PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 July 1918, Page 4

PERSONAL.

A London cablegram slays that the only son of Lieutenant Perrie, war correapondent, has been killed in a collision with another aviator in the air.

News by mail states that BrigadierGeneral A. E. Glasgow, D.5.0., Boyal Sussex Regiment (formerly of Nelson), has -been mentioned in despatches for the fourth time.

Tho death occurred at the Hawera Hospital on Friday, of Mr, James J. Lash, at the age of 68 years. Deceased, who was a very old resident of South Taranaki, leaves a wife ana grown-up family to mourn their loss. Mr. W. C. Christie, manager of the Hawera branch of the Bank of New South Wales, who goes into camp on August 14, has received advice that his successor, Mr. R. A. Douglas, from the Wellington office, will arrive at Hawera, this evening. Mrs C, Lovell Smith, a member of the staff of the secondary department of the Stratford Distriot High School, who is leaving to take up a position as assistant at the Technical College, Wellington, was on Friday afternoon presented by Mr. J. W. Boon, chairman of the school committee, with a silver mounted hair brush on behalf of the teachers, and a fountain. sen on behalf of the scholars.

. A Hastings message reports the- death of Mr. Thomas Tanner, at Havekok North, aged 88, front oompikslttene following an operation, last week. He arrived in New Zealand in 18S0, and took up land in Hawke's Bay in 1853, and has resided since then in the province. He was" member for Waipawa, 1887-80. He was a keen supporter of the Atkinson Government and a great worker in local affairs, and for many years member of local bodies. Secenttf he had bees the chief pillar of the Y-MjCLA. He had ft family of eight, many of whom married in Hawkes Bay.

The death took place at Wellington on Sunday of Mr. Frank Galloway, who was closely associated with local football and athletic circles for some years- Deceased, who was 46 years of age, had been ailing for the past twelve months, and about seven months ago he came to Wellington from Haveloofc to undergo medical atention. Four years ago the late Mr. Galloway returned to New Zealand from the United States, Where he had resided for seven years, and took up a position on the staff of the Defence Department at Wellington. He subsequently severed his connection with the Department to take over the manageI ment of the Commercial Hotel at Havelock, where he remained for nearly two years, Mr. F. J. Burgess, S.M., who is about to retire on superannuation, has been an officer of the Justice Department for a great many years (aay 8 an exchange), Bora and educated at Auckland—where his father, Captain Burgess, was at one time harbor-master—he went to the Thames as a young man, as a member of the magistrate's and warden's staff there. Mr. Burgees ws subsequently appointed stipendiary magistrate and warden for the Bauraki distract. Be hag latterly been acting, ae chairman of on* of the Auckland Military Service Boards. Mr. Burgess is brother of Mr, C- H. Burgess (Mayor of New Plymouth) and of Mr. G. Burgess (manager of th« Bank of New Zealand at Bawera). The Military Cross las been awarded to Captain P. F. Newman, son of Dr. A. Newman, M.P. In 1915 Captain Newman went to England, obtained his commission in the Royal Field Artillery. Later he was promoted t« the rank of lieutenant. In March hi was attached to a battery with, the Fifth Army. The British Infantry had retired, and Lieutenant Newman"! guns on one ridge were confronted with the German artillery advancing over another ridge. By his coomesi and determination, Lieutenant sew< man kept his guns in action until iW infantry could come up, so t&at fcbi artillery was saved. For this he earn, ed high commendation from his sw perior officer, and was promoted to I captaincy and recommended for fin Military Cross. "Quentin, the youngest son of Theo* dore Roosevelt, ex-President of U.&&, 19 years old, was," says Lawrence R Abbott in Munsey's Magazine for December, 1917, "just completing Ml sophomore year at Harvard when thJt country declared war on Germany. He telegraphed his mother that he was leaving college to come to New" York to enlist. He came on from Boston and enlisted as a private in the Signal Corps and was later transferred to tta aviation service at Mineola, and proved so efficient that he was selected u one of the first twelve American aria* tors to go to the front in France. Ba has what is known as 'sir sense'—to the aviator, like the poet, is born, not made, and the work of the aviation schools is to train and cultivate the born flyer. During a lecent visit at Sagamore Bill I asked Quentin's father and mother if they did not feel it a special hardship in his case that at bo early an age he should have to give up hie education and many of his associations at Harvard, which he could never renew, even ff the war leaves him unscathed. They both replied that they were particularly glad that on his own initiative he had taken exactly the courses which has put Ikim in one of the most exacting and dangerous branches of the service. T would not have stopped Mm if I could,' added Mr. Roosevelt, 'and I could not have stopped him if I would. Moreover, the more American boyr of 1j to» 21 join the Army the b ter it is for the country. To take them ont of cor. civil life entails the imallest economic loss upon the country, and because of their elasticity and great powers of r*i cuperation they are its greatest military asset,"' The death of Ouentfn took place in France a fuw days ago.