PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 December 1918, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. H. Hamilton, of Fiteroy, ha« W ceived advice that Private Henry Haanfo ton is still in hospital in France. 'Mr. J. W. MeMfflaarTHayor of Stratford, was a visitor to New Plymouth yesterday.

A recent list of pupils in the Kohimarama Flying School who were auccesafifl in gaining the Eoyal Aero Club's ceriiß* cato contained the name of Mr. L '& Roy. New Plymouth. Mrs. J. Prestney. of Fit2roy, has re* ceived advice that her son, Private -8k bert Prestney, has been admitted to bom pital ia France suffering from an injury! to his right ankle. • Mr. W. T. Eyre, who for some- time past has been purser on the &s. Maori, has resigned from the Union 88. Co. to take up wool-classing. Another of the ex-pupils of Stratford High School to gain distinction at the: front is Sergeant L. Auld, of the 1S1& Reinforcements, who has now been awarded the D.C.M. in France. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Auld. Egmont Vfl"> lage, and brother of Mrs. K. B. New Plymouth.

Mr: Henry Williams i 3 voluutan&y*re* signing the National Insurance Company. For, a quarter of a century- Mr. Williams occupied the chair of-the general man* ager.

Dr. C. Coleridge Farr, of the Canter* bury tTniv«rsity College, has been horn ored by the offer of a year's work in' establishing the new magnetic observa* tory in Western Australia, at Watheroo, about 120 miles north of Perth.

Dr. T. L. Paget has been appointed Assistant Medical Superintendent at the recently instituted hospital for the special treatment of soldiers at Christ" church, of which Dr. Wylie. late of New. Plymouth, is the head. Dr. Paget is at present spending a few days in Strst* ford before taking up his new appoinfri inent.

The Patea Press records the death .of Mrs. T. Jackson, wife of Captflin.Jaekson, which took place at an early hour on Saturday morning. The deceased lady had been suffering from gastritis when pneumonia supervened, from which she never rallied, 'but passed away as above stated. She is survived by a family of four sons and two daughters. Captain E. J. Thomas, house manager .at the Auckland Hospital, is again seriously ill. He was unwell when - the epidemic broke out. He got up to supervise the equipping of temporary hospitals, but suffered a collapse last Thursday. Captain Thomas is now in. a ward at the hospital.

Surgeon-General R. S. Henderson. Director-General of Medical Services, within the neat few months will return to England. Surgeon-General Henderson's successor has not yet been appointed.. In all probability. Colonel C. M. Gibbon, 1.0.5.. C.M.G.. Chief of the General Staff, will shortly leave for England to rejoin his regiment.

The many friends of Mrs. Q. F. Armstrong (or, as she was known Before her marriage, Nurse Burnand) will re- v gret to learn of her death, which took place at the Patea Hospital on Friday last (says the Press). The deceased, who was of a particularly winsome disposition, made a host of friends in the' district, who will deeply regret her early demise. The funeral took'place at the Patea cemetery on Sunday.

lieut. J. H. Catchpole. M.C.. waa among the draft of returning soldiers who arrived in Hawera last night. Lieut;. Catchpole left Mokoia in August, 1014, and won his sergeant's stripes on Gallipoli during the big Augiut offensive, when his two elder brothers were killed. Going to Prance, he won his commission on the Somme, and later gained the Military Cross at Messines. Lieut. Catchpole is returning on duty furlough.— Star.

At the extreme age of 106 years, Mr. William Smith, who came out from England to Sydney in 1833, died in the Old Colonists' Home, North Fitzroy, recently. Mr. Smith was 'born in Devonshire in 1812, and came to Australia when 21 years of age as botanist with -an expedition sent out in the ship Rattleenake, commanded by Captain Hobson, to explore the country west of Port Jackson, It is stated that "Smith's" real name was John Roberts, and that he was related to the late Lord Roberts.

On Saturday evening news was received of the death at Palmerston North of Miss J. Chapm?:i, one of the teachers of the Stratford High School. The deceased had been in the school less than a year, but by her gentle manners ami; senial natures had endeared herself to children and teachers alike. The Headmaster thought highly of her ability and character, and considered her just of the type to take charge of big girls and to fill the ideal of-'the Education Board'-" gentlewoman to teach children. Her death, at the early a«e of 23 years.' is'sreatly deplored. She"will foe sadly missed at the Stratford Hi<>h School.—Post.

The death of Mr,. C.,C. Kettle, late senior magistrate., af Auckland, was referred to by a gathering of between 30 and 40 members -of.-the-local Bar, who assembled in the local' Supreme Court on Thursday. Mr. T. N. Baxter, president of the A'ifkland Law Society, addressing Mr....lu«Uce Cooper, expressed the sorrow of-the' profession at the death of Mr. Kettle, who had been known to'them as an upright magistrate and a gentleman. .Mr. Justice .Cooner said he had known the.late Mr. Kettle for .25 years. He was an excellent lawyer and a kindly, cultivated man, and his friendship was a benefit to everyone who came into: contact with him. The Hon. J. A. Tole. K.C.;. said that Mr. Kettle possessed three of the finest qualified o& a judge—dignity, learning, and courtesy^ Captain J. B. Hine, M.P. for Stratford; : has tieen gazetted Major. A very pleas-w----ing coincidence is that ahhost at.theo. same time his son-in-law, Captain Murray Urquhart, was also appointed a Major. Both officers have seen service in Egypt and Palestine, Major Urquhart having also served with distinction on Gallipoli.