PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 August 1917, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. John Cameron, of tearwncsj,* Waipara, one of Cantirbury'a ftoneers? died on Monday.

Word has been received in NW Plymouth by cable that Major W«ata» his been promoted to Ueut.-Colon«l and «t present is on leave in London. Word has Been received that Private G, H. M'Comish, who joined the Australian Forces, is at present in hospital in Melbourne, sqfferng from shell shook. Mr. A. Morton was yesterday reelected chairman of the, Mangorei Dairy Company for the twenty-third year in succession. Mr. Morton has held tho position continuously since tho inauguration of the company. Word has been received that L. Q. Hill, who left New Zealand with the Main Body, was wounded in Gallipoli, and has since been serving In France, has been granted his commission, ajid is returning to New Zealand next month. He is well known throughout Taranaki.

Dr. Macdiarmid leaves Hawera on Tuesday to' take up military service. It is expected he will go into camp for a short time, and then leave New Zealand on a hospital ship. The doctor's friend* and patients are extremely sprry he i» going, and certainly he is making a great sacrifice in relinquishing his practice to take up military duty.—Star. Mr. I, Kidd, who has been manager of the Inglewood branch of the Farmers' Co-operative Organisation Society, is severing his connection 'wjth that firm in order to enter into business on his own account. He will be succeeded at"lnjd«wood by Mr. Fred Partridge, of th»' Society's head office at Hawsro. i The Bishop of Auckland ha» plaeai the Rev. A. Moncur ii charg* of the parish of the Holy Sopulehro fei? one month, during which time the saH vices will be taken by the Rev. Dr. O'Callaghan and tho Rev. A. Moncur Niblock. This step is neqessitatcd by th« indisposition of tho Rev. A. H. Col<ville.

The following names of Taranaki men appc-ured in yesterday's casualty list:— Wounded: A- C. Wright. (A." Wright, MidMret, father), G. W. B. Brogdeu (Mrs. C. L. Brogdon, Hawera, wife), S. V. Wills (T. J. Wills, Kaponga, father). Wounded and admitted to hospital: J. H. Law (J. LanyHawera, father), W. L. Perry (Mts. K. Perry, .New Plymouth,

mother). Mr. A. McEae, of Waitui, has roQsivei word that his ' second son, tapper MV Mcßue, of the New Zealand ijunnelHajf Corps, was wounded on July 24. Sapper Mcßae left with the 10th Reinforcement* and was for three weeks in the trenches in France. He then joined tho' Australian Tunnelling Corps, and iwas at tho famous Hill (SO fight in Belgium. H» also went through tho battle of Arras, and then joined the New Zealand Tunnelling Corps in Franca, where ha wa» wounded. ■

"The Military Cress h'ar'boteli awarded to Flight-Cpmmander Kolth Caldwell. but no details are yet to hand as "*S the particular act: of-gallantry wkioh merited the decoration. FU#it-o*o-mander Caldwell is the only son of Ift D. E. Caldwell, of the firm cf 3W*tJey, Logan, and CaldwelJ, Ltd. He was bujra iii Wellington,' and educated at tlio Wanganui College, and later, was on th« stuff of the Auckland branch tha Bank of New Zealand. Ho "sins turn of the first ,' pupils to graduate froa the New Zealand Flying School'at K»hiniarama. ! Plight-Coinmlndei QtUwell has several times distinguish** himself during the period he Las beea on active service. He is a grandson ofj Mr James McKerrow, of Wellington.

The Xelson Mail states tliat Mr Georjo Taylor farmer; of" Bainham, Ncls«n. who died a low days ago, agod W, and a stepson, had bten di»titiguiaii«< for saving many Uvea in connection with mining disasters; especially whs* P" two occasions the Diglake Colliery, at Audlcy, in Staffordshire, was flooded and many perished. After the last occasion Queen Victoria conferred, with her own hand 3, the Royal Albert Meflftl for bravery. A few years ago Mr Taylor wbb selected from a number oj rival claimants as the most probabla .Ucir to what has boon, widely known as the ''Taylor millions," but nothing very tangible had materialise! in this connection up to the time of 'the old man's death, except that inquiries had estab> lished beyond certain doubt' important clues, and have,proved the existence «S more than one family legacy. Mr. Joseph Taylor, mining engineer, of Nel« son, is one of his sons. The late Captain' William Henry Dillon Bell, son of Sir Francis Bell, leader of the Legislative Council, who was killed in action, was a member p{ tb« Imperial Forces. He was fortoerly member for Wellington Suburbs, bebtj elected to the House in 1011. Th« J«.*« Captain Bell, yvho was tbirly-flvij year* old, was the eldest son of Sir Franc* and Lady Bell. He was educated first at Wellington College, and afterward* went to England and studied at Cambridge University. He was admitted a barrister of the Inner Temple in tin Old Country. lie returned to New Zenlaud mid joined Ihe firm of Messrs B*H, Gully, Beil and Myers. The day war was'declared he volunteered his. services, and went to Samoa with tuo.firaf force. He returned to the. Dominion, but after remaining here two days, went to England and joined King Edward"* Horse, in which regiment Ijc held A commission. 'Hie late Captain Bollj who was ftk f much ability, was universally reßp< red and liked.