PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 December 1916, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. T. Shailer Weston, of WeTrrngtui, arrived in J's.v Plymouth i.y the nail train last r.ij' 1 .'..

Mr. .1. Cray, of Hawera, has b-*en appointed dental officer fur \"o. 8 (Taviinaki) Group, with the.rank of Captain.

j'jicutcnaiif .1 ('. Nicholson, of the 2Uh Heiiiforccnients, is expected to arrive in New Plymouth by the mail train on Monday night, He returns to camp on Thursday morning.

Private Norman Orr, son of M*. J. W. (br, of Taumarunui (late of Pungareiiii), lias been awarded the MilitaryMedal for gallant.'y. Private' Orr left Xew Zealand with ihe Bth Rein ; urve< incuts.

A London cable states that Mr. Masseand Sir Joseph Ward have postponed their departure for a month. The clothworkers elected Mr. Massey a-freeman. The company afterward* tendered liinv i luncheon.

M:' .1. R. Hill has jtfst received wora tli.it his son Nelson has now been removed from the seriously ill list, ?rivite Hill was seriously hit in the Somms nglitiv. and bad his leg amputated.

Serjeant \V. F\ Southain, ,vlio returned by the Maheno, had it very narrow call, his spine being injured by a bullet, ft will be many months before be is able to stand up. It is expected he will reach New Plymouth to-night.

A London cable states that a Military Cross, lias been awarded to a New Zealander, Second-Lieut, V. Stocker, of the Artillery. Five Military Medals have heen awarded to New Zealauders. Lieut. Stoc.ker is n brother of Mr. Harry Stockev, of New Plymouth.

Sister K. jr. McAllum, of New iP'.y. mouth, hut «v-»ni«y on leu"', after being on active service for ncjriy It- month::. Sh; vni r.v.ty w ; th <lO (itli Reinforcements, after sorvin;; for some time at Treutham, and worked in

Saw Zealand Hosiiiils in 1 ; and 'Sew Zealand. Prior to 1 saving New Zealand, Sister McAllum wn suitmatron ut St. Helen's Hospital, \VeI« lington. Dr. Hugo Munsterberg, the famoupsychologist, whose death was reported from New York this week, was. born '.u Danzig, Germany, in 1803. He graduated at the Danzig Gymnasium in 1882, and had a brilliant career at the universities of Leipzig and Heidelberg. H« left for America and took degrees lit Harvard, Washington, and Lafayette. He rilled the position of Professor at the University of Berlin, 1910-11. Prpfessor Munsterberg was vice-president of the International Congress of Arte and Sciences, held at St Louif in IUO4, during tho Exposition there. He was pre. of the American Psychological 'Association in 1808, and of the American i Philosophical Association, 100S, and was [a Fellow nf the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Hugo Munsterberg was the author of many works dealing with psychology, and was a contributor to many magazines and educational publications, and had been the editor of "Harvard Psychological Studios" sine* ISIO3.