), .having died of wound's in Prance in' May' last; Gunner Carson had been in camp, from April, l!))7H>eing'.l[ei>t back till-now owing to tho serious illness of his wife, who died some months back;' The late soldier was born in WelTingloir 2G ..years ago,- and was-an old-boy 'of the Terrace School.

Sub-Tnsp'eclo.r.'VV. B,..M'llveney,-wh6,h'as been engaged on .the .waterfront. during the .war period'on matters .."connected with (lie movements of aliens/ -will leave, .for Auckland to-day Id assist,/the police authorities in the northdrn >,tty, where, the. strength of, the force-.has been seriously, red need owing to the epidemic. Mr. G TT. Kcdwood, of Woodville, who left for Gisbo'rnc on November i to attend the funeral 'of. his brother-in-law, who had died "from influenza,' contracted (he disease himself and died after a. week's illnese. 'He'was''tlie'third son of the late ■-Mr. ■ Charles?. Redwood; ..and '* nephew of Archbishop Redwood.

Lieutenant-Colonel (Dr:) slori.ce, ■ the medical officer in .charge of the Victoria Military. Hospital at-Wellington South, is oho'of, the sufferers from the prevailing epidemic.

Mr. John Dunn,-a settler'in'New Zealand since 184:!, died -jit.Greytown on Thursday.- llewasttnTctini of the ■.epidemic. 'Mr. Dunn was"-78 years-of age, and .leaves a .wife and grown-up family of seven. ,

Wnra to Wh.iite, the chief of-; the Ngati-Xsal i-o-le-rangi tribe, r.?ed sli years, died at Grey town on Thursday. He had been suffering'from in(lii'.>nza. , Private.. fj, n lT.,'Ciinliffe,'' at Featlierstoii Camp 'on' Tuesday, wftsl'-SS, vears of age. He was a son of Mr. 1!. S. Cuuliffe. of Pctone, and.leaves a widow and two young children." ! T'n civil life (Tie deceased 'soldier was' Customs .vd sliinpin" clerk for Messrs.'"A. Ti. Hislop, Ltd.

Mr. John T, Poup?i'. licensee of the Clarendon Tfnlel. '. Christchureb. who died from "influenza, 'was'" rV, ; several vcivrs "h.ief. steward -."' , tli%-' I'u.tft'.je.k.ni, mid al'tcwards controlle" of the dining-, cars on:'lie railwavs.- -Hciiwes a vifl-'i-Ihw of (-ho Into. ■ .•- John " Xeale, harbourmaster .gfOnehuwra. . • r The 'HnrDoui- Board's flag was. at half-' must yestordnv as a. mark of respect for,. Mr. "William John.:«3shor, ...who died from influenza., .at,,,bis., residence in. .Naiiglitoii ~'A>rrrico ..on., Thursday i"i»)ir. Tlie deceased w'a.Ojorn-.i'tVra.raru,, Thames, where .his father 'still, resides, <|:i years ago last December, and .before entering the hoard's service seventeen years ago he was''in-'the'" British Navy, sprving' on j 'tlw Australian -Station. For th« past eJoven roars Ae had -been, in .fie 'oils office on the Quben's Wharf. \TTc li.'is left n widow, hut no children. The finiera! look pVace! yesterday afternoon.