PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 October 1915, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. G. Neville Morey, late of New Plymouth, has been appointed dispenser at the Southland Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. A. McGarry, of Eltham, are spending a few holidays at New Plymouth. A deputation will wait upon Councillor C. H. Burgess this morning with a viewto securing»his consent to nomination for the New Plymouth Mayoralty. Messrs W. Black, W. W. Jones, A. G. Sampson, J. B. Carr and W .J. :Cowan have been gazetted trustees of tne Mokau public cemetery. Mr. Eric Revell, of the Tarauaki Herald staff, who loft last night for Trenthara, was presented with a wristlet watch from the staff and a cheque from the Arm. Mrs. R. Jury (of New Plymouth) received a cable from London from her son, Private Erie Jury, stating that he is suffering from scarlet fever, but is progressing favorably. Mr. W. E: Ramsay, who is leaving Napier for Stratford, has been the recipient of ; a shai'ing set, a pair of military hair brushes, and a cheque from the staff of Messrs W. L. Spackman, Ltd., for whom he worked for many years. At the Anglican Church, Eltham, on the 12th inst., Mr. Harold E. Williams, son of the late Mr. Edward Williams, of Wangauui, was married to Miss Violet Rose, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pollard, old settlers of Eltham.—Argus. The funeral of the late Hon. J. Duthie, M.L.C., took place at Karori Cemetery on Saturday morning. The interment was private'by the wish of the deceased. The Rev. J. MeCaw and the Rev. J. Paterson were the officiating clergymen. In addition to members of Mr. Duthie's family, only a,few of his personal friends were present at the service, included among them being the Hon. Bir Francis Bell (Leader of the Legislative Council), and the Hon. J. G. W. Aitkcn, MJLC. Word has been received by Mr. W. T. Jennings, M.P., that his son, Lieutenant ! H. W. Jennings, of the' Royal Field Artillery, who was silghtly wounded on September 29, "somewhere in France," has been admitted to the Dublin Castle Hospital. His brother, Sergeant Alfred Jennings, who, after being ten .weeks at Ciallipoli, broke down in health, and was sent to Malta, has been invalided to England. Another brother, Edgar, as already reported, was killed at Gallipoli on August 3. Major Bernard Head, killed i:i action at the Dardanelles, was a sleeping partner in a firm of Lloyd's underwriters. He was a thorough sportsman, and took up exploring as a hobby. He came to New Zealand, originally for the fishing at Taupo, and a visit to Mount Cook gave him a taste for iuountain-climbing. After putting in a season here, learning the practical work of icecraft and rockclimbing, he returned the following year, and, engaging "Jack" Clark »nd another guide, he attacked Mount Aspiring, which several experienced climbers had been keeping steadily in view, and achieved the honour of making the first ascent of this imposing peak. He also accompanied Mr. L. M. Earle when the latter made the first ascent of Mount Refton from the West Coast. About two years ago Major Head made tentative arrangements to explore the unsurveyed portions of the Orange River, South Africa, but abandoned the idea, and, returning to New Zealand, of which he was very fond, did some valuable work in exploring the country at the head of Dart River, in the Lake Wakatipu district. Major Head was an ardent Im- | perinlist, and a thorough soldier in his instincts. He distinguished himself in the South African war, and afterwards took an active part in the territorial movement in 1 England. When in New Zealand he offered his services gratuitously to the Defence Department, and did excellent work at the big Kowai camp on the occasion of Sir lan Hamilton's visit. His unfailing cheeriness and bonhommic made him a great favourite with the men. He accompanied the advance Expeditionary Force to Samoa, and when matters were put on a settled footing there, he hurried home to rejoin his old regiment, the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. He was stationed for some time on the east coast of England, and wag then scat to the Dardanelles, ~ \