PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2854, 19 August 1916, Page 9

PERSONAL ITEMS

. .Vice-Regal. •'".' Their Excellencies' the Governor and the Count9ss of 'Liverpool returned to Wellington from Christchurch yesterday morning.. Their Excellencies are to at- '<* tend a performance of "San Toy" at ■ tho Grand Opera House on one night next week-...; : ; -. .- .- ■ ■ Trooper W. G. Shaw (killed in. action in Franco on July 31) was a son of the late Mr. W., Shaw, of Wellington, ' and received his education at the MountCook School., -Ho left as a mounted' man in the Eighth Reinforcements, and transferred to the Engineers. Lieuton- ] ant John Sna'ddon (wounded), and, Prirate ~;¥. "Snaddon (killed in France), both of Wellington, were his cousins.A Press Association .message from Sydney states -that Private S. B. Atkin has been dangerously wounded' in France. V He" is-a brother of Corporal 'Atkin', who' recently • returned from' Shackleton's Expedition,' and who: is shortly leaving with the New Zealand forces; '■'■■■.- A recent number of an. English illustrated, paper'contains all!excellent portrait of Lieutenant.Archibald Rnnson,,' R.N.R., who lias been '.awarded the, Order, of.St. Stanislaus by,the/.Tsar of Russia,. Lieutenant Ran'son is a. native.; of England, .and :a nephew of Mr.,i James Ranson, retired master 1 builder;" ■ f of Wellington South. He.wont.to sea, at an early age,' and ' made several voyages to New Zealand as an officer' of.' v big ; steamers- trading- .between England, and.the •Dominion... When the.war broke/out he.was chief officer of one of those vessels, and_ on, her.-return to London he offered bis services-to tho Admiralty. Presumably the Russian decoration was given for the young lieutenant's good work-in the Baltic. ■ . On'his retirement from the position of custodian of the' Masonic Hall, Mr. Golmer has deceived' a' letter conveying the warmest appreciation from the Orphans' Club on'the manner in which he has assisted that club on .many occasions. Mr;Colmer has retired from the position'owing to the .-indisposition ■ of his-'wife. ... Captain' u. H. Wood, of St. Andrews, Canterbury, 'whoso death from wounds is reported,.was'an officer who had both'medical and nautical qualifications. Formerly he was at sea, as , an officer of the -Slia'w-Savill -steamers) and held the position of a captain- in the Royal Naval' Reserve. Then"' he studied for tho medical profcssio'ii; and became a skilful" surgeon.' "For some years prior to his'cnlistment he practised as a medical man at' St. Andrew's. ,- : ' : : ' ' , ''•■' " Captain Birch, master of the barque Daniel, which arrived at Auckland on Wednesday from Clarence Town). New South Wales, was a member of the' main body- of the Australian ExpediForce. He took part in the initial landing at Gallipoli, and was severely - wounded. • Ho .was ; subsequently invalided back to -Australia. i Before he enlisted Captain. Birch was f an officer in-..the employ, of the Adelaide Steamship Company. The death of Mr. Hamish MacCunn, the well-known Scottish composer,: is announced by the '"limes." His best- ■ known works were ::■ Land, of the Mountain and the Flood," the'dramiiticf; cantata "Lord TJllin'a, Daughter," and "The Lay of the Last Minstrel.". '.' Ho was forty-eight years of age. The- ■ tleceased was a brother of Mr. Andrew MacCunu. well known in Australia and New Zealand as musical director for many of J. C. Williamson's productions. . .: . ,'.' . . Captain Thomas -Henry Kinder, reported killed on July 3, isnhe second eon of Mr. and Mrs.-Harry Kinder,, of Arney Road, -Remuera, and was 24 years of. age. He* was educated at King's • College, -Auckland, and .at Wa r ngaivui- Collegiate • School, ■_ where ' he gained-a: high--reputation in the ath-; letic field, : - : winning-:> numbor.. ? o.f;.chal~ lengo was' a first-class- riflo ' shot, iholding- -the challenge: cup twqyears in - succession. He --was head • prefect of the school in 1911-1912. On. leaving Wanganui he went to Cain's College, Cambridge, to continue .his studies: '■'Ho had taken the'first half of his " degree -when war ■ broke out, and he immediately- : enlisted,;gaininga commission-in tho 7th'Suffolk Regiment. : After 'being in the for' some time he was invalided to-Eng-land, -having contracted scarlet fever. ; On becoming convalescent ho was engaged on home defence-' until" March of this year, wherr he again left for -the'front. He was promoted captain on _ the field in; June last.. His if ath'er and are. at /'present "in England on a visit.. . Captain- '..Kiiider's.-.. elder brother.;is 'serving in the submarine service. "..' . .... . ... Mrs. J- Howard Andrew, .of Mana : ' kau, underwent a surgical operation at the OtaKi Hospital a : day;or two'ago: She is'now hiaking good' progress.' /" '