PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 66, 22 June 1916, Page 4

PERSONAL.

The Private L. [{. Hart, mentioned in yesterday's >■;-, nalty list as reported wounded is Private S. U. Hart, a, Stratford bov.

A London ca! leg am states that Mrs Astor,' who is mariying Mr W. Dick, a millionaire, is recounting the fortune left by her late ! :v.soai:d. Captain ,). W. f-;. Ba.ir.erman, editor and manage.- .-:!' the Bluff Press, has enlisted aie! expects to be called til) for service ;.t an early date. Mr Bannermau w - well-known on the Otago, Southland, snd Canterbury representative football and cricket fields.

Corporal Rudolf E. Heldt, killed in action, was the son of Mr T. Heldt. formerly of New Plymouth. He was an old boy of the Central School.

Corporal D'Arcy Penwarden (late of Rahotu, and now "somewhere in Prance"), eldest son of Mr t. B. Penwarden, oi' Oakura, has been promoted to the rank of sergeant.

At the residence of the bride's parents, at New Plymouth, yesterday morning. Miss Olive Ambury. youngest daughter of Mr and .Mrs W. Ambury, whs married to Mr Percy Stainton.

At the Nelson College Old Boys' Association's annual meeting on Saturday, it was announced that two okl boys had recently been promoted to th« rank of Brigadier-General,, viz., W. J. T. Glasgow, oi the British Expeditionary Forces, and E. W. Chaytor, of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. A considerable number of military honors have been won by Old Boys in both the British and New Zealand forces, and 33 old boys have been killed.

An instance of practically a whole Wnugnnui family volunteering for service in the war is that of Mr Roger A. Mbhtgomerio, of "Taukoro," Parapara Road. Mr Montgomcrie, himself the son of one. of the best known early settle!;- of the district, was a member of the old Alexandra Cavalry, and an old Wanganui representative footballer of The days of thirty years ago. The step he lias just taken has been deferred on account of the ill-health of his eld* est son, Oswald, and the fact that his second son, Sefton, had not reached military age. Now that these difficulties have been removed, the whole family is proceeding Home in ordor to be near the eldest son. who is joining the Royal Flying Corps. Mr Montgomery himself intends to join the cavalry, h bile the second son will join one of the infantry regiments. The eldest daughter will join the nursing service, while Mrs Montgomery and her youngest, daughter hope to find a place in the war work for women. Mr Montgomery and Ids sons left last week to join Mrs Montgomery and her daughters in Wellington, whence the family will sail by the Remuera for London on Friday next.