PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 90, 13 November 1916, Page 5

PERSONAL.

A. London cable intimates that M. Romani Holland, the French litterateur, has been awarded the Nobel literary prize for 1915, and the Swedish, poet M. Yerner Vouhcideustaum the prize for 1916.

\ Private James Armstrong, who has been reported to have dieds from wounds, was' the well-known representative Otago half-back of 1900, when ho played against Canterbury and other provinces. He had a younger brother, who has also been killed in action.

]Mr Charles Aider, who has been a member of the firm of Messrs Heniy Brown and Co., sawmillers and joinery manufacturers, for about 20 years, has retired from the firm, which will be carried on by Messrs Henry Brown and F. H. Brown, the former of whom was one of the pioneers of the sawmilling industry in Taranaki, with which he has been connected for over fifty years. It is understood that Mr Alder intends to remain -in New Plymouth.

The Hon. Dr. Robert McNab, Act-ing-Postmaster-General, arrived in Now Plymouth on Saturday evening. Ho was accompanied by bis private secretary. Mr J. W. Black. Dr. McNab purposes inspecting tbo New Plymouth prison and visiting the

'Mountain House this morning. Hie

will leave for a trip round the mountain in the afternoon, and will probably stay at Opunake to-night. Tomorrow' he joins the express and proceeds to Wanganui, where he will take part in the opening of the new freezing works.

Before Private L. Sheriff returned to camp after bis final leave, he was presented by the Stratford Carriers with an auto-strop safety razor. Private Sheriff, who is well-known throughout the district, is the first of the carriers to go to the front. Mr W. Curd, on behalf of the carriers, wished Private Sheriff good luck and a safe return, and asked him to accept the presentation as a memento of the good feeling of all. Private Sheriff thanked his old comrades for the gift and good wishes.

The residents of To Po])o assembled on Saturday evening to bid farewell to Lance-Corporal R. C. Fearon, who is off to the Front. The evening took the form of a euchre party, the prizes for which were won by Mrs Adent and Mr J. Gibbs. Mr M. Knox, in presenting “Dick” with a wristlet watch, remarked .upon the great loyalty of the Fearon family, he being the third son to go forward. Lance-Corporal Fearon suitably replied, thanking his many friends for their kindness, and assuring them that wherever he might be his thoughts would fly back to Te Popo, where he had spent several yars of his life.