PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2824, 15 July 1916, Page 10

PERSONAL ITEMS

■ — — The Prime Minister and the Minister of Defence,. who have be.cn indisposed for llio past week, have not yc-t been able to resume. their Parliamentary duties. Jfr. Alassey attended lit his office for a .while yesterday morning in orilcr t.i keep an appointment, but lie returned to his liouie shortly afterwards.. ■, The Hon. \\ r . Uolman, Premier of New South Wales, arrived in Auckland 011 Monday last, en route Id Fiji. . News has beeii received, iii Wellington that J. C!. itughes, who is iii command of the returning New Zealand troops 011 .hoard the liliniaroa, has almost recovered from the effects of llis. severe illness. The King recently decorated Lieut.-Colonel .Hughes at the PaTnce w'ltlt the C.M.G. for liis gallant conduct' at Gallipoli. -He Won the D.S.O. in the South African war.

Mr. James Carsdus, for twenty-three years proof-reader.on the Dunedin "Evening Star/' died suddenly on Saturday. One of his sous was for a time a master at Wellington College. Tho Rev. John Takle, from India, is lit presont in Wellington, ill connection with ilitt ffork of the New Zealand Ua!>tUt .Missionary Society. A serious accident befell Mr. W. Hethcriugloii, of Nelson, 011 Wednesday afternoon. While unharnessing a horse the animal played up, anil . knocked Sir. Iletherington down, breaking three ribs. A Press Association telegram from I'artli (Western Australia) records tho death of 31 r. Charles M'Bowall, State Labour member for Ccolgardio, a native of New Zwlsuul. Sir George Clifford, who h::s been president nf the New Zealand Racing Conference for the past 21 years, was reelected ln?t evening for a further term. The lion. O. Samuel, M.L.C., in moving tho re-election, paid a high tribute to the valuable services rendered to racing by Sir George Clifford and Mr. G. Hunter, .M.t'., and several others also spoke in terms of praise of tho president's work. A Press Association message from London states that Lieut. Strachey, of the Somerset Light Infantry, has been wounded in France. He is a son of Mr. Claude Strachey, of Auckland. Mr. W. TI. E. Wanklyn. who hasjieen secretary of the New Zealand Racing Conference for a number of years, tendered his resignation at the annual conference of racing clubs yesterday. In accepting the resignation with regret, the president (Sir .George Clifford) and members expressed their sorrow at losing such an efficient and conscientious officer, and a resolution was passed to that effect unanimously. As Mr. Wanklyn is compiler of .the "Stud Book," a further resolution was passed stating tlKntit was desirous that bis services in tliis connection sliould be retained.