PERSONAL MATTERS

Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 114, 10 November 1917, Page 8

PERSONAL MATTERS

The Hon. W. Fraser, "Minister of Public Works, returned to Wellington from the South this morning. t Dr. Mackiu, who has been visiting'the Taran'aki district, returned to Wellington last evening. Mr. William A. P. Clarkson, the wellknown Christchurch .architect, died suddenly on Thursday last. He was 54 years of age. -. Miss A. P. Faram, visiting nurse of the Wellington Branch of the New Zealand Trained Nurses' Association, has returned from England after having served as a nurse at the front. Capt. J. B. Hine, M.P., of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles, has been .wounded. Advice received by cable states that he is suffering from a gunshot wound ■ in the chest. Mr. Richard Stewart, the populartheatrical manager, has severed his connection with Messrs. J. C. ■Williamson, Ltd., and is taking up his residence in. Sydney. Dr. Perkins has received advice by cable that his son, Eric Temple Perkins, who left as a gunner in the Main Body, has been promoted captain. Captain Perkins has been two years in Salonika. . • Mr. W. Willcox, for the past eleven years superintendent of the Tourist Department's Domain at Queenstown, has received notice of his transfer to Te Aroha, where he will have charge of the Government Hot Springs Domain, 66 acres in extent. - His successor is Mr. J. Dalton, of Te Aroha. ; : '

Mr. William Jordan, an old resident of Tauranga, died last week, aged 74. He was welL known in the Napier, Thames, and Rotorua districts. He is anrvived by a widow and four children. Two sons are at the front, and one brother, Mr. J. B. Jordan, Tesides:at Ellerslie. The other brothr, Mr. B. C. Jordan, lives at Tauranga. :

Mr. D. Spilman, Lbwer Hutt, has received advice from the Defence authorities that his son, "Frank, is in the New Zealand Gen. Hosp., Brockenhurst, gassed, and snffering from a gunshot wound in the head. This is the fourth time the young soldier has been wounded. He was the first New Zealander to. be wounded in France..

Mr. F. W. Hart, who at one time was deputy-registrar of the Wanganui Supreme Court, and who was transferred to New 'Plymouth, has received instructions to take up his old position in Wanganui.- Mr. C. E. Taylor, the present occupant of the position, has resigned, in order to take up a position with a Wanganui firm-. , *

Mr. Alfred Allen, a member of the firm of Allen Bros., builders, Christchurch, is 'dead. The late Mr. Allen came to New Zealand with his father when a youth, and learned the building trade. He was a prominent member of St. Mary's Church, Merivale, being Sunday superintendent for over 35 years.

Lieutenant T. L. Roy King, signal officer with .the Second. Wellington Battalion, Second Brigade, has been awarded the Military Cross. He is the son of jMr.'.A. King, o£ Hull-street, Oamaru. He left New Zealand as signal officer with the Tenth Reinforcements, and has participated in the various battles on the West front. Another brother (Lieutenant H. Leigh King) is with the 27th Reinforcements.

Before the opening of the usual business at the Makara County Council this morning, the following motion was carried in silence: "That this council extends to the chairman its sincere and heartfelt sympathy in the .'loss he has sustained by the death of his father— Mr. John Haggerty—until lately an esteemed and respected resident of Ohariu, and one of the pioneer settlers of the district."

Sgt. Ernest Pope, of the 4th Howitzer Battery (wounded), is the second son of Mrs. L. Pope, of Nairn^treet, Wellington. He served in the Gallipoli, campaign, and was wounded once while there, and he has been' twice hit since he went to France. He is the holder of the Military Medal. His younger brother, Sgt. Arthur Pope, of, the Div. Signallers Corps, Main Body, died of wounds some time ago. His eldest brother, Sgt.-Maj. Herbert Pope, ,is in the Tunnelling Corps.

_Lt. -E. S. Halliwell, who has earned a Military Cross while on active service in France, ■is the son-in-law of Mr. W. J. Walter, of the 'Agricultural Department, and his wife resides in Petone. Lt. Halliwell, who is a fine.stamp of a soldier, and a man highly popular with his .friends, was educated at. the Auckland Grammar School. He went to Samoa with the first \contingent, and while in the Islands contracted fever and was invalided home, and discharged as medically unfit. Five months. later he again enlisted, and was posted to the 15th Reinforcements as Sgt.-Maj., but before leaving New Zealand he received a com■mission, and was attached to D Company, 19th Reinforcements. Lt. Halliwell is now in Brockenhurst Hospital, suffering from "trench feet."

Reference to the retirement of Councillor Monk from the ' Makara County Council was made at the meeting of the council this morning. Councillor Bryant said that he thought the present was a fitting time to place on record their appreciation of the services of Councillor Monk, who had decided, on account of old age, to retire. The council felt the utmost regret at his decision. Councillor Monk, he said, had devoted the whole o£ his life to the service of the county, a-nd was a member of the Makara Town Board from its inception. They would mies his figure at the council meetings. Councillor Haggerfy supported the remarks of the previous speaker, and said he hoped,. if the necessity arose, that Councillor Monk would be ready to assist them. Councillor Monk suitably responded.