PERSONAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 10117, 26 October 1917, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Mr W. McKen/.ie was among the Manawatu visitors to the Wairarapa Show. Mrs John Davison, of Kairanga. who entered a private hospital on Sunday last. is now much improved in health. Captain ,T. Bennett, in company with his parents. Mr and Mrs A. E. Bennett, arrived in Palmerston by the Auckland express this morning, Oorpl. W. I). Bond, who was wounded during the recent lighting, enlisted from Palmerston North, being at the time cmployed at Cook's Cooperage, in Main street. Corpl. Bond has been admitted to Walton-on-Thames hospital. Tho death occurred on Monday, at the age of sixty-four years, of an old and respected resident of O.reytown, in the person of Mr Richard Wendcn. Tho deceased wa.s well-known through the Wairarapa. and drove the coach between Greytown _ and Masterton. of which he was part proprietor, for a number of years. Word has been received of the death from wounds in action of Pvt. David Davenport. The deceased soldier was a well-known farmer in the Ashhurst district for some years, and an enthusiastic and popular member of the Ashhurst Shirts and Racing Club. His death makes the third resident- of that township to lay down his life for his country in the recent severe fighting. Private Davenport leaves: a widow and three children, who have recently come to Palmerston North to reside.

The Rev. F. Rule. Christchurch Probav.on Officer, and officer of the Social Service Association of the Presbyterian Church, has received advice that his- son. Lieut. W. B. Rule, has been killed in action. The [ate Lieut. W. B. Rule was 24 years of age, and Lad had an extremely successful scholastic, career, having gained his M.A. and the greater part of bis LL.B. degrees at Canterbury College. He was commercial master nt West Christchurch District High School nt the time of his enlistment. He left New Zealand early this year. The Rev. F. Rule lias now given two sons for the country, his second «on. Mr V. Rule, having been killed Home time ago.

It was announced at the meeting of the Wellington Harbour Board on Wednesday night that news had been received of the death in action of Private Nelson F. Skinner (of the cadet accountant's department). It appears, that when the war broke out the deceased, who was just over 17 years of age, was keen to enlist, and was only prevented from doing so by the action of his parents. When lie obtained his annual leave lie left Wellington, presumably on a trip up country, and the next that was heard of him was 'that he was in khaki, domiciled in the Liverpool Camp, New South Wales, the youth having spent his holiday money on his fare to Sydney. The Woodville Examiner reports that Pvt. Roscoe, who has been invalided home sutler, ing from the results of a generous peppering of shrapnel, is at present in Rotorua for treatment for his arm, which is paralysed. Jli- record is unusual, lie i- a married man with eight children, and a year ago Ins fifteen-vear-old bov, a big strapping fellow. enlisted and went off with the 14th Reinforcements. Pvt. Roscoe felt he could not stay while his boy went, so l,e followed in the 17th Reinforcements. Both father and son have suffered wounds in their country's service. Pvt. Roscoe is a brother of Mrs Vickers, of Woodville. and his wife and family reside in Adelaide r ?ad, Wellington. The son lie- now in hospital in England, •with shell shock.

At the commencement of the Wellington Harbour Board's meeting on Wednesday evening, the news was conveyed to Mr J. G. Cobbe (one of the country members) that his .son, Lieut. Ernest Cobbe, of the Wanganui district, liad been killed in action. The Board adjourned for ten minutes as a mark of respect for the bereaved member. On the Board resuming the following motion was passed : '"1 hat the members of the Wellington Harbour Bpard desire to convey to their colleague, Mr J. G. Cobbe, and his family, their sincere regret and sympathy of the great loss they have .sustained through the death in action in France of his son, Lieut. Ernest Cobbe, of which intimation lias just been received." The motion was passed in silence, all the members standing. Lieut. Charles Alfred Jeffreys, whose death at, Kopjes, in the Orange Free Stale, South Africa, has been announced, was educated at, Nelson College. After a .year or two of farming life he took to mining. working for some time at the Scddonville coalmine. At the outbreak of the Boer war he responded to the call for volunteers enlisting in Westport as one of the Third Contingent, or Rough Riders, as they were called. He was on active service) in South Africa for a year or so, and then returned to New Zealand. After a few months at coalmining in the Westport collieries, he again offered his services, for South Africa, and went as a non-com. with the Tenth Contingent. As the war was over almost as soon as the contingent arrived, he turned his attention to goldmiriiug in one of the Rand mines. lie was connected with the Transvaal Volunteer Forces. When the Zulu wtir broke out in Xatal, the Transvaal State sent, a force of live hundred men to assist the neighbouring State. Lieut. Jeffreys joined this, and went through the campaign. After this he returned to mining, but visited England twice and Sweden once as a representative of South Africa in a rifh l team. On the first indication of lung trouble, through inhalation of quartz dust, Lieut. Jeffreys took up a section on an irri gated settlement in the Orange Free State. Ho leaves a young widow and an infant child. Lieut. Jeffreys was the eldest son of Mr F. J. Jeffreys, of Nelsou Centuries ago floral beads were made in the convents of Spain, more recently the missions in California, and lately the art has been revived in Southern California. By a long and tedious process the petals are ground into pulp, which hardens and holds their delicate fragrance. These exquisite necklaces are selling freely at ('. and C.'s for 6s Jld and lis 6d each, in delicate colourings and designs. —Advt. Messrs Watson Bros., Ltd., aro 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.