PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 August 1917, Page 4

PERSONAL.

_Mr. P. C. Webb took his seat in tie House of Representatives last night. Lieut. C. H. iDrew, late of New Hy. mouth, is now with the Royal CTyW Corps in Prance.

.Out. of 31 applicants, Mr,..Stewart;-of Invercargill, lias been, appointed eieci tncal engineer to the Inglewood borough. . .

The death took place at Kairanga on Wednesday of Mrs. Buiek, wife of Mr. I>., Buick, M..8. for Palmerstoh North, Mrs. Bmck was 65 years of age. Mr W. T. Eyre, some time of the*}.' fa.fc. Co.'s staff-here, and latterly assistant purser of the gjj. Maori, has been transferred to the Islands trade.

Colonel-Barker, .ColoneU Craig « n 4 Captain Bond, of the- Military Medical herviee Board; are at present conducting examinations in' New Plymouth, Sir Ernest Rutherford has received the degree of Doctor of Science fttm the Yale University,. U.S.A., where 'W was formerly a : lecturers . . Mr. B. W. Smith, M.P, f or Wainuf rino, who recently underwent an operation for appendiettis at Taihane, |a reported to he in a somewhat serioiu iwndition.

News lias been received that Serrt. George Syme, formerly of Hawera who gained the D.C.M. some time ago, hag been killed in action on the western front.

The many friends of Mr. Sidney Burgess will be interested to know that he liaa won his commission', and is now en route to New Zealand for special duty. Ho js expected in Hawera about the middle of August. Mr. V. B. Stratton, secretary of the Egmont Racing Club, who underwent a serious operation in May last, ig miking excellent progress towards recovery. He expects to return to Hawera M September.

Mr, Alfred A. Bennett, who has .for the past eighteen months occupied lth« position of. managing,, clerk to Messrs Roy and Nicholson, solicitors, of this town, has been admitted to partnership m the firm as from Ist" instant. The .new firm will continue to .practise under the name of Boy and Nicholson. Mr. AV. T. Dunn, ari old 'settler fa the Wairarapa, died suddenly ou Wednesday morning. Mr. Dunn caflW U New Zealand in the Beiman in 1642,'aitf had seen a lot of pioneering 'work. : He had three sons, all of whonf' Went to the war. One has returned, one is believed to have been killed, and the third is still in France. At the time ofi.hia death, Mr. Dunn was SB' year* of age. The following Taranaki ; name» ar* iachuled in yesterday's casualty lists:-* Wounded: J. K. Fraser (Mr. H. Frawr, Mokau), A. G. BaiUsy (Mrs.; JiBailey, Okaiawa", mother), J. Jt. Bennett (Mr. S. Bennett, Stratford father), Lance-Corporal A. C. Rqgerd (Mrs. M. M. Rogers, New Plyuioatfc, •mother). Still dangerously, ill but j>r»* gressing satisfactorily;! ft. & leiefctan (New Plymouth):. "' ' ■■

Mr. w. S. Mcleod, of EJfckam,. mtf.w ceived notice ffoni the, Defence ment that his son, Staff-Sergt. Jack*MiLcod, has been wounded-; and rexabn New Zealand some time this month, Itt August of last' .year another son, 'WRliam, returned, invalided.' there" are »*tlt in France Sorgt. D. Mcleod, M.0., Sec|fc, Andrew, and Privates George (rod Ttobcrt. , These coißpris«,^l :: the.*oiiß the family.

Corporal R. ff. DalhousJc,. who.. .%«* wcli-knottn in and associated with LabSfc matters in the Dominion* has been, tOMi* ally mentioned for "meritorious Sftrvjai« in the field." He felt with, the jftlf Zealand Rifle Brigade, and hap been mV ing-sergeant of his' company for. »omt time. Writing to a friend in ton, he described how almost the whola of his gun team had "gone West", ami the 1 guu blown to pieces'. He niade not mention of how he won his distinction.