PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 December 1915, Page 4

PERSONAL.

The Anglican Bishop of Wellington is paying a visit to Eltham. Mr. H. A. Beauchamp, representing Kodaks, Ltd., is at present on a visit to New Plymouth. Mr. M. W. Horton, late traffic manager of the Union Company's Wellington office, who enlisted in the Army Service Corps some time ago, has been promoted to the position of Sergt.-Major.

The Hawera Star records the sudden deatli of Miss Elizabeth Mildenhall, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. Miidenliall, of Opunakc, which took place on Sunday last after a few days illness. An old settler of the Opunake district, in the person of Mr. Peter Dalton, passed away at Fitiania last Saturday, at the age of 71 years. Ho was, says the Star, highly respected by his many friends.

Mr. J. E. Wilson, who underwent an operation a few days ago, is making a splendid recovery. At the meeting of the Patriotic Committee last night a vote of sympathy with Mr. Wilson was passed, and the hope was expressed that he would make a speedy recovery. Lance-Corporal Harry Skinner, who has been awarded the D.CM. for gallant services under lire when seriously wounded, is the son of Mr. W. IT. Skinner, Commissioner of Crown Lands at Mawkes Bay, and grandson of Mrs. Skinner, of New Plymouth. Although he enlisted in New Plymouth he was attached to the Otsigo Battalion. Bishop Brodie, who has been appointed to the Koman Catholic diocese of Christcliurcl), in succession to Bishop Grimes, was born in New Zealand, and studied for the priesthood at Manly College, Sydney. He has for many years past been stationed in the Auckland district, and is one of the best-known of the Catholic clergy in the Dominion. He was parish priest at Waihi at the time of the miners' strike, and acted with .some success as mediator between the parties concerned. He was afterwards appointed Vicar-General of the Auckland' district and administrator of Parnell Parish. Mr. James Itedshaw, a resident of Thames since 1867, died on Saturday. He owned an ironmongery business, and was closely connected with the work of the Baptist and Congregational Churches. He was born at Sheffield, England, in 1833, and came to New Zealand in the ship Green Jacket in lSd.l. He was on exMayor of Thames, and one' of the flrit members of the Borough Council, ser; - ini» on that body for seventeen years. ih> represented Thames district on the Auckland Land Board for twelve or four, teen years, and" was first chairnun of the Thames Hospital Board. Ho leaves two sons and three daughters.