PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 December 1918, Page 4

PERSONAL.

i A London cable reports the death of the Duke of Grafton.

Mr. J. E. Wilson, S.M., left for Auckland by the Rarawa yesterday afternoon-" A Suva message states that Mr. Henry M. Scott was re-elected Mayor of Suva for a fourth term-—Press A3soe.

Mr- H, H. Pigott, of Urenui, chairman of the Clifton County Council, is at present suffering from influenza.

Mr. A. 0. Hemingway has been appointed to the Waverley branch of the Bank of Australasia. Mr. Hemingway was among those demobilised recently at Trentham Camp.

Mrs. F. Marsh, Upland Road, has received cable advice that her son, Private A. P. Marsh, was transferred to Hornchurch Convalescent Hospital on November 15-

Word was received in New Plymouth yesterday morning of the death of Miss Linda Vealc, daughter of Mr. Elisha Veale, of Cambridge, and formerly of New Plymouth.

News has been received from Base Records by J. A. Stanford, Huiroa, that his second son, Rifleman R. S. Stanford, who was gassed on October 20, has been transferred to' the convalescent depot, ; France, on November 22. The death took place at the Christchurch Hospital, on Saturday, of Miss •Crawshaw, only sister of the Rev. F. A. Crawshaw, Vicar of Waihao, Canterbury, The deceased lady was on her way to Auckland, where she was to be married to the Rev. T. Partridge, M.A., of Matamata, Waikato, when she was seized with influenza.

The death occurred at the 3few Plymouth Hospital yesterday morning of Private Horace Morshead. The deceased was a New Plymouth boy, but was on the telegraph staff at Hawera at the time he enlisted with the Main Body of tho Expeditionary Force. He saw service at Gallipoli, and after being away for some time was invalided home. He had been a patient at the New Plymouth Hospital for several months.

Private J. E. ("Ned") Sliewry, Taranaki's champion axeman and also holder of tho world's championship, who is now with tho New Zealand Cyclist Battalion, has been awarded the Military Medal for work in the field. Private Sliewry (the Stratford Post says) left with the 12th Reinforcements, and \?.i; wounded and gassed. While at, the base last Christmas he gave several wood-chopping and sawing; exhibitions with Sam Kennedy, who baa since Dsen killed. The death occurred at tl'o New Plymouth Hospital yesterday morning of Mrs. Allen Vcale. The deceased lady, who was >-cry well known and had earned the .-espect .and esteem of <\ large circle of friends, contracted the influenza some days ago, and complications set in which necessitated her removal to the hospital, .-.-hero she passed awijj- as already stated yesterday. Her husband, who is himself suffering from influenza, and members of the family will have general sympathy in their bereavement.

Before an assemblage of the officers of the Post and Telegraph staffs, Mr. G. E. Dinniss was yesterday presented with a r.onvenir of his 23 years of completed service- Tho occasion was that of his retirement to take up a position with the Australian Mutual Provident Society. A presentation for Mrs. 'Dinniss was included, and cheers were called for tho retiring officer, who has been very popular both inside the office and in New Plvmouth.

The Sev. 0. Mortimer Jones, vicar of Cambridge, and chaplain with the Ist Wellington Division in France, has written to the family of the late Lieutenant R. h. Okey, expressing the sympathy of the officers and boys of the battalion with them in their Bereavement. He goes on tj. say: "Many of the boys of his company V.ave spoken to me of their loss, for your son was v.ery popular with them, and was regarded with .confidence [ and trust by both his senior officers and men of his platoon. Though lie had only recently joined us, I~soon got to know him as a friend, and bad the greatest respect for him. He was always «o cheerful. He was certainly a brave soldier and a courageous and plucky leader. During a ' raid 'on September 12 he nearly rr£t his death through his great courage, and I was not surprised to hear he Tiad made the supreme sacrifice when we were once again in the front line forcing the Germans to vield up their .strong Hindenburg line. T understand he was killed by a sniper's * shot. He knew that ha could not live, and it was tvpical of his courage that when the stretcher-bearers, at sreat ris*. came to take.him to the aid post, be sent them to another wounded man, say-c in" that he knew he was i>, dvirnr man... and others needed attention first., The writer goes on to sav that he buried the deceased will'sis others of his company, where two 'roads'meet br a mtyside cross near the village of BauteaiK i>y the Cambrai .Canal. .