PERSONAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17687, 26 July 1919, Page 10

PERSONAL.

Owiifl to tho Maori not leaving Wellington last night Mr Justice Sim will not roach Dunedin in timo to hold the sitting of tho Supreme Court on Tuesday. (.iiptain J. Gordon M'Gliio, M.C., is returning- to Now Zealand per tho Atheoic, duo at Wellington on August 23. Corporal S. M' Williams arrived in Duiiedin last night to make arrangements for uio appearance hero of tho famous Difrgor lierrots. 7/i Dr Cameron after a period of iZ* yO, ' LK ministry in Anderson's Bay Presbyterian Church, will givo his farewell addicssoa as their minister to-morrow, Sunday. At a meeting of tho Council of the Otago haw Society yesterday the following resolution with reference to the late Sir John Dennis toil was passed:—" The Otago Law Society desires to express the great feelnig of sorrow and regret which tho news of tho death of Sir John Denniston caused co al. the members of tho bar practising in Otago, and to convey the sincere .sympathy of the members to Lady Denniston and her family in their bereavement." Sergeant C. C. Fenwick, the old Carishr«ok orioketer, who wont away with the 26th Reinfcxrcements, returned to Dunedin by the express last evening. Sergeant ronwiok was included in the draft an the Briton. Mr D. Wishtart bas been advised that his son, Iroaper D. li. Wishart, who for almost three years has been on active service m Lgypt and Palestine, and was twice rather severely wounded, is returning by the Ukmaroa, whioh is due to arrive at Auckland on August 6. Captain B. M. Aldwell, of. tho hospital ship Marama, was severely ill with pneumonia while in England. He embarked on his vessel as an invalid when she loft Home, but was able to resume command on arrival at Colon. A social was tendered to Miss Lvttle (Outram) by her many friends a few nights ago, and Mr J. Grant, on behalf of tho residents, presented this lady with a Kodak camera in recognition of her work in patriots movements. Miss Lyttle was also the recipient of a gift from the Outram Croquet dub. Tho Harbour Board yesterday granted its secreta<ry (Mr W. J. Bardsleyl lcavo of absence for two months on account of his health. Mr Bardsley found it necessary to apply for four or five weeks sick leave, as ho has been suffering lately from the strain and pressure of extra work resulting from the present abnormal conditions. Air E. Tomkmson, tho board's accountant, was appointed acting secretary during Mr Bardsley's absence Mr J. S. Hiddlestone, who entered the servico of Messrs Sargood, Son, and Ewen in Dumdin as a youth in 1904, has resigned his position as manager of the- firm's clothing department in Wellington, aaid is to leave very shortly for the Old Country. Mr Hiddlestone has been a prominent cricketer both in Dunedin and Wellington, and is at tho present time certainly one of the best batsmen in tho dominion.

Advice has been received by Mrs B. Hilliker that her husband, Driver F. G. Ililliker, of 22 Millar street, North-East Valley; is returning to New Zealand by the troopship Ulimaroa from Egypt, after three years amd eight months' 6ervice in Egypt, Palestine, and Mesopotamia, Driver Hilliker loft New Zealand with the 12th Reinforcements. The Ulimaroa is due at Auckland about August 6. Thirty-one applications, coming from Auckland and as far south as, lavercargill, were received for the position of director and secretary of the Ashburton Technical SchooL rhe appointment has been offered to Mr R. G. Thompson, at present chief commercial -instructor at the Seddon Memorial Technical College, Auckland. The new organising secretary in New Zealand of the Church of England Men's Society, the Rev. Mr Bullock, arrived in Wellington by the transport Briton, and will proceed to Ohristchurch to meet the general secretary, the Von. Archdeacon Russell, and arrange for a general conference of th 9 C.E.M.S., to be held in Wellington, after which Mr Bullock will definitely take up his duties. It is notified in the Gazette that Major Eardley E'en wick is granted the temporary rank of lieutena.nt>coloncl while in command of a military hospital. The temporary rank lof colonel is conferred on Lieutenantcolonel H. J. McLean. C.81E., izhile he is in command of a military hospital. Mr Percy EL Kinsman, of Pukepouri, who recently returned from the war, has left for Auckland, where ho will resume duties in the Government Labour Department as inspector of factories. Prior to his two years on active service he held a corresponding position in the Ohristchurch office. Lieutenant-colonel W. Marshall Maodonald and Mrs Macdonald returned to Dunedin by the express last evening, they having journeyed from England in "the troopship Briton. Dr Macdonald and his wife left New Zealand at the beginning of April, 1915. He was engaged with the ranji of major (attaohed to the .French army) at hospitals at Salesme and Le Maas, and Mrs Macdonald took up nursing at an American hospital in Paris. They returned to Dunedin in September, 1916, and left again for England in April, 1917, Lieu-tenant-colonel Macdonald having been appointed to take charge of the neurological department of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force at Brockenhurst Hospital. Later he was appointed consulting physician of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, with headquarters at Brockenhiu-st, his duties being to visit the various New Zealand hospitals. Ho was also "appointed a member of the Consultants' Council for Great Britain. The council was composed of 40 members. Mrs Macdonald again went to Paris, and was engaged at nursing in D'r Blake's hospital there, this hospital being under the American army. Lieu-tenant-colonel Macdonald is at preset on sick leave for three weeks.

On Wednesday night, the 23rd inst., a number of the residents of Tomahawk met at Mr John Mathioson's residence to welcome home from tho war his son, Private Alex. Mathieson. who lias seen some considerable fighting in France. He was wounded twice, once in the neck and head, and just missed stopping on the battlefield! Private Mathieson, previous to going to tho war, was engaged in sheep-farming at Stoneburn. The evening passed pleasantly with songs, recitations, and stories, and after a sumptuous supper Mr Robertson, on behalf of the friends assembled, presented Private Mathieson with a case of Loewe pipes. "For They Are Jolly Good Fallows" was sung for Mr and Mrs Alex. Mathieson. and the evening closed with "God Save the King." The death occurred in Inveroargill on Tuesday of a very old resident of tho town, Mr John Charles Wild, in his seventy-ninth year (states our correspondent). Tho dooeascd, who was born in Islington, West Middlesex, England, left for the colonies with his parents by tho ship Neleus, arriving in Melbourne in 1860. After a residence of a couple of years in Australia, the family cajrio over to Now Zealand, landing- in Inv&rcargill. Tho late Mr Wild vras for a timo engaged waggoning, to the Lakes, this being when tho gold fever 'was at its height and heaw freights were charged on goods supplreS to tho miners owing to tho difficulties of transport Subsequently deceased, in partnership with the lato Mr Thomas Meadows, who died at Clyde a few years ago, entered into tho possession of the Southern Cross Hotel which was in Dee street, and later took ewer the Athol Arms, situated in Esk street Tho partnership was dissolved, and Mr Wild afterwards conducted business on his own account in the London Hotel, in Tay street 110 -was of a. speculative disposition, engaging in many enterprises, especially in connection witn tho development of mining and he and tho late Mr Charles Bradshaw' of Bluff, undertook the salvaging of the con' tents of tho s.s. Tararoa, wrecked at Waipapa roint, which had on board a large quantity of specie. This enterprise, however. did not. prove as fruitful as was expected. The lato Mr Wild for a timo was occupied in fanning at what was called Mount Pleasant. Fairfax, and during the boom period in Melbourne spent two years there.