PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 January 1919, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. Fred. Duke Yonge,for many yean secretary of the Otahuhu Trotting Clyb, has died at Auckland.

Br. E. A. Walker and Mrs. Walker left on Saturday to spend a holiday of about one month at Plimmerton. }

Mr. A. E. Johnstone, who bag bees <A a visit to the South Island, returned if) New lymouth last night. Mr. Justice Chapman arrived is lin> naki by the mail tram last night, on a visit to the Dawson's Falls Mountain House.

Major Cox, of the Defence Department, Hawera, arrived in New Plymouth last niglit on departmental business.

Corporal H, D. Skinner, D.0.M., arrived in New Plymouth by the thiU train last night. Corporal Skinner has been appointed lecturer in anthropology at the Dunedin University. Mr. and Mrs- C. H. Burgess leave today for Auckland. They evpect tojbe away from New Plymouth for days. „

Mr. S. G. Heath, formerly of Napier, has been appointed town clerk of Ewtbourne, Wellington. He wag at one'time accountant to the Hawke's Bay Edncttion Board.

Major F. H. Lampen, D.5.0., N.Z.8.C., late instructor in infantry training at Trentham Camp, hag ' been appointed general staff officer, Otago Military District, vice Major H. A. Cooper, LG.3., ' who is returning to England shortly. Draft No. 204, comprising 27 officers, J \ nurses and 906 other ranks, Is due to arrive in New Zealand shortly. The snajority of the men on board belong to the South Island, there being only one Tatanaki man—Private G. P. Sage, Mokau. A Christchureh telegram says it is reported that the new General Staff Officer for tho Canterbury Military District will probably be Major Fannis, who oe* supied the position prior to going on active service in 1517.

A Washington cable states that Admiral Rodman told the Naval Committee that King, George had told him planned to send the Prince of Wales Tv visit the United States, accompanied by a British squadron, ■ The Eev. Frazer B. Barton, 8.A., who lias been on active service in France'for eighteen months, has been Appointed to the new Weatmere Parish, WangatouL For'a number of years Mr. Barton was Bible-class organiser of the Presbyterian Church in New Zealand.

Sergeant-Majors Hill (Hawera) and Williamson (New Plymouth), who were in camp when the armistice was signed, have been re-posted to the Taranaki group defence staff. With Sergei*tMajor Bell they are to proceed to the Territorial officers' and N.C.O.'s refrcuer camp at Wanganui on Wednesday next to act on the instructional staff.

Captain Mercer arrived at Opun&k* on Friday to relieve Major ICeenan, and the latter returned to Wellington yesterday During the six weeks Major Keenan has spent in Opunake he has been untiring in his labors in combatting the influenza epidemic, and Egmont. County probably owes many lives to liim.—Star.

The death occurred teat week at Bhiff of Mr. S. E, Waddel, who had been associated with tli9 town from the 6&rly days. Mr. Waddel was an active) buaii ness man, and had been connected witn many enterprises. He was for many years a member of the Bluff Harbor Board and of the Borough Council. He was sixty-two years of age.

A London cable reports that theCoval Albert Medal has been awarded to the late Mr. Arthur Amtrary, of New Plymouth, for "attempting to gave a mountaineer on Mount Egmont who was fall- ; ing down an ice slope at a terrific paceMr. Amhury tried to arrest bis descend. at terrible risk to his own life," 5

Lieutenant-Paymaster Arthur Hirst, R.N.li. (Taranaki), has been for the last ;* seven months on service in Norway, tod/ '• has just been invalided homo for the''' second time during the war. Paymaster ' Hirst, who is an accomplished Scandinavian linguist, was in Germany study- . i ing music before the war, but wa* for-' tunate enough to be on holiday in If or- . ■ way on August 4, 1014. He has been almost continuously on service since then, the greater part of tho time to examining ships in the North Sea.

The death occurred at Qreymputh on Thursday evening of a well-known We*t Coast pioneer—Mr Robert Delanoy. Deceased, who was 76 years of age,, and a native of County Kilkenny, Ireland, arrived in New Zealand about fifty yetim ago. After following mining and farming pursuits he, twenty years ago, catered the employ, of the Grey County Council, and remained there until his death.. He leave 3 a wife and family of three eons and two daughters, while a fourth son—Private Michael Delaney-r----made the supreme sacrifice at the w.

An old resident ,of Wellington—Mr. Thomas Miller, died on Saturday. Mr Miller, who was a sculptor, eame to weir Zealand in 1875 to do carving work for the Government Buildings, which at that tmio were in course of erection. In the following year he commenced businesi as a monumental mason, aad turned some magnificent specimens of sctd&mftU work. A notable specimen was (-#•' size bust of Chief Te Hapuku. fflto executed to Hi? order of the GoifPhnant. Mr. Miller, whu was in his 84t5Tyear at the time of his death, retired frotn bu»i- ■ ness sonio years ago, owing to advancing •

r ? lle n d f J atll „ of Mr 3, 'Caldwell, relist of John eoldwell, of Inglewood, wiU call to •old residents some vivid memories o£ storing days among the Maoris in Taranaki (saya Tlie Stratford Pos'i. Pleasant recollections will recur ot the deceaseds kindly disposition, of her geniality in periods of trouble, and to many when times were hard of her practical sympathy, which was extended without ' ostentation or hope of reward save from pure goodneaa of heart and the spirit of womanhood! The tribute of one who .™ew her over a quarter of a century fio was that she was ''the kindest woman he bad ever met/' As she lived, eo we died. Death had no terrors for her, r - Hough she suffered long. Her patience was an abiding solace till the croßslng of the shadow path, where lies the (jujet • haven of us all. The interment, wiiif-h was private, took place at New Piy- % mouth. The Colrlwells were widely known in Taranaki in the hotelkeeping bpsinesß . a ,i. r "' tara > Inglewood, New Plymouth ti ! ,w OUSO) ant * Stratford (Stratford Hotel) for many years, and latterly whilo on the farm at Cardiff.. The eurvivin» of the family are Messrs Clem. (Cardiff), Douglas (Hawke's Bay), Edward (Nash Eoad), and Misses Ada, Florence and Ethel (Cardiff), who have ■auttered their second bereavement within a few weeks, their brother Alfred having succumbed at Inglewood during the innuenza epidemic.