PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 July 1919, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. David Whyte, of Hastings, is oit a short visit to New Plymouth A cable message from Suva state,s that Lord Liverpool was given a civic reception at Levuka, and was expected to arrive at Suva this morning.

Mr. Newton King received cable advise yesterday that his son, Captain Eliot King, of the Air service, was leaving Egypt for New Zealand. A telegram from Christchureh announces the death of Mr. £. R. Good, a ■prominent resident of the district and ex-Mayor of Rangiora, aged CD years.

A wire from Waimate states that out of twenty-four applications, ranging from Invercargill to Tauranga, Mr. William Patterson, of Port Chalmers, hag been appointed Town Clerk at Waimate.

The death occurred last week in the Hangitikei district of Mr. Thomas Scott, who until four or five years ago was fanning at Glen Oroua. As one of the best-known gentlemen riders in the Dominion, he was a very keen supporter of hunting. a:.*

Mr. A. P. Green, who has been senior inspector of the Bank of New Zealand for some years, lias talfen over the management of the Auckland branch of the bank, in succession to Mr. H. Buckle ton, who has held the position for the last thirteen years. Mr. Bvckleton, ftfter three or four weeks' holiday leave, will proceed to the South to visit the various branches of the bank, prior to taking up the position of general manager on February 1 next.

Mr. T. J. Boland, who has been appointed postmaster at Waitara in euccession to Mr. Cole (appointed to Upper Hutt) arrived in New Plymouth yesterday, and proceeds to Waitara to-day. Before leaving Taibape, where be baa been stationed for the past eleven mouths, Mr. Boland was entertained, at a social gathering, representative of the commercial and agricultural interots, and presented with a silver shaving mg for himself and a plain gold bangle tot Mrs. Boland. Speakers paid high tribute to Mr. Boland's ability, tact and courtesy, and though gratified at the bet that Taihape had been raised two grades in the list, regret was expressed that the higher grading had necessitated his removal.

Mr. E. Buckleton, on resigning the management of the AuCktSnd branch of the Bank of New Zealand to take up the general managership, was the recipient of a farewell gift from the Btaff. The presentation waß made by the act-ing-assistant-manager, Mr. F. W. Can , ter, in the absence through illness of the ' assistant-manager, Mr. F. A. Meßean. Mr. Carter presented Mr. Buckleton with a handsome cigar cabinet, and expremed the good wishes of the staff, He said that he had no doubt Mr. Buckleton would meet with the same success in his new and wider sphere as had. marked his term as manager of the Auckland branch of the bank. • On behalf of the staff he wished the new general manager future prosperity and success.

At Nelson, on Wednesday last, a large and representative gathering of citizens met to make a presentation to Mr. E. J. Allen, who has retired from the position of raanappr of the Bv>k of New Zealand in Nelson, The Mayor asked Mr. Allen to accept as a token of esteem a pair of solid silver fruit diaiies, bearing the inscription: "Pwsented to E. J. Alien by some of his Nelson clients on his retirement from the Bank of New Zealand, June 1919." Mr. Allen joined the bank at Greymouth in December, 1873, and retired last month, after 45% years' service. His first branch w agerahip was at Boss, and from there lie went successively to Opunake and Waipawa. He was next transferred to Feilding, where ho regained for nine years, and thence to New Plymouth far five years. Dnring the past 18 years Mr. Allen had Ibeen manager of the Nelson branch, and he to spend his retirement in that town, whose progress he has watched and assisted in for so many years.

Another New Zealand Victoria Cross winner, Second-Lieutenant R. 8. Judson, of AuokLand, is among the draft of soldiers returning on the Marama, lieutenant Judson, originally a member of the Rifle Brigade, was attached to the iirst Auckland Infantry Battalion when he secured his commission, and is spoken of as a man absolutely without fear. The story of how he won the Victoria Cross makes magnificent reading. Hii company was unable to advance on account of the fire from a German ma-chine-gun nest. Leaving a conple of men to engage the Germans' attention with bombs, he boldly went forward alone, and, standing on the parapet, de« manded the surrender of the enemy There were two offlcew and twenty men. with a couple of maehiafrgons, but ha completely disregarded the danger On. of the Germans fired at himwlUi'a revolver and missed, whereupon he threw a bomb among the enemy, Itiiih... several. The survivor fled, leaving their' guns, and a» a regard Judson got the Victoria Cross. Within about three months he won, the D.C.M., the M.JI and finally the V.C. " - * Li f ut, £ Laurent ' v -°-< was given a most enthusiastic reception on his arrival at Hawera yestlrday, accompanied by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Laurent w.w Ji . ' Ha T era ' w, 'o went to Wellington to meet him. Tlie town was gaily decorated with bunting, and bud! ness premises were closed for a counla of hours so that was a very force , a M he raUwa y X. front of which a profiisely-decoratod platform had been erected, to this tho ? er j W , a >Bfled 8 f led amidst applause, the two bands (Mun.opal and Salvation W playing "See The Conquering Comes. On the dais were also seatoil ge hero's grandfather and grandmotlS, 355*02 TSf 1""A Mayor (Mr. E. Dixon) .and Major Oo*. Lieut. Laurent modestly responding. Cheers were accorded Lieut; Lfcirent, his parents, and grandparents Md he was afterwards taken on the Fir® Brigade motor at tho head of a long prt cession of cars to his-home, b<Jtft«s» playing en routed whilst along the road! children from the Technical Collwe were lined up and greeted him. _