PERSONAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 10108, 16 October 1917, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Tlic sou of Mr Will Thorne, M.P., is reported wounded and missing. Claude and Alice Askew, tlic well-known J novelists, have been killed through uu enemy action at sea. Ladv Stout will visit Palmerston on' Thursday and will give a public address in the evening. On the verge of his 80th year, there has died' at Whangarei Mr Robert S. Lincoln, described as the lather of the postal service in Auckland. •Rev. J- 11. Rergin has been appointed chaplain to returned soldiers, and organiser for the Anglican diocese of Auckland for a period of 12 months. Private A. K. Hill (son of Mrs A. K. Hill, Woodville) has been wounded in I'ranee. Acting-Captain C, L Xieholls (Mrs (A L. Nieholls, Palmerston North) has been slightly wounded. The death of Mr. T. A. Browne occurred in Mclhdurno recently. Mrs Browne was (ho widow of “Rolf Bold re wood A and she also was a great lover of art and literature. She left a large family. ' The Linton Rifle Club decided at last night’s meeting to cable its congratulations to .Flight-Lieut. W. W. Cook, who has recently been awarded the Military mss for conspicuous gallantry and skill. The club also decided to forward its sympathy to Mrs Aekhurst. whose lute husband, Lieut. Ack--1 uirst, had been an active member of the club. The sad news reached Mr and Mrs J. L. Magnusson, of 7 Snclson street, yesterday afternoon, that their only son, SecondLieutenant Oscar Magnusson, who was ro- ' portisl wounded on the 4th of October, has now been reported killed in action. Lieut. Magnusson was a pupil of the lerrace Lnd and was in the railway service when he enlisted with the 10th Reinforcements. He sal for a commission, passed his examination, and went to the front with the 14th Reinforcement*, which left New Zealand on the 26th June, 1916. Lieut. Magnusson was-, greatly esteemed by all bis friends and comrades. The last Homo boat to arrive in Wellington brought huge shipments of summer goods for Collinson and Cunninghame, Ltd. The goods were marked off last week-end and now await your selection. Brocks and costumes and millinery are pre-eminent in the shipment, though practically every section is showing new lines. Your visit of inspection is cordially invited— Advt. The worry of shaving can bo banished if a good razor is used, and Watson Bros, have just now a particularly Quo range at moderate prices—Advt.