PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2556, 2 September 1915, Page 5

PERSONAL ITEMS

• Archbishop Redwood will visit Man- ... tcrton on tounday next, and invent Monsignor M'Keuna, V.G., with . the <■ robes of a-domcstio prelate to the Holy ■ - .-See. ' ■■ . Brigadier-General A.. W. Robin, C.8., has-returned from a visit to. Auckland. ' Whilst: there- lie visited tho Second Maori Contingent's camp at Takapuna, and' 'found the training of the tioops -proceeding satisfactorily under the best • of conditions; Captain' Emile D. Aubin, who has 1 been in medical -! practice iii . for about nine years; has been selected, ■ to-go to Egypt as; surgeon attached to tlib Forces. • For about fifteen years Captain Aubin served in the New, Zealand Medical Corps in-connection, with . the volunteers and the,Territorial.Forc.o, oiid during the last couple of years he litiß' been on tho Reserve. < . He will :•< -Itavo Auckland' about the; middle of this Hlonth. ■ - Mr.' Wm. Organ, tho well-knonn solicitor, who'was Mayor, of Eastboufte for three'years, has enlisted, and is to go \ into camp as a piobationaiy non-com-i iiiisioned officer,oll, Thursday next....j It wis 'during Mr. Organ's t<muro of otlico • J that the Eastbourne Borough:took over tho ferry service, and the good work lie .. jid 'generally when "in l the; chair is ,- well, remembored. Mr. Organ was for ■ maily- years ft member o ftho. , ahlO United Hockey Club's senior team ' (champions for several years), and waß 6 representative player for some yoars.' ' Dr.-Hogg, of Invercargill, has been appointed-to a_ position .at a r»cw_Zpalahd base hospital in Egypt. 'Sanitary Inspector J. H. Cawdroyhas taken over the duties of Camp Sanitarjy 'Officer at Trentham,' with the temporary rank'of sergeant-major. ' Mr. W. C.' Kellow, of tlie Gear Com-, : pany's staff, has, returned from a trip to Australia.' , , . Mr. Tlios. C. Dawson, of .Dawson and ■ Maudsloy, leaves on a business trip to . the-East on Saturday next. Mivpaw- ■ ;sou'will catch .tho Niagara at Aucklanii,, procced to.- Honolulu by, ..that steamer, ■ and there catch another boat for Japan ,' and China, returning by way ,of Manila ! and' Australia. He expects to return to Wellingion in December.; , - ■ ■ • Jlr. J. M. Wilson, a member of tho Management Committee of tlie Wellington football Association, lias beciv-ap-pointed a non-commissioned officer.of .the Ninthi Reinforcements, and will go into - camp on September 9. - A Press Association telegram ; from Dunedin states that a great deal of an- '■ xiety is felt: regarding the; of Dr. F. C. Bachelor, one .of.- tho loading • medical practitioners • in Dunedin. Ho left Now Zealand with the ; Main ■Expeditionary Force with the_rank..of. Liout.-Colonel, and was invalided back ■ from Egypt recently. Since returning to he has-undergone an operation'in a private hospital, and is in a weak state of health. On Tuosday.be 'expressed the intmition of going to Onslow House to make,, inquiries about accommodation 's there,: and about ,1.30 ir.m. ho was seen in the vicinity,of that - establishment.: . . . Mr. W. T. Foster, M.A. (N.Z.), B. Litt. ,"(Oxon), junior and senior soliolar : . of', tho New . Zealand University - and first-class honours' - man in languages • and literature, has accepted a position • . -with Banks's Commercial College. Mr. Foster was forsomo years in charge of - the secondary department at the Gore High School, and for the last two years ••••:• lias been studying and teaching at.Ox-, ford. Ho takes up his .duties at - -Banks's. College; at the beginning of ■ next year. ■-. . ~ ■ ( '•" v Mr.■- John Griffiths- .. of;: Courtenay /' ' I'lacc,' has-been"advised that , his son, Gunner Albert Harold Griffiths, : has been wounded in the neck. Gunner - - Griffiths us thirty-two.'.years of age, a. ' native of: Wellington, and was: a sor- ,: geant in the D Battery of artillery., He was on Mr. H. Rawson's dental staff when lie enlisted. ' Mr. E M. BeecTiey.'of the City Solicitor's staff, who has left the municipal servicc to onter tho'office of -Messrs. YoUng and Tripe, was presented with 1 a case of pipes on behalf of the staff by Mr. J. O'Shea, City Solicitor. Tb® City Engineer (Mr. 1 Mbrton), Town Clerk (Mr. Palmer); ■ City Valuer (Mr. Ames), aud Inspector (Mr.'Doyle) all testified to Mr:" Beechey's' sterling qualities as a - servant of tho City Council and as a sportsman and a" man, and wished him every success in his new sphere of work. . ■, -. ■ : v --- - A Press Association message • from. Timaru states News has been received hero that Lieiltenant-Colonel Surgeon C. ■ E. Thomas was killed m, action at the . Dardanelles.- The late Surgeon Thomas ■ was born in India m 1864, came to-New / 'Zealand .in/. 1890;, and obtained the post ■ of resident surgeon at the Timaru Hosr • pital. The next year he began private . -.jiractice, and had resided - here since. Soon after his'arrival he joined the vol- . uuters as a lieutenant in the Timaru Navals, and later became captain of the same 'corps, which,'were^renamed tho Port Guards. He . was an enthusiastic - and liopular officer, and weut through the Boer' War with-the Fifth Contingent. After his return he continued to .be identified with military matters.- He was keen to get away with the Expeditionary Force, and was accepted on the , medical .staff.: Letters' show that: he had been engaged on the/ transport, sliips between Gallipoli, - Malta, and Alexandria. Ho was Port Health Offi- ■ cer, and was interested in Ambulance work./ He was fond of- sport, especial- ■ ly hunting.: ' Dr. Thomas married the. widow of tho late -Timaru Rhodesj and leaves also one son, a boy about twelve. ; Mr., A. 'Leigh Hunt left for tho squtk -last night. A cablegram ha,s been received from v" Mr.. Wni; L; Skilton, formerly .of the Harbour Board staff, who was recently ■ reported wounded, to-.the effect .that he is . alriiost : recovered from his wound, - - but that he had contracted typhoid, and . . was now at.the hospital at Cairoi/where lie is getting better. , The induction of the -Reiv,. G. T. .JJrowii; M.A., of Gisborne,, as minister of Knox Church in' Masterton, takes . . place on September 23. / Sergeant Gordon Macdonaldj of Divisional Headquarters, who is reported in • the latest' casualty list as having been wounded at the Dardanelles,'is a brother of Mr. J.'W. Macdonald.Yof Wellington, solicitor to the Publio Trustee. Private Leonard C. Larkin, who was .. recently reported killed in, action at tho Dardanelles', left Now Zealand with the Main Expeditionary Force. In the famous landing oil Gallipoli Peninsula ho .was cut off from the New Zealand contingent and joijied the Australians. He was slightly wounded and after soma weeks in hospital returned to the front. He was only 19 years of ago when iha enlisted, but ihe was so eager to get' to the front that ho misled the authorities as to :his' age. / He' was borii at jWadestown; where liis father, Mr. John Larkm; . still resides. Private Larkin always ■ possessed a sporting: temperawent: and was never happy unless lio , was engaged in some reckless adven- , ture. ' -After lea-ving school he was employed at tho D.1.C., and afterwards in 'the Wellington Fire Brigade. . He took a; keen interest in rowing, swimming, , football, and gymnastics. His three brothers have enlisted. One is at present in Gallipoli, ono is on his way with ' tho. Sixth Reinforcements, and the otlier jwho served in Samoa, is now in . clmp at Taoiherenik-au. ~ ?Commissioner.Hodder has returned to town after holding a series of meetings ill tho Marlborough-Nelson districts, j, He leaves almost immediately for Dunfedin and Christchurch, where special meetings ; will be held: He will be • accompanied by tho chief secretary t Liuteiiant-Colohel Powlejv

Advice lias been received that Lieutenant Alan D. Stitt, of the Canterbury Battalion, lias been wounded a , third time. Lieutenant Stitt is a son of the late Mr. Matthew Stitt, of Ashburton, and is 20 years- old. He was educated' at Christ's College, . where lie was in tlie first Rugby fifteen, tlib first cricket eleven, and the shooting team, and -was an officer in. the college cadets. After leaving Christ's College, he went to Lincoln College, where he' captained the senior Rugby fifteen and was also ait Ellesmere sub-union representative. He vent to the front in the Main Expeditionary Force. i Trooper ID.; R, Armstrong, who was killed'm action at the Dardanelles, was the eldest son of Mr. J. E. Armstrong, Railways Traffic Manager at Wanganui. Trooper Armstrong, who was 23 years of age, is the scoond son to Jay down his life. '■ ■ He was educated in Wellington, and when lie enlisted he was farming at Mrs. D. .M'Gregor's farm at Turakina. He was widely esteemed as a'young man.of sterling integrity. .. g : Mr. .-William t Gillespie, ,one of Marlborough's pioneers, is :dead. , He was secretary of the Blenheim School Committee, ;-f or a .lengthy \jeriod, and secretary of- the Marlborough Horticultural, Societyj of ; which he was one of tlie, founders. He-was also , one* of the founders of the Scottish Constitution'of Freemasons in Blenheim, of which body he was a past master; :To the ■ older, generation the deceased' was a'well-, known figure, in the; political arena, and in his timo materially assisted several of -Marlborough's representatives in Par- . liament'to. victory. Mr. J. M. Gillespie, of Wellington,- is ;!his only son.: "Mr. L. Murray, formerly of. Christchurcli, 1 but now of Hartley. Hills, Hillersden, Marlborouzli,- has enlisted for the front.- ,Ho saw active .service in the Boer War. He was s\ Canterbury representa,tivo footballer, .arid was also interested in oricket. • Mr. . Tom Pollard 1 , who, has been supervising an. amateur performance of "The Toreador", in Masterton.' passed through Wellington yesterday. 1 . He will return froni the'south' on' Tuesday\next ■ to coaoh the, Wellington Amateur"; Operatic Society'in that tuneful opera "Lcs Cloches de Gornoville," which is ■ to be produced at the Grand Opera House fi'om- September 25 to October 3. . At the-Petone Drill Hall last evening the. officers and members of tlie No. 20 Company (Petone- Senior, Cadets) " presented Ryan _ with an auto-strop, razqr, iii ' recognition of the ■valuable' services he has. Tendered the company. ■ Tho Peto'no /Railway , - Reserve has elected Messrs. R. H. Simons and W. Miller. to the position or first and second lieutenants respectively.', I CONTRACTS WITH THE ENEMY I ZIN.C 'CORPORATION-, ASKS FOR CANCELLATION. ByJWeßMßh—Press Associatisn—Copyright :, . London,! August 31. Ik the King's. Bench Division of tlie Hitfh ; Court of Justice,- "tlie Ziric, Corporation - proceeded • for a declaration that,a- contract entered'; into iii April, 1914) for tiie sale of between three and four hundred thousand tons of spelter to Hirsch and/Son, of Halberßtadt, had boon abrogated.-by tlie war. Mr. Govctt, chairman of the corporation, gavo evidence that the total output of the world was between 800,000 and IiGOOjOOO tons, of which Germany refined 350,000 tons. He urged- that, nobody was inclined to spend half a million ' on- 'the. erection .of/refineries for • war ,time only.; Unless the German. agreement .was voided the mines would be compelled to. close, involving .hundreds/df ithmisands isterling)-. jaiid' ' holding up a hugb stockibf-ispelter.' Tlfis would be prejudicial to England,-there-fore it. was asked that the contract be declared, void by common, law. - Defendants plead that -the contract was merely suspended during the war. Judgment was reserved!