PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 February 1919, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Mr Geo. Pearce, M.P., is on a visit to Now Plymouth. A Tokio cable message reports th.9 death of Prince Yamagata. Among those who are returning in the troopship Matatua is Ijance-Corpl-P. U. Willing, of Hell Block. Mr Walter Jilundcll, of the Wellington Evening Post proprietary, is on a visit to Xew Plymouth. The High Schools' Board last night appointed Mr S. (;. Smith, MP., as it* rcpr.-iTtitative at the Town Planning Conference, which is tobe held at Wellington in May next. ; Amongst Taranaki soldiers who in expected to reach New Zealand at au curly date, in addition to the names already published are Ijance-Corporal W. Hick (Uromii), who return with Drift Xo. 21 ;i, arriving to-morrow, and SergtA. H. Bishop (Egmont Road) who returns with Draft No. 217, due at Wellington about the 28th hist. Sergt. Bishop has had 4J years service. Mr F. Day, farmer, Rama road, Manama, died suddenly on Saturday. Mr Day had not been in the best of health lately, but felt much better for the last week or so, and went to Hawera on JW day, returning home the same night. His wife not being well, he stayed up and attended to hei during the night, with his son- His wife called him for break» fast before 0 am., and left the child in the bedroom with him. As Mr Day did not come to breakfast, Mrs Day wail taking it into him just before 10 a.m., vben she found her husband had died. tiie cause of death being heart failure. Mr Dav was an old identity of the \Va'£ mate Plains, and was well respected by all who knew him.—Star. , In St. Mary's Church. Hawera, at tne evening service on Sunday, a tablet Was unveiled in memory of the late Sergt A. J. 'Salmon, a Hawera bdy, who <nlisted at Auckland, and after seeing a lot of active service was killed in France. The vicar (Rev. C. H. Grant Cowen) unveiled the tablet at the con> elusion of a short service of dedication: "To the glory of God and in memory ot Sergt- Alfred J. Salmon, Cth Hauraki Regiment, killed at the battle of Messines, 7th June, 1917; aged 28 years.' 1 At the foot of the tablet are added the words, "Simply to Thy Cross I cling." Sergt. Salmon was the son of Mr and Mrs A. J. Salmon, formerly old residents of Hawera.—Star. Mr R. H. Nolan, of Hawera, in a letter to Mr E. Dixon, dated December 16, gives confirmation of the news that Private Were, son of Mr James Were, formerly of Hawera, had turned up all right. In November last Private Were was reported missing, and enquiry at the Records Office in London failed to elicit anything. But on Saturday night, Mr Nolan writes, Were arrived at the Soldiers' Club in a batch of war prisoners from Germany. He was to get a couple of months' leave, and would then be sent to New Zealand. He had not had so bad a time as some of the prisoners had, notably Surgenor, formerly of Otakeho. Mr Nolan added that he had hopes that the Club could be closed about July next. He also encloses a note from the High Commissioner explaining that war trophies would be allocated at Wellington, but a request for four guns for Hawera had been passed on to General Russell. Mr Nolan expresses the opinion that if the Government liked to transport guns they could be had in dozens. At the Whiteley anniversary proceedings at Whiteley Hall on .Thursday evening, Mr W. A. Collis read the official list of Methodist ministers who had been at New Plymouth, which w&s as follows: 1840-64, H. H. Ttirton; 1835, S. Ironside (English) and H. Turton (Native) ; 1850-7, S. Ironside (English) and J. Whiteley (Native); 1858-00, J, H. Fletcher (English) and J. Whiteley (Native) ; 1801, J. Whiteley and Wm. Cannell; 1802, J. Whiteley and- John Smith; 1863, J. Whiteley and J. Innesj 1864, A. Reid (English)' and J. Whiteley (Native); 1963-0, A. Reid; 1867-9, W. J. Watkin; 1870-2, J. Crump; 1873-4, W. Kirk and J. Smith; 1875, W. Kirk; 1876, F. W. Isitt and T. G. Hammond; 1877-8, F. W. Isitt; 1870, D. M'Nicoll and L. Hudson; 1880, D. M'Nicoll and F. W. Martin; 1881, D. M'Nicoll and W. S. Harper; 1882-3, J. A. Taylor; 1884-6, Wm. Lee; 1887-9, Wm. Beck; 1890-2, P. W. Fairclough; 1893-5, J. H. Gray; 1890-8, C. H. Garland; 1899-1902, S. J. Serpell; 1903-4, J. N. Buttle; 1905, J. N. Buttle and R. F. Williams; 1900, T. G. Brooke and S. F. Williams; 10&7, T. G. Brooke and H. A, S. Keck; 1908, T. G, Brooke; 1909-10, J. G. Chapman; 1911, J. W. Burton.