PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 April 1919, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Miss Eileen Campbell has received word that she has been granted a full D certificate.

Mr Harold Beauehamp has been elected chairman of directors of the Bask of New Zealand.

Major Hine has cabled that he was leaving Suez for New Zealand on FHday last.

Miss Ita McCarthy, of Hurleyville, has received word that she parsed the final of the B.A. degree.

Word has been received that Private Lance Bellringer is returning by the lonic due in New Zealand on th« Bi.u inst.

Mr A. Alexander has received word that his son, Private W. I'. Alexander, is returning by the Baranga, which is due in Wellington on April 23.

A London cable records the death of John Brilliatt, the last survivor of Stuart's South Australian exploring expedition in 1861. Private S. W. Kelsen, aon of Mr and Mrs H. Kelsen, of Normanby, who has seen a lot of active service and was for some time a prisoner of war in Germany, is due to arrive with Draft 234 on the Bhamo, about April 24th.

Mr. James O'Brien has been selected as the Labor candidate to contest the Westland seat against Mr. T. E. Y. Seddon at the general election. Mr. O'Brien is the West Coast member of the executive of the New Zealand Labor Federation.

Mrs D. Roberts, of Gill Street, has received advioe that her son, Private P. S Roberts ("Chum"), is arriving by the Riirnnga. which is due at Wellington about 23rd April. Private Roberts, wlm was a former member of the News' staff, left with the 26th Reinforcements, and for the past twelve months ha* been a prisoner of war in Germany, His many friends will be pleased to hear of his safe return.

The Rev. J. Napier Milne, who ha» recently come to New Zealand after occupying important charges in Hull, Glasgow and London, has been appointed to the pastorate of Whiteley Memorial Church, New Plymouth, in succession to the Rev. W. A. Sinclair. Mr Milne will commence his ministry tomorrow.

A. .T. Gould, the famous Welsh threequarter back, died suddenly at Newport (Wales) from haemorrhage at the age of !U. The death of Arthur Gould will be received with deep regret by every football player of the last generation (says. The Times). To him more than anyone else is due the rise of Welsh football, and so of football as we know it now. He did more than anyone else to transform a game from one in which brute force and individual skill were the chief characteristics to one in which scientific combination became the main feature.

At last fight's meeting of the New Plymouth Patriotic Committee the chairman (Mr C. 11. Burgess). intimated that as he was not seeking re-election to the Mayoral office he would thereforo not remain in the chaiwof the Patriotic Committee, and as that would be his last meeting as chairman he desired to express his pleasure at having been associated With those who were carrying on the patriotic work of the town and Ills appreciation of the support that had been accorded him by the members of the committee, especially the deputychairman (Mr Chancy) who had taken a large amount of the work off his shoulders. Several members spoke in appreciative terms of the work Mr Burgess had done while on the committee, and especially for the returned soldiers, all being of opinion that had it been vfnlised 'hot. it was his last meeting as chairman there would have been a much larger attendance. The remarks were summed up in the following resolution, moved hy Archdeacon TCvans and seconded by Mr -T R. TTill • "That the cominitt.ee place on record their deep apnrecintion of the snlendul work done by Mr Burcess as chairman of this committee, in which lie lias also been noblv 'imported bv Mrs Burgess." It was resolved to retain Mr Burgess as a member of the committee.