PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 78, 8 March 1916, Page 3

PERSONAL.

Mr J. A. Scott, late of the Agricultural Department (Dairy Division). has passed for the Master of Laws degree with second-class honors. He is a graduate of "N ictoria College. At the last public service senior examination. Master Maurice Rogers, pupil of the Stratford District High School, passed in the following subjects Arithmetic, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, general agriculture, and dairy science. Master Rogers’ name was omitted from the published list of successful candidates. The death is reported from Christchurch of Mr William Guise Briltan, for many years Bursar of Christ s College, aged 71. He came to Canterbury in one of the first four ships. Mr J. W, Collins, chief clerk of the Labor Department, who was secretary of the Cost of Living Commission in 1912, will probably be appointed secretary to the Boaui of Trade.

Private advices recently received state that the distinction of removing the last Now Zealand gun at An55ac fell to the lot of Captain H. A. Davies and men of his battery. Captain Davies now commands the 3rd Battery, R.N.F.A. Li connection with this exploit it may he mentioned that 300 rounds of ammunition was sacrificed, this quantity being kept to the end, fearing an attack at any moment. However, it was very cleverly bidden, and would probably take the Turks some time to find.

Mr A. E. Havelock Green, who died from the injuries sustained in the collision between a motor-car and a train at the Annesbrook crossing on the Nelson railway line on Friday was bora near London forty-two years ago. Ho saw service in the Boer war as a member of an Australian contingent. For some time lie was part owner of the Tribune newspaper at Waverley, and subsequently he and Mr Wilson took over the Cambridge Independent,. For the past two years be was manager ol the advertising department of the Christchurch Press Company. He has left a widow and three young children. Mr H. D. Pine, another ol the victims of the collision, was for nearly thirty years in the jobbing department ol' tiie Christchurch Press Company, and only retired a lew weeks ago from the position of factory manager. He was 59 years of ago; and leaves a widow and grownup family, some of whom are married. He was interested in a block of fruit land in the North Tasman district, and had been in Nelson on business connected with the property.

The Rev. Garnet Frio Shaw, who recently resigned the charge of St. James’ parish, Fast St. Kilda (Melbourne), to serve his country as a fighting unit of the Australian imperial Forces, not in the usual capacity of a chaplain, is a man of nany parts. He has seen more of hie than most clergymen, and ids experiences have sunk deep into his nature. He does not take the teachings of the Church for granted, and if they are opposed to his conscience in any small particular he is not the man to pass over the matter lightlv. 'This man lias worked in an. office as an ordinary city clerk, be has followed the somewhat uncertain life of a pearler, he lias walked on the floor ol the ocean, ho holds master’s and mate’s discharges, ho has wandered through the fruit-growing districts of West Australia, and has worked ns an ordinary laborer in the fields. The name of Shaw must be handed down to posterity, as be was the first chaplain of the Royal Anstialian Navy. Now. after working up a fine parish, be has resigned to become a soldier. And it is bis earnest wish that before long lie will be in the firing line.