PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 78, 6 August 1913, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Sir George Reid (Commonwealth igh Commissioner) will leave Lonm inT?eptember on a visit to Aus-

The friends of Mr and Mrs E. A. Jger, Stratford, will be sorry to ,arn that Mrs Alger's mother, Mrs [. H. Roball, of Mo.voiini, diftl at er residence m August 4th. The death was announced last week I Mrs Elizabeth Foot, of Peel-street, (N.S.W.), at the age of 96 S*6tw64 of which she had spent in few ■ South Wales. Mrs Foot lived nder six rulers, George 111., George 7., William IV., Queen Victoria, award VIE, and George V.

! A large and representative gatherng, including the State Ministers, ittended Sir William Lyne's funeral states a Sydney cable.) The Aslembly, after appreciative references vere made, adopted a resolution of tympathy with Lady Lyne. W Mr" James Murray, who has gone Into the Arctic with Mr Stefansson's expedition, was one of the naturalists who accompanied Sir Ernest Shackleton on his famous expedition. When he joined* he had only recently recovered from an extensive general breakdown in health, the consequence of prolonged pressure under trying conditions while engaged in surveying. "I had had rheumatism," he writes, "inflamed eyes, and God knows what not, a chill finally leading to the culmination of my woes in appendicitis, and I still caught cold on the slightest provocation." Though he managed to pass the doctor, Mr Murray was just a little uneasy in his mind *'at foisting upon Shackleton such a wreck,;of humanity." But he ondured the Vigors of that expedition. He has now, at an age when most men "'(Seek a quiet, uneventful life, em bartered with Mr Stefansson upon his quest !«f the unexplored area of the Arctic, r'which promises to last through three | winters.

Mf Jessop, the famous cricketer who was mentioned in a recent cablegram, is the original of a well-known story. He was playing in a county match on a Saturday afternoon. Gloucester was batting, and it was the last innings of ..the : match. There was a very large crowd round the field, *and most of the people had come to, see Jessop mskp< some,of..his terrific strokes. "I,,wa.s batting," says Jesaop, "and ftad jmade three, and then, jumped out to reach a different kind of ball. I missed the ball, and was stumped— 01;,. j at,, least, > I heard the wicket go downj ,and imagined-1 was well out of my i ground, [r There was a tremendous, appeal of 'How's that ?' and then theii umpire- announced d'isively, 'Not out!' I went on and made 120. When the match was over, I said to the umpire, 'That was a .narrow sque.ak I had. I: thought I was out. I was certain I was four feet away from the crease when the wicket went down.' The umpire looked at me thoughtfully for a moment, and then said, 'Me give you out, MrJessop, on a Saturday afternoon with all these people waiting to see you

Mr George Thomas, a member of the Corps of Veterans, who died in Adelaide on Friday, 24th ult., enlisted at the age of 18 in the 57th Foot, the famous old MDie. Hards" of the Peninsula. War was declared between Great Britain and Russia and the 57th landed in the- Crimea on November 13th, 1854. . One of Mr Thomas' most notable fights was the storming of the Redan, on June 18, 1855. He was one of 400 men who formed the forlorn hopo to attack the fort. The JfoiflFsians gavo them such a warm reception that 130 of the little band were killed and 170 wounded. Others were captured, and only 30 straggled back. Mr Thomas was wounded in the ankle by a fragment of shell. He went through the final days of the siege of Sebastopol, and subsequently his- regiment was ordered to India, to assist in the suppression of the mutiny. Mr Thomas was destined to see more fighting, as he 57th went to New Zealand, and put in severe work against the Maoris. He took a prominent part in friendly society work. Mr Thomas wore the Crimea, Turkish, Mutiny, and New Zealand medals. He was in. his 77th year. The Defence Department gave him a military funeral.