PERSONAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17693, 2 August 1919, Page 7

PERSONAL.

Mr Brian Wifred I-lewat was yesterday admitted by Mr Justice Sim as a solicitor of the Supreme Court. Mr A. Rogers, of St. Kilda, has received advice that his son, Driver G. Roy Rogers, is returning by the troopship Somerset. Mrs L. Casey, of Douglas street, St. Kilcia, lias received advice that Private Len Casey is returning by the Somerset. Mr J. E. Often, of No. 6 Hall street, South Dunedin, has received advice that his seoond son, Private H: S. Offsn, is returning to New Zealand by the troopship Somerset.

Mrs Metc'alf, of Cumberland street, has received advice that her husband, Private J. A. Metcalf, who left with the 42nd Reinforcements, is returning by the Somerset.

The name of Miss Edith Myra Nicolson, who secured 88 marks in the advanced junior grade at the Trinity College music examination last April, was iriadvertei;tly omitted from the list in yesterday's issue. Miss Nicolson was a pupil of Miss Doris Bagley. A Press Association message from Christchurch states that the Rev. Henry Bull, a well known Methodist minister, died last evening, aged 76 years. lie entered the Methodist ministry in 1866, and had been in charge of some of the most important circuits of the Methodist Church in New Zealand. In 1886 he was elected president of the New Zealand Methodist Conference. He retired from active service in the church in 1911. Mr Francis Forrester, whose death occurred suddenly at South Dunedin early this week, arrived in Dunedin from Glasgow 45 years ago. He had previously served his apprenticeship as ail iron-turner and fitter at Anderston's Foundry, in Scotland, after which he proceeded to Boston, U.S.A., where he found employment for some time. He returned to Glasgow, but shortly afterwards came to Dunedin and held the position of foreman turner at Reid and Gray's for eight years This position, on the advice of his doctor, he relinquished to take his wife to London for medical attention. While in England he was employed at the NordenfeJdt gun factory, and was asked to go to Russia with a consignment of guns, but decided to return to New Zealand. Settling in Lyttelton, he acted as assistant refrigerating engineer on the Edwin Fox. This last position he left to go to Hillside Workshops, where he was continuously employed until he was superannuated eight years ago. At the request of the Government he returned to his work in the public service for 12 months during the war. He was an active member of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers for close on 50 years, and \vas also a member of the South Dunedin Borough Council in the early days. _ He leaves a wife and son to mourn their loss. Mr A. M'Kenzie, of No. 7 Maitland street, has received advice that his younger son, Lieutenant A. S. M'Kenzie, is returning to New Zealand by the Athenic, which, is due at Wellington on August 23. Lieutenant M'Kenzie left New Zealand with tho Seventh Reinforcements, and served for two and a-lialf years with the machine gun section in France and Belgium. He was transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in 1918, and received his commission in that corps whilo in his twentieth year. Lieutenant M'Kenzie has now completed four years' service.

Mre F. L. Duncombe, of Earnscleug-h, Alexandra, has been advised that her nephew, Drivsr John Albert Thomson, of the Army Service Corps, is returning to tho dominion in the troopship Port Hacking. Driver Thomson enlisted in 1915. when he was only 16 years of age, and left New Zealand as a member of the Seventh Reinforcements. He landed in France with the Main Body from Egypt, was woutid'ed in 1916, and sent to England', and on his return-to France joined tho Ayny Service Corps. After the armistice ho was omployed on a train running between Rouen and Cologne, but, contracting pleurisy, was sent to the Walton-on-Thames Hospital towards the end of May. and was convalescent when the last mail loft England. Mr H. A. Gilbert, who has been connected with the literary staff of the Otago Daily Times for a number of years, will leave Dunedin this morning for Christchurch, to join the reporting staff of the Sun newspaper. Yesterday he was presented by the staff with a set of military hair brushes, a pipe, and a tobacco pouch. In making the presentation, the editor (Mr J. Hutchison) referred to the esteem in which Mr Gilbert had been held. Though his collagues regretted his departure, it was pleasing to know that he was improving his position in his chosen profession. Mr Gilbert expressed his thanks, and in tho course of a few remarks voiced his appreciation of the pleasant relations which had always existed between himself and the other members of the. staff. The death occurred in the Dunedin Hospital last evening of Sergeant L. C. Ilanan, who had been a patient at that institution for some time. Sergeant Ilanan was born at Invercargill, and was educated at the Waihopai and Southland High Schools. Ho was always keenly interested in sport, and was a very fine runner over short and middle distances. Sergeant Ilanan left for the front with an early reinforcement draft, and on his return to New Zealand he occupied for a time tho position of secretary to tho Dunedin Returned Soldiers' Association. Prior to going to the war Sergeant Hanan spent some time in the journalistic profession—first at Invercargill and later in Timaru. Some time ago his health became impaired, and caused his friends a good deal of anxiety. Sergeant Hanan was an extremely popular young man, of a bright, cheerful disposition, and he maintained his customary good spirit up to tho last. He will bo deeply mourned by his father and mother and all who knew him. His two brothers, Messrs N. and S. Hanan, both saw service at the front.