PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 58, 1 December 1917, Page 9

PERSONAL ITEMS

~... -Sir James Allen left last evening for . Dunedin. He will also visit Christchurch and Hanmer, and will return to ;.'•. Wellington on Friday next. A Press. Association message from Melbourne. states that the Hon. J. E. Mackey has been elected Speaker of the .. Legislative Assembly. 'Sergeant Phil. Bennett, who was awarded .the Distinguished Conduct -Medal, at the. landing of, Gallipoli, ■where he, was severely wounded 1 , has been nominated by General Godley for ..'. a commission. Sergeant Bennett was : for some time a. member of'the .literary - staff -of the "Mariawatu Standard."' • ; • , • Mr. A. .'Asher, /23 Marion Street, has . received. word from his son, Private ... John Asher,-that he has beeii wounded .'■". in the.left.hand, and is now an inmate .of,one of the' London hospitals. Pri- . .vate Asher, who is a'member of the. Australian Forces, : was previously wounded at Gallipoli! " . ■" 'A. Press Association telegram from ;.' Chrjstcb'urchr states that Mr. John . -... Andrew. Ambros, Assistant Land Regis- .... .trar. arid Depiity Registrar of Deeds, received a presentation on his retirement frotn the Department, after fortyone years' service.' . At a meeting of the Petone Borough Council tho following resolution, moved by the Mayor (Mr. J. W.'. M'Ewan), , . was carriod:—"That this council heartily congratulates Mr.''Thomas M. Wil- ,. ford upon his appointment to the Na- ' .tional. Ministry, as Minister of Justice, and trusts that his promotion to Cabinet rank will enhance his opportunity of usefulness to this district and the Dominion." The Mayor said that Mr. Wilford had represented. the district for many years; and ho' felt sure.Hhat ..he would fill the office with credit. •! . Colonel J. E. Hume, Officer Commanding the Wellington Military Dis- • trict, has been appointed an officer authorised to convene courts-martial ana to confirm tho findings and sentences thereof,, under the .Defence Act. ■Sap'per W. J. Mahoney has been : wourided while serving in France. Ho • was educated at. the Marist Brothers' '■' School in Wellington, and prior, to enlisting:.was ,an- apprentice, in' Messrs. ;.' "Cable and Company's Foundry, Kaiwarra. j.He.was a member of St. Anne's '■'■'i Senior .Cadets. '.MYsl A;; Lucas, of Freybcrg Street, ,: , Lya.lt Bay, has been advised that hei '.son, Pte. Martin Thomas Gould, 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance, Austra.'iran,lmperial Forco, has had the Gold '/Medal conferred upon-him by His Majesty the King of Serbia,, for conspicu- '•' rius services in the field. In November; "' 1916,-Pte.-Gould, then in-the 2nd Ma- ' chine-Gun Squadron, received, the Military Medal for bravery in the field, and on December 1, 1916, was mentioned in dispatches (General A. J. Murray's Egyptian command) for distinguished services. Pte. J. Gould /oi ' Wellington),' a brothor, is" ».lso serving at the front with the N.Z.E.F., having ' left with ansarly reinforcement. An old resident of Auckland has died' at his residence, Parnell, in the person of Mr. Gabriel Lewis. Mr. Lewis was one of three brothers who came out to '■' Auckland from England many years ;. ago and started business as wholesale ' ' merchants. He is survived by a widow .-■ and ten children,) four sons and six daughters. ' <■ .'...- The funeral of the late Mr. John C. Robertson, who died as the result of fall from his motor-cycle, took place yesterday. The chief mourners were . Messrs. James, David, and WiUi<™ Robertson, brothers of tho deceased, and Messrs! G. Bannatyne and F. Newson, and R.<M. Virtue, brothers-in-law. The service at the graveside at Karori Cemetery was conducted by the the Rev. J)Y. Elliott. ■'■; A .well-known resident of Auckland, - --Mr.> Henry James Lee, died on.Tuesday :. evening at', his fe'sidehoe, Tonsonbj;,' at .< thaage of. 80./'He-had'been in failing' ■ health since. July last..'Mr. Lee, who was born in London, arrived in Auckland by the ship Portland in 1863. • While Mr, Will Dyson, the well- " known' Australian artist, was sketching tho artillery at the front a German high-explosive shell burst close to him . and wounded him in the arm and leg (says a London cable "message to th 6 Australian papers). His drawing-boaru and to pieces. He was treated at an aid post, but declined to go to hospital, though his • wounds wero painful and he was' suffering from shock. He has left foi London. This is his third adventure. , Once he was hit in the face, and on another, occasion he was thrown down : by a sbeUVburst.. • Dr. L. A. Line, of Rintoul Street, has recovered from his recent accident, andhas now resumed his practice. ' " • Mr. Scott Colville arrived from the "north yesterday to make advance arrangements for the return Wellington season of Messrs. J. and N. Tait's ■ - Comedy Company. ~