PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 October 1918, Page 5

PERSONAL.

A Sydney cable records the death of ■; ex-Justice Simpson, Chief Equity Judge * for < twenty years,.retired, ■ ,'■; The British Australasian says that' "-g Captain T. E. Y. Scddon, Canterbury. \', Regiment, is returning to New Zealand "«<J for Parliamentary duties. ( J Amongst those returning wounded on '' the next hospital ship are L. N. North" ,■ over and T. Thompson, of Eltham, and ]'-"« T. Walsh, Ngaere. •$ Mrs. Harry Austin has received word ' n that her husband, Rifleman W. H. Aua-' ' tin, has been wounded and admitted ft- '!, the hospital." ' A London cable states that the Miii. ,' 'M tary Cross has been awarded to Second-' " s ' : Lieutenant T. A. Snelling, of the New "v Zealand Rifle Brigade. •' ..,/' In the latest hospital report published '>'"' S. A. Chisholm (Hawera) is reported removed from the seriously ill list, ana A, J; .'" Bird (Hawera) as not a severe case. »'' The Press Bureau states that Captain "',!' George Lloyd, a member of the House ,| jof Commons, has been appointed Gover-" ".',' nor of Bombay, in succession to Lord "' * Willingdon, who becomes Governor of '-> Madras, in succession to Lord Pentland, } \ A Sydney, cable states that Mr Thos. Henry, editor of the Herald, has resigned, ''"- •] In the latest hospital report A. J. '.( Buckley (Stratford) is reported among . >■ [the not severe cases. •■'',! Mrs. P. Willing,' Bell Block, has w '"'' ceived word that her son, Rifleman R \'- D. Willing, 9th Reinforcements, was ,V----transferred to hospital in England C8,,-'H September 28, suffering from perforated -, '' left ear. ''k-;?

Mr W. Hooker has received word that, 'M his eon. Gunner H. D. Hooker, has been *N transferred to hospital in England and' >,-.1 hag been removed from the seriously flj '.'■'■ list.

Our Inglewood correspondent advises %• that Miss Riordan, leader of the Ingle- ' ' .- '•wood physical culture class, was lihe ■ ■';; (recipient of a presentation from her .*% sociates at a wind-up social held >&£ ' : Inglewood last evening. "■' 'ft

Sergeant KH. Dodd, reported to have • ':) been killed in action, was in the front rank of New Zealand footballers. He YKta ~>'] a very fine stamp of forward, and te- ■ -\. presented Wellington on many ca»r ■> sionß; and also the North Island and. ■' , v ; New Zealand. He was an old boy of /ij Wellington College. -M Miss White, clerk to Messrs. May and :'■ j Arrowsmith, Ltd., for the past five years, -'4. was, on the eve of relinquishing her '.J; position to join the staff of the BorcrSgh . ; :: Council, presented by Mr. E. May, ■'to .' '\ behalf of the staff, with a gold brtMefet, - **l and, on behalf of the firm, with a ?y, chain and pendant. : ~ Private Laurence Edward Smith, ejd- ' est son of Mr. W. J Smith, of New Pjy- ; mouth, was married in London on Sgn-'- - ~"k day to Miss Ivy Upton* eldest daughter.' -M of Mr. J. Upton, of Acton, London. Prl< vate Smith, who is a grandson of £he . ""J late E. M. Smith, MJ?„ left with flio-.S Main Body, and has seen service »ia yj Egypt, Gallipoli and France. He wa| a ■ M well-known cyclist, having competed ten '"'j the track and also round the mountain,' ;s£j and was a member of the Citizens' Band.., ■ ;S The following Taranaki soldiers ire.' '*ffl due to arrive Bhortly from France and '\as Palestine: K. F. Andrews, B. Cooper flsa«', 'jM ponga), J. J. King, J. M'Clenaghen (WaV?'S verley), J. Macfie, H. M'Laughlin, K?G. "M Morgan, H. W. Pitt (Inglewood), Plim, J. Schildauer (New Plymoaih) 4 * J..' J \% Stringer (New Plymouth), R, 0. Thoapv.-ji'tj son, D. T. Wiley*, W. C. Arthur-Wariwp/ iL v G. B. T. Calder, E. J. Massey (Manaja), <f jE. M. Southcombe (Manaia), C. L. ThjO- •■'■s bald. •" 'M One of the oldest residents of the «,t£ North Island of New Zealand,, the. ;;:| Auckland Star says, is most probawy. >isj Mrs. John McElwain, who resides 'at. George Street, Mount Eden, and who,tf attained the 82nd year of her age on,'..;|s Sunday, last, September 29. Mrs. Mciy'sl Elwain was born in Hokianga in 1836,V§| being a daughter of the Rev. Mr., 1 Whiteley, who was murdered by tbo''-« Maoris at White Cliffs, Taranaki, on 'M February 13, 1869. Mr. Whiteley came,- M to New Zealand in 183 as a missionary. ~.M of the Wesleyan Church. Mrs. McElwaut" is the widow of the late John McEhrain, ■'s and ha? three sous and two daughters.' sjj Mrs. McElwain is still very active, and.. enjoys splendid health, taking a great J|§ j interest in her garden and home work generally. .'.-.^