Personal.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VIII, Issue 300, 21 November 1918, Page 4

Personal.

Mr. F. M. Nelson, who is laid up with influenza in Hastings _at present, is progressing favourably. Mr. E. Parry, Chief Government Hydro-Electrical Engineer, has, it is stated, tendered his resignation, having received an important appointment in Great Britain. Nurses Mcllroy and Stack, of the Public Hospital staff, Gisborne, came home by the s.s. Tangaroa yesterday, to Hawke’s Bay, on sick leave. Lieut. Percy M. Beattie, N.Z.R.B. of Eskdale, only son of Mir. A. L. Beattie, of Napier, was killed in action on the 4th. instant. Deepest sympathy is extended to his bereaved parents. A telegram has |ecn received from the Minister of Defence informing the relatives that Horace Paynter, of St. George’s Road, Hastings has been admitted to a hospital in France, suffering from a gun-shot wound in the left side. Private Douglas W. Gow, son of the. Rev. W. J. Gow, of Maraekakaho, died at Featherston camp from influenza on the 17th inst. Deceased, who was only 20 years of age, entered camp with the last Cl draft. He was formerly on the staff of the Bank of New Zealand at Napier. The funeral of Captain Allen Bishop, which took place yesterday afternoon, was of a semi-official character, owing to the epidemic conditions rendering it inadvisable to hold a full military function. There was a large attendance of returned soldiers and a represjentative gathering of citizens, who followed in the melancholy procession to the Havelock North cemetery, where Rev. J. Hobbs conducted the Anglican service at- the graveside, after which Sergt-Bugler Anderson sounded “The Last Post.” Major Stewart Moray, Captain J. H. Colebourne, Lieutenants G. Roach, Guthrie, Brook, Bowie, Raymond, Woods and Poppelwell, acted as pall bearers. The coffin was covered with beautiful wreaths, including one from Major Bosworth, Palmerston North, and one from the Military District Staff, Wellington.