PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 56, 9 June 1916, Page 8

PERSONAL.

Dr. A. W. A\cm ill, Anglican Bishop ;j| Auckland, who has been indisposed lor some time', lias gone to Rotorua to undergo treatment. A Sydney cable state's that two of* heel's Allied on the cruiser Defence, Coiiuuaiuler Silvertop and Lieutenant Renshaw, man ied Australians. Mr Barry. Fields Inspector at Ohakuue, lias been trauslerred to New Plymouth in succession to Mr h airlaxChomeley, who Inis been appointed to Hawera. Mr H. B. Kemp, of the Hawera post and telegraph office stall, is acting as postmaster at Manaia while Mr Coodger, the officer in charge, is absent on his annual leave. A Press Association telegram Irom Christehiireli records the death ol Mr <Watson F. Cooper, one ol the oldest | printers in Canterbury. Me had been in the. Lyttelton Times office tor lilty years. Mr Olasson, Fields Inspector in the Agricultural Department, who is stationed at Hawera, has been accepted for service at the front and goes into camp this month, with the rank of lieutenant. Lieutenant (Hasson saw service as an officer in the Boei war. Lieut.-Colonel J. C. Freeth (formerly of MastertoiO, has been awarded the D.S.O. Colonel Freeth is. commanding tin 1 7tb South Alriean Infantry in Fast Africa. Ceneral Smuts’ orders state that Colonel Freeth established and maintained a position on the north side ol Beatta Nek, on the night of March 11-12. until 8 a.m. on the 12th, although only eighteen men of his battalion were with him.