PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 November 1917, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Sister Boodle, who has been associated with the staff of the Hawera Hospital for four years has been appointed matron of the Stratford Hospital. In Saturday's hospital report, LanceCorporal R. A. Hughes is reported as still dangerously ill, and Private A. F. Huggins (Hawera) as not a severe case.

A Sydney cablegram reports the death of Harry Trott the Australian cricketer, >vho was well-known also in New Zealand cricketing circles. Mrs. J. C. Hemingway (Warea) lias just received a wire stating that her second son, Lance-Corporal Thos. B. Paton, wus admitted to King George's Hospital, London, oil October 18, suffering severely from trench feet.

Mr, David Sykes,,younger son of Mr. and Mrs A. E. Sykes, New >Plymouth, leaves for camp by mail train this morning. He enlisted at Wellington recently, having just reached the required nge.

Mr. ,T. ,T. Birmingham, of Westown, who has been on the stuff of the local goods shed for some years, and proceeds to camp on Wednesday, was presented on Saturday, by Mr. J. W. Riddock (goods foreman), on behalf of the staff, with a wristlet watch. Mr. Birmingham! recently received news that one brother had been killed and another wounded.

The Chronicle reports the death of an I old resident of Wanganui, Mrs John .Tones, who was predeceased by her husband only last week. Mrs - Jones is survived by seven children, 33 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild. The former include Mrs F. McGuire (Auckland), Mr. J. D. Quin (Wanganui East), Mr. C. Quin (Kawhia), Mrs Ellison (Wanganui), Mr. James Quin (Waverlcy), Mrs J, A. Young (Wanganui), and Mr F. W.Jones (Wanganui). A veteran of the Crimea, Indian Mutiny, and Maori war, in the person of Air. William Douglas, has died at Maungakaramea, Auckland, at the age of eighty-two years. The late Mr. Douglas was a corporal of Queen Victoria's Regiment. He was borrt at Portadown, County Armagh, North Ireland. At the age of eighteen he enlisted in the 08th Regiment, and shortly afterwards was sent to the Crimea. He took part in the battles of Alma, Inkerman, and the seige and fall of Sebastopol. Subsequently lie was with British troops which landed in India in the closing stages of the Mutiny, and spent the six succeeding years in' Burma. In 1883 he arrived in New Zealand with the British forces, and was at the taking of the Gate Pa and other engagements in the Taurangn district, participating also in the Wuikjito campaign. In 1880 lie received his discharge, and settled at Waikickie on a soldier's section, residing there for over thirty years.