PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 March 1917, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mrs nnd Miss Horsnell wont to Wel< lington yesterday to meet Sergeant XV tforsnel], who is returning to the Do." minion, having been wounded in the head. At the East End Pavilion on Thursday' evening Private W. Gnnson, a former member of the East End Committee now on final leave, was presented with ,* silver wristlet wateh and cover. It jvas stated that 18 of the East End Committee had gone on active service, and that three more were waiting to be medically examined. One more of the remaining band of pioneer Nonconformist settlers passed away at Paparoa this week in the person of Mr. T. W. Wilson, who emigrated with tlie Nonconformist special settlement in I.Sul. He was head teacher of the roa day school for 25 years, and took an active interest in 100 l politics, bein" a member of the Otamatea Countv Coun* cil for three years. He was well* know* in Methodist Church circles, and hela office as a local preacher, circuit steward and trustee. President F. J. Hill, of the New Plymouth Defence Rifle Club, who recently wrote to the Defence authorities offering Ins services in a „ y capacity for homo service, and ifrho received a reply thanking him for his offer, which was deplmed, owing to his being over the a»a limit, brought the matter before tho Minister of Defence on his visit here Ins week. Mr Hill, who was introduced by Mr If. J. Okey, M.P, informed the Minister of his desire to assist tho counCry in any way possible, and again offered himself for home service, in any capacity, anywhere, .The Minister of Oefence promised to look further into the matter on his return to Wellington.