PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 31 July 1919, Page 4

PERSONAL.

The health of Mr. C. B. Moriaon, K.C., of Wellington, is causing hits friends torn* ansaety. Mr. McKean, S.M., left Wellington for New Plymouth yesterday to take up' relieving duties here in place of Mr, S, E. McCarthy, S.M. A Melbourne wire states that Mr. A. & Carey has been appointed Director of Northern Territory for thr«4 y«#n, ia succession to Dr. Gilruth. Mr. Juries, draughtsman ia the Cliri it church city surveyor's office, has been appointed deputy •inspector of fire brigades for the Dominion. Mr. Juries has seen service at the front, previous to which he had fire brigade experience. —Press Assoc. At Hawera on Tuesday evening Mill p. Murch, who liaß just returned from England, was preaented by the members of the Methodist Church with a framed photograph of a group taken outside an hotel in Paris, including Mist Murch and Mr. Massey. Lieut-Colonel Georgo Mitchell, D.5.0., Otngo Regiment, who recently returned from Active service, has been appointed organiser for the Wellington district on behalf of the Wellington Returned Soldiers' Association. Colonel Mitchell left With the Main Body, and saw considerable service on the Peninsula, where he received a serious wound in his left leg which has left him permanently tan*, Mr. I. A. James, manager of the State Coal Mines, has been promoted to the position of general manager of the State Coal Mines of New Zealand (tilt Grey Star reports). Under his new management Mr. James will have full control of the State collieries in this district, and also of those in the North Bflaiid With this appointment, moreover, all the State coal depots in the Dominion iHll likewise come under the control of Mr. James. At Oakura last night Mr. and liri, W. D. Linn and family were tendered a farewell social by settlers of the Oakura and Tataraimaka districts on the eve of their departure from the district There „ a wy large gathering, and, on behalf of the settlers, Mr. W. J. ftraiyfield presented Mrs. Linn with a tftWel. ling rug and Mr. Linn with a pocket wallet. Sir James Allen stated in Wellington yesterday that he had been advtoedthsit Mr. Massey and Sir Joseph Ward Would arrive in Auckland on Monday nnt. No Ministers would go to Auckland, because all wcre- busy in Wellington. Sir James Allen thought it probable that Mr. ' Massey and Sir Joseph Wttd would leave Auckland by the Pateefta on Ttteeday, arriving in Wellington on Wednesday.—Press Assoc. Among the soldiers who returned home this week by the Briton wae Lieut, L. H. des Forges, of Opunake. tieut. del Forges left New Zealand M a buffer * with the Main Body, being attached to the Second Aucklands, and had a very interesting experience. He was in the fight against the Turks at the Sues Canal at theend of 1914, and #ae ift the %hticg at the time the arutfitic* *u signed. He was twice wounded*** toilet getting him in the leg and ahtattel injuring his neck—but otherwise era* ed splendid health throughout hie kmr service—Argus. The death of Mrs John Brunette, at the advanced age of 82 year*, toolfplke in Hawera on Monday. Mri Brunette came to New Zealand in 1870 with her hußha.nd, the late Mr John Brunette, by the sailing ship Monarch. The name recalls the interesting incident that the Mmiarch was one of four clipper skips built to carry troops and foodstuffs to the Crimea. These were afterwards used by a trading company in the overseas service. They were in Christchurch for several years, and then came to Wanganui, and afterwards in 1882 to Hawera, where for many rears with her husband she was a most actlve member of the community, ready to help in any good work, beta gof a most kindly nature. She had suffered ill-health, and this with advancing age confined her very much to her residence. She leaves a family of four sons and four daughters 7-Mra Hall Scott (Queensland)! Mrs Myhre (Christchurch), Mrs Penla fHaMrs Phillips (Wellington) Messrs Fred and Herbert (Ifawami Albert (Opunake), and Lleut &i', recently returned from the front.—Star! FmnJu y T o J. d^ ettler in the P® l9oll of Mr Francis Job Gane, passed away at hia residence, Normanby, on Monady Mr Gane was one of the original Settler. on the Whakamara block, and the Star believes he was one of the last, if not the only, survivor of them. In those fnTwtel 6ded * good deal of to go nto Whakamara and to continue farmng there, for access was very difficult the roads in the block wer/f<* SFI ab T n&bl - v bad - at the prS which in those days ruled for stockand ?™B ce a way.back farmer ttadeT indifferent living. However, Mr Gane out and settled on the farm acter, and in br^olr'* 4"uir al ? •** «nd a grown.„p family a w!d » w volunteered i a Canada fn« distinguished himself in p,™"' 60 tunately was one of those S ""'f" the supreme sacrifice- otw i° n r the family are Tell members the