PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 81, 31 December 1918, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

Sir William Frnser left for the South Tsland ve«terdav. Ho will ff o to his own ffioVteof Wakatipu before returning to Wellington some two wceics hence. The Hon. .T. A. Hanan left for Invercargill last evening. Mr. Charles Elgax, .with ] Mrs. Blgar Is ejected to arrive in Wellington, KhJrj. Mr and Mrs. Elgar arrived from England by the Niagara. Mr W S. La Trobo will take up the position of Government Director of lechmeal Schools on February 1.

jjr .1 Wilbur Chapman, who died in America at Christmas lime was born nt Richmond find. "> •'«"«, «.,Hc iwis ordained to tho Presbyterian ministry in 18S2, and after acting as pastor of chaps at Albany and Bethany ho undertook evangelistic work throughout America for threo years. He returned to work at •Übanv' and from 1900 to 1905 was pastor of the Fourth Church, Now York, n the course of his evangelistic work Dr. Chapman, associated with Sir. Charles Alexander, visited New Zealand and Ai »- train at tho head of a big mission party and conducted success! nl meetings throughout the Dominion and the Commonwealth. Among tho .passengers for London on tho Arawa, which sailed yesterday, is Mr T. It. Himil. Into chief clerk of the head office of the Marino Departnie.it, who has been appointed inquiry agent for ihe Ne«v fc>!«»" »"». Do P3''tmc.it in London. He will relievo Mr. If' R. Spence. who will return to Now /'calami, and be stationed at Dnnedvn as Collector of Customs. ■ Word has reached Levin that Private (' V Winter, of Levin, has been awarded Hie Military Medal for bravery on II e Held. Private Wilder went away willi Ihe Eleventh Reinforcements and <nw two and a half years' service, being wounded a few days bel'oro the armistice was signed. \lr Nod Nelson, who for some time iml has been manager of the (iisborne branch of Hi.) Vow Zealand Insurance Company, will leave Wellington to-day lor Colombo bv the Dorset, en route to Siiigiipnre, where he is to act as the company's representative. Information has been received by Mr. T Dickinson, of Epsom, Auckland, that, his son, Private Cecil T. Dickinson, has been awarded the Military Medal. Private Dickinson is only 20 years of age. He was educated at tho Reniuera and later at Ihe Newmarket School. Re was with the New Zealand Division in France until October 24, when ho was wounded and was invalided to England.

Mrs. .1. Gnlvin, of G5 Coromandel Street, has been advised that her third son, Corporal frank Oalvin, an old hoy of Hie Marist Brothers' School, has been awarded tho Military Medal for gallantry on (ho Held of action. Corporal Galvin look (i prominenl part in football, cricket, and boxing in Wellington, lie lias been secretary of tho Sehvyn Football Club and secretary of tlie 'Wellington Junior Cricket Association. At _the lime he enlisted he was on the Wellington stuff of tho Duniop Rubber Company. Lieutenant L. Blundell, of (ho TULA.. who has been on furlough in Wellington, left for Lomlcn yesterday by tho Arawa. Mr. A. Young, son of Mr. T. Young, solicitor, Wellington, left yesterday by tlin Arawa for London to continue his sludy of law.

Members of the- Lyall flay Owl Club, to llio number of about 50, met at the Tower, Lyall Bay, last evening to say farewell to Scribe Owl D. Carman, who is about to transfer to Strafford. The Chief Owl, Mr. A. B. Claler. eulogised Mr. Chief Owl, A. B. Clater, eulogised Mr. Carman's work for (he Lyall Bay district, and referred particularly to his services lo the Owl Club. Supporting remark* were made by Owl ,T. Doyle, (,ho president, Mr. P. G. Easson, and other members. The Chief Owl presented Mr. Carmnn with a cut glass liqueur stand. Mr. Carman relumed thanks for tho manv kindness* received at the bands of "members of vhe Owl Club, and specially thanked them for their parting gift.