PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 21, 19 October 1918, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS

, Sir Times Allen, Minister of Defence i s «Sngfroini»fl»enj i a.b«t.snot vet able to resume his duties. '- A Press' Association, cablegram from. York stnteß that Mr; H.A-.Mrad-don (the first-Commissioner loi.-Aus-SiaV(the United States) has a.- : * Advice has been received by Base Records, per cablegram from London, that Corporal G.'Wade, a N.ewM-lander,-at present, attached to the Bovnl .Garrison Artillery, has eui aVardcdthe Military Medal for gnllan-f,-V in the'-fiekl of notion. • this. euidicr is.not a member of the /j - ';'„• iiis next-of-kin is not known to Base llocords. •' ' ■ '■' '■•■■■"'■ \rchdeacon- Alfred Neild, vi .A nek, at Gisborne, in succession to- the. k»-

F.-W. Cballerton. -. ■ , - Air J. T. M Hornsby, M.?-. who wi, taker, ill while on a visit to the tCoasUisreportwl.tobeimprovuig,. He.-is now back.at his.Mme in terton. ■ . . ... ' Lieuter-int Jack Maelty. son of Mr--3 C Macky, of Auckland, v.-lio lost his life througii tho sinkiiip of the! jnntania, has- been awarded the : Mihtaiy.. Cross for gallantry on service in *»**■ tine. Lieu-tenant .Macky left New Zealand in Wlo. and.ioin.ed,die,Mvy. on arrival in Bneland, in winch he got a commission as licutejant. «ind.iw M' vice in France with a special nml corps. He was-twice wounded while on service, with ,the naval • corps in France, and on recovery was transferred to Palestine, whore ho has since .been attached to tlie Special Armoured .Corps on duty there. •..'..'■ ■;.;.. Maior A: ,R. Hislop, V.D., Weilineton, ha? rcccived a cablegram from his London house, advising lnm that his son. LieutcnahV-'Ale-sanrler-'lt-Hiß-lop ("Boss"V has von safely through the recent heavy 'fighting;in.the Cani-biai-St.' Quentin fSectpr. and has been recommended for tho Military'..Cross: Lieutenant Hislop was':a keen volunteer/ and served for some years wit l the D Battery, Fifild Artillery.™ Wellington. Just after the (lrtbreak of war he proceeded to England on business for his firm', .aud-tliero-entyted for-, active service. "—AfteV -.-pratlnatingtlirmigh the Gunnery Scnool in London, he was granted n commission in tlie Royal Horse Artillery,,, and proceeded, to France, nnd.for a timev.-as attachpd to a regiment, of the -Royal Bengal 'f.ancers. Ho was thpiVtran«fwrert to 'the.Royal Field .Artillery,;with whom' he'is now serving.-. . ■ . .

Mr. Allan M'C.orquodale, of the; firm. oPM'Corquodale Bros., flourmillers, of Sydney, has been in Wellington during 'the "last week. He .left for the south yesterday afternoon. . Mr E Batt, of the-staff of-Messrs. Sargood, >Snn. and Ewen, and a vice- , president of the AV,ellingtDn Orphans Club, is leaving' shortly on'a'business visit to America. • • ■ ■ lieutenant G. B. Ml, of Welling- ■ tori,-who has just returned ■•■ from the front,' was' unfortunate enough to'be gassed rather severely, and is-still tar,from "being himself. He and ■'sis Others were caught by the poisonous fumes.; and out-of thesev.en men.a&ected four died. ' ; ' ••;' ■■•' Second Lieutenant L. J., Shaw,' who was killed in action on September 29. ■was, prior to enlistment, a member or the staff of the Dominion Laboratory, and a science student of Victoria College/ He went, away with" tlie Sixth (Mounted) Reinforcements, served on Gallippli, taking part in the. evacuation, arid then exchanged to the Auckland Infantry Battalion in- wder to go to Prance.' A few days prior to the opening of the Battle of the Somme he was wounded, and. on lecpverv was selected for a -commission..,- He returned to New Zealand, left again with the Thirty-sixth Reinforcements, and ■met' his death within a few.weeks of bis return'to tho front. Lieutenant Shaw was a member of the last New Zealand University football team, and was a good all-round athlete.

Mrs. AY. , D. .Lyon.' of Wellington Terrace, will have many sympathisers in.--the loss of her youngest soil, Corporal Eric Lyon, who was a l.i'other of Rifleman Ronald K. Lyon-(secretary qf tho'Wellingtou'Savage Club). '■■The lato Corporal Lyon had a brilliant career at the Terrace School, where he gained a. scholarship in the .WellingtonCollege. Thore he gained a further seholarslnp, and at Victoria University gained his LL.B. degree. He was articled to Messrs. Kirk and Wilson, solicitors, Wellington, but. prior, \o going into camp was a Member of the legal-liriii. of Franks, Hunter, and Lyon. He left New Zealand v.Hh tho Twenty-fourth Reinforcements in .May, ,]sl7.. His widow is at nrescn.t in Wellington. His only child died recently when only 3J years old. P.otli of dfienased's brothers arc serving their country. l Rillmnan R. lv. Lyon, wounded six months nco, is now an instructor of soldiers nfc Walton-on-Thamos, and Captain Lyon, lato. of Olaki. who left .willi tho Main Body, "aired a commission in the Old X'ouutrv.

The many friends of Gunner A. H. Collins, of the Hoynl Xew Zehland Artillery, 'willi he: ulad to loam'that lie is duo to'arrive hack in AVellfiiston in-a few days from the front. "Ho has/' says an Knglisk papnr, "now been iliscliarged as unlit for further active .service. A soldier by profession, having been, with the R.X.Z.A. for twenty-two years, he came over to liii)) the Slotlier Country to heat tin; Huns. He -has .seen much uet.ive-soi'viw, lieiiig in the ietroat from the Sninme, where he was .-ittachoci to the-uih Army: and •:|l- , tlioiigh he has had a njii:;!i time and .been badly shattered he is. williiij; t< , havo another shot at them shauid liewltli permit. Before leaviii;;'the olii AniO' in Kr-aiiee he was called from the ranks and highly complimented by t!ii> General on his splendid record ;'.« :i soldier."

' Sir. .Stephen S:;vage lias l,o«n apjiiiinted ii (t , ll'.n liijih Court of't'ho Cool; Islands, in place of Mr, i\ ■-,■■■■• ■ ' -■ •