PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 239, 18 March 1915, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. Ceorge Crev loaves Now I'lvmou'ii tliin morning for a two months' holiday in Australia.

A London cablegram states that Mr. ( Veil Humphries, the New ZeaianiU-r who has betii awarded the Distinguished Conduet Medal, was wounded, at .Xeitve Chapelle. Captain B. M. Aldwell, of the AVel-lingti»i-Lytti®lton ferry s( earner Wahine. leaves for Sydney on Friday's strainer 'id take commnnd of the Mamma, in the Trisco service. - -Press Association. Mr W. IT. Hawkins, of Tataraimaka. v.lio has oll'erod his services as an officer in the New Zealand Ex|>: ditionary Forces, has passed the medical examination, and is awaiting orders to proceed to Trentham.

Lieutenant Cyril Edmund Parker, who was the first Canadian killed in action at the. front iu Europe; was HO ye.", rs of age, and was the eldest son of the Hon. Edmund Parker, at one time general manager for Messrs Dalgety and Co. in C'hristchureh.

Lieutenant Edmund, A. Tlill, whose name appears amongst the list of missing officers who wen- on board the illfated Formidable, was an ollicer on H.M.K. Philomel before she was commissioned in July last. He made many friends in all parts of the Dominion.

We regret to announce the death of Mr. Rowe Fennel!, second son of the late Major W. J. Fennell. of the Royal Engineers, and brother of Mv. S. M. Fennell, of the Magistrate's Court, New Plymouth. Mr. Howe Fennell was until lately associated with the W'oodv i lit- Examiner, but for some time past has been laid up in a private hospital at Now Plymouth, suifering from paralvsis, .and his death yesterday .was not altogether unexpected.

Heath has removed one of the oldest identities of Kluli', .Mr I'aul Smith. R.N.K., at the age of 80 years. Deceased whaled in the Baltic and the Arctic, and his reminiscences were of an exciting and varied nature—from smash-tips by whales to tough episodes with polar bears on the Arctic ice. In IST:' he decided, with a number of other Shetlanders, to make his home at Stewart Island, arriving at Dunedin in tile ship liturk in 1573.

Mrs. Mary McKittrick. one of Manutahi's early settlers, and relict of the late Mr. Owen McKittrick, died at the residence of her daughter (Mrs. Aligns Keith) Longlnirn, oil Friday, at the age of 77 years. Two sons (Messrs John atd William McKittricvO and one daugh* lev (Mrs. Keith) are left to mourn tii 'ir loss. Patea settlers ivill recollect the deceased lady, who, with her husband, took over the Central Hotel, erected by the late Mr. John Milroy in the early eighties.

Admiral Sackville Carden, who commands tire allied squadron acting against the Dardanelles, is in his SStii year. He is a recognised "safe" man in the British Navv. When war broke out he was in command of the Malta establishment, and on the successive retiniements of Admiral Milne and Jameson he was, on promotion, given command of the British force in the Mediterranean. He has a very high reputation as a tactician, and lias taken part in nearly every operation of note since 1870, in which year he entered the service.

Sir Henry Howard, who has been appointed British Ambassodor Extraordinary at the Vatican, is the first representative Great Britain has sent to the Papal Court in 400 years, and the Eng. lish Protestant Alliance has lodged "a protest with the Government against this reversal of policy. Sir Henry Howard has been an attache in the diplomatic service since 1805, and lias held positions of unusual honor and power. He lias served in the United .States, the Netherlands, Guatemala, Greece, Denmark. China, Russia, and France. During the period 18!)(i to 1008 he was British Minister at the Hague and Luxemburg.

Mr. Leo Myers, late president of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce, has enlisted as a private in the 2nd Battalion attached to tlie Royal Fusiliers. The Ist Battaliun, which has been in training for three months, is expected to go to the front within the next four weeks. The headquarters of the -nd Battalion are at Romford, where a camp is being prepared for the throe months' training. Colonel Paget is in command, and there are a number of gentlemen rankers in the corps. The qua Ifications for joining the Sportsmen's Hattalions are good riding, shootin" and marching. Mr. Myers was speaking re(vntfy at a Jug: m'ruitinp: mooting at tlu« Miumlitch Public Library.