PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 July 1918, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. A, Hatnck, of WMiwant very seriously ill

Mr. Scott, Colville, the welHEHorortitW atrical agent, was among those e&Ued tst for military service in the tout baßofc An Ottawa cable states that Ktfetoe Arthur of Connaught has (urined Canadian Pacific port,. fjom Japtta, He was met by Government officials. The death has occurred at Anddtod of Mr. Richard Kent, formerly ittfi blown in Chtisrtchurch, where be ma engaged in the cyole trade. Advice has been received in Havfera that Lieut. P. Bartlett, son of MWoi; Bartlett, formerly of Hawera, is bow a prisoner of war in Germany. He "Was in the Plying Corps. Father Dwyer, of Temorua, andlWiei; Htaydea, of Dulwich, have been appointed bishops of the Roman Gvtholio dioceses of Riverine, and WUcaxmia xwpec* tively—Aus.-N.Z. Oalble Assoc. The said news reached Manaig g, fca{ days ago that Trooper W. Hamilton was killed in action in Palestine, Troop* er Hamilton enlisted from Manaia with the Bth Reinforcements, and had been .oa active service ever since.—Star. A very peasant function took phca Sft the New Plymouth Soldiers' dub evening, when Captain Hartnell, who is leaying for camp this morning; was presented 'by the returned soldiers of Plymouth with a suitoa/se. The present tation was made iby Lieutenant-Ookmfil Evans. The death i a announced of Mr. J, 5, Matheson, local goods agent of the Railway Department, Ghristehureh, w3w> died suddenly on Saturday morning, Mr. Matheson, who was one of the most popular and oapaible officials commoted with the Railway Department, came frim* Scotland under engagement to the Jf«r Zealand Government nearly 40 years ago, and by his administration and twit hod earned the appreciation of the publitf and the Department.

Mr. Thomas Tanner died on Monday at H&velock Xorth, aged SS, from com* plications following an operation kst week. He arrived in New Zealand in 1850,* took up land in Hawke's Bay in 1853, and resided there up till the time of his death. He ■was member for Wfti* p&wa (1887-90), and was "a keen supporter of the Atkinson Government. He was also a great worker in local affairs, and for many years a member of local bodies. He lied recently Ibeen the chief pillar of the Y.MC.A. Mr. Tanner had a family of eight, many of whom are married and reside in Hawke's Bay. A recent casualty list reports lieutenant. Salmond "missing, bellevad killed." He is a son of Sir John Salmond, and in his 26th year. At the .outbreak of the war he was an undergraduate at Cambridge University, studying law. A fortnight after relations were (broken between Germany and Great Britain, Mr. Salmond enlisted With the 9th Lancers, English cavalry. He transferred .to tlie New Zealand Infanltry afterwards. During the earlier stages of the war he was gassed, and subsequent* ly wounded. Having recovered from his wounds, he returned to the front three months ago.'r 3 Lieutenant Salmond was born in New Zealand, hut received the earlier part <yf his education in Adelaide. Later lie continued his studies at Wellington College. From that institution he proceeded to Victoria University College, and for a time was connected with the firm of Messrs SkeTreitt, Tripp, and BWiyinf thai city. His younger bro-ther,-MheK.- Salmond, enlfetedsa.nd went through the GailipoS-eaimpaign. At tlhe evmfaKtfo&i' he 'wks to New Zealand with the other medical students, and at 1 'the' present tton& is completing bis ! ccktrsfe of iMf for M'iß. degree.