PERSONAL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17100, 24 February 1916, Page 8

PERSONAL.

A Press Association telegram stales that Sir Joseph Ward left Rotorua for Wellington last evening.

The Hon G. AY. Russell, Almister of Hospitals, arrived' in Christchurch yesterday to attend the ceremonies at the laying of the foundation .stone of the new wards at. the General Hospital. He left for Wellington in the evening.

■ Mr P. J. O'Regan, of Wellington, is visiting Christchurch. Captain A. J. Cross, of Wellington, arrived iu Christ church yesterday. Air V. Ellen, of Stavcley, lias received advice that his son, x arrier F. C. H. Ellen, is now pronounced out of danger. Air Cleal S. Ward, of the Christchurch Cathedral choir, has beoen appointed organist and choirmaster of St Matthew's Church, St. Albans. Miss Nancy Wagstaff, of Canterbury College, lias received advice that she has passed the examination for the ALA. degree with second-class honours in English and French. Dr A. C. Sandston, who is attached to the Royal Army Medical Corps at Net ley, England, and who is a member of clie honorary staff • of the Christchurch General Hospital, lias been granted extended leave of absence. Amongst the names of New Zealanders mentioned' in the final despatch issued bv Field-Marshal Viscount French is that of Captain H. R. Friedlander, of the R.A.AI.G., who was recommended for gallantry and distinguished conduct in the field. Captain Friedlander is a son of Air Rudolph. Friedlander, of Ashburton. Two students .trained at the Christchurch Technical College and Girls Training Hostel have just received important appointments as domestic science instructors in the North Island. Afiss Ronioln Taylor has been appointed to the New Plymouth Technical College, and Aliks' Esther Thornton to the Wellington Normal College. Mr T. Clarkson, a well-known journalist. formerly on the staff of tho “Canterbury Times,” and now in business in Hastings, had the misfortune to break his leg while journeying between Wairoa and Napier a few days aero. The accident occurred' through a" collision with a motor-car when rounding a sharp turn of the road. The Rev Guy Thornton, who was in charge, of the Baptist Church at Sydenham some years ago, and who loft with the main body as chaplain, has been acting senior chaplain in Cairo for some time. Just before Christinas he fell ill, and was taken to the hospital, but his condition at the time of the last advice was considerably improved. The death occurred at Feilding on Saturday of Air William h • Carman, secretary of the local Foresters' Lodge. Air Carman, aylio was forty-four years of -age, was a native of Wellington, had resided in Christchurch, and lived' in Feilding for a number of years and was one oi' the oldest members of the local corps of the Salvation Army. He leaves a widow, one son and one daughter.

Mr J. A. Gordon, M.A., of Christchurch, has boon appointed to the staff of the Timaru Hoys’ Higli fschool. He was educated at Christ’s College and Canterbury College, and was assistantmaster at the Ashburton High School for two years. At the outbreak of war Mr Gordon was in the Old Country, and he enlisted in the British section of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. His company joined the Main Body at Egypt., and took part in the fighting aif Gallipoli-, where, he had eight weeks in the' trenches before receiving, a wound which necessitated his discharge olid a return to civil life. The wife of Mr A. H. Hindmarsh, M.P., the well-known Wellington barrister and' solicitor, died quite unexpeotedlv at the Kensington Street Private Hospital on Saturday. The deceased, who was the eldest daughter of Mr Malachi Taylor, of "Wellington, had been feeling run down of late, particularly since her eldest son, Mr Alfred Hindmarsh, left for the front with the New Zealand Forces. She was advised' to rest for a while in a private hospital, and was taken to the Kensington Street institution on Saturday morning, where she suddenly collapsed -and died. The death ot Mr Thomas, Major Lane a partner in the firm of Messrs Lane* and Brown, ship builders, of Whangaroa, has occurred at lotara North, Whangaroa. The deceased, who was sixty-nine years of age, came to New Zealand from Gloucestershire with his parents in 1860, and the family settled at the Bay of Islands, shortly afterwards removing to T\ hangaroa. A year after his arrival Mr Lane was apprenticed to Mr. TV. P- Brown, and learned the boat building trade. Ten years later he entered into partnership with his employer’s son, and the firm of Lane and Brown was instituted. The firm built many schooners and other vessels for the island and coastwise trade. One of these was the three-masted schooner Made, once a regular trader to Tonga and Samoa from Auckland. Mr Lane s brother, Captain Lane, was lost with all hands in the Made. On Tuesday morning the members of all branches of the Railway Department at Culrefden gathered at the railway station to say farewell to Mr A. F. M’Donald, who has been ganger in’ charge of the Culvcrden length for the. past fifteen years, and who is retiring on superannuation after service of thirty years ' with the Department. Mr F. G- Frampton, stationmaster at Culvcrden, presided', and in presenting Mr M’Donnld with an arm-cliair referred to the guest’s many good qualities as a railwayman, especially emphasising his capacity for strenuous work. Mr W. Ivilday, locomotive department. and Mr F. Reed, maintenance department, spoke in a similar strain, and wished Mr M’Donald many years to enjoy his well earned' rest. In his replv Mr M’Donald reiorred with pride to'the fact that in past years his gang had won many of the prizes presented by the Department for the bestkept length of line.