PERSONAL.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 3253, 11 September 1917, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Hillleman Geo. Atley, Arthurs Point, is at present home oil linal leave. Miss Palmer, of Hedgehope, succeeded Mr Wright as head teacher of tue Glenorehy Public School. Private Arthur Keay, a former Queenstown boy, is at- present here on iinai leave. He is accoiinpanied by his wife.

Private Chas. Smith, who enlisted from Arrowtown, has written Mr S. McSkimming giving particulars of the wounds he received at Messines. He states tiiat a bullet passed through his right leg below the knee and it cracked the shin bone. As an inmate of an American hospital in France, Private Smith was making good progress when he wrote. Prior to his leaving Glenorehy Mr R. I. Wright, late schoolmaster, was, made the subject- of a presentation at the hands of the school children. Mr Wright had occupied the position of headmaster of the Glenorehy school for nearly two years and during his sojourn in the place he had won his way into- the hearts of the children and had become popular with the. parents. The presentation which took place in the schoolroom at the close, of lessons, consisted of a case of hair brushes, a shaving outfit and tobacco pouch, and was performed by Master Leslie Morgan in a few simple words. Mr Wright, in feeling terms, (expressed his thanks to the children for their kindness and stated the great satisfaction which it gave him to know that they appreciated his efforts. Qu'to a large number of tiie children assembled on the wharf for the purpose of saying good-bye to their late teacher.

Mr S. McSkimming recently received a letter from Private Tom Martin, who, it will be remembered, enlisted from here. At the date of writing he was in good health and spirits. Private Martin forwarded a small photograph of the late Private McSkimming's grave. Speaking of the .latter he stated that he was ptoud to revive the memory of one who upheld the name of New Zealand in the greatest war of all time.

The Rev. R. H. Blair, a former pastor of St. Andrew's, Queenstown, has accepted a rail to Hampden, and was, together with Mrs Blair, entertained at a social gathering by the Presbybyterians of the Leeston parish. Mrs Blair received a handsome bouquet of violets and fern from Miss Nellie Rodgers. Miss Margaret Boyd presented Mr Blair with an inkstand from the Junior Bible Class, Mr T. J. Rodgers handed the minister a well-iilled purseoi bank notes from tiie church members in Leeston, and Mr W. McLaughlin presented him with a travelling rug from the Irwell congregation. On the previous evening Mrs Blair, who has been organist at the Leeston church for a number of years, was presented by the churcli choir with a silver hotwater jug, suitably inscribed. Messrs il. D. M. Haszard (Commissioner of Crown Lands), H. T. Middleton and W. J. A. McGregor have been appointed Commissioners to classify certain runs in the Hokonui, mid-Wakatipu, Eyre North, and Taringatura districts.

Mr Francis D. Thomson (Pembroke) who was drawn in the last ballot, volunteered in October, 1916, but was rejected.

Messrs CecU Mcßride and F. J. llace, who appeared before the- Medical Board in invercargill last week, were pa.-sed as lit for military service. According to their passes they are suppo-ed to leave here for camp

o11 the l-'itli October next. Mr Race, who got exemption at a sitting of the Ml itarv Service Board some time ago, intends appealing against being called up on such notice.

.Miss Mary Sa'.mond, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs J. Salmond cf Queenstown, who was well known in the school teaching profession in Otago and Southland, left New Zealand some time ago as a missionary to take up work in India. News just to hand, sa>s the 'S. Times, proves that-Miss Saiinondis getting on remarkably well in tier new vocation and in a recent c^amjiK_Cb.n slie turned out one of the three best- in the Indian language test. Writing from Landaur, India, t<i the Foreign Missions Committee. Miss Sa!m<md says: "It is a great privilege to Ih> in this lovely spot away up among the Himalayas attending language school with .many others fiom many parts of the. world. There i- inspiration, 100. in the fact that here there are no denominational marks. There may be among us A ng'Vans, We-deyans, Cangregatinn-a'i-ts and T'-'esbyte'ians, but we only know that our aim and purpose in this great dark land of India are the same."