PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 December 1915, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. John F, Batey, well-known <n} dairying circles in Taranaki*. has enlisted and has passed the doctor. Mr. J. li. Wilson is making an excellent recovery from his recent operation and was able to get into town yesterday. Mr. J. W. Henrichs (of New Plymouth ) has received word that his eldest son, Sydney, died on one of the transports, but the date and locality i» unknown. Mr. A. 11. Jones having resigned th# secretaryship of the Defence Rifle Club, owing to pressure of business, Mr. E. Armitage has temporarily accepted th« position. ' A Melbourne cable says that Colonel Sir N. Moore has been appointed temporary Brigadier-General, commanding the Australian and New Zealand troops in the United Kingtom. Mi'. William ICerr, S.M., has been appointed chairman of the Licensing Committee for the districts of liui and Rangitikei. Mr.'W. R. Hafclden, S.M., becomes chairman of the Iratea Licensing Committee. ' Miss Ida Ctooko, an Imperialist, wL> has travelled the werld extensively, Kiir visiting New Zealand interesting self in what might be called Imperial and Allied industries, and for a few days will be staying in Ifew Plymouth. The death occurred yesterday morning at. Auckland of Mrs. J. W. Baker, daughter-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. John Baker, of Bird Road, Stratford. The late Mrs. Baker had been in delicate health for some time. The remains will . Ibe taken to Stratford for interment in the Kopouatama Cemetery. The Hon. T. Mackenzie represented New Zealand at Lord Glasgow's funeral at Kelburn, Ayrshire. There was a great gathering of tenants and political friends. wreath from the Government and people of New Zealand had the words, "In affectionate remembrance of our late Governor." Mr. B. Simmons, who has resigned hit position after several years' service as caretaker of the Technical College and Education Board offices, was yesterday presented by Mr. H. Trimble, chairman of the Education Board, with a Morris easy chair, on behalf of the staff of the college and the Education Office. Miss Gilliver and Miss Winnie Peach are severing their connection with tha .Fitzroy School, having served their period of training. At the "breaking-up" of the school last night the classes with which they have 'been most elosely as-, sociatcd made each teacher a presents* tion, the former receiving a pretty hand-painted picture, and the latter a hand-bag with purse attachment, At the Technical College breaking-ira ceremony yesterday afternoon, Mr. Duff, commercial instructor, who is resigning in order to take lip a position with a commercial firm, was presented by Miss Winnie Hawker, on behalf of the town girls, with a fountain pen. Miss 0, Ulander, on behalf of "the train girls,"' presented Mr. A. Gray, the director o£ the college, with a gold-mounted walk* ing-stick. Cable advice has been received that Mrs. Earle Johnston, wife of BrigadierGeneral Johnston, of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and youngest daughter of Mr. A. G. Fell, formerly of Picton, but now of Wellington, died at Cairo on Wednesday evening. The news came as a great shock, as it had been reported that the deceased lady l was said to be making satisfactory progress towards convalescence after an operation for appendicitis. Mrs. Joluiston had recently gone to Cairo to be nearer her husband and to assist in tha care of the sick and wounded, Briga-dier-General Johnston had been advised of his wife's illness and was with her at the end.

Mrs. J. Paul, of New Plymouth, has received a copy of a Vancouver newspaper containing a half-page photograph of her aon, Sergeant Gerald Paul, amidst a crowd of friends welcoming liim back to Vancouver from the front. The paper . says: "Apparently little the worse for his gruelling experiences at the front, Sergeant J. Paul, a member of Strath-' i cona's Horse, returned from the front this morning (November I'2). He waa given a rousing reception on arrival at , the station, and was escorted to a waiting car, specially decorated with flagt for the occasion. Sergeant Paul was' wounded by machine-gun fire in. tho battle of Festubert on May 24." Serot. Paul will ibe usable to return to the front, but it is hoped his injuries will not Ibe permanent. Mrs. C. A. Howell, of New Plymouth, yesterday received a telegram from the .Minister of Defence advising that hot son, William J. Howell, died of wounds on December 11 on the hospital fhip Grantully Castle, and was buried at sea. Messages of sympathy were received from their Majesties the and Queen and from the Governor* Tho deceased, who was about 38 years of age, was a member of the signalling corps of the First Expeditionary Force, and had been in action at the Dardanelles since the opening of th? campaign. For some five years he was cm' ployed by Mr. W. F. Brooking, and latci , by Mr. W. F. Short, and subsequently went into business on his own Recount at Feilding. .