PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2552, 28 August 1915, Page 5

PERSONAL ITEMS

■ . —: —: -v : —: — ■ Tho TIOII. J. Allen (Minister of Dsfence) left for 'Auckland by tho midday express yesterday. ■ A 'Press Association message from Sydney states t-liat tho eldest son of ' ! Mr; ■ Justice Simpsony of'the New South 'Wales Bench (Chief Judge in Equity), lias been killed at tho Dardanelles. Mr. Lionel Abraham; of Palmerston, . lias received cable advice that his 6t>n Martyn, Tiho is a lieutenant in tho H.P.A.j was married on Monday, and, with his battery, sailed for France on Tuesday. Lieutenant Abraham, who had just completed his second year at Pembroke College. Cambridge, when war broke out) had the satisfaction of having his B.A. 1 degree conferred on lnm in July last. . Private Aloxander Harris, of tho Wellington .Battalion, who : has boon killed m action at the' Dardanelles, is • a son of Mr. Jolm Harris, ex-cliairnlan xof the-Woodville-County Council. "On-the eve of his retirement, • Mr. . J. 8.- Jameson, manager for New Zealand of the' United Insurance Company , w presented by the New Zealand staff /.with a handsome cabinet'of silverware and an illuminated address. .Mr. L. W. D. Andrews, his successor, "m mak■v . ing the presentation, ireforred to - the ,V. fact-.tliat. Mri 'Jamesoir 'iiad held tho ■ position of resident secretary since the . inception : ;of ; the branch in New Zea- ' 'land, and voiced tho Tegre't of the whole staff at losing the services of its chief. The recipient, feelingly responded." ; . '. Visitors staying at the Albert "Hotel are Mr. and Mrs. Speir, of Auckland, and Mr. James Wall, of To luiiti. v At last night's meeting of tho Technical Education Board, sympathy swas expressed for Mr. D. Robertson (ehair- - man of the board) in his illness. ■ * The friends of Mrs. Robey Carter, of • .York Terrace,' Oriental Bay, will regret to hear of her death, which' took place -■on: Thursday'eveuing at her residence'.. Tile dceased .lady was seized with a •> sudden and serious ; illness about .six ■ weeks ago, and her condition had been ■ critical ever since., She was a: very old resident of New Zealand/ aiid had lived in tho City, for many years .past, tak- . ing an active intrest in Church work . in' connection with St. Paul's . parish. Sho is survived by tlirco sons, one of whom, Mr. F. J.-Carter, is treasurer ... to the Wellington Anglican Diocese, ■ . and a'daughter, . Miss 15. Carter, for isome years on_ the nursiugy staff' of Masterton Hospital. ' Lifiut.-Colonel R. Heaton Rhodes, - . 'appointed by the New Zealand Defence authorities to. undertake certain inquiry work ,at the New • Zealand Base in Egypt, will leavo. for his destination by ■the Sydney boat next week. Ho will lis accompanied by his. secretary, Mr, ,W. Grow. " 'Mr. J. Ritchie, Land Purchase Commissioner, alid Mr. E. H. Wilmot, Sur- ' veyor-Oeneral, left -Napier yesterday morning for Wellington. v Sergeant Whitley; of thpv.Wairarapa, who was among the returned wounded ■ soldiers, is making slow/progress : t&- . wards regaining his health. He. leaves ' ' next week 1 - on a health-recruiting visit to'the South Island.Lakes..Mr. C. Ellison has been elected president and Mr. C. 11. Edwards vice-presi-dent of tho Napior Chamber of Com- . nierce, there being .no other nominations for'these .positions.; Oiir Masterton. correspondent telegraphed. last night that news had been received of the death in action at Gallipoli of Sergeant A. C. Williams, son of Sir. Joseph .Williams, of Masterton. Deceased was one of the best-known athletes in the district. Major A. J. Petherick,' of tho New Zealand Field Artillery (D Battery), lias been awarded the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration. He has a service record of over twenty years. ■ The Colonial Auxiliary Forces iong service inedalhas been awarded to Captain J. A. Algie (unattached list IS), with o service record of twenty-two years. • Mrs A.' J.-Manson,\of tho' staff of the Napier .Boys' High School, has entered camp at Palmerston North as a lieutonant on probation., .He ;was a, pupil of tho High' School for five years and a inasior . for nearly three y/Jars., He is ■ tlio third master to leave tho. school, to CO to the. waij .