PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 56, 30 November 1918, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS

Private J. F. Smyth, N.Z.If.C., who lias been awarded the .Military Medal, is the son of Jtr. J. 'Smyth, of Hamilton East. He enlisted with the. Ninth Kemforeements' as a lad of 19, and has seen considerable service in France, ihe incident, for which he has been, decorated look place' during the British- advance. Willi nine others lie was on iiis way lo the front line to relieve another party when a shell fell amongst them, killing foul , and burying throe others. Smythe. and his two mates, who escaped, set to work to dig out theirless fortunaleconirades, and thi, accomplished they set out with them to the dressing station, as they were badly, wounded, and two of them expired on" the way to Ihe. hospital. Smyth, hearing another shell coming, locked back, when .he saw an arm above the ground waving. He ran back and due the man out. Ho bandaged him irh'iNt under (ire, placed him on a wheeled .stretcher, and ran with i.iin to tho dressing post.' He was .warmly .complimented upon his conduct by- the. .lieul.colonel and other officers. Before enlisting Smyth was on the staff of the Hamilton Tost Office, and it i> inlerestinsr lo note that ho is the'fourth member of. thai staff to receive the distinction, the others being Sappers .1. X Holywood, F, M'QuilIniii, mill .lamps Pratt.

The City Treasurer (Mr. Charles-Col-lins) was taken ill on Wednesday wifh iiifliiKiza, and bus been away from the office since.that: day. ~ ..

The high esteem and respect in which the late Mr. V. V. Waters, First Assistant Secretary of the. Post and.Telegraph Department, was held, was fully evidenced by the large attendance of friends and sympathisers, at'his obsequies at the Kaiori Anglican Church yesterday'morning. The church was crowded, and tho cofiin was covered with beautiful wreaths. Bishop ■ Sprott officiated at'the service, which was fully choral, assisted by the Jicv. G. Y. Woodward (Kaiori) anil the. Rev. A. L. Hansell (Lower Hutt). The singing was conducted by Mr.' Robert Parker. The chief mourners' were Jlcstji's. Harold Ueauchamp, Frank anil S.. Dyer (brothcrs-in-huv of the deceased), and B. I'app (nephew of Mrs. Waters). The pall-bearers were Messrs. it. B. Morris (Chief Inspector G.P.0.), A. T. ilnrlcnianu (Chief Clerk), A. ,1. Tiilbol (Superintendent of Telegraphs.), F. T. J!. Johnson (Assistant Controller of Accounts), W. J. Gow (Chief Correspondence Clerk)) and G. V. Hudson (Chief Clerk in the Inspector's Office). Among those present were the Eight Hoik Sir Joseph Ward (.Postmaster-General), the Mayor (llr. .1. I". Luke, C.M.G., 'M.l'.). Messrs. W. i!. Morris (Sccivlury I'ost ami Telegraph Department),. 0/Robertson and A. D. Thomson (Public Service (.'ominis:>ionci's), '1 , . Buckley (Director of Tciephouesl, I'. \\\ Fui'by. Ille Prime Minister's' Socrelarv, \V. Ridlcr (repre-t-nntinu; Hie General Manager olNuil-wu.v-0, I). (I. A. Conner, 5..M., G. ShirtclilVe; Sidney Kirkcal.iie, .1. W. HeudcrM'oii."!'. A. Uaiclav, I'nyinnster Drown, it.N'., .lames Macl;eiui:\ 1.K.0.. I). K. ll'.iyes, ,1. V. Mills, R. .1!. Black A. i>. Drvdcn (Chief Postmaster. Wellington), A. : Gray,' K.C.. and C. 11. M, Haivko (Inspcelor of' Telegraph' Offices).

lieutenant l>. J(. Hernnrd, who was killed in action on November !, IMS, was, prior Iα (lie «'nr, in lli« (joveninipiit Audit Dcpiwline'nl. lie, enlisted with Uio SiUiHiiui Contingent and aflovivards left Now Zealand wil.h Hie 3Sth Kcinforecinonls. ;ind gained I. is commission i\t Oxford, lie was ;t ptominpiit member of tho Wellington College Old Hoys' Association, ami look ;i keen interest in all forms of sport.

Tin- death occurred in Auckland of Mr. l>. Drennnnd, wlio was agricultural master al. lli<> P.ilmwlon North. High School from I'Jl.'l In Ifllli. • Mr. Wrennaud was a well-known urickfltrr,. and took an active part in that sport while resident in the Manawatu.

Mr. W. J. Main?, who for eighteen months has acted as Y.M.C.A. field feclet.irv in a vnluntnry capacity, left I ron(lmm Camp 'or Aucklun.l on Thursday. The ••stoeiu in which -Mr. Mams was held is expressed in routine orders ot November 27:—"On departure of Mr. W. J Plains Y.M.C.A. secretary, the Camp Coinninnilant desires to place on record his appreciation of the excellent services rendered to the troop, by (his genlleniiui.- Willi his unfailing courtesy find liindlv interest under all circumstances, he hns fully sustained the very high repiitiition of" thi) association he represented, ami in the faithful performance ot his duties has earned the respect and teem of all ranks." • .

Anions recent victims of (he nrevailii(' B ' epidemic are:-Jlr. Walter ]{-. Davi-i-oi), foreman printer of the Auckland "Observer," and cdi'.or of its "Outdoor Sports" column; Mr. Kennoth • lieeve Court, of Ontluinga, a representative hockey player; the Jicv. Caspar Spipr*. parish priest nt Kinnmville. South Wales, who was visiting New Zealand (o rccruit\liß licilth.

Mr. P. Dorringloii, who was I'm , some years accountant, at the -Hank of New Zealand Rl Grey-mouth and manager of Ihe bank al llokitika, died recently at Rarolonga where he had been relieving. ■He loaves a widow, two daughters, and a son who is on active service.

'The death occurred ill the public hos-. ■pital at Palmerslon Ncrlh en Thursday of Mr Hobert. Ifeaburn. Deceased was a, returned soldier. He left New Zealand with the. Ninth, Reinforcements, but was later transferred to I lie artil ; lerv During his two and :t-half yea™ tiervifiß at; the front he took part in five battles, including 'the Somme and Messines. He was, however, gassed at Arnientiercs and invalided home.

Lieutenant-Colonel Brereton, ,\yho has been Milfering from inilnenw, is .making (satisfactory progress towards .recovery in the Wellington College Hospital.

Mr. S. Robinson, acting-secretary of the Wellington Hospital Board, has practicillv recovered from an attack of influenza, and is able to resume his duties, for a few hours daily.

■"• Mr. Arthur B. Card, of the. Post and Telegraph Departinunc who recently relumed invalid-jJ from Mesopotamia, and who has been seriously ill with influenza and pneumonia, is now s out of- danger and making good progress.

The deatli is announced of Mr; Thomas 0. llosking, solicitor, of Otorohaiiga.. He was the eldest sou of the late Mr. A. Hosking, for n long time headmaster of the public school, Mount L'den, Auckland.

Mr. J. R. Dunning, of Messrs. Sharland and Co., Ltd., who has been dangeroiislv ill with influenza and pleurisy, has'.mow passed the critical viage of his illness, and is making satisfactory progress towards recovery. He will not, however, be able ■to resume his duties until after the Njw Yev.\ . .

An old colonist, Air. Robert Bain, of Clevedon, died at Auckland on Tuesday at the ago of SO. He was a native of Glasgow, and arrived in Auckland in 1853. From that dale he was. employed on the staff of the newspaper "Southern Cross" till 1865. when he forsook Hie city to engage in fanning at Clevedon, where he resided till-his death. Deceased's only surviving relative is Mrs. R. White, of 'Eltham.

At a meeting of the board of the Young Men's Christian Association last evening Mr. H. Kcrsley moved a vote of sympathy with the relatives of the.late Mr. W. C. Badden, who was n member of the board.

The death occurred onThursday at'her late residence, 17 Jacob's Place, of Mrs. R, O. Moncrieff, at the age of 35 years. The late Mrs. Moncrieff contracted inlluenzii only seven' days ago, and complications set in which caused her death. Mrs. Moncrieff leaves a.husband and two little children.

The laic Mr. Norman Beelhani, whose deatli at Colyton tvas recorded in our issue, of Thursday, was bom at Frimley, England, in 1853, and came to New Zea-land-witln his people in -1855. He was educated at private schools, and ialer became a pioneer settler,in Hawke's Bay and Wairarapa. In 1881 he married the eldest daughter of (lie late Jfr. H. S. Wardell. Mr. Beetham, who died iit.the residence of-his elder son, Mr. 'Ircvor Beelhani, after a. very short illness, has left a widow and two sons. The younger son. Mr. "Harold Beelhani, is .on active service.

Mr. R. P. Ward, clerk of the Magistrate's- Court at Wellington, has been appointed Registrar and Sheriff-, at the Supreme Court, Dunedin, and will probably leave about, the middle of December to lake up his new duties. Mr. O. ,1 Hewlett, who will take Mr. Ward's position at Wellington, was formerly,in the AVellington office, and was subsequently appointed clerk of the Court at Palme'r-ston North, and . about. twelve months ago was transferred to Invercaririll- to fill a similar position on account of Mr. A. Stubbs being promoted to Auckland to the vacancy made by Hie retirement of Mr. R, G. 'Ihoinas, who retired owing to ill-health.