PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 March 1918, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mrs. Kendall, of Fitzroy, has receive*, word that her son, George H. Kendall, has been transferred to the convalescent hospital, Hornchurch. Mr. .T. Allan, Government Fields Inspector, Hawera, has received advice that his son, Second-Lieutenant Lindsay Allan, has been invalided home, and is expected to arrive in Wellington about March 20.

Mr. It. Dunn, of Auroa, has received word that his daughter, Misß Jessie S. Dunn, has been successful in obtaining her B.A. degree. Miss Dunn is an old pupil of the Auroa school, and newß of her success will be gratifying to many friends throughout the district. Mr. W,j Adams, of Nolantown, has received word that Private C. G. Chappie (late manager of Glover roatl factory), who went away with the lUth Reinforcements, is returning invalided to New Zealand with draft 148, aud is expected to arrive in Wellington about March 20.

Mr W. Temple, the Labor Department's architect has been on an official visit to New Plymouth this week in connection with the erection of workers' dwellings which the department has in hand at Fitzroy.

Mr A. E. Carver, of the Lands and Deeds Office, Christchurch, formerly of jXcw Plymouth, has left the department in order to go into business on his own. Mr. Carver, who has boen in the Civil Service for over 20 years, was on Thursday last presented by his associates with a ease of pipes, as a token of their good wishes.

There passed away at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. A. Cave, Rongotea, on Monday morning, their eldest daughter, Mrs. N. Meads, wife of Mr. Norman Meads, of Stratford (says the Manawatu Standard). The deceased lady had been ailing for some time. She leaves a husband and two children •to mourn their loss.

Many residents of Manaia district will (says the Star) learn with deep regret of the death of Mrs. Parkinson, wife of Mr. A. 11. Parkinson, manager of the Kaupokonui store, which occurred on Tuesday after a short illness. Mrs. Parkinson was much loved by many friends for her kindly disposition. She was prominent in many good works, and was esteemed for her thoroughness in anything she undertook. The Wajmatc Plains Public Library had in her a keen supporter. She had been for several years n member of the coinmjjttec, and took * great interest in all that pertained tc the institution. Her husband will have the sympathy of many friends in his great loss. Second-Lieutenant C. F. Forsdick, who has been awarded one of the thirteen overseas sailor and soldier scholarships, donated by the itlmdes trustees and Kitchener National Memorial Fund, is the only son of Mrs. W. Forsdick, of Victoria Avenue, Mount Kden. He was born in Auckland in IS: ;i, and was educated at the Auckland Grammar School, captaining the senior football team in 1010. After leaving school he took a course in electrical engineering at the Auckland University College, completing his course just prior to enlistment, and being made a member of the Society of Electrical Engineers. He left New' Zealand in October, l!)l. r >, as a private in the First Battalion of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade. He was made a sergeant in Egypt, where he gained his instructor's certificate in machine gunnery, securing a firstclass pass. He won his commission in the field, and was wounded in the Passchendnele fighting on October 4. As a result of his injuries his left hand was amputated. Lieutenant Fgrsdiek is at present, in terms of his scholarship, studying electrical engineering at the Imperial College, South Kensington.