PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 87, 9 November 1916, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Sergeant-Major G. J. Hawkins, of the Wellington Infantry Battalion, who is returning to New Zealand for a commisison, is a well-known Taranaki representative Rugby player. He was ope of the best forwards in the team which won the Ranfurly Shield from Auckland three years ago.

The Hon. Dr. R. McNab, who is Acting-Postmaster-General, will arrive in New Plymouth by the mail train on Saturday evening. A deputation from the Chamber of Commerce in connection with the TahoraTatu telephone connection will wait upon the Minister. . , . _ .

At a meeting of the Taranaki Presbytery. held at Hawera yesterday, the call from the Hawera congregation jtgo j the Rev.. H. B. Gray, North East Valley, Dunedin, was sustained. The call was signed by 212 out of a membership of 245. The Moderator (Rev. Mr Mclvor), Messrs H. Halliwell, J. Hopkirk, and L. A. Bone, were appointed to appear before the Dunedin Presbytery in support of the call.

News has been received by cable of the sudden death at sea. of Mr Henry A. Chapman, lately associate to his father, Mr Justice Chapman, and for some time associate to the Chief Justice. Mr Chapman left for England by the s.s. Corinthic in September, his desire being to obtain work in connection with the war. He already had the assurance that work was awaiting him. He was appompanied by his sister. Fox; a few weeks before leaving, Mr Chapman, ,wss indisposed, bqt not, seriously. WfcnalSSlf continued to .attend to his ~ duties without interruption up to the date of his departui-e. In speaking of his death at Wellington on Tuesday, the Chief Justice said he was a young man of a very sunny disposition, for whom he had a great attachment. Mr Justice Chapman’s second son (the late Dr. Chapman) lost his life while serving the Empire in France.