PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 October 1917, Page 4

PERSONAL.

A London cable reports that Alderman C A. Hanson, M.P., has been elected Cord Mayor of London.

The award of the Military .Medal to Private Edmund Athelstone Tuke, an old New Plymouth boy, is conurmeti in orders recently issued.

Lieut.-Colonel Fletcher, who has been in town for a few days, returns this morning to Wellington, where he undergoes an operation for the removal ol shrapnel received during the battle of Messines.

Mr. William Malcolm, who died at Hunterville last Saturday after a short illness, had for live weeks prior to his death been acting headmaster of the District High School there, a position lie gladly accepted in order to "do his bit" for King and country during the war. The late Mr. Malcolm was born at Stromness in 1838, and acted for some time there as pupil teacher prior to leaving for Edinburgh University and Moray House Training College. On leaving these institutions he was appointed headmaster at Dunfermline, and then rector of the High School at Stornpwa.v. He migrated to New Zealand in 1871, and shortly after his arrival he was appointed to the position of headmaster of the Spit School, Napier. 1 Later lie was appointed rector of the Milton District High School, and afterwards became principal of the' Christclmrch Training College. After retiring he did a considerable amount of coaching for the university examinations, and a great many successful candidates all over the Dominion testify to the thoroughness of his teaching. He was of a lovable and genial nature, and wonderfully well informed: The past few years he had spent with different members of his family, but mainly with his eldest son, Mr. J. H. Malcolm, headmaster of the Te Aro School,, whose house' he left at the call of duty to die in harness. The late Mr. Malcolm was twice married, and lias left a family of nine—six sons and three daughters—Mr. ,T. 11, Malcolm (headmaster of Te Aro' School), Mrs Hugh Manson (Wnikato). Mr. William Malcolm (Orbost, Victoria), Mr. Charles Malcolm (farmer, Opunakc). Mis«s Annie Malcolm (Auckland), -Mr. James Malcolm (engineer, Auckland), Mr< Soinerville (Auckland), Captain Petrie Malcolm, C.E (Calcutta), and Mr. Samuel Malcolm (farmer, Auckland),