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Taranaki Daily News, 14 August 1918, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. Scott Colville arrived in New Plymouth last night to arrange for the appearance of the distinguished Italian operatic tenor, Signor Cappalli.

A London cablegram states that Lieutenant it S. Richards, of the Essex Regiment, a New Zealand Rhodes Scholar, attached to the Royal Air Force, was accidentally killed while flying.

Mrs. Wackrow, wife of Mr. W. Waskrow, ex-Mayor of Waitara, died at Taumarunui Hospital on Friday, after an operation. Mrs. Wackrow was well known in Stratford, where she some years ago.

There appeared in the 3STe>w York Evening Post of 28th June a cablegram from,England stating that Major Bishop, the Canadian aviator, had been recalled and appointed to a position ait the office of" the British Ohjef of Air Staff. Major Bishop, who already possessed the Victoria Cross, was, accowlinw to a calble message published in (Monday's Post, recently awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for destroying twenty-five enemy machines in twelve dlays, and five in one day, ma<king the total destroyed by him seventy-two-Two old colonists passed away during last week. Mr B. W. D. Cooke died at Onerahi, in the Auckland district, aged SI. He arrived at Port Lytteltai 00 years ago, and totok up sheep-farming on Quail Island, also aoting as Port signalman at v the signal station there. Subsequently he removed to the Auckland district. Mr. Arthur Tilly, who has been a resident of AucMand for S5 years, died: a few days ago. He arrived m Auckland in the ship Queen of Beauty int 1863.

Many residents in South . Taranaki will remcmiber Mr and Mrs E. A. Godisal, who some years ago were farming on the Onruturangi road, Ot&Mio, and will be interested to learn that it was a nephew of Mr. Godfeal who commanded the Vindictive, whidi so ,'heroically played a part in blocking up Ostend harbor. Unfortunately, though the Vindictive carried 1 out her part of the programme and was sunk across the channel as an obstacle to navigation, her gallant commander lost his life, being Icilled in the conning tower practically at the moment of the completion of his Wonderful work. There is a picture of him in a recent issaio of an English illustrated paper, which also gives information of tihe gallant work of other members of Ifcjipr GcdskPa family —-one, a daughter, d'ied from the effects ctf very trying V.A.D." work, and a son who had distinguished himself and won the M.O-, died of woundis at Amiens- Another son was a prisoner in Germany, but was clever enough to escape from the unpleasant hospitality of the HunMr. E. H. G-odssa.l had at the war two sons (proixubly both Taranaki bom). One went sea)tMe»stteough the Mons retreat. while the second, such are the variations of fate, wws shot almost the day of his arrival in France.—Star,