PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 November 1915, Page 4

PERSONAL.

The Rev. D. Gordon, formerly for 27 years pastor of St, Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Slarton, passed away on Monday morning.

The death occurred in the Cliristchurch hospital on Sunday of Mr. James Little, ex-draughts champion fcf Australasia, and draughts editor of the Weekly Press for upwards of thirty years. Mr. A'. H. Barnett lias been appointed Church of England home missioner on the coast north of Waitara. He will conduct services at Kotare and Okau on Sunday.

The funeral of the late Mr. H. Bedford took place yesterday afternoon, at the Te Honui Cemetery. The inter me at was private, but a number of prominent citizens who were old friends of the deceased were present.

News has been received of the death in action in Flanders of Captain R, W. Braithwaite, who was A.D.C. to Lord Ranfurly when the latter was Governor of New Zealand. The deceased officer; who was in'the Durham Light Infantry, was very popular with everyone with whom he came in contact.

Nurse McCash-Smith, who was one of the survivors of the British transport that was torpedoed in the Aegean Sea, was formerly on the staff of the Masterton .Hospital. Nurse Gould, who was: also one of the survivors, is a daughter of Mr. J. B. Gould, of Kahikatea, Ctoterton.

Tliis week's Gazette notifies thai 1 Police Sergeant C. Bowden, who has been stationed at New Plymouth for the last l.'i months, .has qualified for tho rank of Senior Sergeant. As this officer has gained the respect and esteem of all who have been brought in contact with him, his success will be hailed with great pleasure. 1

Mr. Percy Muter, F.1.A., who lias been appointed actuary of the Government Life Insurance Department, in succession to the late Mr. Morris Fox, was born at Invereargill, Hew Zealand, on May 27, 1803. He joined the Department as a cadet at Christchurch qn May 10, 1879, and successively held the positions of second assistant and assistant actuary before his appointment as actuary on April 1 of this year. Captain W. Janson, of Hawera, who went with the Wellington Mounteds in the Main Force, is now in Endsleigh Palace Hospital for officers, Endsleigh Gardens, London. He was not wounded, but was sent into hospital for ail operation owing to varicose veins, and hoped to get soon into the firing line again. Of all the officers of his brigade, his commanding officer and he were the only ones who had so far escaped Bcathless. Captain Janaon was in the trenches for over three months, and saw most of the fighting during that time—Star. Conseqnent on the retirement of Police Superintendent Ellison, of Wellington, Inspector Cruickshank is being transferred from Auckland to tako charge of the Greymouth police district, and will be succeeded by Sub-Inspector Sheehan, of Rmaru, who is to be promoted to Inspector. Inspector McPhail, at present stationed at Greymouth, is to take charge of Waikato, Thames, and Rotorua districts, with headquarters at Hamilton, in succession to Inspector Wright, promoted to Superintendent, and transferred to Dunedin, viee Superintendent O'Donovan, transferred to Wellington.— Press Association.

Senior Nurse Finnerty, of the Wellington Hospital staff, died nt the Otaki Hospital on Saturday last of cercbro spinal meningitis. Nurse Finnerty received her training at the Wellington Hospital, with which institution she had been connected for over four years. She was on six months' leave of absence through ill-health when she died. Her home was in Stratford, but the interment took place in I'atea, where Nurse Finnerty was very well known.

Mr. P. B. Fitzherbert, of tlie firm of Fitzhe-bert and Fitzherbert, solicitors, Auckland, who left early in September for London to offer his services to the War Office, has received a commission in the Artillery. Mr. Fitzherbcrt is a member of a family at one time well known in Wellington, being a grandson of tlie late Sir William Fitzherbcrt, and a tousin of Mrs. von Zedlitz. Mrs. von Zedlitz, it is understood, has now every available male relative either in arms or fighting for the Allies.