PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 August 1918, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. Jhofias Young, of Wellington, is at present acting on the "First Wellington Military Service Board, vice Mr. Quy Williams. Mr. Young is Japanese Consul'% for Now Zealand. Mr. T. Forsyth was elected chairman of tho Wellington Education Board at tbe meeting held on Wednesday. Mr. J. Mitchell, a returned soldier, lias been appointed steward of tbe newlyestablished C.E.'M.S. Club at Mtham. Captain Richard John Seddon, eldest son of the late Mr. R. J. Seddon, has been killed in action on the Western front, aged 36. Captain Seddon was killed by a shell on Wednesday, four days after he reached the front.—Press Assoc. Mrs. J. A. Eridgeman, Westown, received advice yesterday that her son, Private Percy Langley, of the 15th Reinforcements, was admitted to hospital in England on the 16th. inst* Consequent on an injury to his right ankle) Wanganui papers record the death of Mr. John SeweH, formerly in charge of the Railway Workshops at East own. He leaves two sons and four daughters, (Mrs. Horner, of Inglewood, being one. [Deceased was a man of sterling integrity, and held in high esteemCorporal N. T. Sinclair (elder son of the Rev. W. A. Sinclair, of New Plymouth) has been advised that the Council of the Univ<|sity Senate has granted him his IB.A. degree. Corporal Sinclair is at present in camp, attached to the 45th Keinforcements, and the only conditions attached to the award of the degree are that he proceeds on active service and receives an honorable discharge. Mr. Newton. King yesterday received cable advice that Ms son, Captain Eliot King, had Ibeen awarded the Distinguished "Flying Cross. This is the second distinction that Captain King has won, having recently ibeen awarded the French Croix de Guerre. Captain King is expected to arrive in New Plymouth on' leave by the mail train to-night. At St. Mary's Church, Hawera, on Sunday evening, before a large congregation, a memorial tablet to the late Frederick Leslie Kimbell was unveiled. Suitable hymns and prayers were ussd, and the Rev. C. H. GTant Cowen eonducted the service. The lettering on the tablet is as follows:—"Frederick Leslie Kimfcll. January 21, 1018. Aged 23 years. Passohendaele. Pro Patria." At Ngaere on Saturday morning, an old, respected resident passed a-Way suddenly, in the person of 'Mrs- James Beedie, at the age of <64. With her husband, deceased came to New Zealand from Fraserburgh,. Aberdeen, and has resided in the Ngaere district for about 30 years. Tbe immediate cause of death was heart failure. Besides 'her husband, she is mourned by three (laughters—Mrs. Henry Sparks (Ngaere), Mrs, J. Pinnington (Ngaere), and Mrs. Joseph Thomas (Stratford)—and an only son, Mr. Jks. Beedie, in camp. At tie Hawera Methodist Church on Sunday night a memorial number board was unveiled to the memory of Lieutenant Karl Justus Straok. There was a very large congregation, and the Rev. A. Liversedge, who was assisted by Lieutenant G. Strack, occupied the pulpit. The board is of polished mangaio wood, mounted with two silver plates, the ttp- - par one surmounted with a design of Mt. Bgracnt, and bearing the inscription:— "To the glory of God, and in loving remembrance of Lieutenant Karl Justus Strack; killed in action somewhere In France, 4th October, 1917—Lily Herbert." The bottom plate \vas inscribed with a verse cf the hymn "Day ia Xtying in the West." Mr. John Brunton, M.A., who has had teaching service of 20 years, head-master of the Southbrook School, Ohristchurch, lias been appointed to the position of iv«tor of the Hokitika District |High School. Mr. Brunton is a graduate of the Otago University, and served his apprenticeship in the Kensington School. The death of Mr. John Albert Heaton, which took place at his residence, Palmerston North, last week, removes one of the oldest settlers of the Manawatu district. The late Mr, Heaton, who was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, 73 years ago, arrived in New Zealand in 18®, and settled in the Eangitikci. For some years he carried on farming, and later was in business at Bulls as a general storekeeper. Afterwards be removed w Palmerston, and resided there for the past 39 years. Mr- Heaton took a keen interest in public He is survived by a widow and one son and three daughters—Mr. P. Heaton, Mrs, C. H. Withers, and Misses F. and M. ■Heaton—all of whom reside in Palmerston. A pleasing function took place' last week at Gisborne, the occasion being the sixty-first birthday of Sir James Carroll. A number of Maori and pakeha friends assembled at the Masonic Hotel and congratulated Sir James on having reached a further milestone in his life's journey. Several interesting speeches were made by representative Natives, all their speeches being couched in the Maori tongue. Sir James Carroll, in his reply, stated that be iiafi concluded '3l years of continuous service Parliament of New Zealand, which was a record for the whole Ejn&ire. He also stated that he held tho ttcdrd'as far as length of period was concerned in regard to Ministerial rank. In conclusion. Sir James said that jt was the first birthday he had celebrated in G'isborne, as on most occasions Parliament, bad been sitting: and his natal day had been celebrated within the portal's 'of the" Parliamentary Buildings. "