PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 32, 12 May 1916, Page 3

PERSONAL.

Mr 11. H. Robinson returned to Stratford by the mail train last night after a trip to Australia. Mr W. R. Haselden, S.M., left for Wellington and (ilmstriulrch yosber- ‘ lay. He expects to he back in Hawcra | >n Tuesday, night: f ' < •’ ' ’ ■ ’ Mrs J. Wyllie,. of Dunedin, has ,tjuv mor of Ijeing.tfie .mother, of four mar-* ied sons who. .have enlisted. A .fifth, •ni \ hut was rejected; ow’ig• 11 ; Ids eyesight being slightly dej, ’’ ■ I, f, , lf > Writes Sergt. Bassett, V.C., ’rtf !h'o ■\ u.-klaud ( branch of the Nat. ail “•dank. to his peoplhj irnmcdjni iv ; Lor ii:> had been decorated by the vine; in ■ amdon: “The National Ba- • of New Zealand directors gave me . pleasant surprise about a month ago. 1 iicy rave me £IOO worth of bank shaiva as i token of their appreciation. Mr fames Coates was, I flunk, at the bottom of it. . . I have just had another promotion to sergeant” (Bassett was a private when ho won his O .C.)

Miss Marchant, who returned to Stratford last Wednesday, lias been away front Now Zealand for twelve, months, and has been round the world, spending the greater part of her time in England. Miss Marchant has scon the great changes which have come over the Home Land, as well as other parts of the Empire, the gradual awakening of England to the tasks before her, and the wonderful response of her people in all ranks and positions of life.