PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 101, 19 October 1911, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. W. W. Awdry, recently on the literary staff of the Stratford i'ost, joins the literary staff of the Hawera Star. A London cablegram state; that the Rev. Mr. Wooding, representing the British and Foreign Unitarians, has sailed on a visit to Australian and New Zealand churches. Miss O'Oallaghan has resigned her position as district .nurse at Urnti under a-°, aranaki Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. The resignation takes effect as from December Kith next. Mr. A. L. Ohappell, of the reporting staff of the Taranaki Herald, has been appointed to the post of athletic and sports reporter on the New Zealand Herald, and leaves for Auckland in the course of a week or two. Mr. Arthur Paris, formerly of New Plymouth, died at a private hospital in Wellington or* Sunday last, at the early age of 25 yoars, after undergoing an operation for appendicitis. Deceased -who was well-known in cricket circles (here, leaves a widow and infant child. Mr George Ward, fifty-nine vears, died at Palmerston North yesterday Deceased had been a resident of the Manawatu district for over twenty-five years, and until his removal into Palmerston seven years ago was a successful farmer at Linton. Besides a widow, he leaves a grown-up family of nine sons and one daughter. Captain G. S. Richardson, of the Defence Head Office Stall', and Captain M. M. Gardiner, of the Royal New Zealand Artillery, have been selected for a two years' course at the Staff College, Camberley. They will leave for England by the lonic on November 4. So far only two New Zealand officers have been sent to Camberley, viz., Colonel ?^ Or J 1008) aml C ' o,onel Bauchop (1010). The object of the college is the training of officers for the Imperial General Staff.

Sergeant Edmund Walsh, late of H.M. 89th and 100 th Regiments, passed away in the Veterans' Home, Auckland, oil Friday evening, at the age of seventy-six. He was horn in Ardrum, County Cork, and followed the. occupation of a gardener before enlisting in the 89th Foot, with which regiment be served throughout the Crimean war. The remainder of his twenty-two years' service was spent in India, whence lie came to New Zealand in 1577. He again took up gardening, and worked on various stations in the South Island, entering the Veterans' Home seven years ago. He wore the Crimean medal," with clasp, for Sevastopol, and the Turkish war medal.

[Tile death took place a few weeks ago at Plumstead (England) of Mr. John Keen, aged seventy-seven, who served in the Crimean campaign. Mr. Keen, who enlisted in 1848, was in the famous charge of the Light Brigade. He was at the time in the 13th Light Dragoons, which regiment, together with the 17th Lancers, suffered most severely in the front line. Of the lie men of'tJio 13th who went into action only ten returned. Mr. Keen's horse was shot beneath him, and he himself was severely wounded, and was picked up the following morning from amongst the dead. He had the Crimean medal, presented by Queen Victoria, with bars for Sebastopol. Balaclava and the Alma. He also had the Turkish medal and the medal for distinguished conduct in the field. Lady Cardigan presented to the late Mr. Keen a steel engraving of her husband, the Earl of Cardigan, who led the charge j of the Light Brigade.