PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 October 1916, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Captain C. E. Cuthbert. of the Fiji Shipping Company, and Mrs. Cuthbert have been on a holiday visit to New Plymouth.

Captain Frank Hartnell hag received orders to report at Trentham. and leaved by the mail train this'morning. • A London message states that Mr. Henderson, the representative of th« Labor Party in the British Cabinet, i* about to be appointed first Minister o$ Pensions. j

Mr. H. Okey, M.P., leaves this morning for Wellington to attend/as represent*? tive of tho Taranaki Arieultural Society, a conference, convened by the Minigteij of Agriculture for Friday, for the puw pose of considering the question of thej disposal of the Dominion's meat exports,/

Lieutenant. Colonel S. R. Davidson, a,' New Zealander. and an old boy of NeN son College, who has reached high rank) in the Indian army and is now second 1 in command of the 47th Sikhs, has bepii promoted Brigadier-General. Colonel Davidson joined the Indian Staff Corpa in Somaliland, and was mentioned bf dispatches early in the present war. A London paper says that a raaM riage has been arranged' between a! daughter of Mrs. Morrin, of Ringwonldj Dover, and Commander .Viscount Broome, R.N,, nephew of the,late Lord Kitchener and heir to the present carl. The late Lord Kitchener set-* tied on Viscount Broome the Broom* Park estate and his other property ini Kent, the £BO,OOO voted to him by, Parliament after the Khartoum cam-' paign and the South African war, and, the residue of his estate. Viscount) Broome is 38 years of age. Lieut. R. 6. Sollar, late of Hawera, aB last advices, was acting aB instructor at> an artillery training school, and havingj he said, a very, interesting time. Ha] gives a striking account of the fine workbeing done in the training of cadets, who iiuve at the conclusion of the courre to sit for examination. His work is pretty exacting, but he says he likes it and feels he is "doing his bit." Ho, did not know how long he would bet kept at the work, for he is liable to be sent to the frort at any time. He ia enthusiastic over the beauty of the country where the school is situated.!— Star*

Captain Cecil Colson. R.G.A., whose namn recently appeared in the list of honors as a recipient of the Military Cross, is a Leicester man and has been in the army for about 12 yeare, receiving his captaincy on October 10, 1014. The act for which the decoration wak awarded is thus officially described: "For; conspicuous galltmtrv in action. As forward observation officer he displayed on~ three occasions an utter disregard of danger under heavy shell-Are. His re-' ports enabled his lattery to be fought, with great success." Captain Colson is a cousin of Mr. E. Whittle, of New Ply* mouth. ;

The death is announced at Wellington of Mrs. Francis, aged 80, a lady who for many years occupied a leading position in educational work in Wellington, and some of whose pupils no doubt are living in Hawera district. She leaves two sons' and two daughters. One of the formen is Mr. Frank Francis, manager of the Canterbury branch of the A.M.P. Society, and who when at Wanganui in a similar capacity had many friends ia Hawera district. One daughter is Mrs.-, Vickers, wife of Mr. Vickers, for several years manager of the Bank of Now Zea« land at Opunake. ' i

The death is announced of Mr, Her* bcrt Ivan Babbage,- third son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Babbage, of Wanganui, formerly of Hawera. Air. Babbage had adopted the profession of artist, and after forwarding himself as far as'possible in New Zealand we;it to England* There he pursued his studies diligently) and with a success that justified the early promise he had shown. Last yealf he gained the distinction of having one! of his pictures accepted' by the Royal Academy and hung "on the line." . Veryt general regret will be felt by Hawera friends at his untimely death, says the! Star.

Tho many friends of Mr. and Mrs* Erne it Nnldvr will be sorry to, learn thai they are bidding farewell "to Hawer* on: Thursday next, Mr. Nalder having joined the staiT of Messrs, Murray, Roberts, awl Co., Napier. Mr. Nalder carco to; Haweia in iSO 4 to join Mr. Gillies in thd business ci auctioneering, and they wcr* associated in this enterprise for ten years, when they sold out to ' tho; Farmers' Co-op. Organisation Society, Ltd. During his twelve years' residenca in Hawera, Mr. Nalder associated hinu self with sport of all descriptions; he; was a prominent worker in racipg circles,, he organised the Trotting Club, and wa» mainly responsible for. placing it in] it present, prosperous and popular post-, tion. He also te'ok a very keen iij*' terest in boxing football, cricket, andl golf, occupying responsible and prominent positions in the conduct and manage* ment of all these games. Throughout South Taranaki he was for a number of years one of the most prominent stock auctioneers, and he will be much missed by many a farmer.—Star. ' j

In 1!W 'Professor T. W. E. David, of Sydney University, was within sight of his fiftieth birthday. When he offered; , himseif ns a member af the Shackletoa Antarctic Expedition he was very nearly declared ineligible on the peoro of age. . ■But he had the courage and energy of. youth, and he went south as the chief geologist of the expedition. His tat;... feat in the Antarctic was to lead a . party to the top of Mount Erebus, ths mighty volcano which smokes above the stark and sullen solitudes of Boss !*• , land. Iforing 1908 he and two companions marched across the frozen' heights of Victoria Land to the South Magnetic Pole. The journey was otto oi extraordinary difficulty and danger, . excelled only by Sir Ernest Shackleton's dash to within 100 miles of the geographical South Pole, but Professor David held his own with the younger men. Now, when he confesses to fiO years, Processor David has been injured in France, where he went because the Australian Mining Corps needed the services of an expert geologist in the field. He is a man of whom Australia has rea« son to be very proud.