PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 June 1918, Page 4

PERSONAL.

A Copenhagen wire states that Captain Amundsen will sail for the Arctic in July. He will be absent for three years.

Yesterday afternoon the Hon. G. W. Russell was motored round the environs of New Plymouth, and in the course of the tour visited the breakwater, the oil wells and the ironsand smelting works. The Minister subsequently visited the Boys' and Girls' High Schools, the racecourse, and Pukekura Park, and expressed great pleasure at all that he was shown. He returns to Wellington by mail train this morning.

Mr.. M. Rudd, acting manager of the Union Steam Ship Company, -Auckland, has received advice that his son, Private Laurence F. Rudd, has been taken prisoner, and is now at Munden, Westphalia. Private Rudd left with the 20th Reinforcements, being attached to the Entrenching Battalion. Prior to his enlistment he was with Mr. Alan Moody, of Auckland, and was also a student at the Auckland University. He was educated at the Auckland Grammar School, and was sitting for his LL.B. at the time of his enlistment.

-Sir? Chambers, of Opunako, has received letters from the matron of tlie Balma Laun, and also from Sister Sinclair (Mrs Chamber's sister), who is in the same hospital, acknowledging receipt of a case from New Plymouth, enclosing a parcel sent from Opimake, and stating that they are very thankful for any food stuffs that are sent. Sister Sinclair states that Miss Grant, formerly of the New Plymouth .School, is a visitor to the hospital, and when she takes any patients out for the day she has to receive their rations of butter, sugar, etc., for the day, and tho gifts of food from New Zealand go to supplement these. Sister Sinclair herself is in charge of men suffering from shell shock, and sho says that somt of ths cures arc wonderful, and she also states that Sister Parkinson, of New Plymouth, had just left for France.