PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 July 1915, Page 7

PERSONAL.

. Gunner A. Cosbrook, who has been wounded, is the eldest son of Mr ,f George Cosbrook, of Fiteroy. e -Mr. W. A. Gorby, of New (Plymouth a won the North Island cliatnpioiishiii in e Lrown Leghorns at the Xgaranvuhia i- Niow on July 1. • n A „; S '",i m ' y cab!(! statc3 tllat Mvate • «... W. Dayson, missing at the Darda- • nelles, is a son of Airs. Kidell, Kalmika, ' Duncdin. a c In tins week's Gazette- the formal an- . noumeiiient appears of the promotion t oi (.'olonel Kiehard llutton Davies C-11 . -New Zealand Staff Corps, to the rani; of major-general. Messrs. J. K. Wilson (.Mayor cf Xew ) Plymouth) and C. I[. Burgess, who were delegates to the conference iu connec- - 'turn with the Wounded Soldiers' Relief 1 Fund, returned to New Plymouth by the s mail train on Saturday evesing. ' Mr. Harris Ford, of New Plymouth, "reived a telegram yesterday from the ; .Minister lor Defence, announcing that his sm, Lanee-Corporal J, H. Ford, of the Auckland Battalion, was wounded at tlie Dardanelles on June 18. Dr. A. A. Martin, of Palmerston North who has just returned from the French' »;'r iront, will be the guest of honor jit tee Xew Zealand Club's luncheon on ■Wednesday next. He will apeak on wine aspects of his experiences in the ncltl hospital division. Sergeant James Oliphant, 3rd (Auckland) Company, New Zealand .Expeditionary Force, has received a commission as lieutenant in tlie British Army, and when the last mail left Egypt & was waiting for orders. Lieutenant Oliphant left with the main body ot the force as corpora), receiving promotion m Lgypt. Private "Bob" Wood, one of Stratlords most popular volunteer's for the front, and now at the Dardanelles, had •i jrrcat piece of luck, according to a letter from a soldier at Gallipoli. A company of fourteen got into a Hot corner with the Turks, and "Bob" was the only one to escap* unscathed. ' Good luck to him!" will exclaim many of the Stratford man's friends. Lieutenant George Cohen, third son of Alderman Louis Cob™, 0 f Liverpool, an ex-Lord Mayor of that city, has been killed in action in France." The late ollicer was a cousin of Mrs. Artliur M Myers, and Mrs. Charles Nathan, of Auckland. Major Stanley Cohen, a brother of Lieutenant George Cohen, has been wounded at the front. Another brother, Captain J. B. Cohen is on active service. ' Melbourne papers announce the death of' Mr. William Conyers, at one time Commissioner of the New Zealand rail-

ways, at the age of 7fi years. On tne official opening of the Dunedm-lnverear. frill railway, while travelling on the platform of a carriage, Mr. Conyers had the misfortune to strike has head against an obstruction at the side of the line near the East Gore goods shed, causing serious injuries, for which he received substantial compensation. Mr. C. E. Blayney, of Hawera, has decided to go to England next month and endeavor to enlist in the Royal Flying Squadron. Unfortunately, the Defence authorities in New Zealand were unablo to offer him any position In this branch of the service, and as he lias acquired a. very thorough and practical knowledge, of motor-car and similar engines, and is very keen to

take, up aviation work, he has decided to offer his services direct to the Home authorities;