PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 184, 30 April 1919, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS

Sir James Allen will visit Dunedin this weak. He will bo entertained at luncheon by the Otago Expansion League on Friday and on tlie same afternoon lie will five an address at the annual meeting of tho Navy League.

Sir William Fraser, Minister of Public Works, left yesterday for Auckland and Whangarei. He will return to Wellington in about a. week's time. Mr. W. Newton, Conciliation Cornmisoioncr, is at present at Napier. Amongst the officers returning.to New, Zealand bv the Northumberland is Major A. S. Falconer, D.5.0., M.U, ot Alosgiel, Dunedin, who' left with the Main Body as a sqrgeant in tho (Jingo infantry Battalion.

Corporal H. (kise, son of Mr. G. H. Guise, Wallace Street has been awarded the Military Medal for gallantry in the field. Corporal .Guise.was born in Wellington and educated at Mount Cook School, and was a prominent member of tho D Battery. He loft New Zealand with the Eighth Reinforcements in tic Mounted ltiiles. Arriving m Egypt he was transferred to tho transport column and left Egypt for Franco in 1916, serving in the ammunition column in tho Sommo battle, lie was then transferred to tho 13th Battery, and was present at all the battles in which the New Zealand Division took part. He participated in tho march to Cologne, and is returning by the Northumberland. Beloro leaving Now Zealand lie was employed in the firm of Abbott, Oram and Company. The officer commanding the troops on tho PaplirQa, which is to arrive at Wellington aboiit May 13, is Major W. J). Tracy, M.C., who is well known in Cliristelmrch. Major Tracy graduated Master of Arts at Canterbury College in 1911. He was a member of tho Canterbury College Eugby Football Clubs first fifteen, and was also a member ot the Canterbury Eugby Union's Management Committee. On the staff of the Customs Department.' ho was transferred to Invercargill in 19M. 'He left with the Main Body of the Expeditionary Force, as a second lieutenant in the Otago'Battalion. Mr. E. HJ Paxton, late manager Goidon 'and CSotohl Proprietary, Limited, Auckland, left by the Moeraki on Monday to take up a position with the same firm-at Melbourne. Mr. William Pearce, who died in Auckland recently, at an advanced age, arrived'in New Zealand in l&ll, m the slap William Bryan, from Plymouth, tie settled first' at Moturoa, and from 18M-6 was a member of the late Major Sir Harry Atkinson's Kangers, in the ramnaki wars. He took part in tho fights at Wairika and Mahoetahi. At the Christchurch Supreme Court on Saturday Mr. Douglas Endell AA anklyn was admitted by His Honour Mr. justice Stringer as a barrister and solicitor.

Mr. H. R. Sellers, secretary to the New Zealand Racing Conference, , who has been in a private hospital in. Christchurch, is now -greatly, improved in health, and he expects to be able .to resume his duties before very long. At the meeting ot the Petone Borough Council-a resolution was passed expressing appreciation of the valuable services rendered to the town by the two councillors, who were not seeking re-election-Councillors M'Dougal and M'Kenzie. Sneaking in reference' to the work of these two. councillors the Mayor stated that 011 important questions their information and experience had been of value to the council >and to the town.

. Among the names .of those recently awarded the M.C. is Lieutenant J. Lawson Brown, of Timaru, who left with the Sixth Reinforcements. He has seen active service in Egypt, Prance, and Belgium, and was in Prance when the armistice was signed. He took part in the march into Germany.