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PERSONAL.

A London cable states that Lord Liverpool has undergone a serious operation and that hi s condition is critical. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Okey have received word that their son Ray has been wounded. A London cable message states that Peter Gillon, the wireless operator from the steamer Otaki, has reached Switzerland from Germany. Word lias been received that Private Fred (Bob) Tanner of Fitzroy, has been killed in action. Private Tanner was very well, known in New Plymouth and was for ten years an active member of the Fitzroy Fire Brigade. General sympathy will he extended to his mother in her bereavement. This is the second son Mrs. Tanner has had killed in action. The flags at tho Central and Fitzroy firs stations were hung at half-mast yesterday. Mrs. E. Elliott, of Gover street, has received word that her nephew, Corporal W. A. Marshall, D.C.M., was killed in action on April 10. Corporal Marshall had been twice wounded previously, and only a few months ago returned to tho trenches almost immediately afterwards receiving his decoration. Corporal Marshal! was a Stratford boy, and received his education at the Stratford District Hfgh School. He enlisted in Australia at the outbreak of the war. Mr Cecil Vernon Goulter, barrister and solicitor, of Wellington, died suddenly at Hastings on Monday. Deceased, who was on a visit to Hawke's Bay, attended the races on Friday, was seized with abdominal pains on Saturday, and succumbed to shock after an operation. Deceased, who was 35 years of age, was the eldest son of Mr Redwood Goulter, of "Tamara," Blenheim, and "Tangarewa," Hawke's Bay, He had been in practice in Wellington during the past eight years. He leaves a widow, the youngest daughter of Mr C. M. Igglesden, of Wellington, and late of Nelson. The death occurred at Wellington on Monday night, of Mrs Burnett, one of Wanganui's oldest settlers. Mrs Burnett had been in indifferent health for some years, but her sudden demise came very unexpectedly to her relatives and friends. The late Mrs Burnett is survived by her husband and four sons—Mr J. A. Burnett (London), Pte. B. W. Burnett (on active service), Pte. S. A. Burnett, solicitor (in camp)), and Mr C. H. Burnett— and two daughters, Mrs J. B. W. Mcßeth, and Miss Burnett, Wellington.

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Taranaki Daily News, 3 May 1918, Page 4

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384

PERSONAL. Taranaki Daily News, 3 May 1918, Page 4

PERSONAL. Taranaki Daily News, 3 May 1918, Page 4

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