PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 36, 29 September 1914, Page 2

PERSONAL.

I Mr D. L. A. Astbury, who cotxterted the Egmont seat in the Liberal i-'tcrests against Mr C. A. Wilkinson, at the by-election two years ago, has announced that he will address the electors at an early date.

Mr Claude Carncoa*. of Hie Mtham Argus typographical stiff, having accepted a portion i u the engineering staff of iVlosi-s James aid Gilman, Wanganui, was, prior to his departure, presented by lis Icilowworkers with a silk umbrella and. a fountain pen.

Sir John Jellicoe, Commander-in-Chief of Britain's navy, had thenar- ' rowest escape of his life when the Victoria went down off Tripoli in Jun<j. 1893, states a London journalist. Commander Jellicoe, as he then was, lay in Lis bunk in clip grip of a high fever when the fatal collision oeourrrfl hut staggered to the bridgo in his pyjamas, reaching his appointed station just as the fated warship plunged her nose beneath the water. With most others who were on deck, the commander was hurled into the sea, and, too weak with fever to do nvio!i to gave ' bin ; lit, was tugged from the maelstrom by a heroic middy.

Archdeacon Gould, vicar of St. Paul's Cathedral, died suddenly in Dunedin on Sunday morning. When a servant entered the dining-room of the vicarage at 7 o'clock she was horrified to see the Archdeacon lying on the floor quite dead. He had evidently boon sitting in a chair, and apparently fooling unwell, ho rose either to get something for himself or to call for assistance, and fnll forIward, bringing the chair 0"M- on top of him. The Very Eev. Henry George Gould was born in Wolverhampton, England, in 1851. Ho- am/'d in Lyttelton in 1873, was <>,da : :i-d doaccn in 1874, and priest in 'l c 77. He was appointed to Oaunea in i u iiO as Archdeacon of Oamarn. Several years ago at the invitnci of B'shop Neville, lie went to Dune l ; n and resided there since. The Archdeacon had not complained of feeling ill, ror had he recently been p-tteaJ)il by a medical man,