PERSONAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 166, 13 July 1918, Page 6

PERSONAL.

Captain T. X. Holmden. M.P.. <,f the I I Worcester Ki-.'inient. left for the South Iby Inst nijrht's express. ! Lieut. N. 11. Hanna. Itoval Field Artillery, who has been spending a r4inrt furlouirh in Auckland, left yesterday in ' order to return to li» unit. ' \ j Mr. Walter .1. I'™,,, of New Plymouth, ! (has been appointed linn, corresponding secretary for the Hoyul Colonial Institute, in succession to the Hon. Oliver Samuel, M.1..C. Mr. I'enn has just been elected a l-'elluw of the Institute. j Mr. V. V. Krazi-r. S.M., will probably i fin dill his magisterial duties in Wellinff- ' ton about Tuesday, but before retiirniiifj ' Ito Auckland will' be eiifiajjed for some days on business connected with the I'ub- I i lie Service Appeal Hoard. : ! I Mr. A. C. ltrown. after thirty years'', service with the Tundon (iarlick Co., I.td_. lias rmifrned the position of secretary to join the stall , uf Messrs. Hond jand Bond. Prior to leaving, Mr. ltrown [ was presented by Mr. C. ( '. XJnrlick. on behalf uf the stall", with a Chesterfield | couch. I -M. Chayet. Lite Consul-fleneral for I France in Australasia,, and who is now ;on his way to tenia la. Central Ame- ' rica, was accorded a civic welcome in the Wellington Town Mall on Thursday. M. Chayet left Wellington the >auie evening I for San Kraut-Men, via Tahiti, by the 1 i Moana. A private letter received in Wellinfrton by the last, mail from England aiinouncrn the death of Mr. .lames Harold, who for more than -IT, years was London secretary to the Wellington and Manawatu i Railway Co.. Ltd. Mr. Harold had retired from a.live busings some years a-ro. and »as living ,iuictlv at Uoscombe Hants. I On the eve of his departure for TauI ranir.i. to which ollicc he has been pro.noted. Mr. .1. <;. Mwwi<k, postmaster at : I.yttelton, «a s on Monday last presented , Iby the I.yttelton Post Oflice stair with a ! J set of beautifully chased afternoon tea ; forks and spoons. Mr. ami Mrs. RpMWirk ; left for the north l,v Monday night's boat. I Word has been received to the effect I that Lance-Corpoiiil C. V. M. Godstchalk ! of Wadestown, Wellington, has been I I granted a commission in the Indian ! Army. Leaving New Zealand as a pri j •vate. Lee.Corpl. Uodtw-halk saw service in most of the big engagements in which j the New /.ealanders participated in ! France, where he was twice wounded j lie will receive his training at Qaetta. | on the northern border of India, and ' after six months will be gazetted. He i≤ I j only 21 years of ape. Lieutenant \V. Cecil Leys, of the Royal I Naval branch operating on the river' in ;-Mesopotamia, arrived in Auckland yes- ! terday on brief furlough. Lieut. j left Auckland over three years ago to J attend a Press Conference in San Francisco, and immediately upon the conelu-it-ion of the Press Co'nfrress, he enlisted lin the P.ritish Army .Service Corps, serving for some time with the motor trans- . port division on the Salonika front, and later in France. When the Naval Motor I Patrol Service .was instituted, he trans- : ferred. and passing his examinations, obtained a commission, and was detailed Ito Mesopotamia, where he baa been serv. in£ for over a yea.r. Engineer Lieut.-C!omniander William |Earnshaw, TLN\ lias been trans/erred ! from one of the Dreadnoughts, and an- : pointed to <11aa<;ow, on the staff of the j Admiral Superintendent, while a new j destroyer he is to be in charge of a (being built. He was strongly urged 'by ! the authorities to accept charge of Fisigard. the establishment for the training lof engineer artificers, but preferred to J take part in the more active work of I warfare. Rle had previously been offered : the position of senior instructor of engineering at Portsmouth. He hopes to , proceed to sea again before the end of I the year. Lieut. Eamahaw is a son of I the Hon. William Earnshaw, H.L.C.. of I Wellington.