PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 July 1915, Page 4

PERSONAL.

A very old resident of Wanganui, Mr. Thomas Bainber, died this week, aged SJ years.

Mr. Lan P. Grant, of Jnglewood, lias been notified that his services have been accepted for the reinforcements of the Expeditionary Forte.

The Rev. A. B. Chappell, M.A.. re•civcd notice from London yesterday that he has been elected a fellow of the Royal Economic Society,

'llio Rev. W. K. Gillam, vicur of St. Matthews, Auckland, since l!)(](l, has been appointed Anglican chaplain on the hospital ship.—Press Association. Sergeant Eric Outfield, of the Sixth Reinforcements, who has just recovered from an attack of measles, is spending a few days with his people in New Plymouth.

A London correspondent says that Mr. C. L. St. Hill, of Hawera, who went through the South African war, is applying for a commission in the Imperial Army, *

pie Opposition Whips appointed for this Parliament are Mr. G. W. Forbes (Hurunui), Mr. W. J. Dickie (Selwyni, and the Hon. A. 1. Ngata (Eastern Maori).

Mr. S. 11. Ilurle, ai New Plymoutli boy, who joined tlie Public Schools Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, has obtained a commission as second-lieiiteiiant in the sth .Middlesex Special Reserve. Mr. -Burke, who has been stationmaster at H aitara, is l>eing transferred to Lltliam as chief clerk. He is being succeeded in Waita.ra by Mr. Huse, now in charge of Waitotara. Mrs. Joll, of Hawera, has received a cable stating that her son, Lance-Cor-poral IS. Ij. .Toll, whose name appeared recently among the list of casualties at the Dardanelles, was only slightly wounded, but the nature of his injuries is not indicated in the message.

Advice has been received of the death at tlie Melbourne Hospital of Private Roy Hell, boh of Mr. J. C. Bell, of Oakum. iPrivate Bell .left with the first New Zealand Expeditionary Force and alter fighting at the Dardanelles for several weeks was invalided liome. On reaching Melbourne complications set in, and there Private Bell died. Private Hell was a prominent Taranaki cyclist.

The. dearth occurred in Waitara on Monday of 'Mr. James Lindsay, an old resident of Taranaki. For some years he was employed by the New Plymouth Harbor .Board, and was responsible for much of the construction of the training wall. !For a short period he was a member of the Waitara Borough Council and Harbor Board. He is survived by his wife.

iMrs. Anne Potter, an old lady of 97, died in Palmerston on Saturday morning. Tier [first husband was one of the old fi.ltli Regiment, which was in New Zealand during the Maori war. Her family consisted of two sons and five daughters. .Mrs. Potter came to Wellington in the year 18-10, arriving in H.'M.S. Havana. She leaves 53 grandchildren. 122 greatgrandchildren, and 25 great-great-grand-children —surely a record ill Neiv Zealand.

By the mail train yesterday morning several delegates from Taranaki journeyed to Wellington to attend the conference which is to be held in connection with the management of the Wounded Soldiers' Funds. Messrs J. E. Wilson (Mayor) and C. 11. Burgess represent New Plymoutli, Mr. Beckbessinger ('Mayor of Waitara) represents North Taranaki. -Messrs. .T. Boon (Mayor) and W. T. Kirkwood represent Stratford, and Mr. : E. Dixon (Mayor of ITawera) represents the ITawera Fund. 'Mr. Wilson will also represent Paten, and Tnglcwood.

Mrs. Morshead. of Hawera. has received a letter from her soil, Arthur, who s stationed at Alexandria, to the otl'eet that he had seen his brother, Harold, on the ill-rival of the hospital ship. He was sulVering from a wounded arm fractured above the elbow by shrapnel. Me was en route to an English hospital, where he has arrived as cabled a few days ago.

Mr. E. ('• flunks, of Matumata, who lias been appointed bv the' Covonnnent to represent farmers' interests on tin' >,rw Council of lalncation, is tlio son oi' a Canterbury farmer. Mr. Hanks was for many years connected witli educational mailers in Canterbury and Wo! liu.uton. Ho luih tlio largest herd of 71 o' stein-Kresian dairy cattle i" tlio Dominion. lie has for several years been a member of the. Auckland Provincial (•'armors' Union, and a member of (lie Auikhuut I'M'.aation 11: aid.

Dr. William Xowcrby. of Taranaki, tlie New Zealand medical' travelling scliolar lor nil;;, «;is, at the of llu! year, appointed resident medical olliccr of the Hospital fur Kpilcps.V and .Paralysis, Vale. I.ast year llr. Sowerl,y was aliacln'd to the' Middlesex. Hospital, hein;; the holder of the Xew Zealand scholarship a t. (hat institution. He intends to coiiiiimo in his present position until the end of October, when ho hopes to gain experience in oilier medical subjects.