PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 38, 20 January 1916, Page 8

PERSONAL.

Mr E. R. Munch-, Inglewood, has been passed as medically fit for the Mounted Rifle section of the Reinforcements.

The Yen. Archdeacon Evans, of New Plymouth has been offered and has accepted the position of Anglican chaplain on board the hospital ship Maheno.

Miss C. T), Grant., late headmistress of the New Plymouth Girls' High School, has arrived safely at Alexandria, Egypt. .Miss Grant's address is care of Cook's Tourist Agency, Alexandria.

Mr P. L. Rollings, the well-known solicitor, of Masterton, and a former mayor of the town, sustained a severe stroke on his return from Wellington last week, after competing in the bowling tournament, and i s now lying in a critical condition in a private hospital.

The following Taranaki nurses have passed the State examination;—Nurses Cissie A. Hill (Patea), Catherine Muir, Mary Glent worth, Eleanor Contts, Gladys Gill (New Plymouth), all of whom received 75 per cent, or over. The following were also successful :t—Nurses Lizzie Fraser (New Plymouth), Grace Baxter (Stratford), and xMildred D: Break ; (New Plymouth).

In a letter from Anzac, dated November 25. Lance-Corporal R. P. OuiHiahij'of New Plymouth, mentions that he -was'the only one of his tent at Trentham who was then still in the firing line, Dawson Webster and Tom Kirkby being/: in : 'England, and Sid Paul was' ill in hospital at Lemnos. Captain C. H.'Weston was then in charge of the Taranaki men at Anzac.

The estate of the lato Bishop Grimes, Roman Catholip Bishop of Christchurch, has been sworn at £ll,000. After the deduction of bequests and estate duties the residue left is £BOOO. Provision was made for the division of the sum of the residue between the Superior Order of the Marisfc Order, to which the bishop belonged, and his successor in the Christchurch See. At a meeting of the executive committee, held in Christchurch last week, the Rev. Chancellor Price .announced that Monsignor Brodie, bi:;hop-elect, had decided to devote his share of the bequest towards the fund for extinguishing the debt on the Cliristchureh Cathedral.

Chaplain-Captain Greene, of the New Zealand Military Forces, who has been awarded the Military Cross, accompanied the Main Body to Egypt as, the Salvation Army representative. He is a native, of Victoria, hut had been engaged in Army work in Zealand for a number of years prior t 6 his nomination as chaplain. His last appointment wa s as manager of the Salvation Army Workingmen's Home, Buckle-street. He holds the rank of adjutant \n the , Salvation Army, and ha s all along been noted for his success with men. His successful services in connection with the New Zealanders in hospital in Alexandria are well known to the public. -

Further advice from Masterton regarding the accident to Mr and Mrs R. J. Hogg's son Robert, indicates that it occurred at the railway crossing at the Upper Plain on Monday evening, when Mr Hogg (who is a member of the staff of the Masterton branch of the Bank of New South Wales), was riding a motor cycle towards Masterton from Upper Plain, when he collided with the end of a, special train which was proceeding to Carterton. The engine driver feeling the impact immediately pulled up the train, and on investigation it was found that the unfortunate fellow had sustained''.serious injuries. He was lying in. an unconscious state in the roadway, his right arm being badly fractured and crushed. He was placed oh' board of the train and brought back to Masterton. 'Dr. A. Hosking was immediately summoned. Mr Hogg was removed to'the hospital, where it was found necessary to amputate the arm near the shoulder. At latest advices' the "sufferer is doing as well as could be expected..