PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 July 1918, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. J. W. Wilson, SM., leave* /few Plymouth this moraine for Qreymouft; where lie will be stationed lor some time. Cr. E. Mulvanah, of Napier and the Napier borough engineer (Mr. Williams} Lave been on a visit to New Plymouth during the past few days. in a recent hospital report the fol< lowing Taranaki names appear :-~Removed from the dangerously ill list, T. Barr (Kapuni) and E. Bell (Hawera). Not severe cases, B. V' C. Cottier (Inglewood), H. H. Glanworth (Ertham), E. S. Jago (Waitorara), and C. T. MSagon (Wavea). Messrs E. G. Johnson, assistant secretary to the Taranaki Education Board, A. Lock, sole teacher at Tuna, and H. H. Skelton, instructor iri engineering at the Technical College, were yesterday granted leave of absence by the Taranaki Education Board during military servict at the front. Trooper Cedric Pearce, son of the member for Fatea, has now completely recovered from the wound he received in Palestine some little while ago, at the time when the late Major Somorville, of Wanganui, was killed. In referring to the incident, Trooper Pearce states that in company with several other members of the squadron, he had a pretty close call, one bullet going through hia overcoat w\thotit touching him, whilst another grazed his horse's back just sufft- v ciently to draw blood. A third bullet passed over the pommel of the saddle and entctred Trooper Pearce's thigh, fortunately without breaking the bone. In spite of his wound, he states, he Continued in the saddle for 28 tnilea before reaching a dressing station.—Press. At yesterday's meeting of the Taranaki Education Board, the chairman expressed his regret that Mr. E. Dixon, who had been a member of the board since the district had been enlarged two years ago, was not seeking re-election Mr. Dixon had had 16 years' experience as a member of education boards, and was an ardent advocate of progressive measures in educational -matters. To a large extent credit was due to him for the disestablishment of the District High School at Hawera and the establishment of the Technical High School. His recollections of Mr. Dixon would be pleasant ones, and he trusted that though his Mayoral duties and the special duties arising from the war precluded Mr. Dixon from taking a seat on the board, he would be as ardent an educationalist as ever. Mr. Dixon said that he felt the wrench of parting from the board after 16 or 17 years' experience in educational matters, but the work attached to the Mayoral chair and the patriotic Work was at present very exacting, and he had to give up something. Personally, his inclinations were to retain his seat on the Education Board, but he felt that ho might be twitted with Wont of patriotism if he followed his inclinations. He paid a high tribute to the work of the chairman and members of. the board and the staff, and stated that he would always watch the progress of the board with interest. (Messrs Wilkinson, White, Trimble, and Smith also voiced, tiieir re' gret at Mr Dijwn's departure from the board. The hope w»» genorally expressed that Mr- Dixon moM rottirn to *the board atfa later datfr