PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mataura Ensign, 3 May 1919, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mrs John Ihhoison has received cable advice that; her husband, Quarter-master-Sergeant John Ihhotson, is to arrive hv the Carpentaria- on May U. Mr Walter I. McKenzie, of Gore, has been appointed Riversdale. agent for the New 'Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., vice the lain Mr AV> Leslie.' V , : At. the raver fid ale sal©. yefiierday reference was made to the lamentable death of Mr Wm, Leslie, aid. the sale was adjourned for ten. minutes out of respect to the memory of deceased. V Svdnev message says that the Staff Gove rnor,Hi r AA alter Davidson, cob lapsed in the Government House grounds. He is confined to his bed, but the cause of his illness is unstated. Sir James Allen stated yesterday at Dunedin that tfce appointment of Sir Thomas Mackenzie as High Commissioner has been extended for four months as from April. Mr (’has. Green the popular guard on the. Waikaka line is at; present confined to his home through illness, and there is a likelihood he will not be able to resume duty for some weeks, Mrs.l. Woods, Broughton Street,- Gore, has received word from the Base Records Office that, her brother, LanceCorporal W. Hheehy, is returning to New Zealand on the Paparoa, duo to arrive at Wellington on nr about May

13.A verv quiet wedding was celebrated in St. Mary’s Anglican Church. Wynd,iam. on Tuesday, when Corporal Percy H Inst one (youngest son, of Mrs and the late Mr Robert. Inst one, of Thorhbury), was married to Miss Jeannette ■Balfour Marsh (fourth daughter of Mr and Mrs W. J. Marsh, of Wyndham). Air John Beaton, of Salford Street, Gore, has received cable advice that his sou, Lance-Corporal Malcolm Beaton, will arrive in the Dominion by, the Carpentaria, on May 11. Lance-Corporal Beaton left the Dominion for France with the 25th Reinforcements. Miss May Thorn, Mataura, the champion dancer has been on. a visit to Wellington. She was most successful at: the recent Caledonian sport's at Turakiua and. Palmerston North, At thu former she won firsts and one* second, out of six events, and at tho latter put up a similar record. Miss Bui a King, of Dunedin, one .of Miss. Thorn’s pupils, gained three firsts and on© second out of six ©vents at Turakina, and also .won at Palmerston North' Mr George Morrison, , who has been for many rears country buyer and; j l-ra veller * for , Messrs W right, Stephenson and Co., Invercargill, has been I promoted to Gore, where he tabes oqnitrol of Urn produce department. While District tea dents will regret Ito hear of Mr Morrison’s departure Uity will be pleased to know that the I Gore appointment carries with it promotion. Mr R. Wilson, who has occuI pied. tiiis position on the local staff for a. number of years, . intends, to take up ■ farming shortly. The Education Board yesterday confirmed the following appointments James Wright, sole teacher, • Rqplyn Bush; Mvll Carter, temporary sole readier, -Gardrona; Mina fijjf, temporary sole teacher, Arthur Linn, temporary sole, teacher,* Quarry Hills; John Fraser, temporary teasher, AVaikawn Valley; Ruby Corkbill, first assistant, Lumsden; Eunice Elder, second assistant, AA T ymlbain; Hawtoli I Jackson, second assistant. Nightcaps; ’)t,'lotlaid© Macdonald, temporary second | assistant, Wuikaia; Annie Boggs,. 9th assistant, Waihopai; Euphemia Gellatly, assistant, Kapulta; Ethel Beer, temporary assistant, Mabel; Nellie Bowling, temporary assistant, Mimihau; J. Elizabeth Webb, temporary . assistant, Mossburu; Jessie Mackay, temporary sol© teaolmr, AVairaki. The following resignations were accepted:—Ver© Rawlins. sole teacher, Etalvale; Emily King, first assistant, LiraehillsV Eunice Elder, sole teacher, McNah. A Wellington message -says that th© following honors and "awards have been

conferred on New Zealanders :r-D.C.M., Sergeant A. Niminp; M.M., Sergeant p. J. 1 O'Kogan,' C.S.MV C. P. Roberts, Sergeant T. F. Guy, 'Private H. W, Dawbin, Private A. Hall, Private K. W. Dougins, (limner E, H. Cal.de iv Sapper K. Weir, Sergeant. N. AY. Roche, Sergeant W. Ymmg, Private M. Galvin, Sergeant It. S.- Niool,. Corporal A.’ C. Hay; M.S.M.. • Corporal A. Askenbeick, Sergeant 'J. T. Carr,. Warrant Officer (Ist class) F. T’roft, Sergeant E. Dnpsi,an. Quarter-roasier-Sergeant ,B. Egley,. Staff Sergeant R. A. Ferguson, Warrrtht Officer (Ist class) W. A., Poster, Lieutenaht H. J. Manning, Quartdr-master-Sergeant P. C. McLaren, R&jtl-. mental Sergeant-Major C. Mitchell. Temporary Corporal B. Nash, Warrant Officer (Ist class) T. E. G’Dowd, mental Sergeant-Major J. Porteous, k Gunner W. T. Ritchie. Staff Sergeant 0. 0, Robb'. Sergeant W. T. Moles, Pip} r . vale C. E. Whittington. Mrs Cunningham, Crombie Street, Gore, has received advice from th> Defence Department that her sop, Lance-Corporal J. C. K. Cunningham, is returning to. the Dominion bv (l»o Paparoa. expecter to arrive in Wellington on May 13. '! Mrs F. Foulston, Prank Street, Gore, has received advieo from the Defencp authorities that, her brother. Private Richard Jones, will return Trom France in the Northumberland, due to arrive on May 3. Private Jones left the Dominion with the 9th Reinforcements.