PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 December 1917, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. 0. N. I'irlh, seer-dun- of tin; Terniiaki Howling Cl'lltle, leases (his morn iiij; (hi :i holiday visit, to WVllinyum.

Tirigadier-Geiioral li. 13. ISralMrd. V.C.. has died of wounds. He was 20 year., ot age, and llii' youngest brigadiel-general in tlw British nrinv.

I Deep regret was expressed on Saturday |whcii it was known thai. Mrs. l-Uv,-, wife lof Mr. .1. J'.. Tiny, liad passed away. Tin' greatest snupathv will be fell with Mr. liov and his family.

The .leatii occurred lit Auckland on Thursday of Mrs. Lung, widow of ihe lale ,\Jr. Kraik-ls Long, an old Pom tiPiey oliicial who »'« to:' mallt veal"- posi-mri-.U'i- at I'-nrch.

The .leal.li i., reported of another' V.I(hum lad. Private Denis Brew has jjieen his life, for tlie Kmpirc. The deepest sympathy is extended to Mr. and .Mrs. lirew and family in their loss. —Argus.

Private M. Metcnlf, who has been a warded the Military Modal for conspicuous hi;, very, is a brother of _\lr-;. ('. V.'yatt, of liidl Block. Private Metealf went with the I Ith Reinforcements from Wav'rlev.

Mr. I'Viv.k ITuti'lieiiS, the brilliant New Zealand pianist, and "late of lfawera, who now resides, in Sydney, gave a recital the week before last, to a large, audience in lb" Sydney ('onservatorimn hall. The Sydney Telegraph speaks in glowing terms o: the skill of the pianist and his laslef'.il playing. "I have good authority for saying," says a Wellington correspondent, "'that Mr. Justice J-idwards, who suffers greatly from asthma and. is troubled with heart affection, has been told by his medical adviser that he cannot winter in New Zealand. The probability, therefore, is thai he will ask for extended leave of absence."

On Friday members of the Uruti brunch of the North Taranaki Patriotic Committee met the mail ear, and, on I heir behalf, Mr. P. Aroa cordially welcomed home Private (.!. M. Richardson, youngest son of Mr. H, (J. Richardson, of Uruti. Private Richardson enlitded when barely li) years old, uud was gassed and wounded at. the Somrne. He returned to New Zealand some time ago, and, for the hist three months, has been in the Cambridge .Sanatorium. .Mr. T. Taylor, of Wailara, has retfcived a letter from Siall'-Scrgeant Dawson Webster, in which lie refers to (he death of Private Res;. Taylor, lie says: '■' l am proud to have been a friend of Ueg's, and can testify in ho? popularity among his football mares, and later com-rades-in-arms. T know! too, (hat he had no fear of death, and that his main regret would be the sorrow thereby caused to his loved ou»s in New Zealand." Air. H. C. Corn wall, Resident Commissioner for Nine Island, has retired from that position on a pension. His place is (o be filled by the Jusliee Department by an officer who must have passed his solicitors examination. In the meantime the duties of Deputy Commissioner are being carried out by Mr. ,). C. Kvison, the school headmaster. Sir. ICvison was for some time headmaster of the Pel! Plock school prior to taking up his present appointment. " The many friends of the Lctlioridire family, as well as all footballers and football-.enthusiasts in this district, will (says the Fcilding Star) Iv< shocked to hear that S:rgeant Ceorgo Taylor ha* been killed in action. He was married (en years ago to the younaest daughter of the late Mr P. Y. Pethlvridgc, and lenves a wife and three young children George, Taylor was one of the most brilliant of the many brilliant footballers, produced in the Feilding district. He narrowly missed being accepted in the famous All Black team! Sergennt Tuvlor volunteered for service, thinking i t his duty to go. He had only recently ar . rived at the front.

News has reached Stratford concerning the death of Lieut. Robert Spenoe in the trenches. It appears that lie was wounded, and had been carried into the temporary hospital or dressing station, and was unite bright and cheerful, notwithstanding (he pain of the wound in his shonldor, when another shell landed on the station, and he was amongst the killed. In the latest casualty list the following Taranaki names appear:—Wounded: 10 T. B. Mellow (R. T. 1?. Mellow, Kaponga), Sergeant P. Glentworth (H. Gloivtworth, liremii), A. Howie (A. Bowie, Auroa), M. .1. Hodge (L. Hodge, Alton). Dangerously ill: H. Parkinson (Awetima). Sorioiisly ill: R. A. Hughes. Severe case: R/'O. V. Jenkins (Waitara). Not severe cases: CI. Butler, J. Hponco (New Plymouth).

Mr. Noel Ross; journalist, formerly of Wellington, whose death from typhoid fever is reported, was about 25 years of age, and was the only son of Mr. Malcolm Ross (New Zealand ollicial war correspondent) and Mrs. Ross, a wellknown Now Zealand writer. He was educated at Christ's College, and commenced his journalistic career in the reading-room of the Wellington Post, the literary stall of which he joined .subsequently. I'Yom the Post lie went to the Auckland Herald, and later to the Christchureii Sun. hi Wellington lie had been an enthusiastic member of U Hutiery. and when the war broke out lie enlisted at once with the Main Body. He was present at the landing at Oallipoli, being range-finder for bis company, with the rank of Lnneo-C'orporal. Krom Cinllipuli he was invalided with shell-shock, and was subsequently diseliarp'd medieallv i'siiit. He went to Knylnnd, and on his recovery qualified for a commission in tho Royal Artillery, but was obliged to take his discharge on account of i!iheaitli. Mr. Ross achieved some success as a writer of war sketches for the London pre»s, and collaborated with -his father in (he production of "Light and Shade in War." He joined the staff of the London Times, and had a promising. career ahead of him. It was announced recently that he had become engaged to an English girl.