PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 February 1918, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. H. P. Clayton, curator of the Aahburtou Domain, is at present visiting New Plymouth. An Adelaide cablegram states that Mr. W. H. Harvey has succeeded the Hon. A. W. Styles as Minister of Education. Mr. Guthrie, the recently appointed Minister, was sworn in by the GovernorGeneral, at Wellington, on Saturday, as a member of the Executive Council. The death occurred on Tuesday, after a brief illness, at Christchurch, of Mr. Jame3 Knight, the well-known butcher and stock dealer. Word was received this week from Home (says The Patea Press) to the effect that Major F. E. Beamish, Sergeant P. H. Tinner, and Private G. H. Peacock were leaving shortly on their return to the Dominion. The Rev. AV. A. Sinclair, who has been absent for the past three weeks, representing the New Zealand Methodist Church, at the annual sittings of the board of missions in Sydney, returns to New Plymouth to-morrow. Mr. Sinclair leaves next week for Dunediri, to attend the annual conference of the Methodist Church, which opens on the 28th instant. Messrs. D. Hutchen, S. G. Smith, and R. W. D. Robertson, members of tht> board of governors of the New Plymouth High Schools, who were in Wellington last week, on business in connection with the boys' school, returned to New Plymouth on Friday night. Mr. R. Masters, of Stratford, who was also in Wellington *on business relating to the Stratford school, returned home the same evening. In the casualty list published on Saturday, the following Taranaki names appear:—Court of inquiry report, previously reported missing, believed prisoner of war, now reported killed in action: N. E. Stell'ert (M. Steffert, Inaha, mother). Wounded, admitted to hospital: C. J. Balsom (I. A. C. Balsom, Midhirst, wife). In the hospital and progress report the name of 1). Green (Stratford) appears in the dangerously ill list, and that of C. H. Plim (Rahotu) among those removed from the seriously ill list. Word has recently been received that Private W. F. Galpin lias died of wounds at El Arish, Palestine. Previous to joining the Expeditionary Forces in 11)15, Private Galpln was farming at Kotare. He was a member of a machine-gun section, and was wounded on November 20, and on top of this he developed pneumonia, the result, unfortunately, being his death. Private Galpin was born in England, and came to New Zealand 12 or 15 years ago. After working for a time on the farm of the late Mr Batley at Tongapoiutu, he commenced farming on his own account.