PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 July 1917, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Lieutenant R. H. Quilliam, who has been on leave, returns to Wellington on Saturday to report for duty. Mrs. J. A. Bridgeman, of Westown, has received cable advice that her son, Private D. Langley, is still dangerously A cable has been received stttting'tiiat Private Sid. Armstrong (brother of Mr. AT. Armstrong, Carrington Road), it W>w convalescent and at Broekenhtfrflt hospital. Senior Sergeant Bowden, of the New Plymouth police, accompanied iby Mra Bowden, Irft ,by the mail train, for i'ending yesterday on a fortnight's holiday leave. '•■ Private Whidd-Brooking, formerly or the Aews mechanical staff, is in h«*pi. tal at Home suffering from a wound in tile shoulder, and on top of that is down with pneumonia. His mother is Mra. Cubbon, of Stratford. Private William Shirley, of the aa* chine-gun section, who was recently wounded for the third time and was reported to be romaining with his unit, has apparently been sent Home, but has cabled that he is doing well. It was recently reported that Private S. G. Higgs, of New Plymouth, was wounded. Information has now been received that he hag bees admitted to hospital in Franco suffering from slight gunshot wounds in legs and anas. By a recent mail the Rev. John H. White, of Brooklyn, learned that his second Sydney Wales White, tho London artist. ha& one of 'his' ipaintinos (a, portrait of Flight-Lieutenant Wiiliams, of the Royal Naval Service) hung in the exhibition of the Royal Academy this year.

Mr. W. H. Harvey, of Petone, was ap. pointed assistant borough inspector at last night's meeting of the Works Committee of the New Plymouth Borough Council, there 'being eleven other applicants for the position. Mr. Harvey is a married man, aged 33. with two children, and was in camp in training lor the front when he was rejected as medically unfit for active service.' > . . A Christchurch message last night re* ported that Mr. Duncan Rutherford, the well-known North Canterbury pastoralist (brother of Mr. A. W. Rutherford, ex-M.'P.), died somewhat suddenly yesterday afternoon. He entered a private hospital the previous suffering from an internal trouble. Lately his name has been closely associated with the Queen 'Mary Hospital at Hanmer Springs, for convalescent soldiers, to whiclh institution 'he has extended unbounded generosity, A Wellington telegram reports the death of Mr. Alex. McKay, ex-geologlst to the Mines Department, Mr. MrtCa, | who was 'born and educated in Scotland.;, arrived in New Zealand in 1863 and spent some time in gold mining in Otago, Marlborough, New South Wales, fad Queensland. Later he was engaged in exploring expeditions and was associated with Dr. von Haast. In 1572 ho. was attached to the Geological Departmeht, becoming assistant geologist in 18D2, and later geologist to the Mines Department. News has been received of the death in action in France, on June: 21, of Corporal Tom .Russell, a son of the late Mr. W. J. Russell, South Road, New Plymouth, Previous to enlisting he was engaged in farming in the Hawera and'Manaia districts, where he was popular" among the' sporting public, and was noted for his daring horsemanship, frequently riding at sports and other fixtures. He joined the Main Body of the sJxpedition4ry Force a.t Marfon, and left as a driver in the Field Artillery, Alfter toeing in Egypt for some time he left for Gallipoli, but, on account of the horses not being aible to land, he returned to Egypt, ■where he contracted fever. On recovering he was drafted to France, and was present at the Armentieres and Somme battles. At the latter place .his horse was shot under him. At the time of his death Corporal Russell was an ■ actihgi bombardier. > ■ . ■