PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 61, 9 October 1916, Page 3

PERSONAL.

i Sergeant W. Rogers (Stratford) of j the 49th Reinforcements, is in hospital at Masterton suffering from .measles.

Mr F. W. Mansfield, Rcg'etrarGcneral, in retiring, leaves the public service definitely at the end of November, after C 3 years' service.

Corporal J. K. Cresswoll, of the staff of the Stratford School, prior to enlisting for the front, is now numbered with the wounded.

■ Mr A. 11. Hillock, who lias taken over Mr T. Marshall's business in Stratford, is a returned soldier, having seen service in Gorman South West Africa under Genera! Botha.

Among those leaving for the liefresher (.'amp, Palmerston North, this morning were Sergeants Hunter and Moody, of the Stratford Senior Cadets. Their training extends for a fortnight.

Mr J. A. Turton, of Hawera, died in a private hospital in New Plymouth on Saturday night. He bad been operated upon for an internal malady, and. his end was not unexpected. Mr Turton was vevy well-known, especially in the Hawera district, where he was secretary of the Egmont Racing Club, the Hawera. Xormanbyf' Molls, Ararata, and Melrose Dairy Companies, and trustee in several important estates. He was associated with tbe Golf Club, Hawera Club, and other institutions, and for several

years was secretary of the Winter Show Company. He \v?s born in Dnnedin |o years ago, and when ho first

came to Hawera was accountant to the local branch of the Bank of New South Wales. is survived by his mother and sister. The? funeral takes place at Hawera to-morrow 'Tuesday) afternoon