PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 114, 7 February 1919, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

The Hon. A. 11. Myers left yesterday for Auckland and Rotorua. He will be away from Wellington for about ten days. The appointment of Mr. Hugh Eraser Ayson to be a Judge of the Native Land Court is gazetted. Major E. L. Evatt, of the sth (Wellington) 'Regiment, has been awarded the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal, having completed twenty years service.- ,

Sergeant-Major J. E, M'Cardell Meritorious Medal, who left New Zealand with the Main Body on H.Q.S. Staff, and subsequently served with the hew Zealand Artillery in Egypt and Palestine, has returned to Wellington. Previous to leaving New Zealand Sergeant-Major M'Cardall wns on the staff of the local office of the Phoenix Insurance Company. ' '.

Mr. John Barton, S.M., of Gisborne, has been made a life member of the Wellington Accountant Students Society. ■

Pastor Joseph J. Franklyn, who is under engagement to the New Zealand Alliance for the Prohibition campaign, returned to Wellington by the Kiverma this week, after an absence of ten years in Australia. He is accompanied by nis wife. Pastor Franklyn, who was formerly in charge of the Vivian Street Baptist Church, will leave for No son tomorrow, and will spend a fortnight theie.

Mr. Robert Smyth Martin, whose death from the accidental firing of a snotjmn at Onelmnga on Wednesday was recorded in The Dominion yesterday, was a son of the late Hon. John Martin,.of Wellington, and a brother of Mes=is. William, John, and Arthur Martin, of Maryborough. Mrs. Robert 0 Connor, of Wellington' Terrace, and the late ut. Albert Martin, of Wellington'.

Canon Charles Bodington, of Litchfield, who died recently in England, conducted a mission in New Zealand over 20 years ago, in conjunction with Canon It. &. Mason.

Mr. Donald Reid, sen., of Dunedni, who'was Minister of Public Works m the Stafford Government (1372) and Minister of Lands under. Major Atkinson, (IS7G-77), is stated to be seriously ill. The Rev. B, R. M. Sutherland has tendered hie resignation as pastor at Jtaikorai to the Dunedin Presbytery, the resignation to take effect from April n« • Mr Sutherland lins laboured in the luukorai pastorate for a period of forty years. Mr P. V. Sharp has been appointed senior commercial instructor nt.ttie >ew Plymouth Technical College. Hβ wi» commence his duties there on Februar} 21 Mr. Sharp has had a lengthy commercial experience in Australasia ami for tho past three years has held the position of commercial instructor at the Greyniouth Technical School. ■ >

Advice has been received that Captain ,T. £. Holmes, of the NX Tunnelling Company, has been awarded the D.&.u. for services rendered while in actingcommand of tho company in erecting stee lwid«es over the Canals du Nord and Iβ l r Escunt, while under fire during the advance i-. September, 1916. The former was the largest bridge ereeted by tho Armv during the war. Captain Holmes is a'eon of Mr. B. W. Holmes, 1.5.0., Engineer-in-Chief, Public Works Department.

With other Reserve officers called \ip for service on the temporary staff m New Zealand during the war, Map A. A. Covrigan, sth Begiment. who has commanded No. 5 Group (Wellington City and Suburbs) during the nast three and a half years arranged shortly after the conclusion of the .armistice to hand over hie duties as Group Commander so soon as a Permanent Stuff Corps officer became available. He has now been succeeded fcy-Gratein W. J • Bell N.Z.S.C, who was Adjutant, Trei - ham Camp, for a considerable period, and later .proceeded to the ront Captain Bell, who returned to New Zealand recently, is taking over as from this * Lieutenant C C. tarrack, son of Inspector Marsack, of Wellington, has returned to this citjvafter having been for nearly four years on active service. Lieutenant Marsack was a barrister and Kor before he left New Zealand with the Eifto Brigade, and will P«* aW y *f b me tho practice of his profession snortl" Lieutenant Marsack saw service in Egvpt and was all through the Sen** campaign, afterwards going to France, a he had been in the front.trenches u til leaving for home He was pronged on the field at the battle of Uie Mrs Marsack has returned to jNcu tan land with her husband. As the result of injuries sustained m mmMM w«i V.w»iitk, Grata;". •«> pi eT )'