PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 66, 17 November 1915, Page 8

PERSONAL.

A London cablegram states that the Reverend Hugh Black, M.A., Glas-j gow, succeeds Reverend R. J- Campbell, the well-known Congregational 1 Minister of City Temple, London. i Mr J. B. Purcell, late postmaster at Wairoa, succeeds Mr J. Mulvey in the position of chief clerk at the Stratford Post Office. Mr and Airs Purcell and Miss Purcell arrived by the mail train last evening. Mr J. Masters, at yesterday's meeting of the Stratford Patriotic Committee, way appointed delegate to the Conference to be held in Wellington on Friday, asd which was called by the Hon. G. \V. Russell, to discuss with him and other Ministers interested, the relaetive rcspnosibility of the Government and Patriotic Societies. Mr f. S. tic Beer, one of the directors of the New Zealand Clothing Factory, writes the following letter to Mrs J. T. Kilpatrick, of Stratford:—Before leaving England f spent some time visiting our New Zealand wounded men with the object of carrying messages from them to their folks in New Zealand also to give some personal account of their condition and surroundings. On the 17th September I met your son Henry at King George's Hospital, London. Ho had arrived a few days previously from Alexandria, with bronchitis. He told me (I use his own words) : "Oh, I'm getting tip-top now—feel a bit tight at times—am quite comfortable." He expected to be discharged from the | hospital at any time and would go to the front again. He looked very well and cheerful. I wish to assure you that ho is in a very good hospital, receiving the very best medical attention and nursing, with plenty of visitors, who help to make things happy. Will you oblige by passing this on to our manager, Mr Harry Burmester, and ask him to pass the word along to your son's friends. As soon as possible after my arrival in New Zealand I intend calling on all the folks for whom I have messages. If you care to see me, will be glad to call on you when I get to Stratford. I will advise you when I have fixed a date.