PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 November 1916, Page 4

PERSONAL.

A London Pje.«» cable states that Sir Hiram Maxim is critically ill from pneumonia.

Mr. J. T. Petr'e. editor of the flntymouth Evening Star, has gone into eahip with the 23rd Reinforcements, Mr.. J. MeC'ormiok, the golf professional, has i 1.-listed with the 24c i lie-in-forcemeats, and will Jwv.e In.veivargill for camp this. week. A London cable reports the death of Sir George White, the pioneer in electric street traction.

Mi. Joseph Bieknell, of "Willow Biook," Puketapu, a well-known settlor of Hawkf'-i Bay, died on Thursday at the age of 83 years. I.anee-Corporal Pa Lloyd-Parrv, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, whose brother, Mr. 0. Parry, resides at Manaia, ha p been reported wounded. Bishop Cleary has rallied to Monsignor ilahon?y: :l ,Going to fill vacancy in chaplaincy in France. The work is urgently needed. My health has gnutly improved. I have been chaplain in an English camp hospital." Mr. J. I!. McNaughton, manager of the Hokitika branch of the National Bank for many years pa<t, lias been notified of iiis transfer to take charge of the Greymonth branch of the hunk. He will be succeeded in Hokitika by Mr. Stewart, of Stratford. The Press Association announces that the New Zealand Rhodes scholars for lfll'7 are:—Arthur .Osborne Ponder, P..A.,. Canterbury College; Alexander Francis Meldruni, Victoria College, Wellington. Both scholars are now serving with the Expeditionary Forces.

Mr. Hugh Hunger, of the Manaia stall of the Bank of New Zealand, who has received notice of transfer, was farewelled by a number of friends at the Manaia Town Hall. During the evening Mr. Hung;r was presented with a thermos flask and a pocket-book. Sergeant R. N. Gray, X.Z.M.C., the eldest son of the Rev. R. S. Gray, of Dunedin, lias been awarded the Military Cross. Sergeant* Gray left New Zealand with a special base hospital detach, ment connected with the 2nd Battalion of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade. After several suggestions to suitably commemorate the death of Dr. A. A. Martin, of Ealmerston North, it has been decided to erect an X-rav and Bacteriological Institute at the Palmcrston North Hospital, and to place a bust of the late Dr. Martin in the grounds of the hospital.

At St. Mary's schoolroom last evening the Rev. E. "C. Cook, who arrived in New Plymouth yesterday morning on final leave, was met by a few friends. Mr. Stanley Shaw, who acted as spokesman, presented Mr. Cook with a soldiers' diary and a roll of notes, and in the course of his remarks wished the departing guest the best of good health. The Rev. E. C. Cook, who goes forward as an ambulance mail, responded briefly, thanking the parishioners for their generous gift and good wishes, ' Letters were received by relatives of Lieutenant T. E. Y. Seddon, M.P., by the last English mail, stating that the injury to hin knee did not prevent him taking an active part in the big "push" on the Somme. lie was attended by the late Dr. Martin, and the trouble became move acute. Lieutenant Seddon was sent to hospital in France, and later to England for treatment. From advice to hand by the same mail, Lieutenant Stuart Seddon, Tt.F.A., was, still in the firing "line in France, and ir good health.