PERSONAL.

Otaki Mail, 3 January 1919, Page 2

PERSONAL.

-A ♦ Mr Byron! Brown (eh-irmnn of the Otaki Town hoard) is oris visit to Wellington. Rev. Ward tbo Wellington University), Mrs Want, and the Misses Ward (1) are'Jaong the many who have beenWisitioj Otaki, staying at the Seaside Ac-sort. I Miss Sealy h* uowlwo arc pleased to say, practically recjvered from her recent serious illness, lid has resumed her duties as Matron t| the Otaki Hospital and Sanatorium.| Sister Pownall, who has been Actingkatroit of the j Hospital, has retumcj to the SanaI tori am. Mr.fc. N. Stephcnsi i, who has been a useful citizen in Shmion for thirty years, ami who recent-.sold his properry, is now buildin- a home in Palnierston North. He. as one of the original purchasers of ;i block of land from the Wellingtonllahuwalu Railway Company. Mr and Mis Albcrfsaiitli, of Otaki. h'fl' on Tuesday la.J for a holiday, which will be spent fci (ho Eketahuna and Auckland distriSs. It is hoped I that' the (rip, which! is being taken j partly for the benefi of Mr Smith's (health, he having •hi! a very bad at--1 tack of influenza, willfully re-tore him to health and strong!. Private T. 11. Chi second son of '•Mr W. M. Clark. is returning io the Dotninionpvitli a convalescent draft, ami is duejo arrive in about ten days. Private Ciat-k wasSl Bwrnliexof the ill-fated 40th Reinforcements, who suffered so jevejir from the outbreak of influenza J their transport. He was among the jolfcrers and on reaching England wtlseut to hospital,! where he recovered,jnd was then iu-» valided home.—"Chrjielc." Writing to friends t.'Otaki. Private : fieri. Dorset (who wi !. away with the -tL'nd Reinforcements stated that I.e. | iween FremanHo and urban there was an outbreak of Span)' iuilueiiza on the transport he was (ravelling by, "Prod." escaped li.tf.Jy, with only three days in hospital and though over half the troops warn a hospital mo.-! escaped fairly lightly At ihe time of writing the voyage Id iilready OCCU-i pied twelve weeks, a j they expected] to lie another ten day [before reaching j "Blighty." J