PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 18, 21 May 1915, Page 8

PERSONAL.

Major C*;i ui j) I >«' 11. ol t lie I Uli Hussars. a \fMv Zealander, lias been killed in action. Messrs C. Kiskine and A. Manning, of Strathmore, who have volunteered Cor tlit» front, proceed to Trontham on the 28th inst. Captain Hacking, superintendent of navigation, and formerly a shipowner in the .Newcastle and New Zealand trade, died in Sydney. Mr R. Roden, of Messrs Halliwoll and Thomson, who has volunteered for the front, leaves for Trontham on the 28th inst. Mr P. F. Marehant has volunteered, and subject to medical examination, will proceed to Trentham within the next few weeks. Master Wedgwood Boon, lor an unbroken attendance of six years at the local school, is to be presented with a silver medal by the School Committee. A vote of condolence with Mr N. B. Fryday, of Ngaere, whose son was killed at the Dardanelles, was passed at the meeting of the Farmers’ T nion at I nglewood yesterday. Letters received in Fltham state that Mr Charley Ford has left Egypt for London, having received an appointment as a record clerk, with the rank of Staff-Sergeant. The meeting of the Farmers’ Union at Inglewood yesterday passed a insolation that a letter be sent to All Dunn expressing regret at the serious accident with which ho had met. Corporal F. J. Davey, attached to the Otago Battalion, has been wounded at the Dardanelles. Mr Davey is well-known in Taranaki, and especially at Te Kiri, where be lias resided for a number oi years. Air Davey represented Te Kiri on the Egmont County Council for two terms, and retired at the last election. Sergt. John Alunro Clark, of the Otago Battalion, who is reported to be dangerously ill from wounds, is a native of Wellington, and was an accountant in the firm of Messrs Joseph Nathan and Co., of AVellington, for some years. He was a sergednt in the Highland Rifles and an active member of the Poneko Football Club. He was educated at the Terrace School and at Wellington College. Mr D. G. Clark, Commissioner of Taxes, is his brotnev. A great memorial service was held in the Auckland Town Hall yesterday in memory of Air J. C. Afacky and Airs Macky, who lost their lives in the Lusitania disaster. Business places v,ere closed from noon until 2 p.m.. and the Town Hall was crowded. Among hose present were the Alayor, Air J. H. Gunson, and Air A. Winslow, Consul-General for the United States. On the motion of the Alayor, the following resolution was carried in silence by a standing gathering: — That this meeting of citizens expresses its deep sympathy with the family of the late Air and Airs J. C. Macky and most respectfully extends to them its sincere condolence in their sad bereavement. The proceedings closed with the whole-hearted singing of the National Anthem.