PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 October 1916, Page 4

PERSONAL.

The Corporation of tho City of London has decided to confer the freedom of the City of London upon Mr. Massey.—,• Cable message. Professor H., D. Bedford has left Dnnedin; en route to the Western front, m the interests of the Y.JLC.A., despite■ the refusal of the Otago University authorities to grant hiro. extra leave. ', A Rcuter cable states that General Townshend, the defender of Kut, has been gazetted a Commander of the Bath, and General Torabenr, commanding the' Belgians in German East Africa, a. Oommnndor o.f the Order of St. Michael and St. George. Rev. ,f. Wilkinson, who for three weeks will be in charge of St. Mary's Parish, until the advent of Bishop Averlll, ar* rived from north bv the Rarawa ves. tcrday. Revs. C. P. Harrison (Yv>i. tarn), and F. A. Crawshaw were pas. sengrrs by the same steamer.

At recent meetings of the directors of the Huwcra, Normanby, Mells, Ararata and Melrose dairy companies very special and sympathetic references wero niilde to the death of their secretary, Mr. J, W Tmton, whose personal character citizen and ability as a mini of businoft* as well as his services to the company, were dwelt on in terms of the warmest appreciation. Tile various directors *poke of Mr. Tui'ton's death a« a real loss to themselves personally and as men of business, and to the whole communltv in which he had lived so long and'hwi so generally and genuine! liked, Each of the directorates passed votes of epndojence and the sheerest svmpathy with the relatives of their late secrctarv,-. Star.

Word has been received (says the' Ha* wera Star) that Senior-Sergeant Catchpole, of Mokoia, has received a comniission. Lieut. Catchpole went *»th the Main Body in August, 1914, then be-' mg only 1!) years of age, and as private in the Wellington Mounteds . was through the Gallipoli campaign, wherß his two brothers were killed. He went; next as a member of the Pioneers to.' France being promoted in March last to be seiitor sergeant. On September 27, eoincidentallji with his 21«t received his commission. " ' ■''•'