PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 15, 18 May 1915, Page 8

PERSONAL.

Mr il. L. Hamilton lias been elected president of tlie isgniont A. and 1 . Association.

The new Vicar of Ha worn (the Her. C. H. Grant Coweit) was on Sunday instituted by the Mishap of the diocese, Hight. Rev. Dr. Sprott.

The Governor, accompanied ! »y his private secretary, left Auckland ioi Wellington by the midday express yesterday. His-period of absence Irom Auckland is- indefinite. 1 lie Countess of Liverpool remains m Auckland in the mean* mie.

Private Janies HortoHj reported wounded at the Dardanelles, lor «OM»e time was in the boot department at Hallonstoin Bros’. Stratford establishment, and is one among the many of this firm’s employees and personal connections (including 51r,8. Hallcnstein’s grandson, who lost his lile early in the war) to risk their lives at the Empire’s call.

Adjutant and Mrs Simpson, of the Salvation Army, arrived this morning from Auckland via New Plymouth. Mrs Simpson has been seriously ill in Auckland, but having sufficiently recovered to permit travelling, has come to further recoup her health at her mother’s (Mrs T. Young’s) home in Stratford. Adjutant and Mrs Simpson were formed officers of the Army here, and will ho known and remembered by many people in the district.