PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 July 1919, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. J. .Temiaon, of Tarikl, h&f received" word that his son, Second-Lieut. 0. H. Jemison, is expected to arrive in {far Zealand on August 8. A Wellington message state* that Bit Andrew Russell has definitely decided t». stand for the Hawke's Bay seat,: for which. Sir John Findlay will not be a candidate. i r , Mr. Richard Cock, of New Plymouth, arrived back from Australia by thetttneeasin, which reached Wellington on Tuesday. Mr. Arthur Gulliver, of Eltham, hat been appointed manager of the Maiara- u hara (near Dannevirke) cheese factory, • % out of 25 applicants. Word has been received in H«wa% that Sergeant J. B. Dilka. of the Opunake Post Office staff, is returning to New Zealand, and will arrive In Wellington about August 16. The Mayor of Hawera has beqn adVised that Lieut. Grant, V.C., left Bag* land by the Somerset on July 2, and will be ; due in New Zealand about Aqgost 12. Air. & Vickers, of Omata, being the only nominee for the extraordinary vacancy on the Taranaki County Council caused by the resignation of Cr. D. McAlhim, he has been declared duly elected to represent the Omata Riding. Captain C. H. Drew, of New Plymouth, who served with the Royal Air Force for .pver three years, and was'.awarded the Air Cross for distinguished service, returned to New Zealand yesterday. Be expects to reach New Plymouth early next week. The London Evening News, of May 84, iiasthe following: "We understand that Sir A. J. Godley has been offered .and has accepted a command on the Rhinei . In the last victorious 'push' he commanded the 22nd Corps, the engineer! of which built forty bridgeheads a week, thus enabling the dhffsfon to advance with overwhelming rapidity." ' i Mrs. E. Turnbull, of Carrington Road, has received advice that her eon, Private C. Turnbull, one of four brothers who went to the front, is returning fay the Geissen. which is due to arrive on August 2. Two other brothers returned some considerable time ago, but no advice has been received as to when the remaining one, Private W._ Turnbull, is returning. News has been received that the following Taranaki men are due to return by the transports on the dates stated: Lieut. A. R. Bayly, Omata, per Ayrshire, left England on July 16; Trooper P. Stanley, Hillsborough, Private S. Fraser, Moturoa, and Sergt. H. J. Reid, New Plymouth, by the Ulimaroa, due Auckland about August 0; Rifleman T. J. Crone, per the Giesson, due Wellington about August 2; and Lieut W. P. ftpbuck per the Athenic. Tit-Bits (London) devotes a few columns to what it describes as toe "Romantic Career of New Zealand Premier, from plough to Privy Council™ Mr. Massey, the paper says, "threw Mmself into the great war with characteristic energy, and, within a fortnight of the outbreak of war, two thousand New Zealand .soldiers were dispatched to saUe the German possessions in Samoa, the first enemy territory to be seited by Empire troops. After the flower of New Zealand's manhood had been mobiltaftdr Mr. Massey turned his attention to task of placing at the disposal of tht Motherland the material resources of kitcountry. The surplus food supplies tommandeered, and contributed in fio small part to the feeding of the British army in the various theatres of war." The death was announced from Qisborne the other day of Mr. Patriek Rheridan, of Wellington, a member of the Public Service, who was well known and universally respected throughout the Dominion. The Dominion, In an obituary notice, says Mr. Sheridan occupied the position of Native Tanrt« PurthjCse Officer for maYiy years, and was esteemed by whites and Natives alike for tfak integrity of his dealings (involving millions of pounds sterling) with the Maori population. Though he retired from the position of Native Lands Purchase *>*• cer a few years ago, his advlee Wld counsel were always at the disposal the Department. The late Mr. was a veteran of the Maori war. He was born in 1841 at Ne wry,. Ireland. and I spent his youth in Waterford, where ke graduated as a telegraph operator. I#ter he was employed as a telegraphist in t Dublin. There he enlisted in thp t*m at a time when the rceruitisg o®#W# j were busy, and was dratted as a ' of the 14th (Buckinghamshire) Regiment t to Manchester, and from there the lt|U 1 ment sailed for New Zealand, arriving | in time to parttdpate hi the leeond campaign against the Natives of Weikato Mid Taranaki.; After tiro remittent left New Zealand and went to Melbourne < , (where there was a good-deal of lawless- ' i ness to contend with owing to the gold v rush), Mr. fiberidaa was paid off. anil Areturned a married man to New 2oaland. \