PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 April 1916, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Lieut. Lan Grant is visiting New !Plt«i mouth on final leave. ' Dr. Sprott, Bishop of Wellington, ta at present on a visit to Hawera, The Rev. A. H. Colvile, who has beoo in Auckland for some time, returned New Plymouth yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. >P. Willcox, of left Wellington on Monday by the Winv mera for Melbourne, Where they join the] Kashgar for England. Mr. T. Foley, formerly of Dunedin, and latterly of Palmerston North, hat ' been appointed -o the managership oi the Wanganui branch of the New Zmm land Express Company. The ladies of St. Andrew's (Stratford), Presbyterian Church entertained Mrs. Pattison at a farewell gathering last week, and presented her with a threetier cake stand. Lord Charles Bentinck, who has b*»P General Godley's military secretary has gone to England, and his place har been taken by Major J Studholme, of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles, A surprise* party of Flint Road residents, together with the Mayor ant? ■ Mayoress of Stratford, visited the reaid' enee of Mr. and Mrs. E. Walker, of Esk Road, and presented Private H. I. Walker with a wristlet watch. Mr G. A. Robbie, formerly headmaatei. at the Patea District High School, hai been promoted to the positoin of Rest, mental Quartermaster Sergeant for tic New Zealand Rifle Brigade' Tralninj Battalion. Mr. G. G. Hodgkins,. of the Elcctora* Office, has returned- to New Zealand from Tasmania, whither he was sent t» study the working of the State eleoi toral system during the general else- " tions. Mr. C. M. Lepper, who has been iq ill-health for some time, has resigned lii> position as secretary to the Taremi Id Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. Mr. Lepper has been secretary for thir« Iron yean, and prior to taking up that. position lie was a member of the Board for twelve yeare. The Hon! J. Allen, Minister of De< fence, will arrive in. New Plymouth on Tuesday, and will speak at tho gather* ing' in the Theatre Royal in the afternoon in connection with "Ansae Day," The Minister leaves for Auckland at night. A Press Association message Melbourne refnrts the death of Mr. Thomas Hosan; the cricketer, aged 61 years. Deceased was a member of several Australian teams that visited Eijg* land, and for many years, under the nom-de-plume of "Felix," he edited the ■ breezy cricket columns of the Auetra* , lasiaji. '. General Godley mentions in a letter " to the Minister for Defence (Hon. ,J. ■ Allen), that Dr. Buck, who went to tho front as a member of the Medical Cttrpa,, ; has taken a combatant commission M" second In command of the Maori CM* tingent. The officer commanding tilt Maoris is Major King, of the New Zetland Staff Corps. "Major King," siya General Godley, "has spent a good deal of time in the Auckland district, knowa - the Maoris well, and is a very good . officer."