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Taranaki Daily News, 19 February 1919, Page 4

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A London cablegram reports the death J ' ieut -< -'olonel Mark «ykes, iiart., AIR ' ' Advice from Wanganui states that the 1 »?T^ 10 " , of , the llou " Gilb «t '-'arson, , iVI.L.C who has boon seriously ill for several months, i» causing his friends considerable anxiety. Private Harry Wills, of Lopperton, who was badly gassed in France, left this morning for Kotorua for treatment at King George's Hospital. In the latest hospital report published the name of S. lundoerg (K ew l'jymouth) appears amongst those reported as not severe cases. Ihe .Minister of Internal Allah's stated yesterday that Mr. V V. Frazer, S.M had been appointed permanent chairman' ot the Board ot Appeal under the Public ueivice Act.—Press dissociation. of A Si,°w a if a , n !° Swlyii "*"* the death of Su Wiltrid Laurier, at the iwe of 7S years, from paralysis. An earlier triessage slated that while dressing for church on bunday lie fell on the floor, BUiferino from u ; .rokc. " The He v. C F. Askew, Vicar of St ilaiys parish Wellington, is leaving for fn *i " C ' Vt . WC6k lol ' the P ur P ose of fm ihering the Wellington cathedral Mrs"Askew Wlll accom Pa>iied ,by Ihe ]< eildmg Star states that it is nbt ken/t tl Ul |r V eUt ° ,lallt Clutlla . f•' tlle b1 "" 1 son of the High ConifsEvur" contest ° ne of u ® u "d West Coast seats at the next u«i era l ejections. His father,SirZlZl liackenzie, it will be remembered, repeated Egmont for a short time iu Captain Phillips, ex-commander of the Makura, was presented at Sydn.v r? eently with a wallet well tilled with tiovernment war bonds by friends and niark"nf Wi '° '""l Sa " ed with him - as at « nf m Ft ' rao " CBteeM and in tion of many courtesies during the vears the Union UmpLy, ycltrdat ni tt a t° t V nternal Affftirs •*»« Hi<rw' i' • e a PP oln tment of the Hi 0 h Commissioner (Sir 'Pima ? ie) had been extendi fof four Lit" ns=^,tKa t at Jl berty to vacate his office on four months' notice, and since Shis ai > lv°for' nent - ll I aS b < ee " UXte,ldod periodicWorL Wi " iam Fraser ' Minister of Public tlrv (Mr C °M by ] " 8 P rivate "cretara bv I arrived in Wai " „. b l e mail train last night, where V P" 0 ". representing Waitara and hiin S ' placed before Cstl, 6 -n neC M 81ty ° f wetßllin « ut * bv \iv t • Minister, accompanied - for iWru-uiT leaves by car for T c Kuj ti this morning.