PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 December 1917, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. S. Green has been appointed local inspector of weights and measures.

In a late hospital list appear the following Taranaki namcß: Severe eases: J. G. Faldcr (Stratford), P. Crann (New Plymouth), Sergeant J. P. McDavitt. A London cablegram reports the death of the Earl of Portsmouth. His successor is the Hon. John Wallop, formerly private secretary to the Governor of Tasmania.

Mr. William Penny, one of the first settlers in the Sandon district, and well known all over New Zealand, died on Saturday morning, aged 82, He resided at Sandon for about half a century. The many friends of Mr. T. Elliott Wilson, of Taihape, and formerly of Stratford, will regret to learn that he is seriously ill, and that he is at present an inmate of a private hospital in Wellington. In the most favorable circumstances it i 9 liltely (the Times says) to be several weeks before Mr. Wilson will be about again, Mr. W. Newton, deputy-superintendent of the Workers' Dwellings Department and deputy-general inspector, accompanied by Mr. W. Temple, Government Labor Department's architect, arrived in New Plymouth last night in connection with the workers' dwellings which aro being erected in Payntcr's Avenue. Mr. A. S, Biss, of the firm of Badham and Biss, public accountants, died suddenly at Wellington yesterday. While at the Wellesley Club during'the lunch hour he suddenly became ill and was removed to a private hospital, -where he died shortly after '2 o'clock. Heart trouble is understood to be the cause of death. The late Mr. Biss was 50 years of age, being born in Nelson and going to Wellington in boyhood. From 1005 till 1009 he was a city councillor, and also unsuccessfully contested the mayoralty. He has left a widow, four sons and two daughters, two of the sons Leing on active service.

Mr. C, A. Wilkinson, JH.P., received word from the secretary of the War Office on Wednesday that his son, Second Lieut. C. H. Wilkinson, was wounded when in action in France, during the recent heavy fighting. The telegram was ns follows: "Regret to inform you that Second-Lieutenant C. H. Wilkinson, R.F.A., 42/2, was admitted to No. 8 General Hospital, Rouen, on 2nd December, with gunshot wound in left hip, and compound fracture of ulna (larger bone of forearm). Seriously ill." Lieut. Wilkinson joined the Royal Field Artillery in England, having studied there for a commission. Some time since he was awarded the Military Cross.—Argus. A quiet but pretty wedding was solemnised at St. John's Church, Wanganui, on Tuesday (reports the Chronicle), when Lieut. Bruce Langdon .Toll, of the Main Body, N.Z. Engineers, only son of the late Mr. T. L. Joll, of Okaiawa, was married to Armorel Ethel ("Rel"), only daughter of Mr. C. N. Raine, of Wanganui. The bridesmaid was Miss Pearce, of Kakaramea, and Lieut. H, R. H. Chalmers, of the N.Z. Rifle Brigade, acted as best man. The church was very prettily decorated by friends of the bride. Mrs, J. E. Roe presided at the organ. After the ceremony a reception was held at the residence of the bride's parents in Wicksteed street. The bride yuid ! bridegroom left later for the Southern lakes. \

Sharland's Magnesia is particularly sothing when the digestion is disturbed and there is a nasty taste in the mouth.