PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 May 1921, Page 4

PERSONAL.

A cable from Sydney says that Misi Ada Evans has been admitted as a bar rister. She is the first lady barriste: in New South Wales.

Mr. R. J. Broken-shire, who has actec as managing clerk to Messrs. Standisl and Anderson, solicitors, New Plymouth for some years, was yesterday admitte< as a solicitor of the Supreme Court bj His Honor Mr. Justice Recd, on th motion of Mr. T. P. Anderson. A New York cablegram, states tha" Charles Chaplin was burned from th< ankles to the waist at Los Angeles whej he tripped over an acetylene torch during film-taking, setting his trouser: ablaze. Assistants threw wet blanket/, around the comedian, and extinguished the flames. His injuries are not serious: A very old resident of South Taranaki passed away at Hawera Hospital on Wednesday, in the person of Mr. David Spence, at the age of 84 years. Deceased had lived in the Hawera and Normanby districts for about forty years,, and was well respected by all with whom he came in contact. He leaves & widow and grown-up family. The death is reported of one of the veterans of the Maori War, Mr. James Walker, at the age of 83. He served under Major St. John, and he was in engagements at the Wairaki Pa, and several other skirmishes on the East Coast, for which he received the New Zealand War medal.

Commandant Middlemiss, of the New Plymouth Salvation Army Corps, returned. on Wednesday from a holiday trip to Australia. Last night he was the guest at a welcome-home function tendered by members of the corps, and during the evening Commandant Middlemiss gave an interesting outline of his trip and the work of the Army in various parts of Australia.

The death occurred at Gisborne on Monday of Mr. J. W. Bright, who was - for many years manager of the Gisborne branch of tlie New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. He was 61 years of age. Old residents of Patea will doubtless remember Mr. Bright as representative of the Loan and Mercantile there about 1885, when he had with him as his assistant Mr. R. M. McNight, now’ manager at Christchurch. There passed away recently at Porangahau, Hawke’s Bay, an old soldier whose honorable and lengthy service deserves recognition and some tribute of praise. Charles Wilson, born at Cargill, Perthshire, in 1843, enlisted at 22 years of age in the 72nd Seaforth Highlanders, attaining later the rank of sergeant. Five year's after .his enlistment he proceeded to India? seeing service there from 1871 to *lBBO in the Afghanistan campaign under the later Commander-in-Chief, Earl Roberts, receiving the Afghanistan service medal. On being transferred to the Egyptian Field Force, he saw sendee there under the late Earl Kitchener, receiving the service and special medals before his discharge in June, 1889. Re-enlisting six months latter, he served as Corporal of Commissioner until his final discharge in November, 1913, at the age of 70. Mr. W. T. Jennings, M.P., was entertained at Auckland on Wednesday night, on the eve of his departure for Europe to visit the graves of his two sons killed during the war. The function was attended by nearly 100 of his old friends and political supporters. Dr. T. W. Leys, who presided, presented the guest with a testimonial taking the form of a roll of notes to the value of over £lOO, and a framed photograph of the guest. He was also handed three white flowers, two to be laid on the graves of 1 his sons in Gallipoli and France and one on that of the unknown warrior interred in Westminster Abbey. Mr. Jenninge, who was visibly affected by the tributes paid to him by the numerous speakers, was cheered on rising to reply. He expressed deep appreciation of the kindness of his friends in tendering a social to him and his gratitude for various presentations made.