PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 August 1917, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mrs. J. West, Fitzrny, lias recuiv.nl word that her son Harry, -who is in lio&i pital, is improving. _ Second-Lieutenants A. E. Mclsaac and K. L. Malone have tieeu promoted to lieutenants. A very old resident of Nornianby passed away at the Hawera Hospital, on Saturday, in the person of Mr. J. T. Wor. tley. The. death is announced of the Rev. S. ■I. (iailiek at the age of' (10 years. "Tie lato Mr Garlick was a minister of tho Methodist Church. The names of the following Taranaki men appear in yesterday's hospital report:—Not severe cases: Captain E. J. Brammall (Hawera), G: F, Coney (New Plymouth). Mr. and Mrs. F. Richards, Avenuo road, have received word that their son, Corporal Leo >. Richards, .was admitted to Brockenhurst Hospital on Aug. 17, .suffering from trench fever. Lieut.-Colonel I. T. Standish, C.M.G., D.5.0., E.N.Z.A., has been appointed officer commanding R.N.Z.A. Reserve Depot in the place of Major F. G. Hums, R.N.Z.A., who is commanding a bati tery . Word has been received by his parents? Mr. and Mi*. T. liarr, New Plymouth, that 'Private W. G. Barr, who .was admitted to the 12th General Hospital in France, on August 17, is improving. 1 Mrs. J. *\V. Bridge-man received a cable message yesterday stating that her son, Private J). Langley, who left with the 10th Reinforcements, is still dangerously ill in France. , Mr. Callaghan, who for some time has been in charge of the post and telegraph ollice at Hawera, is retiring from the public service at the end of this, month. Mr. Mahoiiey will act as postmaster temporarily in succession tc. Mr. Callaghan. Mr. ,1\ J. 11. White has been appointed flie Taranaki Education Board's reprcseutatiVe on the New Plymouth Technical College. Mr. 11. Trimble declined renomination owing to being on «p many committees. Advice has been received in Nelson ' Unit Captain J. M. Morrison, M. C, has succumbed from the effects of wounds nvenHy received in France. Captain Morrison was science master on the staff of Nelson College before lie enlisted, lie had not inug boon Mi the firing line when he was awarded the Military Cross .for gallantry on the field.

.i;e(eelivp-fVi«ca:it ' M'llveney, : of Christehurch, lias been promoted to the rank oi: chief detective, ami will succeed Chief Detasiive Herbert in charge of the detective force ia Canterbury, tiio latter lea. ai< on three months' leave prior to retiring on si;pcranmie.L ; ai. Chief Do-tet-iivu .M-Ilveiiey lia.s seen ,22 years' service. /

At the Fdueetion Beard meeting on Tuesday .Mr • J. floss was appointed commissioner at Kiore to act in conjunction with Mr. A. J. Stockle.y, and' Mr. E; Davis was appointed ommissioner at Tariirufangi to act m conjunction with Mr. W. !'. r.islinp.' Mr. W. K King's rinpoinhnrnt to (he Huiuaa .school c.e'.niniltrr', vice Mr. Colscn. resigned, was confiJined. Mr. ft. M. HackeU, night editor of the N'ow Zealand Herald. li?.s been appointed editor, m succession to Mr. "W. Lane,.. niio died on Sunday. Mr. Hackett came from fvotlaiui about twenty agD, since which time lie has bc-en on the Herald sinlV. lie has been chief reporter, subsequently Parliamentary reporter, sub-editor, ami co-editor. He is regarded as it capable, all-round journalist. The. Kkeiahuua Express states that Mr Olsen, formerly of the Rexdalo cheese factory, lias been appointed manager of tlie Kotr.iet' Company's- factory at Patca, where the manufacture of rennet is being undertaken this season. Veils saved in various districts will be sent to 'Patea for manufacture. Mr. Olsen has already at rived in Fa tea and taken up his duties. Mr. J. P. Dugclalc, formerly for many years a valuer on the stall' of tlie Land and Income Tax Department, and well known in Wellington and other parts of Hie Dominion, died in Wellington yesterday. He had sulfered from a serious internal complaint .for some considerable tinie, and a few weeks since went to Wellington to undergo an operation. It was found that the case was hopeless, and he lingered until yesterday. Xews lias been received that LanceCorporal Leonard Hunter, eldest son of Mrs _(".'. Schrciber, of Waitui, lias been severely wounded, his left arm being blown oil'. Corporal Hunter was wounded last year at the Somme. On his recovery lie returned to the firing line, only to be knocked out a second time, Waitui Las paid heavy toll to Wilhclnr Kaiser of the damned. Out of fourteen sent to the front by its dozen families, one has made the supreme sacrifice, ei; lit have been wounded, and one invalided. Mr L. Sattler lias lost one sea, and a second. Frank, lies wounded. Mr. W. Bishop's son, Lionel, .returned, last week willi a shuttered shoulder blade and eight or nine wounds, in the 'back. Mr, Robert Hunter' has been wounded in both hands, losing the use of his middle finger. Mr. Mcßae's son, Murdoch, who was two itcavs.'in the "S.Z Tunnelling Corps, has been wounded, as ako a.son of Mr. K. T Williams. Cecil Famiail lias lost an arm, and W. Thompson has been wounded. Altogether, if our "corner'' can be taken as a sample. Wilhehii, like his ancestor Frederic, i« claiming h>'s victims in every quarter of the globe and on every sea. -Waitarf correspondent.