PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 September 1916, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr T. M. Wilford, M.P., has.fceef aoV, vised by cablegram that hi* ton, lieu**, George M'Lean Wilford, has been wound*, ed, and is now in the New Zealand Getti oral Hospital No. 1, at Broekenhurst. A Napier wire reports the death ol\ Mrs. J. B. Fielder, who arrived in Auckland in 1863 and Napier in 1865. Heri. 1 jfolden wedding took place last year. In yesterday's ces'ilty lift, the name* of Private H. 0. Hall (next-of-kin, Mr*. ('. Hall, Hav.era), and Rifleman R. Knox (Mi'.. P. Knox, Kltham)), appeared among the wounded, flight Stib-Lieutbnant Harkness (Kfflf of Mr. G. A. Harkness, of Nelson) had n.cently to make a forced degeont in Hoi- : land, where lie has been interned. Llem, tenant Harkness -was awarded the Dis*,' jringuished Service Cross quite recently, j

lii this morning's casualty list appears] the name of lieutenant R. Q. Hickmott,! ••kilhd tn action." This La the well*' known Canterbury and Naw Zealand representative crMceter, whose brilliant deeds i on the ■s»}& are familiar to all followers of the summer pastime, and iiis early death will be deeply deplored* The death pecurred at Nelson a few| days ago of Mr. John Martin Croueher,,, one of the oldest residents of Richmond* He -was Mayor of Richmond for a lengthy period. The deceased, who had reached the age of 73, was twice married, and lf.ives a widow and i grown-up family, of three sons and six daughters. |

When tlio ordinary business of the? Borough Council was conclude! on Monday evening, the Mayor (Mi. C H. Bur- 1 gets;, o i bthalf of the corporation, bada farewell to the. borough engineer, Mr. B. r >. Clayton who has severed his contaction with the Council. Mi. Clayton made suitable acknowledgment of tUa gc-i.U wishes expressed. Brigadier General E. W. C. Chaytor. (says a London correspondent) was per-' fo;ia!ly responsible for the first discovery' of the Turkish concentration for the new attack on Egypt, fieneral Chaytor wm ' up in an aeroplane as observer on * reconnaissance, and he discovered a great body of Turkish cavalry cl&se to Katia. Therce onward the concentration steadily de\ eloped, leading up to the battle. Court gossip is busily l ! nking the names of the beautiful Princess Yolanda \ of Italy and tlie Prince of Wale*, ana \

t is thought that an announcement of iheir betrothal may soon be forthcoming. The Princess is not yet 18 while the Prir.cc is 51, The Princess* Yolanda is reputed to be the most beautif a\ Princess in Europe. Hei mother, also a beautiful woman, is (lie daughter of King Peter of Montenegro, - ■■-■

Private advice has been received In Auckland. that Major C. H Tewsley, N T Z.M.C., has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. Major Tewsley left Xew Zealand soon after the outbreak of the war. He saw service on Gallipoli, ind was promoted from the innk of captain to that of major. He spent many months with the Field Ambulance in Fiance, and he i* at present in charga of a convalescent camp at Hornehurch, Kngland.

In Dr. Martin and Dr. Savage the Dominion has contributed to war-service, two of its finest surgeons; and the patriotism shown by the medical profession, botli in New Zealand and at the front, should inspire the peonle who remain here to be tolerant towards any institutional or individual disadvantages that may arise in home ministration* through the depletion of the mpdical ranks. The losses involved all round, privately and publicly, are saddening, but is not the uoal worthy of the pilgrimage?—Weilington Post.

Mr, Henry North, who died last Saturday, was one of the men who helped to nml.e Duncdin a prosperous manufacturing centre. He was a Londoner, and ft cabinet-maker hy trade. A.s a young min he spent some time in Victoria, and cf.me across to Otago before the big ■rush of 1801. He tried the diggings, and then settled in Dunedin, he and Mr. Arthur Scoullar (who died in* Wellington some vears ago) starting the furniture-making firm of North and Seoullnr. About thirty-three years ago. Mr, Korth retired from the business, and Mr. Robert Chisholm joined tlie firm. After retiring from business Mr. North interojted hitu> ■elf in mining and other ventures.

Captain Lancelot 8. Jennings, killed tn acliin at tne trout on September 15, was burn at Takaka. Nelson province, about the year 1SSI). He was the second son.ot the Rev. Charles Jennings', sometime in. cumbent of Takake parish, o,nd a grahdnephew of the late Sir John Jennings. Kmdnnd. His. mother was the second daughter of the late Rev. T. S. Grace, win for many years in the eavl'er history of New Zealand, before the Maori war, was the Church ot England missionary resident at Pnkawa, Lake Taupo. Tho deceased's mothei was the child of Kuropcan parents bom in the distr'et, and at that time her pr.rents and i-ldti brothers and sisters were the only Europeans resident there. Deceased was educated at Xelson College and Canterbury University College. He distinguished himself at' both places, taking his degree in due course, and wa« runner-up f'.r the Rhodes scholarship on one occasion. After thus missing the .-cholarsiiin by so little he Wok up teaching as ais profession, and bename science master at Wnitaki High School. While v'ure lie enlisted and went to the war a= a lieutenant in one of the early reinforcement draft';. He soon rose to' the rank of captain in the Otago IniMitrv Battalion. He was a first-e ass cr'cketer, and plaved for Xelson Collega and Canterbury University College *n •uanv an inter-college and inter-'varaity match. He was a good tennis player and for several years" in succession, v:th his cousin, Miss Wene Grace'a* partner, won the university doubles. He also plaved for the New Zealand tennis championship at Hawera in 1914, and gained second place, being beaten in tii* finals by Ollivei. He was a keen sold'.tr alwavs, and put Jh his full tltna in 'he seniui cadets and'temtt rials. He has nine cousins on his mother's side and several on his father's side at the front in France. One cousin, the late Lieutenant T. P. M. Grace, of the Wellington Infantry Battalion, well known to Wellington football and cricket players a* "Humi," was killed in action at <-;ari Bair on August 8, 1913. Captain rennin«s leaves a widow, a lister oi Caylain Cross, of the Wellington Infantry llattaliun, and formerly a master at the Wellington College. Mrs. Jennings, who formerly was attached to the New Plymouth Girls' High School, now lives %t| Tunnru.