PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 October 1915, Page 4

PERSONAL.

A Sydney cablegram reports that Pil\ato Dimham, who has been killed in action, was born in Christchureh. Tho death is reported in Sydney of Mr. A. K. WithoTby, New Zealand representative on the Australasian Tennis Association.

M. Deleasse, French 'Foreign Minister, in ill, and M. Viviani, Premier, lias temporarily taken ovsr the Foreign Office. The District Court of Convocation.yesterday elected Dr. G. li. Anson, of Loiver Hutt, as a member of the Victoria College Council.—Press Association. Two of New Plymouth's leading solicitors have volunteered foi the front. Mr. Robert Spence, of Stratford, another prominent member of the profession, has been accepted for service. Mr. D. J. Hughes (of New Plymouth) has received a cable stating that the condition of Jiis brother Jim, who was wounded at the Dardanelles and is in hospital in England, is critical. Mr. R. IJ. Lopoc, formerly on the 4tc.lT of Booth, Macdonald and Co., Ltd., and for some time in charge of that firm's Palmerston North branch, has joined the staff of the Farmers' Co-op. Organisation Society of N.Z., ,Ltd„ and will control the machinery department at Huwera.

The two Stratford members of the 71 ii Mounted Rifles Reinforcements, Lieutenants W. R. Foley and C. A.' Marchant, have received promotion. Lieutenant Foley now commands Q Squadron of the 7th, while Lieutenant Marclunt has been appointed adjutant of the troopship 011 which' the 7th sail. Mr. Hoy Kean, fourth son of Mr. nn<! Mrs. D. Kean, of Wellington, is reported to have been appointed to a commission > in the South l-ancashlrn Regiment, ,f('; left Wellington in February of last yenr to study electrical engineering at llonie. Mr. Koan was employed by Messrs fireensliiohif and Co., and was well-known in motor circles, lie was a member of the 11 Raiterv,

Dtniiy tile Mipper adjournment of Parliament on Friday evening, several meirilers made a presentation to Liwit. fieoi'/-;:; Mussey (son'of tlio .Minister), and Mr'W. E, Anderson (son of Mr. (! .T. Anderson, M,l\, for Mntamai, both of whom were recently Lieut. Massev is shortly proceeding to (.lie f'ont. The presentation to Lieut. M. ssey was made by lion. J. Allen, and that (o .Mr. Anderson was made by the Priirr. Minister.

Among the passengers vim i-tl>r 1 last night to Wellington by the Moeraki from Sydney was Miss H." Mel .e.tn who left New Zealand in April last in elnrgi' of the first party of nurses sent to Egypt. Three members of the Maori Contingent also returned for special duly. These were Captain Roger Dan- - soy (Dunedin), and Lieutenants Hlroti Te Uni (Wanganui) and Thomas Heteli (Te Kuiti).

A departmental order with respect fn the Eleventh Regiment Taranaki Rifles intimates that Major Felix Templeman Bellringer has been promoted to bo Lieut.-Colonel and to command a repiineiit vice Lieut.-Colonel Malonc, killed in action. Lieut.-Colonel Bellringer is the Town Clerk of New Plymouth, and one of (he most, eflicient and zeglous officers in the Territorial Forces, It is understood that Lieut.-Colonel Bellringer will command the Ninth or Tenth Reinforcements for the front. '