PERSONAL.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IV, Issue 429, 7 August 1915, Page 6

PERSONAL.

A London cable states iha( Colonel Charles Ryan is now convalescent after severe dysentery, and returns to the Dardanelles at the earliest, possible opportunity. Mr. E. Milne, Western District Superintendent, has been appointed Railway Commissioner for New South Wales in place of Mr. Rich ardson, deceased. —Press Association. A pleasing ceremony took place at the Hastings Club on Thursday afternoon, when the medical men oi Hastings presented Dr. T. McKibbin with a pair of field glasses on the eve of his departure for the front. Mr. M. Murray, Town Clerk, Napier, was. at last night’s meeting of the Napier Borough Council, on the motion of Cr. Plowman, seconded bv the Mayor, granted an in crease in salary of .2100 per year. Mr. Oswald Carr and Mr. Sid Estaugh. both of Havelock North, left by the express this morning for Wellington cn route for England to offer their services for the motor transport division to proceed to the front. Mr. K. Hoss. M.A.. second assistant master in the secondary department of the Hastings District High Schoo], will be absent on sick leave for a few weeks, and his place will! bo taken by Mr. J. A. Marshall, acting as relieving teacher. Advice has been received that the improvement previously reported in tin condition of Major T. Copeland Savage. N.Z.M.C.. still continues. The last account is to the effect that Major Savage i ; recovering from the at lack of septicaemia. Cr. McGrath was at last night’s meeting of the Napier Borough Council elected member of the executive of the Tramways and Light Committee, in place of ('r. Williamson. resigned. Ur. Ashcroft xxa.. elected chairman of the committee. The following passed the exainina tions held in Napier on May 29th last in connection with the Royal Academy of Music, London-Miss A. J. C. Dimond (Miss Rogers), rudiments of music. 77 marks; Miss Rose A. Briaseo (Mrs. Lehmann), grammar of music division 1., 97

marks. Nir. 11. Martin-Smith, Hastings, received the following message this morning from the Hon. Ja.s. Allen, Minister of Defence: ‘‘Regret to inform you that a cable received this day reports your son 11/377 Trooper Gerald Martin-Smith disembarked tit Malta on 25th July from hospital ship Neuralia slightly sick. Please accept my sympathy and hopes for a speedy recovery.” Messrs. James Ford and E. Ford, who recently died within a week of ?ach other, were two early settlers of Christchurch. They arrived with the Canterbury Pilgrims in 1857 and 1858 : and were two of the founders :>f the first Congregational Church in Christchurch. Nir. James Ford took an active part in the. formation :>f the Mechanics’ Institute, which subsequently developed into the l-’ree Library. Mr. E. Ford was a ■teen Sunday school worker and a strong advocate of temperance. The many friends of Patrick Gillooley. son of Nir. Patrick Gilhooley. jf Lyell street. Hastings, will regret to hear of his death, which took Mace at the Napier Hospital yesterlay morning. The young lad had >een suffering from measles, which developed into brain fever. He was taken to the Napier Hospital, but from the first, however, no hopes wero entertained of his recovery, ind he passed away without having "egained consciousness. The . late Patrick Gilhooley, who was a crip ale. was very popular among his .omrades, and his untimely end has ?oine as a rude shock to them. Mr. A. J. McLean, son of Mr. Alex. McLean, of Maraekakaho. >vho has been in the employ of Messrs. Stanley Bros., builders, for the past four years, has enlisted for he front .and leaves for Trentham in the 17th inst. Yesterday afternoon the employers and employees )f the firm met to give Private McLean a send-off. Mr. R. Stanley, in him with a wristlet ivatch. as a token of the esteem in which he was held by the firm, paid I’igh tribute to the departing soldier’s sterling Qualities, and also remarked that if ne served the Empire is faithfully as he had served the firm, he felt confident he would return with honours. Nir. C. Palmer, on behalf of the employees, then presented Private McLean with a Swan fountain pen, as a mark of the cordial relations that had always existed between them. Private AleI.ean’s health was drunk in brimming goblets, after which the recipient suitably replied, thanking both firm and employees for their kind re marks and for their handsome gifts. Nir. A. McLean, senr., who was pre sent, also 'thanked Messrs. Stanley Bros, and the employees for the kindly sentiments expressed and the hearty manner in which they had drank his son’s health.