PERSONAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 10586, 13 February 1917, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr Lamb, Government auditor, is en a professional visit to Palmerston. Mr Thomas Lambert, editor of the Wzlroa Guardian, was J visitor to PalmerrfOQ North todayMr \V. E. Cave, the new Clerk of tho Court ii( Palmerstoii, will arrive hi;■• to morrow and (alio up his duties. Sir .fame". Carroll is at present in Capetown. On Thursday he cabled-to friend: in Oisborne that, he was in good health. Mr All. Linley, ,1. and N. Taiti's advance managoi i< t the "Sentimental Bloke" tour, was in Palmerstori to-day making arrango monts i>n- tin-- local bC-ason. Mr W. 11. McKonzie, second son of Mr and Mr- V.. MoKcnzie, of I'aimorston, became military age yesterday,., and tit onoe enlisted. Ho Will probably go into tamp on March 5. The Royal Commission in connection with the railway, rolling stock, consisting of Professor Scott and Messrs Marchbanks and Maxwell, arrive in Paluorston to-morrow, and v. ill stay at the Hotel Imperial. In our obituary notice of L>r. McNab (states the Mataura Ensign) wo omitted to mention that he fitted out half of the Goro men for tho 4th Contingent for the Eoer War. This vva s in February, 1900. The co.ii of equipment, which included horses, was estimated tts £75 per man, and his share was for five men. Mr F. Mfittson. of Main street, ha? ;•- ceived :\ letter frora Major Blair relative to the dotuh of his son. Private James Mattson. i\ho was killed during the Sommi? offensive on September 21. Major Blair writes: —"On behalf of my company 1 wish lo evprc-i oin sincere sorrow at the loss of your gallant >n, for he was a bravo ;: t;<i bright comrade, a. favourite with us all. His etui was insiant.intous, for he wm killed b\ the explosion of a shell a*s he k.y in iii< dugout, after lying down resting from the fatigue of a hard day's fighiim; on the 21si September, His work had been so merhoiiotts that I had him marked for the nest promotions. Please accept o; : incere condolences in your great sorrow.'" The Rev. A. It. Spencer-Smith, _ K.W. chaplain and photographer, who died of Scifvy it) the Ross Sea, Mas- a Church of F.nglund ilertritman, and was formerly connected with All Saints', Edinburgh. A Wellington resident who came out to New Zealand with him on the lonic in 1914, states that he was a splendid stamp of a man. and fully entered into the spirit- of thft voyage, lie took nam in tho training and in« of the doers aboard, and did any work that was 'ecessary. Also, he wa< keenly interested in semaphore signalling r:orl moving picture photography. and '-. the picture- of the expedition ihut ivil shown have been taken by him. Ha was of fairly good physique, and apparently about 30 years of ajre. Those dropping prices still draw at C'olHiiKin and C'unninghame's—in fact, as tho •• . ;ocs on, the pii« reductions daily make prices ridiculously lower, with values surprisingly higher. Have you seen these frocks and millinery': Seven windows are given tip to their display.—Advt. "Ethel.—Thanks for tolling me about fi •= Imperial Multicooker. 1 took your ad vice and bought one from Watson Bros. The Multicooker is a treasure, and tba saving iu my gas bill means much to Jack and me.—Altec."—Advt.