PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 January 1917, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Sergeant Stanley Paul, of llh-nheim, who was a dispenser on the hospital ship Mamma, is visiting h:s mother, Mrs. Jas. Paul, New Plymouth Frances I. McAlistor, of v.lie Stratford district High School, pissed -' A vith credit in the University scholarship examination, having obi-.iineu :!77" marks.

Among tlio lint of those '.vim passed v ith credit »t the I'niver-ity scholarship examination appears the iuuik- of ]. \Y. B. [toy, Wail.iki lio;V High School. who ia sixth'on the with MISI! marks, or within liuiri:. of scouring a scholarship. Master Hoy is a son of Mr. J. B. Hoy. of Xc.v Plymouth. At the monthly meeting of the Taranaki War Relief Association a: Stratford, on Monday, it was dc.-idcd tn place on record the Association'-* appreciation of tlio valued services o* Mr J. E. Wilson during the rime he had occupied the position of chairman, ai (! regret was expressed that Mr. Wilson f e!t it necessary to resign from the Association.

Tiie.vc was a large. and r.'p"ev.'i.ta.ivc gathering at the fmieial ot ilw late Mrs. James McFie, which look pla.H* at Opunnkc yesterday Among tho ! c that assembled to pay their last i< speci* were the i members of the Gpnnake Harbor Board and Egmont County Council, the lattei body adjourning it? meetfr.g for tlie purpose

Before ur.\'ii.;: Oparotkd to !ak? tip hi* duties in the Medi:al Corps, with the rank of captain, 111. Barron was the recipient of a number of prejentations. From the L0.0.F. he received n wristlet watch and husif; from the Tumi-, Club a silver cigarette care; from I.is personal friends a gold-mourned I'parotte holder, and from the IVebytvion congregation n fountain pen and Testament.

Jlr. Ilarr: Lloyd Bratt, second son of -Mr. Ilcnrv Brett, of the Krett Printing and Publishing Co., Auckland; iied last Friday morning, at I lie age of M, after a Ion;; illness. Horn in Auckland, Hie deceased on completing his education joined the commercial stall of the Star, of which his father was one of the founders and is still principal proprietoi For a period he was secretary of the company, with which lie -vas actively associated for many years, until impaired health compelled him to retire. This he did two or three years ago, devoting his attention thereafter to the management of his estate in'the Waiofcipu Valley. He is survived by Mrs. I!r?tt (who is'a daughter of the late Major Mair, of Takapuna), one son and two daughl Mr. Brett was a well-known voc: t and was associated with the Auekl Choral Society, his tenor voice be much in request. Possessed of the i admirable personal qualities, he was of the most popular men in Anckla,.: where his amiability of tercp?ramciit was particularly esteemed. It was said of him that he had not one enemy in the whole city.