PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 January 1917, Page 4

PERSONAL.

A Neuter cable from Ottawa annoww ccs the death of Sir Frederick Borden, ex-Minister of Militia, aged C 9 yean. In an official announcement.of promotic ns, etc., of officers of the Territorial forces there appears the name of Wil» lii ; ni T. Joll, of Waitara, f.romoted«to bp major as from November 14th"last, Major Joll is in France.' An Amsterdam cable announces that the betrothal will shortly take place of the Crown Prince of Bavaria to the Princess Victoria of Schleswig Holstein, one of the wealthiest of the Princesses of Germany. , Motions of condolence w-rc passed at yesterday's meeting of the Taranaki County Council to the relatives of the l.i to Mr. Mark Hopson and Mr. Edgar Me\ens, in connection with their recent bereavements. The death occurred very suddenly on Sunday at her residence on the Mountain road of the wife of Mr. E. Mumby. She complained of\ibeing ill during the evening, and collapsed at about 9.30. Mr. Mumby went for assistance, but on returning only a very few minutes later found that his wife had expired. Th« pause of death was internal hemorrhage.

The illness of the Hon. Dr. MeNab ia not, states our Wellington correspondent, of a serious nature and the Minister expects to be about again at the end of his week. , But lie may fir.d it necessary lnV r to undergo an operation that will ii!\olve a fairly lengthy period of rest. His portfolios, in the meantime, tfn being distributed temporarily, Mr. Hcrries taking Marino and Mr. Herdman Justice.

A letter from the Veil. Archdeacon Stoeker received- by a friend in Intercargill contains some details of the circumstances under which Lieut. Val. Stoeker won the Military Cross,- as briefly reported in the cables" recently. It appears that Lieut." Stoeker was'near his captain when a shell burst, and the concussion caused the captain to We " sent to the hospital, Lieut. Stock or thereupon took command. He was talk, ins to a subaltern and a telephonist nhen the shot killed the two and sent Lieut. Stoeker flying'. A serge.mt tied up his iiead, and though the colonel appeared and ordered him to retire Lieut. Stoeker stuck to the guna until tiiey were blocked. A gunner them help-, ci him to the doctor, who sent him. off in an ambulance. It got dark and the road was blocked, so Lieut. Stoeker got nut and found his way to the Base (loapital. and recollects nothing ufttil he found himself in a French hospital, He was sent to Kngland, and was one of five whom the master of Clirist's College,Cambridge, took into his house. Lioilt< Stoeker is now at the front again.