PERSONAL.

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 3234, 7 May 1917, Page 2

PERSONAL.

Miss Ray, who has boon appointed assistant teacher at Sancton, commenced duty to-day. The death is announced of Mr Hans Larson, ox-Mayor of West-port, and a member of various local bodies. He succumbed after an operation. Captain Thomas Eekford, a well known skipper of tho old Neptune and died suddenly at Blenheim, at the ago of GC years. Among the latest volunteers from the Pohangina district is the well known farmer, Mr 11. It. W. Bccthani, of Ngaputahi. Mr M. W.P. Lascollcs, of Timaru, lias been appointed New Zealand V.M.C.A. Commissioner to London, in succession to Mr H. M. Smeoton, of Auckland, who is visiting Feilding to-day.

Mr D. B. Copland, an assistant master at the Christchurch Boys' High School, has been appointed Lecturer on History and Economics in the Tasmanian University at Hobart. Dunedin announces tho death of Mr Alfred Leo Smith, in his 80th year. He unsuccessfully contested the Dunedin City and Bruce seats, and was called to the Legislative Council by the Seddon Government. He represented New Zealand at tho Imperial Conference held at Ottawa in 1899. Trooper James Howard Mitchell, who died at sea, was born 28 years ago in Wellington. Ho left with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force to Samoa, returned, enlisted with the 7th Reinforcements, went to Egypt, was wounded in December last, and died wfiilo en route to New Zealand on April 24, being buried at sea. Ho lias two brothers on active servico—• Trooper Horace Mitchell and Private Albert Mitchoell. His parents reside in Palmorston. A distressingly sudden death occurred on Thursday evening in Hawora. Mr Charles Hobbs, a taxi driver, had been to the late train at the station, drove his car back to the 1. (, 0 rd garage, went into tho office to speak to Mr Burgess, one of tho proprietors. Leaning against the door, he lit a cigarette but had barely done this when be sank to the floor death Private Frank Herbert Wood, 12th Battery, Machine Gun Corps, Australian Forces, is a prisoner at Dulmcn, in Germany. He was captured at Poziercs in August last, and the ncxt-of-kin is his sister, Mrs W. Williams. Stratford, New Zealand.