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Taranaki Daily News, 31 October 1918, Page 4

PERSONAL.

I "Sn Amsterdam message Stains tlatf the German Empress ha* suffereAia:tserM< > I ous heart relapse. " ( ", A London cable statea-tliat Lor&Jßes^i erbrook, Minister of Information, wh<* jis ill, has resigned, after an Mr, Thomas Geary, who was born in' Sydney 78 years ago, and had lived Iri Wellington for 40 years, died' suddenly in Napier on Wednesday last. Rifleman Frank Pierson, who was pre"' viously reported missing, is now reported kill in action on April 5, 1918. Another brother was killed in action some time) ago. - "! Mr. W. Marshall, of the-New Ply-) mouth staff of the Agricultural Depart-t ment, has received notice of transfer tof Marton. v ' *i Mr. John Avery has had cable advice' that his son, Trooper R. L. Avery, foaa' been re-admitted to hospital m Egypt, seriously ill, suffering from a relapse) from malaria'. "• Mr. John Allan Macdonald, advance manager for Messrs J. and N. Tait'a English Comedy Company, "Peg o' Mji Heart," has arrived in New Plymouth to' complete arrangements for the appear* ance of the company. J Mr. Charles William Adams, forme* Chief Surveyor and Commissioner oi Crown Lands in Marlborough, died on Tuesday at the Hutt, aged 78. He was a native of Tasmania, and settled in New Zealand in 1862, when he jomed the] Survey 'Department. He retired in 1904. His two sons are Dr. C. E. Adams, Government Astronomer (Wellington); and Mr. Arthur Adams, journalist (Syii ney). A number of friends gathered at thl residence of Mr. and" Mrs. J. S- Leltoh, Watson v Strcet, on Tuesday evening, td congratulate them upon the attainment of their silver wedding. The Rev. Oscar,. Blundell voiced the feelings of the company m a few kindly words, to wbaflH Mr. Leiteh suitably responded, and cheers 1 were given for the honored coupe. During the evening vocal items were Tendered by several of the guests. The hots and hostess were the recipients of a number of suitable and useful presents in token of the good wishes of their friends and of the high respect inwhieK they are eld. Lieutenant-Colonel Robert C. D.5.0., of Annadale, Piako, Auckland, was wounded on October Bth, but no indication is given of the nature of iha wound. Lieutenant-Colonel Allen has had a distinguished career. He left New Zealand in September, 1913, then 'holding the rank of major- In February, 1917, he was appointed to the command of an Auckland battalion. He was awarded the D.S 0. for his' work in the battle of Messine3, in which he was wounded in the chest. Lieutenant-Colonel Allen returned to New Zealand early this year, leaving again ia charge of a draft a few months ago. He reached France on September 28th, and, it is understood, was serving with the Rifle Brigade when he wa*'wounded. He is a brother of LieujemVht-Colonel S. S. Allen, who comfe|hdVa; 'battalion at the front. '"Out"of eight commanding officers in the Wellington Regiment of the New 1 Zealand Expeditionary Force," says the English Law Times of 31st August, sis have been -barristers and solicitors, for in Nejr Zealand the two professions may be combined. Lieutenant-Colonel 0. H. Weston, D.5.0., who commanded the 3rd Battalion of the regiment until he was wounded fa Passchendaelo in October, Wl7, has written a. book on the war 'Three Years.with the New Zeajanders,' which is to he puh]ished, f phortlV| in England. Lieutenant-Colonel Weston ,is Crown Prosecutor fcr.'the Taranaki difiI trict m New Zealand,, and is a graduate I of the New Zealand Seven/., of the officers referred to as being barristers and solicitors are: BrigadierGeneral H Hart, of Carterton; Tenvp.-Brigadier-General (Lieut.-Colonel) W. Meldrum, C.M.G.. D.5.0., of HunterviHe; lieutenant-Colonel W. G. Malone, of Stratford (killed at Gallipoli); Lieuten-ant-Colonel W H, Cunningam, of Wanranui: Lieutenant-Colonel 0. F. Cook, of Marton; Lieutenant-Colonel C H. Wesjfon, of New Plvmouth; aril LieutenantColonel H. Holderness, of Hastings,