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PERSONAL.

Dr. -Walker maintains his improve' ment, though he is not yet out of danger.

Rev. T. Tait, ot Manaia, has been ordered <by his doctor to take a fortnight's complete rest, and is at present in a private hospital in Hawera. Mr. G. H. Dixon, manager of the Pioi station, where, it will be remembered, the explosion of a German mine caused considerable excitement, is at present a visitor to New Plymouth. Mr and Mrs A. Morton, of Egmont Village, have received word that their son Jack sailed for New Zealand on the Mth inst., and is due to arrive here on April 23. Jt is rumored in well-informed circles that Mr C. A. Wilkinson, the Reform M.P. for Egmont, has. a good chance or becoming the leader of the new political party formed in' Wellington (states the Otago Daily Times). Mr Wilkinson at present occupies the position of chairman of the Industries Commission-

By the death of Mr. George George, which occurred yesterday after a very long illness, New Plymouth loses an old and highly respected resident, whose integrity and business ability are well known to a large circle. For many years he has been in the employ of Shuttleworth Bros., by whom he was much esteemed.

The death occurred at New Plymouth on Friday of Mr T. C. Dawson," of the firm of Messrs Dawson and Maud»ley. Mr Dawson hnd been in ill-health for some time, and had been on a visit to the Taranaki district with a view to recuperation. He was a vice-president of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce, a prominent member of the Wellesley Club, and tte Hutt Bowling Club, and was greatly interested in the townplanning operations. For some eighteen years lie was representative for Messrs Archibald Clark and Sons, Ltd., at Gisbome, Napier, and Wellington, and in I'ftftJ started in business with Mr 0Maudslcy in Wellington. Deceased, who was 52 years of age. leaves a widow and a son, Gimncr Frank Dawson, who recently returned wounded and gassed from.France. Another son, Lieutenant Howard Dawson, was killed in France. The funeral took place in Wellington on Sunday. The Rev. Father F. S. Bartley, chaplain of the Forces, has been recruiting at Rotorua after two years' service at _the front. He was attached to the 3rd Wellington Battalion, and saw the heavy fighting at Messiiles, La Basseville, and Passchendaele, taking his place with the stretcher-bearers and witnessing all the horrors and glories of the titanic struggles which took place on this historic front. He has many incidents to relate of extraordinary happenings. On one occasion ho was one of the stretcherbearers 'to attend to the men who suffered from an enemy high explosive shell striking their hut. Four were killed, three of them brothers who had not yet been in the trenches, and a dozen were wounded, all New Zealanders. He is full of admiration for th'e Australians and New Zealanders, remarking, "I am proud to have been born in Australia, and to have been a New Zealander by adoption for IS years." He bays that the New Zealand division was thei bc?t equipped and the best all-round division on the front. He gives great praise to General Russell, and says that General Godley must be given credit for the manner in which the efficiency of the division was maintained. Father Bartley did not come through seat Mess.'' A touch of gas at Messines did not trouble him much, but rheumatic fever contracted in Polygon Wood (Ypres sector) was a more serious matter, from the effects of which he has not vet wholly recovered. '

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Taranaki Daily News, 25 March 1919, Page 4

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600

PERSONAL. Taranaki Daily News, 25 March 1919, Page 4

PERSONAL. Taranaki Daily News, 25 March 1919, Page 4

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