PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 July 1917, Page 4

PERSONAL.

A Copenhagen message reports the death of Germany's coal king, T-lerr Prlcdlandor. His full fortune is estimated at fonr million sterling.

Commodore U. Y. Tydwhitt, in command of the destroyer flotilla of the First Fleet, has been made a K.C.B, in recognition of his war services. He has already received a D.S.O. and C.B.

Sergeant I!. J. Eyre, a son of Mr, R. VI 1). Kyrc, »w Plymouth, is among the non-commissioned officers of the 28th Reinforcements who have been appointed second-lieutenants on probation and transferred to the 33rd Reinforcements. A London cable states that amongst the last list of honors appears the name of Arthur Asquith, son of the exl'lcij'ier, who receives a bar to his Military Cross and the D.S.O. for conspicuous gallantry and determination and contempt of danger in attacking and clearing a village, when he personally captured ten of the enemy. On Thursday evening the residents of Franl-ieigh Park held a social gathering to farewell 'Private Leslie Newell, who volunteered for active service on attaining military age and is now spending his final leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jfewell, of Frankleigh Park. During the evening Mr. \V, A. Ballantyne presented Private Newell, on behalf of the residents, with a wristlet watch, wishing him Godspeed and a safe return. Hon. Sir Henry Miller, who has vacated his seat In the Legislative Council after holding it continuously for a period of more than fifty years, says our Parliamentary reporter, represented in the Council a past and almost forgotten generation. Ho rowed in the Oxford boat in the fifties of last century, and was an experienced legislator before some of the present members of Parliament were born. A politician 'he never became. He remained the English gentleman of the old school, .polished, courteous and aloof, apt in classical quotation and inspired by motives scarcely understood by many of the public men of today.

Mr. W. H. O. Mackrell who formerly was a prominent footballer in Auckland, died at his parents' residence, George street, Rocky Nook, on Sunday. He was a compositor by trade and became ill whilst at work on 'Saturday, and whilst on his way home he had a paralytic seizure. Mr. MaekrolL who was 30 years ,of age and unmarried, ,was a member oj the New Zealand football team .that met the Bedell-Si'eyright (British team in 1904, He also was a member of the "All Black" team that went Home in the (following year. Subsequently ihc again went to England as a member of a League, team. • A recent hospiti.l and progress report contains the. names of the following Taranaki men:—Still seriously ill: Private, I'. L. Grooby. Removed from seriously ill list: Lance-Corporal H. R. Miles (Ing'lewood). Severe cases: Privates R. Fraser, E. A. Jones, W. Johnson (>Patea), ■L. J. McNaught (Hawera), 11. C. Norgate, J. Westfold (Eltham), L. T. Williams (Hawera). Not reported as severe cases:- Lieut. P. J. O'Dowd, Privates R. Andrews (New Plymouth), J. Carmichael (Stratford), F. Dawson (Hawera), E. L. Drake (Inglewood), W. D. Fulton (Waitara), F. Gibson (Stratford), H. C. Norgate, W. H. Stone (Hawera), G. Thorpe, G. L. Whitcombe (New Plymouth).