PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 November 1917, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Reeond-Lieutenant R. 11. Quilliam, Instructional Staff, Headquarters CI Draft, has been appointed to Adjutant, CI Draft, as from November 10.

Colonel Charters, who was gassed during the fighting in October, was not seriously affected, and expects to be back with his unit in a few days.

Lieut.-Coloiiel Fletcher underwent a I'ery serious operation in the Victoria Hospital, Wellington, last week, and is now doing as well as can be expected.

In the casualty list published yesterday, Private Bertie Wishart. (Mrs ]?. Wishart, Stratford, aunt) is reported wounded. In the hospital report the name of Private F. \V. Chnrteris (New Plymouth) appears in the list of not severe case.

Mrs J. J. Krancia, of Fitzroy, has received advice that her son LanceCorporal Lincoln Francis, is a patient at the Auxiliary Abbey Lodqe Tigerslftll Hospital, Cluslehurst, England, suffering' from a gunshot wound in the shoulder and that lie is progressing favorably. °

At Wellington 011 Wednesday Mr. Jus. Ames, the city valuei 1 was presented by the Mayor on behalf of the Corporation staff, with a handy roll top desk to commemorate bis jubilee of service with the corporation. In his reply lie stated that lie had had the experience of seven town Works and six or seven engineers and luul witnessed the rates of the corporation rise from £"2825 to £IBO,OOO a year.