PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 September 1916, Page 1

PERSONAL.

J Sydney cablegram reports the dealS uf liruthcr Thonms Kemp, Grand Secra tnry v! the Oddfellows in the State. An Kltham correspondent states thai Mr K, C. Goldstono has received word tint lii:. brother died of wounds received in the fighting at France. A London cablegram states that Lieutenant Cedric'Graham, of the Durham Light Infantry, and formerly of Auckland, Ins bten killed iu action, Wut'\ has been received in Hawer* lhat Rifleman Fiancis A. Colman (Andy) was wounded in the left shoulder and remitted to hospital on September

Captain Edward ("Peter") Harris, wno is reported killed in action in France, was the third son of the late Arch* deacon Harris, at one time headmaster cf Christ's College, Christchurch. T he Eev, J ,R, Shore and Mrs. Short U-fv Hawera yesterday for Hamilton, and a number of friend* were at the station to bid them good-bye. The purse pre-.-<xkd to Mr. Shore on Tuesday night contained £75. At a meeting of the committee of the V.'siiniate Plains Trotting Club held on Wcikiesday, Mr. George Holder was i.'lrcte 1 secretary, vice Mr. E. E. Nalder, v.li./ is. leaving the district. M;-s \Y t . H: Hawkins, of Okato, received a cable yesterday from Captain Hawkins that ho and hia son, Percy, had :.ad rime through the battle alright. Captain Hawkins left New Zealand with the '.4 th Piunforcements. , Senior-Sergeant Bowden, who has been on a holiday trip to Feilding and Iluwkc's Bay, returned by the mail train on Wednesday night, and resumed his dutic. veslcrdav.

Aiucng the casualties this morning appear* the rime of Private R. Smith.'ot iiiu 12th Reinforcements, "died of wounds." Tiie late Private Smith was a blether of Mr. Frederick Smith, Mill Uo.'iil, Xew Plymouth. Rev. A. Xcald, general secretary of the Melanosian Mission, will arrive in S,ci\v Plymouth tomorrow from tbo boutli, Tf<> will be the preacher at To Henui Church on Sunday morning a::J at St. Mary's in the evening Vi yesjeiday's casualty list appeared the name: (amongst wounded) of Pri\ate 1. Thornton (next-of-kin, Jv Thornton, Waitaia); Rifleman J. C. M. Clar!, Wl.ittakor (Kdward WhitUker, Okoke, IVi'iiui, father). BJfieman Hans Kelson (ol Vorniaiiby), has been wounded, and cmbmUcd for England. '

The latest appointments and promotions of officers serving at the front include:—Major A. Mv Samuel to the teinpur.iry rank of )ieiiteiuint-.coliin,e!; Captain R. T. Bruce to inajor; Major X. S. J'al'ft to lieutenant-colonel; Major C. I/, liiown to lieutenant-colonel; Major T>. S, Wylie, Major T. Mill and Major H. A, Held to be temporary lieutenantcolonels, , Rev. A. IT, Colvjle, who Is to conflnct i mission in Tasmania in Xovember, will leave New 'Plymouth about o?teber l(i for Auckland, where he will attend Synod before sailing for Tasmania. The liev. John Wilkinson, formerly of Xiew Plymouth, will act as locum tenens for Air. Colvile for about three weeks, and the lliihbp of Auckland will then take charge, being due lwre early i M November. Rev. "Colvile expects to be back hetore Christmas.

Hunner W. T). Frandi, of the STew Zetland Field Artillery, reported wounded in Wednesday's casualty list, is a na-> tive of twenty-three years of age, and is a son of Mr. P. Frandi, of Wellington.- He left Wellington in October last with the 7th Reinforcements. Three others of the family «ra now with- the forces, one hiving been wounded, mid one, Captain £ audi, was. hilled at Gdllipoli. Mr. Maurice Redwood, second son of Mr. Alphonso Redwood, a nephew of Archbishop 'Redwood, was killed in action in France on August 6, according to advice just received in Wellington. The young man was born at Toowoomba, and was barely eighteen years of age. His elder 'brother is now serving in the Australian navy. An aunt, the Rev. Mother Bernard, ia head of the Catholic College for Boys at Seatoua. Wellington.

A vi ry pleasant gathering took place at the Okato Public Hall yesterday afleni'ion, w hen Mrs. W. A, Lind and Miss Andrews, who are leaving the district to reside at Awatrna, after a residence, of about 12 year! in Okato, were entertamed at, afternoon tea by the residents .•■f ( kato. It had been intended to hold the function on the tennis ground, but the weather iiverfccd with this. During the after noun, the Rev. Addenbrooke, en Lchalf of ;,he congregation of the C'hiu.e of England, presented Miss Andrew* with a silver inkstand and a handsomely bound edition of A, and M. hymns, with music, and Mrs. W. A. Litict with an inkstand and a prayer and hjmn Ldok combined. On behalf of the Tennis Club, Mt. J. S. Fox presented .Miss Andrews with a silver vase and a piioloframe, and Mrs. Mnd with a butter dish. Mr. J. L. Power responded on behalf of the recipients, ''ln our judgment ho had achieved the final success, in thai 1/e had lived bravely, laughed often, and loved well," says the Manawatu branch of the British Medical Association, of the late Dr. A. A. Martin. ''He had attained the height of his ambition, in that he had gained the respect and attention of intelligent men, the friendship of his fellows, and the love of little children. 'So man who could get word with Arthur Martin in a leisure hour ever forgot his earnest ami extraordinary, charm, or failed to profit by the interchange of view. None feared to accept Destiny at his hand. Like every brave man should, lie made some enemies. He never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty. He possessed the power of noticing' essentials, and the facility for expressing his mind concerning them in word and writing. .Many of his judgments are engraved wisely upon the minds of the public, and will so remain. The monument which his enthusiasm raised, the work •which he stimulated by in? own untiring industry and example, and by the use of which he gave untold value to the inhabitants, lies on the hill overlooking the town in which he lived and worked. It is the public hospital.".