PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 July 1915, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Miss Xorah Malnno, of Strafford, who went Home in April last, is now engaged in Kcit Cross work.

Mr. -W. !•:. Ilinl. M.A., who has been appointed to succeed Mr. C. A. Robbie, a* headmaster of tin' I'ati-si District Hi-.'li S.-hool, is a, M.n of Mr. Wm. Hirtl, Mailllill.

Mrs. Crant-Cowan, of llauora. who lias (list t-<iiiu- through ii seven: opcatioii. is making good |U'ojjj-<•■-:;.

.Mr. 11. S. (J. Hrosbio, manager of :.he Kakaramea Hairy Co., has secured at fcli.Panama KxjK.sition a special modal of honor for the company's exhibit of choose, which gained tin- highest honors. 'I hi' competition v,as open tu the world.

Mr. ,). K. Hill. who is leaving Hills, borough, whore In' lias resided fov I'm: past, forty years, to take up his re; idoncc ill Xew Plymouth, was last night entertained by the residents of the district at a social in the Kgnioiit Road Hall. He was also the recipient of a. presentation, which took the form of a handsome cabinet writing desk.

On Tuesday 'afternoon a military wedding was celebrated in All Saints Church, Kltliam, when Private Harold l.owick Bates, who will shortly be leaving for the front, was married to Miss (lladys Maud Andrews, daughter of Mr. A. 11,. Andrews, of Kltliam. Among those present was a cousin of the bridegroom, who has just returned from the front bv the Willochra.

Mr. Oeo. Kerr, who was a resident of Manaia lift years ago, drifted into the old town on Tuesday, says the Witness, for the first time in the long period, but only as a visitor. He naturally sought out a familiar face somewhere, a connecting link between a considerable pa-t and the present, ani found it in Mr. Francis McCarthy.- Mr. Kerr has traveled widely in Australasia since leaving Manaia. but is now a resident, of X'cw Zealand. The transformation in Maium was a marvel to him, and he says ho was certainly not prepared to see such progress and so many signs of prosperity. Like many others he has been haul hit by the war, having heard only the previous day that his son, a youth of 21, has been reported missintr, following a. recent engagement at (lallipoli. I Captain Basil Mel.ear, of the Royal I Dublin Fusiliers, is the latest Rugby | international player to lose his life in the war. Ho was killed in France. Educated at Bedford Orauinier School, when' he learned his Rugby, Mac Lear subsequently played for Blackheath, and :t was at once seen that he was a threequarter of quite the first-class. He played for Ireland in their international matches against England, Scotland, anl Wales in lfXti-fi-7, against the New Zealanders in lflOti, and the South Africans in 1007. Mac Lear will always be remembered for his robust methods. A splendidly-made man. he was a very strong runner, and with a ''hand off" reminiscent of the great players of the eighties, he was always exceedingly di.'licut to stop. He nearly won the match ag-ainst the South Africans, his great run on that occasion being historic. Possessed of singular charm of manner, lie was a favorite with everyone. Mac Lear is the first Irish Rugby International to be killed in action. England has lost Ronald Poulton-Palmer, F. E. Oakley, J. H. D. Watson, P. D. Kendall, C. K. Wilson, H. Berry, and R. 0. Lagden; Scotland, F. Turner, J. L. Huggan, and James Pearson.