PERSONAL ITEMS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXIX, Issue LXIX, 6 September 1915, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

■Word was received this morning we regret to report, by Mr C. E." PamngY^i « * • ms' v son > ■ Sergeant-Bugler Mat. Parnngton, has died of pneu\f? ni?- -,V eiy S1* B** sympathy wnl be teltior. Mr ana Mrs jfamngton. The deceased was a bright, lovable lad, who maae friends everywhere. He enlisted early iii zae war, and was associated with staff work, twice receiving, promotion and being extremely well spoken of.

A London cable says that Ranjltsinhji's eye, which was injured while he was game shooting, has been removed.

Mr Austen Wilson, formerly Trade Commissioner, for New Zealand a* Hull, has joined Mr Coghlaa's War Trade Committee.

Trooper O. de W. Vaughan, who has been wounded, is well known in Stratford, - where ne was employed some years as teller in the Union Bank.

A hospital report from Egypt mentions that Major J. A. Luxiord is now pronounced out of danger. Major J. W. Brunt has embarked for London by a hospital ship. Private A. Hutton is dangerously ill in hospital at Alexandria.

Corporal Blackburne, ;vho is among ihe wounded, is, \v e understand,- a son of Rev. Mr Blackburne, of Balls, formerly in charge of the An^li^n church in Hawera.

A London cablegram states that the Hon. Charles Lister, heir of Lord Ribblesdale, has been killed a\ the Dardanelles.

, —, UV y,r vi xiuuiixaxiaj wno for. years resided in Hawera and later was farming at Mangatoki '.

Advice has lieen received in Wellington that Colonel E. W. C. Chaytor, C:B.. Adjutant-General to the New

The list of wounded includes the name of Jack Hornemann, a son of Mr M. Hornemifirm. rwv..- ~F a,.~i-i 1 _.i„ Zealand Expeditionary Force, who was wounded at the Dardanelles and was invalided to England, returned to the front on Saturday, August 28.

Private G. A. C. St. Paul, who was reported wountted in Saturday's casualties list, joined the main body from Hawera, where he was employed in the Electoral Department. He is a brother of Mr A. C. St. Paul, of the local branch of the Bank of Australasia.

Private advice has been received in Patea to the effect that Mr G. A. Robbie, late headmaster of the Patea District High School, who resigned recently to join the Eighth Reinforcements, has been appointed Quar.termas-ter-Sergeant to the F Company, Eighth Reinforcements at Trentham Camp.

A correspondent writes- "A very pleasant little gathering took place at Mr E. Wills' residence, Ctakeho on Thursday evening, when the Bible Class met to spend a social hour or two with Mr 0. Young; leaving for Trentham on Monday (Sept. 6). Games and music were indulged in, and the Rev. W. H. Howes, on behalf of the class, presented Mr Young with a pocket testament, and wished him Godspeed and a safe return. The Rev A. T. B. Page and Rev. W. S. Neal also spoke, and while admiring Mr Young's patriotic spirit, regretted his departure and the consequent loss that would be felt throughout the district. Mr Young briefly responded and thanked all present for their kindness."

At. the Hawera Club on Saturday evening, a presentation was made to Mr E. E. N alder, who has joined the Ninth Reinforcements. There was a fair number present. Mr H. Graves made the presentation in a happy speech, expressing the goodwill and best wishes of the members of the club. Mr T. Winks and several other mem»ers spoke in eulogy of the recipient. Mr Nalder, in acknowledging the presentation, thanked members for their good wishes, and .assured them that he would never forget their kindness! The gifts were a wristlet watch and a safety razor.

Mr G. A. Marchant, Cardiff, exchairman of the Stratford County Council, writes as follows to Mr Yv*. Hathaway,. the present chairman:—"l shall feel it a privilege to assist ih the memorial portrait of the late Colonel W. G. Malone. Mr Malone and I farmed adjoining properties more than 30 years ago, and our families were on terms of friend'y intimacy. We served on the old Ngaire Road Board district together, and the Stratford County, when it was first formed, and afterwards; and were at different times associated in other directions. I feel, therefore, entitled xo testify to his great industry, kindly disposition, marked ability, high principles, and views of the broadest humanity. If an incentive to the younger generation of New Zealand should at any time be needed, it will surely be found in the life and death of the late Colonel Malone,whose lofty sense of duty impelled him, when in possession of all that men hold dear, to lay everything aside that he might fight for our liberties and finally lay down his life for our country and our Empire, which he loved so well and served so faithfully. May it never be that such a man died in vain."