PERSONAL MATTERS

Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 139, 9 December 1918, Page 2

PERSONAL MATTERS

The Rev. H. 0. T. Hanby, chaplain to King George Hospital, Rotorua, has been seriously ill. Mr. E. Ching, principal warder at the Terrace gaol, has been transferred to Invercargill. ' Mr. E. P. Neale, M.A., LL.B., at present on the staff of the Otago Boys' High school, has been appointed Compiler-in-Charge of Statistics' of Finance at Wellington. ,Mt. P. A.-D. Mickle, headmaster of the Manakau School, who recently underwent an operation at , Bowen-street Hospital, is now "making rapid progress towards recovery. k Mr. W. Hickson, of Lower Hutt, who has been ill for the past five weeks, is now convalescent, and expects to be able to attend his business in the city in a few days' time. Private Andrew Robertson, late of Eastbourne, has been awarded the Military Medal. Private Robertson enlisted with the A.I.P. some three and a-half y_ears ago, and has been in France practically ever since. Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh E. M'Kinnon, killed in action, was a son of Mr. J. M'Kinnon, of Ponsonby, Auckland. He left with the Main Body, and had been in the firing line practically ever since.

Mr. W. T. Young (general secretary of the Federated Seamen's Union of New Zealand), has gone to Dunedin to confer with the officials of the Union Company's head office, in regard to the improved conditions for seamen on that company's vessels.

Lieutenant W. S. Seed, -who was until recently dental officer in the Artillery Camp at Ewshot, England, has been promoted captain and transferred, to the Queen's Hospital, which was specially erected for the treatment of soldiers suffering from jaw and facial Wounds.

Mr. E. A. Little, of the Government Life Insurance Department, has received advice that his son, Private S. A. Little, who was reported missing some time ago, is now reported as having been a prisoner of war. He was released and arrived a,t Dover on 30th November.

Mr. John Hurley, J.P., of Whenuakura, Patea, is dead at the age of 78 years. In his early days he was prominent in the gold "rush." on the West Coast, and three of his brothers founded the township of Hurieyville, Taranaki.' He leaves a widow, six sons, and two daughters.

Mr. Donald Sutherland, who celebrated his ninetieth birthday last Monday, died the following day at his residence, Balclutha. He came from Scotland in the Ben, Lomond in 1863. Despite his-great age, deceased, who never marrM, retained good health, and the day before his death chatted intelligently and cheerily wRh his callers. ■• . '„

Lieutenant R. J. Thompson, Royal Air Force, of Feilding, has been admitted to hospital in England suffering from shock and injuries received while patrolling in the English Channel. Lieutenant Thompson is the son of Mr. R. J. Thompson, of Feilding. His only brother lost his life at the landing, at Gallipoli.

The death is reported of Mr. Alex. Murray, of Levin, who- was a victim of the influenza epidemic. Mr. Murray went to the Levin district from the Wairarapa about six years ago, and took up a farm near Buller's Lake, subsequently moving to Fail-field, near Levin. He had been a member of the Horowhenu-a County Council for 1 the past two years, and also a prominent member of the Presbyterian Church, being an elder for some years past". 'He ■.leaves a widow, one son on active service, and "three daughters*

Lieutenant 0. A. Friedlander, who arrived in New Zealand last week from India, is spending a furlough in Ashburton with his parents. He enlisted as a private in September, 1914, in the British' section of the N.Z.E.F., and served in the First Field Company N.Z.E. throughout the Gallipoli campaign, and afterwards went to France with the ,New Zealanders from Egypt. He was granted a commission in the Royal Engineers in 1916, and wa6 with tlie Tunnelling Company in Ypres till invalided in 1917." On discharge from hospital, he was sent to India and attached to the 3rd Sappers and Miners, and afterwards sent on military work to Southern Persia, from where he was invalided. He will return to England shortly,