PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 205, 24 May 1919, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS

Tho Mayor (Mr. ,T. P. Luke)' loft, for the Wainirapa yesterday afternijon with tlio' Parliamentary Industries Committee. He will return to' 'town at noon oh Monday next." *

.The Rev. I?. Franklin, 11.A., Vicar of Roscncath,. has been appointed organising secretary for the. didecso. of 'Wellington. He will tako lip his duties early in' •July. . .... ..!. ..... ..

Dr. E. R. D. Milligau, a-graduate of the Otagp. University, who has been on active -service since 1917, has been appointed assistant to .the .Professor of Physiology at-the Otago University. . .

Tho funeral of the iato- -Mr,. Alfred Lindsay, which took place yesterday morning, was very largely attended, and ■from those who were present it was easy to gather the wide respect. and ■. regard iii which the deceased'was held. Prior-to the cortege' leaving the residence .for.the Sydney Street Cemetery, n, ficryico was conducted in the Terrace Congregational Church' bv the Rev. J. Heed Glasson,- assisted by- tlie.Eev. W. A.. Evans. J.he •Itcvs. Reed Glasson and. .Hunt officiated' at. the • graveside.' . The chief, mourners were .Messrs... Alfred; .Arthur, and Charles Lindsay..sons of'.the deceased, .Messrs. Samuel. Kobcrts jawl Charles Jenkins, sons-in-law, .and.-a ..number of grandsons. Among those .who'were present at the interment, ' were the Hon. .J. G... W.. Aitken, Messrs. G. Fowlds. ■ and Hooton .. (of Anck-; laud). D. W. .Duthic (senior manager of the National Bank). Robert Hannah, J. W. Ellison (Provincial Grand Mastejr of. the Masonic Lodge), the.Rov. J. Kennedy Elliott, awl a number, of. membersi of the Wellington Bowling Club (including a representation of the directorate), oj which club Mr. Lindsay .was «ri original member. - At tlio. conclusion of the_ usual service at tho graveside, a Masomc servico was-conducted by Bro. A. -tarton; ■ . ' ■ Mr. Dunbar,Sloanc has been nominated for the vacant seat on .the Johnsonville Town Board, caused through, .the retirement of Mr. Robert Bould, whose land •the board is acquiring for water catchment purposes. • . . Mr. Charles Wilson,-Clncf Parliamentary Librarian, who has been confined to his room through indisposition since last Saturday, hopes to bo able to resume, his official - duties towards tho middle. of next week. . •; .

Mr. Williiun Foster, headmaster of the Clydd- Quay School, ■is at present seriously'indisposed. Jfr. R. E. Robertson, of Xo. 25 Rimu Road, Kelbum, has just received advice that his sldest'son, Captatf.G. H.' Robertson, N.Z.M.C., has left England for New' Zealand in the transport Princez. Dr Robertson had a very successful educational career in the high schools and universities .in New Zeu-lQiidj i \h&'\ing gained a junior and senior ;. "university scholarship, B.Sc. at Victoria—College, and M.So. (with honours) also. his Medical Degree at the University. Shortly after the declaration of war, he joined the Expeditionary Force ami was sent to Egypt, and afterwards to I'ranee where he was attached, to No.. A l'leld Ambulance-for over two-years and a bait,' ■being altogether over 3, years with the N.Z.E.F. A few-, days previous, to the siting of the- armistice, Dr. Robertson wa3 recalled rto England, to. undertake special research work, and was also engaged at Guy's Hospital, Walton-on/-' Thames, and Queen Charlotte Maternity Hospital. Mr. R. E. Robertson's two other sons, Fred, and Norman, also lett with the N.Z.E.F., and mo still in England. Norman was wounded at the battle of Lo-Quesnoy and' is still under treatment at Hontchurch Hospital. Mr. T. E. Jones, of the Mail Room staff of the G.P.O. has received advica that his second youngest 6on, Gunner, Val Jones, is. returning by the Pakeha, which is duo to arrive in Wellington 'about May 30. Two other sons are still on active service—Sapper Gus Jones, who is expecting to leave for New Zealand shortly, and Captain Lance Jones, M-C., who is on the Demobilisation-Staff, and does not expect to-be-home before the end of the year. All three have seen service in France, and Captain Jones, M.C., in Eppt as well, having seen four years' service. •. .