PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 September 1916, Page 4

PERSONAL.

A '.'able lncssjfe, received in HaweM yci.erday, states that Air. R. H. Frayer, formerly of the Hawera Telegraph staff, has been wounded in France. The death took place in America, early ir. August, of Mr. F W. Frankland, at one time Commissioner of the (Government Insurance Department ia Xe.v Zealand. Miss F.lsie Caroline Evans (Xew Plymouth), Miss Alice Cross (Auckland), Miss Ida Clements (Inglewood), ami Miss Margaret Irene Smart (Stratford) have been added to the probationers' waiting list, at Xew Plymouth Hospital. ilr. C. ,T. Pa:r, who has been touring the Home country and France as a member of t.he Xew'Zealand Parliamentasy party, hopes t'.> reach Auckland about (Vto'iier Hi with Airs. Parr, who jobs liim in Canada. Tiie deaths pre reported of Mr. T. Howell, formerly of Eltham, and late of Xew Plymouth: Mr. Timothy McCarthy, formerly of Ngaore, and lately resident in Wellington; and Mrs. David I Watson, of Xormnnby. Following are the Tnranaki men who art returning by tiie Willochra: —Field Kißineers: Private Mansel James Jones, Cairington Road Wellington Battalion: Private Eric Eugbott Kllerm, Fulford Street, New Plymouth; Private Win, Henry, Urenui; Private Arthur Daniel Sutton, Hawera. A London cablegram reports that the iHon. Bernard R. Wise died of heart failure while talking to his wife on Wednesday night. Mr. Wise had a distinguished career at Oxford and was a noted athlete. He was Attorney-General- for New South Wales in two Governments, and recently went to London as Agentfieneral for New South Wales. Mr. Wise had just returned from a two days' visit to the Australian camps', anil was apparently in his usual health. He was a native of Sydney, and was 59 years of age. A London cable states that Lieutenant D IJenderson, son of the Cabinet Alinister, has been killed. Air. Henderson .is the sixth Minister to lose a son. The others are Air. Asquith, Lords Crewe anil Selborne, Air. Pike Pease, and Lord Lansdowne. Mr. Henderson and Lord Selborne have each two other sons "serving, and Messrs Lloyd Ueorgc, Long,* Bonar Law, and Alackinnon Wood have one each. Hitherto eight members of Parliament have been killed in the war,