PERSONAL.
R. H. Catlin, who has been killed at the Dardanelles, was formerly in the New Zealand police.
.Mr Frank Levy, representing Allen Dooiie, is in town to-day making arrangements tor the production of th«s [anions artist's Irish plays.
The death occurred at Petone (Welliugtonj yesterday of Mr W. A. List, father of Messrs T. C, C. S., and J. (i. List, of New Plymouth.
A list of New Zealand officers serving at the Dardanelles who have received promotion includes SecondLieutenant Alexander B. McColl, llth Regiment '!ur;:iiaki Rifles).
A i. rewell Buiiike concert was recently gi.v- to -Hir -J. Thomas on the eve of His departure from Douglas for Trentham, when he was presented by the residents with a pair of held glasses.
Mr and -Mrs Oscar Johnson, of Wellington, through our advertising columns, publicly thank . all who gave assistance to their late son, Hilmore Theodore Johnson, in the recent unfortunate railway accident at Klthain.
Archdeacon Richards, of Dunedin, has cabled from England accepting .nomination to St. John's Anglican Church, at lnvercargill. The Press Association adds that Archdeacon Pichards expects to return to the Dominion in March next.
The election of Mr Eugene Casey to succeed Mr P. M. Isaac as first division representative on the railways Superannuation Fund Board is gazetted. The poll was as,.follows : Mr Eugene Casey 45U votes, Mr Charles; P. Ryan 443, Mr Henry P. Stanaway 120, Mr Frederick C. (J. •Hruse 113.
Mr A. K. G. Rhodes, of Christchurch, has received a cablegram from liis son, Lieutenant A. T. 0. Rhodes, aide-de-camp to General Sir Alexander Goclley, stating that he had been invalided and had spent a week in hospital at Alexandria. He is now well again and is returning to the War danelles.
Mr Walter Leslie, for many years a member of the Hansard staff, and well-known as an artist and pressman. died at Wellington last night. He-was sixty Years of age and had been in failing health for some time. Jn the early- months .'of the war,Mr Leslie took a great interest, in the National Reserve movement, and was general secretary in Wellington.
Mr E, G. Murdoch, assistant town clerk at Devonport. who is leaving shortly tor Trentham, ivs granted six months' leave of absence by the Bororigii Council at its last meeting. The Mayor (Mr A. U: Pickford) stateci that unfortunately the Council wanot legally abLe. to: grant M r Murdock half-pay for that period, but it had power to vote him an equivalent lump sum as a bonus in recognition of his services during the past six and a half years. The Council adopted tin's suggestion, and decided to keep Mr Murdoch's position open for him.
The death of an old Auckland identity, Mrs Charles Pratt Baker, took plaee at Fleet, Hampshire, England, last April. Mrs Baker, who was 90 years of age at the time of her death, arrived in New Zealand from Oxford in, the sixties. She taught in Maori schools in the Bay of islands until the war broke out, when she had to fly for her life with her baby, the •Maoris having set fire to her home. She eventually came to Auckland and resided in Parnell. . About 18 years ago Mrs Baker and her daughter—now Mrs Lankester—went to Sydney, where they remained until two years ago. when they went to England. Mrs .}. \V. Warren, of Hamilton, is a niece of' Mrs Baker, and. Mr Cattley, of New Plymouth, is a nephew.
A large gathering of residents met in- the Douglas Hall to bid farewell to Mr and Mrs T. Young, who has sold his local store business to Mr Copland and is entering into business in New Plymouth. Mi' E, Walter, on behalf of the residents,' presented Mr Young with a handsome dressing case, and spoke of the capabilities of Mr Young in connection with the mail. The following items were given during the, evening: Pianoforte duet, Misses Bredow; solos by Misses Young, Herbert, B. Young and lnnes, Messrs Thomas, Martin, Jones, Webb, Martin, Wilmsburst, Yatton, Beere, W. .Bredow; Mr Lockhcad gave a step dance, and Mr and Mrs Martin a duet. Supper was handed round and dancing followed.
Archbishop John O'Bielly, whose djeath at Adelaide is reported, had been Archbishop of Adelaide since .January, 1895, and formerly Bishop of Port Augusta. He was born i n the city of Kilkenny. Ireland, on November Tilth, 18-1(5, and educated at St. Kiernan's College and All Hallows. Dublin. Ordained in 18(5',). he had a successful career in West Australia until 1888, when he was appointed to the new See of Port Augusta. He was noted for his administrative ability and his achievement in reducing the debt of the Archdiocese. Through his instrumentality the Passionist Fathers settled in (Men Osmond and Dominican Friars first went to South Australia. The Archbishop also introduced the Marist Brothers, a teaching community for boys, and the Good Samaritans and the Loretto Sisters, a teaching community for girls, as well as the Nursing Sisters in charge of the North Adelaide Hospital.
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