PERSONAL.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 195, 22 September 1914, Page 9

PERSONAL.

A guest at the United Service Hotel is Mr A. F. Battray, of Dunedin. Mr J. MacPherson, of Dumbarton, is at present in town, staying at the Clarendon Hotel.

Mr J. Montgomery's appointment has been gazetted as Consul for Chile at Christchurch.

Messrs S. Nettlefold, of Melbourne, and Will Appleton, of Wellington, are staying at Warner's Hotel. Mr John A. Taylor, of Wellington, arrived in town this morning. He is staying at Coker's Hotel. An old identity of Masterton, Mr Thomas Wilton, senr., died yesterday, at the age of 83 years. He arrived at Wellington on the ship Oriental in the forties.

The death is announced of Mr John Main, a North Otago pioneer, who arrived in Oamaru in 1868. He has two sons residing in Christchurch. A private cablegram received in Auckland announced the death in London of Mr Albert M. Marks, chairman of directors of Haneock and Co., Ltd., Auckland. Mr Marks was originally a, resident of Wellington, but has lived in London for many years. He visited Auckland in connection with the business some live years ago. Be had been in failing health for some little time, and his death was not unexpected.

There are few local people aware of the excellent career of Captain Wallingford, the musketry instructor who: is supervising the work of training the Expeditionary Force in rifle practice at Penrose, says the Auckland "Star." An idea of Captain' Wallingford's record career as a rifleman may be had from the collection of trophies now on view in Smith and Caughey's window. He was brought to New Zealand direct from the school of Hythe, England, by the Government, to act as instructor to the Territorial Forces. Captain Wallingford was six times the rifle champion of the British Empire, twice revolver champion, and five times was second in the revolver championship. He represented Britain in two international rifle matches, and was invariably the highest individual scorer of all nations. In addition to these great successes he was twice the winner. of the Prince of Wales's £loo.prize, one of the biggest shooting trophies in the world. Captain Wallingford never competed for the King's Prize, as he was a professional soldier/ this debarring him from the contest. Unfortunately for the Auckland district, Captain Wallingford's services have been accepted for the Expeditionary Force, and it will be impossible to replace him. He has been working strenuously for the past few weeks, instructing the troops in musketry practice.