PERSONAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 10113, 22 October 1917, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr Walter Young has joined tho local staff of tho Railway .Department. . Mr Howell, formerly headmaster of tho Rangiwnhia school, is now instructor in agriculture in the Taranaki Education tit'st'rictl ' . Scrgt.-Major Lyman, of the local group oftice, and secretary of the Returned Soldiers’ Association, is still indisposed, and,will not be able to return to work for some time. Tho death occurred yesterday of Mr Thomas llancox, member of the staff ct tho Mail and Guardian at Ashburton for over 35 years, and printer and publisher of both papers from May, 1886, until his demise. Mr William Oliver, who has resided in the Himitangi district for about ten years, died at tho Awapuni Old People’s Homo on Saturday. The deceased, who .was 76 years of age, leaves a grown-up family of five. Among those killed in action on October 4, in the big attack the New Zealanders made in Flanders, was Corporal Noel McDonald. Ho left this country with the Ninth Reinforcements and had been in practically all the fighting with tho New Zealand troops in France. Lieut. McDonald, another member of the family, went into camp with tho 33rd Reinforcements. Mr 0. R. Beattie, of Palmerston North, has received cabled, advice of the death at the front- of his son, Lieut. M. B. Beattie, of the Berkshire Regiment, at the age of 21 years. Lieut. Beattie went to England in the early part of 1915 to take up the study of medicine, hut he heard tho call of duty, and joined tho colours. His untimely end removes a promising young New Zealander, and adds another to the long list of sacrifices this country has made on the field of battle. On Friday news was received hero fhafc a young Palmcrstonian, Private F. C. Mills, had been gassed and was seriously ill, but yesterday word came to hand tha.t he had succumbed. Tho deceased soldier," prior to joining the N.Z.M.C., was in the employ of Mr A. Levy. A first-class rifle shot, he represented the Linton Club in, many pf the big meetings at Trentham. He was a good sport generally, popular with numerous friends, who will learn of his death with deep regret.

The death occurred at the Old People’s Home, Awapuni, this morning of a Crimean veteran named Patrick Ashe, at tho ripe ago of 83 years. The deceased was a native of Artlone, Ireland, and enlisted there in 1852 in the 55th Foot Regiment. After being stationed at Gibraltar, the regiment was ordered to the Crimea, where it took part in tho battles of Alma and Inkorman and the siege of Sebastopol. On returning to England, Mr Ashe was discharged in 1864. He came out to New Zealand in 1876, and for 35 years resided in tho Feilding district, where ho followed the occupation of gardener. The deceased has no relatives in the Dominion. Still another Palmerston officer has made tho big sacrifice in tho person of Lieut. KG. Smith, son of Mr W. H. Smith, of Boundary road, who has received official advice to this effect. Lieut. Smith was a capable journalist and discharged the duties of sub editor, under his father, in tho Manawatu Times and Marton Advocate. He enlisted _ early in the war, relinquishing a commission to get away with tho Second Reinforcement, but received his commission in Egypt. He returned to New Zealand, and joined the Twenty-first Reinforcements, and had been on tho West front some time before his death. There is, however, a possibility of a mistake being made, as there are two Lieut. K. G. Smiths on tha roll, and Lieut. Smith’s wife, who is ir» England, promised to cable if anything occurred, but so far no message has been received from her. No one offers such a variety of linoleums now, as Messrs Collinson and Cunninghame, Ltd. Over 300 designs are on hand, and as orders were placed long ago, their retail prices to-day are no more' than Wellington wholesale prices! This fact is vouched for by tho department. If replenishing vour floor coverings now, why not see the.so linos?—Advt. Messrs Watson Bros., Ltd., are making a special feature of Thermos and Icy-Hot Flasks, and urge you to call and lot them demonstrate the full worth of such reliable and useful goods.—Advt. Brisk demand continues for “Thinker” writing ta.blets and “Thinker” school exercise books. Parents encourage storekeepers to stock “Thinker” brand for the nation’s good ! Goldingham and Beckett, Ltd., and Barraud and Abraham. Ltd., wholesale agents for “Thinker” brand.—Advt.