PERSONAL.

Mr. C. A, Jeffrey who l,on 1 private secretary t^theV'^^S 1' dra?t Sof gV SrO' 0 CK nV viUl the T w pi i i s ? n March 6th. Mr J. \\, Black, lately private secret^ for the Hon. Dr. McNdb, will be Mr Myers's now secretary

; '( ATr W..R. Lloyd Williams orchard

Bro. C Lr-Barvey. W.M., on behalf of Lodge> Motuek^ made a prc-sentatioa at a gatWiu. of-Freemasons to Bio r^rbort Heath of a silve V wrist watch' 2Sf SCIIH ou the ay* of his dopaiture tor camp

Very Rev. G. E. Weeks, LL.D., S* 5 R?7' &' A- Rogers, 8.A., and the Rev H. B, W. White have been gazetted as military (chaplains for service in the Territorial Forces of IMew Zealand. Ma-s C. Huiley, of Waimea street, lias received news thai her son Private L. C. Hurley, is m hospital in franco, suffering from appendicitis and bronchitis, but is now improving. Mr J. E. Stone, of the Reservoir, has been advised that iiis son, Lieutenant W J. Stone, who was admitted to hospital m England, is progressing favourably. ~ .** Mr. C. W. Batten, general, secretary, of the JNew Zealand Returned iSoldiers' Association, has relinquished that position Out of thirteen applicants, Mr. i). J. B. §eymour, of Christchurch, has been appointed to succeed him. Mr. Seymour was a prominent member of the hrst Returned Soldiers' Conference, held in April last.

Private Charles S tames (cousin toCaptain F. Starnes, D.5.0.) receivedpresentations at a. farewell gathering at Lower Moutere prior to his return to c&mp from final leave. . j.Lr R,. P. Hudson, M.P., who was the spokesman, said, that the first thought of tho Government, to a man was for the soldier. Mr Dave Goodall, of Motueka, has received cable advice that ln s son, Private L. D. Goodall, was adu.itted to hospital, at Waltoh-on-Thatnes, on February 16th, suffering from a septic throat and, abscess. Mr Goodail's ether son en ac« tive service is an inmate- of Hornchurch Hosoital, England.

At a recent meeting the Wellington. Education Board, on a motion proposed by, Mr. A. Mackay, of Blenheim, and seconded by Mr. A. W. Hogs, unanimously placed on record its hijdivappreciation of the long and useful services rendered to the cause of education by the late Mr. John Smith, formerlysecretary and inspector of tho Marlborough Board.

Mr. D. S. Smith has resigned from his position as honorary solicitor to the New Zealand Returned Soldiers' Association, and goes into camp on Monday. A vote of condolence with Mr. Smith in the loss of his wife was passed bj the executive, and it was' also decide* to accord him a hearty vote of thanks, for the time and skiir.he.hiid given to the drawing tip of the rules of the branch and New" Zealand-associations.

Included.m the list of names publlslied of reservists called up under the ballot and who failed to report appeared that of Thomas H.. JWid"e aotel manager^ CliristcJinrch -It s>i«f now stated that Mr. Beveridge obtain-^ ed a passport last May enabling him tc| jeaye New Zealand for England; S? lghlanderS' and underwent his training at a camp near Edinburgh, being picked up and landed safdy on S^W. «? Crete. He i s no W in i!<gypt with his regiment.

.Captain Herbert William King, who has been failed' in action in France tar i^ m? fortune to lose 1& daughi vt,V ~S .years ' a litt]e over a A mont^ln? d n S T^ c die- d ]ast March A month later Captain King joined the RemWments as O.C. 16tf ReinW ments. For some years he was o member of the teaching staff of *h£ Newtown Public School, and latterl? of the Auckland Grammar School B% £ aY Bachelor of Arts of the New Zealand University College, \£llinl rift in hfh* nnivef■ggs fejrasfeS SS** haJ.' Mb} i» °f character t£t ?eem fe Wewal" resp^t and etteem. Widespread sympathy is fete for his relative in Chrktchurch.