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Taranaki Daily News, 20 June 1916, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. A. H. Johnstone was a passenger for, Wellington by the mail train yesterday moraing. The Kev. T. H. Rosevcare of St. Andrew's Church, New Plymouth, has received a call to the Presbyterian Church at Cambridge. Captain W. H. Hawkins, who has been visiting New Plymouth, left for camp by the mail train yesterday. Captain Hawkins ' leaves very shortly for the •ront, with the 14th Reinforcements. Messrs. T. P. Hughson, chairman, and tr' " or< '> a m <™l)er of the Opunako Harbor Board, were passengers for Wellington by the mail train yesterday, on business connected "with Op'unake liarsor.

' •J- Wakelin. who lias ( been appointed Labor Inspector for the New Plymouth district, arrived by the mail train last night. Mr. J. F. Arnold leaves 011 Thursday to take up the duties of second inspector at Christchuroh. Dr. E. Melvyn Wyllie, who has been spending the week-end at Waitara, prior to leaving with the 14th Reinforcements, returned yesterday to the Awapuni tamp, Palmcrston North. He held a commission hs lieutenant in the N.J?, Mp'l tal Corps, and has been promoted to the rank of captain.

News has been, received (says the Timaru Herald), that Sub-Lieutenant Dearden, grandson of the late Mr. John Grigg, of Longbeach, had been rescued from the Queen Mary by the Germans in the recent North Sea battle, and is now a prisoner of war.

Lieutenant W. D. Stewart, M.P., lias been reappointed by the Dunedin City Council to represent that body on the Council of the University of Otago. The Mayor explained at the last meeting nf the council that the University Council would extend Lieutenant Stewart's leave of absence as necessary, Mr. Fred Pirani, for twenty years a member of the Wanganui Education Board, and for ten years past its chairman, has decided to retire from the board at the, end of next month. It is reported that other members of the board who will not seek re-election include Messrs, 1). H. Guthrie, M.P., G. H. Bennett (Palmcrston Xorth), P O'Dea and E. Dixon (Hawera), and P. Parnell (Marton). 1 he death of Captain J, Email Smith occurred suddenly on Friday, at Wellington. he lute Captain Smith was UnderSecretary for Immigration, was 53 years of age. ;iiid unmarried. After leaving school he. entered an ironmonger's establishment,«'bul shortly afterwards left to join the staff of the Treasury Department, where he remained for many years. Later he became Registrar of Old Age Pensions, anjl for some years he held the position of Kesident New /.tuiand Government Commisisoner for tin* Cook Islands Croup. The cause of death was the bursting of a blood vessel on the brain.