PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 309, 8 June 1915, Page 4

PERSONAL.

A Melh.eirre t:f:f:!«( am.eunces tho death ol -.Mr. Frank Me-rove, the theatrical manager.

Mr. s Percy-Smith v.a, last night elected,chairman of the Pukokura Park Board for the ensuin" year

:M* 0. T. Mien, late town clerk at Adelaide, has been appointed lawn clerk at Melbourne at a salary comniencine at £llOO a year. B

A cable from Athens states that part of King Constantino's tenth rib was sucW ' ,K, " I: .. ■.•■-;■ 'I. A ...er cable says the King has improved. His temperature is !i .;(.

0/ the seven rcmaininij life members of the Legislative Council Jive are octogenarians, namely, f?ir Charles Bowen, Captain Bailey, Sir Henry Miller, Sir (ieorge McLean, and the lion. J. D. Ormond, the last mentioned being the ymmgest.

the many friends of Colonel Chaytor will he pleased-to hear that Mrs. Chaytor .has received a cable stating that •he is progressing , favorably. Colonel Chaytor's wound was a. dangerous one, and much anxiety was occasioned as to bis condition.

Lieut. F. K. Turnbull, of Wangamri, and formerly of New Plvmouth, is amongst the New Zealandcrs who have been discharged from hospital. Other mt n from this district who have recovered are Sergeant S. M. Okey, Private E. C. Stanley, and Private D.'Dodunski. The next-of-kin of Private J. 15. Darnells, of Kahotu, who went to the front with (lie Otago Battalion, have received telegrams from the Premier and the Defence Department to the effect that he had recovered and gone to the front from Cairo. This was the first intimation that Private Daniells had been wounded.

The Governor has received the following caJblo message from Karl Kitchener in reply to the congratulations which his K.xcelloney forwarded on behalf of the Covernment and people of New Zealand in connection with the birthday iionors:—•'! hasten to assure you of my deep appreciation of your very kind message, for which I *am most grateful.—(Sgd.) Kitchener."

Mr. M. Cohen, of Palmerston North, has received a letter from Dr. Mrfrtin in which some interesting references m*, made to (he war. The work of Mr. Cohen's son, Dr. Louis Cohen, at the front in Flanders is specially commended by Dr. Martin. Dr. Cohen has been engaged at points of the trenches w.here the fighting has been heaviest. He has lately been on furlough in England, but. will return to the front shortly.

l'vivave. .1. if. Ait-ken, killed in the Dardanelles, was a member fif the firm of Aitken Bros., shnrebiokers, Christchurch, and manager of the Northern Insurance. Company in that city. He was at one time captain of the Queen's Cadets. At Christ's College and Canterbury College, where he was educated, ha upheld the prestige of his college very successfully. lie was a member of the 'Varsity first fifteen, and only relinquished Rugby through the demands of business on his spare time. He was one of the best mile and half-mile and crosscountry runners Canterbury ever had. After giving up active athletics he became secretary of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association.

A casualty list received last night records the death from wounds received at the Dardanelles of Corporal Vincent •). 1-. Hull, who whs a muster at the New Plymouth Bovs' High School. He ia tli- eldest son of Mr. Thos. Hall, Diatriet Laud 'Registrar at Auckland. Corporal Hall had a very fine scholastic career. He was educated at the NapierBoys' High School, afterwards proceeding to Victoria College, where he was successful in obtaining the M.A. Degree. He was then appointed to the local High School, and continued here until the outbreak of war, when he offered his services to the Empire. He was a very capable and popular teaeher, and took a !<<<]] interest in coaching the boys in th< 'r

Captain J. A. AVullingford, N.Z.S.C., who lias been awarded the Military Cross, supervised the work of training the expeditionary force in rifle practice at Penrose (Auckland), and left for Kurope with the main body of the force. He was brought to New Zealand direct from the School of Hythe, England, by the (iovernment, to act as instructor to the territorial forces. Captain Wallingfoid was six times the rifle champion of the British Umpire, twice revolver champion, and five times was second in the revolver championship. He represented Britain in two international rifle matches, and was invariably the highest individual scorer of all nations. In addition to these great successes, he was twice the winner of the Prince of Wales' C1 0(1 prize, one of the biggest shooting trophies in the world. Captain Wallingford never competed for the King's Prize, as he was a professional soldier, this debarring him from the contest. Lieutenant Percy Tivy Emerson, who has been killed in action at the Dardanelles, was known throughout New Zealand as "Tiny" Emerson, an affectionate nickname given him by the First South African Contingent on account of his being its smallest member, and also in recognition of his pluck and good humor. He was a splendid horseman, and did line work with that contingent, which ho joined as a private, and in which he won promotion. On its returnto New Zealand he joined the next contingent, outgoing, and ended with a commission. He was n man of great courage, and a son of the late Police Inspector Emerson (who has also been noted for his fearlessness). One of Lieutenant Emerson's feats was the rescue of a woman from the surf at Napier after a very heavy struggle; unfortunately, - though lie got her ashore, she succumbed. He was awarded the Rovul Humane

Koeiefy's silver modal for this. When the war broke out lie was mi officer of

tin- Stock Department at Wellington, and promptly volunteered, being given a commission. A group of the First South African Contingent men in the first New Zealand Expeditionary Force, shows eleven, nearly all officers', includ-. ing Lieutenant. Kmevson. Early last year Lieutenant Emerson married Nurse Lilian Kissell, of C'liristehurcli. Mrs. Emerson went to London last September ami volunteered for service, and lias been engaged in the military liosbital sinee.It is understood that she is now ia Egypt.