NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7, 8 January 1917, Page 4

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

SOLDIERS AND CIVILIAIIS. ;". (From Our Special Correspondenty^ LONDON, November 30. • Mrs. G. E- F. Syme, of Auckland,"i» staying at Bexley, Kent. Lieut. R. M. Tolhurst (N.ZJLB.) if U v in London during the week from Slbav£ Camp. Mr. T>. T. Forsyth, of Mt. Eden, Auc'<.' land, junior wireless operator, -was : London last week. Lieut. Thomas Seddon was in Glasgowand a guest of the Corporation at the; ceremony of conferring the Freedom ot'= ■ the City on Mr. Maeeey. Mr. A. K. Wrigley, of Hamilton, Trfi<i ' arrived in England by-the CorintMc onS.-: the 9th inst., accompanied by his; and two children, has come over in ccm-Sj: nection with family matters, and probably remain here for the duration of the war. "Major P. A. Buck, "S.Z. Pioneers (Bayfe; of Islands), Lieut. F. C. Wilson, N-ZjeMj (Auckland), and Lieut. C. B. .Loekyer&J (Wanganui), are all over on leave ffbnpS France, and staying at the Hejreat§&j Palace Hotel. The following New Zealanders wewjpelected non-resident Fellows of ■v-tliete Royal Colonial Institute at a meeting bfjp the Council held on Tuesday, XovenibetS<v 28:—Mr. Frank H. Campbell, MA (Dun-S|; edin); Mr Frank Milner, :Mi|j| (Oamaru); and Mr. Wm. E. Holder, -'jjJjsß (Gisborne). Lieut. C. F. Carey, 51. Z. Infantry, who - died of wounds in hospital, was injurei||j; ir. the head by ehrapnel when giving structions in bomb-throwing. A private|§? had landed a grenade in a trench, an4'-v! Lieut. Carey moved out to shield hun.*J| Captain G. D. Henderson, eon oi llu"-.-. James Henderson, London, manager d& the Fanners' Co-operative Association bffi Canterbury, has been awarded the tary Cross for gallantry in the field.; ' : 'W&L is a New Zealander, but is serving wittilft the 11th Koyal West Kent Regiment. : :M Corporal Robert H. Bell, manager 6fj| the Ashburton "Mail and Co., Ltd., was in London last week oiM short leave. Sir Thomas Mackenzie was amoiigrtlj those present at the India Office '*l*>fi£f Thursday, at the presentation of coloMfifl by to the Indian During the past week tie have been discharged from the H.Z.lXj|| as medically unfit:—Pte. SutberlandfS 4/53 a; Pte. A. N. Field, 23/1626; E. N. Weetwood, 4/860; and'Spr. fig Peace, 4/121 a. Pte. L. W. Bell (3/485) has been dis-f. obtain iM commission in rze. W. Abbey (4/85 a) has aleo been. d»-M charged from the N.Z.E.F. to obtamt§j|J commission in the Imperial Army. .

New Zealand papers are asked to; nounce the death on November ;23 pfj Mr. John Pritchard, who passed / awty| peacefully at Uandudno Junction, ' vtihh on a visit from Hew Zealand to thjag country and his home in Wales. Hi was for many years buyer at Lloyd and Co.'s of Oxford Street.; : He| succumbed to a eevere attack of pneti"| monia contracted on the voyage. ; "■

The High Commissioner for Sew Zearj land was present on the 23rd Npveny| ber, at the presentation of colours by;v Queen Alexandra to the Indian Army at;« the War Office, and on the 24th BBg| at the dinner given by Mr. and Mt&; ; Charles Syke3, at the Grosvenor after the rendering of the oratorio; "Elijah" by the Huddersfield Glee, and; Madrigal Society. Mise Mackenzie, wae also present.

Mrs. Kenneth Gordon, wife of Caj>hia<; Gordon, N.Z.M.G., of Te Aroha, who >f£ Xew Zealand in October, 1915, was at| tached as V.A.D. to the New Zealand;; General Hospital in Cairo from December; to April of this year, and after a"«*j weeks' sojourn in France is now , en-;; gaged by the War Office upon work: dlj which particulars will only be available,: after the war. Captain Gordon has juett been over on short leave from France, 1 ? where he is attached to the 2nd NX? Field Ambulance. Captain Gordon wa3 ; in Egypt for six months at the Emerf; gency Clearing Camp in Zeitoun, having left New Zealand as P-M-Cfe on board the s.s. Aparima, with Ws : Seventh Reinforcements on October. , !), 1915. NHS

Mr. Win. Forrest, who was a contract | tor in Auckland, came to England ;n, | September, 1915, to offer hie service* j for the war. After two months' train?: | ing at Southampton he served niiie, | months as sergeant with the. Royal? ■ Engineers at the front, and assisted to ; | the execution of many important works;-!; p His colonel obtained for him a com- i, mission as eecond-lieutenant in the 3TtH:;: :| Labour Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, which., ]| he joined in August. Since then Lieuti?; -J Forrest has been continuously under t| shell fire, and had the misfortune to -1 see many casualties amonget his men." ?; He has been eight times partially.; jj covered by debris from high explosive j| shells. He writes:—"My health has, jj been excellent, and I have not been pnaj I day off duty, and am well satisfied to br;| here doing a useful share in the great; 9 world's struggle." |

Lord Plunket, formerly Governor ani-Commander-in-Chief of New Zealand.'; who was for nearly two years a epecial constable and sergeant of the Headquarters Central Detachment in London, recently promoted an inspector. Vib&a special constable he did duty regularJj> ; keeping guard outside Buckingham Palace for several months. Lord Plw---ket is also the hardworking ehainnas,: of the executive committee of the' X.Z.W.C.A. I

An inquiry was held recently into the circumstances connected with the deathof Pte. Harry McCutcheon, N&jfii aged 27, of Aro Street, Wellington. Pte. JleCutcheon came to London with another soldier on the 9th inst. to see the Lord Mayor's procession. As they ovciv stayed their leave they did not go to . a military club, and -were provided $p| a room at the house of a hairdresser jjl Essex Road, Islington, N. In the earl/ hours of the morning Pte. MoCutcheoilwas found unconscious in the street, ando he died on the following Monday. ■■Tb*S jury found a verdict of "Death by mi*v