PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 85, 4 January 1919, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS

Sir .Tames Allen, Acting JPrime Minister, will arrive from the south ;on Sunday. He will be present to welcome the members of the French Mission on Monday, and before he le'aves for the south the same afternoon he will preside at a meeting of Cabinet at which some matters of importance have to be settled.

The Hon. W. H. Hemes and the Hon A. Jf. Myers are to be back in Wellington from' Auckland on Monday.

The Hon. D. H. Guthrie returned from the Mannwatii district on , Thursday. He will remain; in ■ Wellington for a few days, before leaving on a short .visit to the north. ",

' The Hon. W. D. S. Mac Donald, who returned on Thursday night from Gisbornc, is having to-day for. Wniroa, where he will meet. Sir Francis Bell.

His Worship tho Mayor and Mrs. Luke, who have been, visiting Wangnmu for a few days, returned to Wellington yesterciny. . ■■:■.-.

Colonel H. E. Potter, C.M.G., N.Z.S.C., lias been appointed temporarily to command the Auckland military district, in succession to the late Colonel G. W. S. Patterson. He will take up his new duties at once. Colonel Potter, was commandant at Trentham Military Camp.

: Lioutennnt-Colonel ,V E. Duifran, D.5.0.. who commanded the -New .Zealand Tunnelling- Corps in France,, has been npnointed general ntafr officer (temporary) for the Auckland district, in succession to Major >Sir I?, Walker, who is ; about to return to. England. Ho has already taken up his duties. Colonel D. M'Gavin, who has been de. corated with the C.M.G. for his services with the N.Z.E.F.. is ' the well-known lncal medical practitioner. He left New V.mUnA in .Tune. 1915, as O.C. No. 1 Stationary Hospital, and has served conHmiousU- with thr> New Zoalnmlors in Tisvpt. Frnnce, and England ever since. Colonel M'Gnvin was for some time a.D.M.S. to the New Zealand Division in Frnnce. ■ . • ■

Major Tlohert A. Wilson, who has;received the D.5.0., is a son of Sir James G. Wilson, of "Lethenty," Bulls. Major Wilson has had a brilliant military career. Leaving New Zealand early in the war he journeyed to England, where ho received his commission in the' Imperial Army artillery in September,- 1016. Ho was promoted major in command of a battery after eight moDths' active, service. Ho has been twice "wounded, twico mentioned in dispatches, and his many friends will be glad to know that bo is now convalescent in London.

Mr. S. S. Heath, of Napier,, has been appointed Town Clerk of Eustbourne and officer in charge of the borough ferry service, vice Mr. J. S. Day resigned. Mr. Heath, who will tnke up his duties in about the middle of this month, occupied several public positions in Napier, including those of accountant and assistant secretary to the Hawke's Bay Education Board, and chief clerk to the Nnpicr Harbour Board, and returning officer for the borough, education, harbour, and town board elections and loan polls. :

Many residents of Wellington will regret to learn of the death at Auckland of M>. Fred Duke Yonge, for many years feurotary of the Otahu?ni Trotting Club arid for some time associated with the lato Mr.-'Pe'rcival,- secretary of the Auckland Jockey Club Mr. Yonfje was the eldest son of Mrs. Charlotte Yonge, of Onehunpi, and nephew of Mr. J. I'. Andrews, Secretary, to the Cabinet.

Mr. Kriox Gilm'er, who for the past two years has been with the Dental Corps at Trentham, is about to resume his prac : tice in the city.

Captain S. Blackley, recently promdted major in the Royal Air Force, and a director in the Air Group of the Ministry, was at one time general manager of Messrs. Turnbull and .Tones, Wellington and Auckland.

The death is announced of a well-known figure in the Blenheim river trade, Cap-, tniii Clnrk, who died at the residence of • his daughter (Mrs. A. Buck), Blenheim, on December 30, at the age of 75 years. The deceased, who was born in . Ivenr, England, followed the sea in his early days, and on arrival in New Zealand about 45 years ago he continued a seafaring career. He had visited many parts of the globe, and he was-intimately associated with the Blenheim river iservjce for about 15 years, during which time he was in command of Neptune. Opftwa, and other steamers. Captain Clark's wife predeceased him by 21 years, and he leaves .three daughters-Mesdames A Buck, Blenheim, W.' -Bull, Wellington, and T. Collins, Wellington, nnd one son Mr. G. Clark, Palmerston North.

Mr. C. H. Matthews, manager of the Dominion Trust Company at Clinstchurch, is about to sever his. connection with that firm in order ;to join, the staff of Banks Commercial College in WeiMr J. S.'Day, Town Clerk of the Eastbourne Borough. Council, has been appointed manager of the Dominion Trust Company at Christchurch. Ho will take up his 'now duties in about the middle of this month.

Mrs. Gilbert, wife of Mr. Richard White Gilbert, formerly, of Wellington, died m Johannesburg early in October. ; The deceased left hero for South Africa with, her husband in 1913. She was a member of a- well-known Christchuroli family. Hor brother (Mr. C. T. Aechman) is director of the' Christchnrch Normal School, and sho has left four sisters-Mrs. Scott (wife of Dr. Scott, of Reef ton); Miss Aschman (Christchurch); Mrs. Hall (wife of Dr. Hull,-of Te Awamutu); and Mrs. Norton, whose husbaud is master of the steamer Monowp.i. . \.

Sergeant Albert Ashby, youngest ; son of, Mr. A. Ashby. of Te Kopuru, has been awarded the Military Medal for gallantry on tins field of action. Sergeant Ashby left New Zealand with.the Seventh Reinforcements, and has been; wounded tnree times. ' ' :•,,'.

Mrs. F F. Day, an old and. well-known, resident of Dargaville, died suddenly at her residence on Wednesday morning, at the - ago of G5. Mrs. Day had resided at Dargaville with her husband for the past 36 years, Mr. Day having been the first Mayor of that borough. Mrs. Day. who was a native of Auckland, was a, sister of the late Sir Alfred Cadman, and a daughter of the late Mr. Jerome. Cadman, who was for some time a member of tho Auckland '.Provincial Council.

Mr. Eliot Warburton, of Palmerston North, has received private cable advice that his son, Second-Lieutenant ■ E..' D. Warburton, R.F.C., has arrived in England from Germany, where he has been a' prisoner since April 5, 1917. lieutenant Warburton joined the- Auckland Mounted Rifles as a trooper in August, 1914, and left New Zealand with ihe Main Body, N.Z.E.F., and 6erved about fifteen Tveeks on Gallipoli.,- He was afterwards invalided to England, where he joined the Royal Flying Corps. ,His enly brother, Sapper Pius A.'E. Warburton, Zealand Engineers (British Section), took part in the landing at Gallipoli and was killed there oi April '30; 1015. Sapper' P. .Warburton joined the British Section ■in England, which was attached to the Main, Body, N.Z.E.F., in Egypt, where they arrived on Christmas Eve, J914. /

Corporal Guy. E. Little, of the First Field Company, N.Z. Engineers, who first saw service at Samoa and- then left with the Fifth Reinforcements to join the New Zealand Division on tho Peninsula, was recently granted leave-from his unit in France, to visit Italy.- According to mail advices received from him ho visited Rome,' Florence, Monaco, Monte Carlo, and Pisa, and it was at the last-named place lie heard- of the armistice. He states that the populace\there .was intensely.excited, but he was not aj)le to (rather exactly what, the position was. Corporal Little later visited. Paris,, and rejoined his unit in time to continue the advance. into ; Germany. •.' : - .;..