PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 September 1918, Page 5

PERSONAL.

The condition of Mr. H. J. EL' Olct « M.P., last night, was still such as •IJ cause great anxiety. ' Mr. P. Andrews, iSmarfc Road, iiaS fa* ceived word that his son, Private B, Andrews, wa3 wounded on August 24. Mr. H. B. Armltage, manager of th® Rational Bank at Waiuku, is on a short holiday visit to New Plymouth; Mr> D. Swanson, Tariki, has received word that his son, Signaller Harry Swanson, has been admitted to hospital, suffering from a gunshot wound ill' the knee. A London cablegram says that' Si| George Reid is sniTering from" Mooipoisoning, and that Ms condition iayoj serious. Mr. J. 11. Corbett, Bell Block, T£H ceived word that his only son, Kenneth 1 / ivho left with tfae 26th Reinforcements, was killed in action on August 20. The death took place at her Cambridge, on September 2, of Mrs* Mary Lewis, widow of the late Eav. Hj J- Lewis, formerly of New Plymouth.-!Lieut,-Col. J. iS. iPurdy, D-5.0., Alisw. tralian Medical Corps, who formerly was district health officer in Auckland, ia returning to Australia after nearly) four years' active service. , 1 A recent casualty list reports that Lanee-Corporal W. Booker, of Eltham, has died of wounds. Lance-Corporal Booker was a son of Mr. B. Booker, of Lowgarth. Mr. Burgess, manager of the Bank of New Zealand, Hawera, has lately undergone an operation at a private hospital, from the effects of which he is making an excellent recovery (says the Star).; Mr. E. U. Just, organising secretary oi the New Zealand Educational Institute,, is at present in town. He will address / a public meeting in the Good Templar Flail to-morrow night, on some aspects of educational reform, and will also meet- the teachers of the local (branch of the institute on Saturday morning. Private advice has been received by Mr. S- Hill, of Auckland, to"the effect that liis_ son, Lieutenant W- J. R. Hill, iq dangerously ill in hospital in France. Lieutenant Hill is suffering from a gunshot wound in the back, the missile having penetrated his spine. Ho was a member of the advance guard which occupied .Samoa, and, sailing later with the Fifth Reinforcements, took part in the fighting on Gallipoli. He was promoted to the rank of sergeant in France, and returned to New Zealand last year with the rank of second lieutenant. He left again for Franco towards the end of last year. The staff ot the New Plymouth Sash, and Door Company gathered at tho factory on Monday afternoon to ibid farewell to two of their number (Messrs' Bit Hoyle and A. Oilbert), who leave for camp to-day. Mr. W. G. Reid (manager) presented each of the men with a fountain pen, on behalf of the management and staff. Mr. H. Northern also spoke, expressing regret at losing two such valuable men. Cheers were given, and the usual good wishes vciiced. The London correspondent of the Wellington Post states that he is now officially informed that Mr. T. E. Rees,. who was awarded the M.8.J3. in a recent honors list, is, as he the second officer of the Wairuna. Mr. Rees, while a prisoner in tho raider Wolf, wit--1 nessed the laying of mines round the r New Zealand coast. When nearing Germany, still as a captive in the Spanish prize Igotz Mendi, tho vessel ran ashore, and Mr. Rees was liberated. Immediately on reaching London he gave the Admiralty valuable information as to the minelaying and other activities of the raider. This information would possibly qualify, i; him for the rewards ottered by the Australian Government for inrormatiou. about the Cumberland and Port Kembla t| Mr. John Guard died at Blenheim Is t week. Deceased was the first European child born in the South Island, being bom at Queen Charlotte Sound in lfe.!o. lili 1834 the barque Harriet was cast awaj on the beach at Okaliu, near Opunika and deceased, then a child in arms, ani his mother were taken prisoner by tht Maoris and kept in the pa by one of th< v chiefs for some months, Eleven of the crew were killed. The others escaped with deceased's father in a wlialoboat, ; and on their arrival in Sydney the matter was reported to the authorities. The warship Alligator, with 100 troops, camo over to New Zealand, and after some fighting deceased and his mother were rescued. Deceased, who was SS years of age, is survived by one sister (Mrs. J. Watson) and one brother (Mr. Edward Guard). Mr. J. Speight, of Makahu, received word on Friday from the Minister of .: Defence that his son, Private L. V. Speight, of the 2f>t'n Reinforcements, had died of wounds in France. This is the second son of Mr. Speight to pay th(f full sacrifice, the oth'er being Private W. Speight, M.M., who served in' the Boer War, and on joining the colors again in the present South African war, ... was one of seven who was shot by the Germans while on a mission carrying the white flag. The other sons who have Seen service are Private B. Speight, who has returned invalided through rheumatism, and Private Cecil Speight, who is still on service at the front. They were ' t all volunteers. The only eligible son now left has recently been ordered into camp. —Post.