PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 79, 2 August 1915, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr .lames Mackenzie, Under-Secre-tary for Lands, who in the ordinary course would have retired from the sendee on Saturday, will remain in office until the end oi September.

Private Leslie Lee, who left with the Third Reinforcements, and \'ho was wounded, is reported to have fully recovered, and is now back in the brine; line.

.Messrs Sidney Hancock, S. Carley. \V. Belcher and W. Blackstock, who arc' leaving shortly for the Front, will l>(i entertained at a Smoke Concert at Card!lf on Friday evening.

.Mr A. S. Malcolm (Clntha) has hr ■ ! elected chairman of the F.dncat ‘on C mm it lee of the House of Relict. sent at! ves, and Mr •!. 15. Hine (Strut ford) chairman of the Public Acvoaut .s Commit toe.

Mr ;Taim's TinriicU. on flic occasion of his retirement from the position of chief engineer of the maintenance branch of New Zealand rail"a.' s. uas, on Saturday, presented with seveia Jiandsomo recognitions of his past seiviecs, and of the esteem in which he is held. The presentations were made by the Hon. W. FT. Ferries, Minister foi- P: 'Lv a the head office huildW’ellingli u. i • the presence pi a fall assemblage ol the ‘all.

Mr A. Pa ape, Reform Organiser, is on a visit to Stratford* j

I Friends of Mrs G. V. Pearce will be glad to learn that she is progressing favourably after her recent operation. | Mrs Pearce is at present at a private 1 hospital in Wanganui.

Amongst to-day's list of casualties appears the name of Private Alfred Haggenson. who was killed in action. Deceased was the youngest son of Air A. Haggenson, of New Plymouth and Kotare. Au elder brother is still at the front.

Senior-Sergeant MeNeely left Hawera for. Christchurch on Saturday morning on three weeks’ holiday leave. He is accompanied by Mrs MeNeely. Sergeant Matthews, of the Wanganui office, will be in charge oi the Jdawera police district in the interval.

Mr Norman J. Porter,, eldest son of Mr \V. K. Porter, formerly of Stratford, left by the mail train this morning on Ins way to London, where he will join the Transport Sietion ot one of Kitchener’s Annie-, airangements having been mnnpMted for his entering on duty immediate!v on arrival in England.

Lance-Corporal Noel Ross, son of Mr and Mrs Malcolm Ross, writes to relatives from Egypt:—“l am out of hospital, hut discharged from the Army. As a result of my call on the Turks i have a ‘gammy’ leg. and aiu*x paralysed : hut even so, 1 supjMftrf f am lucky, and others have made bigger sacrifices. 1 am going to England in a day or two to join my mother, and will now have to watch from a distance.” , The annual conference of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union carried the following resolution on Friday: ‘‘That in view of the expiry of the term of the Hon. Thomas Mackenzie’s appointment as High Commissioner for New Zealand, this conference strongly urges upon the Government his re-ap-pointment to the position. The conspicuous ability, the energy and capacity, together with his wide knowledge of business affairs, finance, etc., and his unremitting vigilance in matters affecting the interests of New Zealand producers, have given great satisfaction to the' farming and mercantile cnmmunitv here, and, further.

the experience he has already gained, and the* special needs of the country why Mr Mackenzie should be continued in office as High Commissioner for New Zealand.”

Lieutenant V. Crawshaw left for the Trentham Camp this morning. Prior to his departure, Lieutenant Crawshaw was entertained by his friends at a social gathering in the Parish Hull on Friday. The early part of the evening was devoted to euchre, .Mrs Kiveil and Mr J. Crawshaw securing the ladies’ and gentlemen’s

prizes. Lieutenant Gray gave an exhibition of club swinging, which was much appreciated. A short musical programme was gone through, and the contributors all met with hearty applause. In the course of the evening. The Vicar, Rev. C. W, Howard, made a presentation to Lieutenant Crawshaw on behalf of the Church of England Men’s Society. The gathering^

was a very enjoyable one. The supper arrangements acre in generous hands, the wants of the most fastidious being satisfied. After supper, dancing began. The gathering proved a very

enjoyable one. .Mi' Ashmead Bartlett, who' is the official correspondent with the British forces at the Dardanelles, is a British subject, but was born in America in 1801. He has been a member of the British Parliament for Westminster for twenty years. He first came into prominence in 1877. when he went to the Russo-Turkish war as special commissioner of the Baroness BnrdettCoutts Compassionate Fund. Four years later married the Baroness and assumed her name; In the South Africa war he acted as The Times’ special correspondent with regard to the sick and wounded, writing a book entitled “Lest We Forget,” detailing tbe faults and shortcomings of our care for the sick and wounded in that campaign. His work led to the appointment of a Royal Commission of Enquiry and the institution of a drastic reform of the Army Medical Service. His full name is William Lehnan Ashmead Bartlett-Burdett-Contts.