PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 61, 10 November 1915, Page 4

PERSONAL.

His Majesty the King passod a 1 hettf'l night, anti is making very good progress, reports the cables. i Mr H. H. Sharp. A.M.1.C.E., of , Grey mouth, succeeds Mr G. T. Mur- ; ray as Resident Engineer, at Stratford. Lieutenant ernon Crawsliaw, in a letter dated September 20, states that the New Zealand troops are recuperating at one of the islands in the Aegean Sea, after the strenuous fighting in which their losses were heavy. Lieutenant Crawshaw at the time of writing, expected to remain at Zeltoun for some time. After a silence of ten months, Private Dominic Sheahan, son of Mr and -Mrs Sheahan, v of Stratford Writes to his mother from Alexandria, stating i that he is quite well. He had been to all sorts of places since he last wrote home at the Dardanelles, Lemnos Island, Imbros Island, and back to Alexandria. They had lo return from the Dardanelles owing to there being ,no vork lor the horses. ;hin\ of the i Monnteds were among the infantry on 1 Dm Peninsula, and the rest were extorted to follow at any time. Private Tom Sheahan. vailing to his mother, Mrs J. Sheahan, of Stratford, Iroin the first General Hospital, Stourbridge, England, under date 23rd September, said he was getting on tamous then, and would he halving hospital to go to a convalescent home the next week for sure. ‘‘Law Sunday,” he wrote. “I had a pleasant surprise, when .Mrs C. Penn’s relations came to see me. They wanted to treat me to rides in their motor, hut that is not permitted at the Hospial, and so they have promise.! to come to the convalescent homo and take, me out.” It may he mentioned that in a previous letter I’iivate Sheahan hinted at being home for Christmas, hut in his latest no mention of such is made. Still, it is satisfactory to know that his rcco.'ory, the ugh How, appears to he sure.