PERSONAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 10121, 31 October 1917, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr J. B. Clarkson, yho has lately relumed from England, is a visitor to tho Manawatu Show. Nows lias been received of the death in action of fvconard P. Cave, tho wellknown cricketer, of \\ anganui. Mrs W. Kaye, of Terrace End, has rcccivtd telegraphic advice that her brother. Private A. Allinghatn, has been severely wounded in action and admitted to hospital. Mr Holman, the New South Wales Premier, has {says a. cable message) returned to Sydney, lie' refuse:, to discuss the result ot his financial mission, Mr W. IT. Swangcr, secretary to the Wanganui Education Board, lias recovered from ;i rroent operation sufficiently to eiiable him to be removed to his home. Mr R. Lloyd, of Stony Creek, lias received a. cubic message stating that his son. Private D. Lloyd, who is with the Australian forces, ha s bi v en wounded in action. Another son u with the Now Zealand troops in England. The death occurred in a private hospital at Carterton on Saturday of an old resident of Grovtown in the person of Mr James Phelps. The late Mr Phelps wad bom at Wellington some 65 years ago. Mr Matthew Morrison, the well-known sheep-fanner, of Taihape, has returned from England, having visited that country to see Ids son, Private Alec. Morrison, who was wounded in action. Mr J. S. O’Neill, of Hastings, a wellknown trainer, died at the Napier Hospital on Sunday evening. He has been ailing since coming back from tho Grand National meeting, and entered the hospital on Monday night. Mr J. Brttoe Beale, the well-known solicitor of Palmerston North, lias undertaken duties in connection with one of the Military Service Boards, with the rank of captain. Capt, Beale has lately been engaged in military work in Hawke’s Bay. Mr W. 11. Dempsey, who lately resigned tho position of postmaster at PaJiiatua, has completed forty-three years’ service in tho Post and Telegraph Department. Ho began as a cadet in Wellington, and has held positions at Wairoa (Hawke’s Bay), Blenheim, Wellington, Havelock, Dargaville, Auckland, and Pacroa. Our Wellington correspondent telegraphs that Mr P. C. Webb, M.P., handed his resignation to the Speaker yesterday, to take effect seven days after the close of the session. It is understood the by-elec-tiou will be held quickly, and that tho Military Service issue is bound to loom largely in the contest. The names of possible candidates arc being already mentioned.

Mr \V. 11. Smith, of Boundary road, has received confirmation of the news of the death in action of his son, Lieut. K. G. Smith. The deceased, who was a journalist well-known in the Palmerston arid Marton districts, had a most promising future before him, and was highly respected for his courteous and kindly disposition. Mr and Mrs Smith will have the sympathy of a very large circle of friends in their bereavement.

Lieut. W. Chirnside, recently killed in action in Franco, was a Boer War veteran, and well known in riflo shooting circles in the Dominion. He was a member of tho Karori Defence Rifle Club for several years, and was the holder of a Trentham record over 300 and 600 yards, scoring 93 out of a possible 100 in January, 1914, including fourteen successive “bulls,” which still holds good. At tho last Dominion Rifle Association meeting ho finished 17th in tho final for tho King’s prize. Lieut. P. J. Jacobs, of the local firm of Loughnan and Jacobs, who was wounded in August last, lias been transferred to llio Olficers’ Convalescent Home at Brighton, and is doing well. Lieut. Jacobs received his wounds under peculiar circumstances. During a bombardment, he took refuge in a shell-hole, whence he was blown out and rendered unconscious, the result of tho explosion for him being a broken collar-bone and shoulder wounds. His escape from death is described in letters received by his parents as miraculous. Mr Len Clarkson, son of Mr J. B. Clarkson, who went to England some time ago to join tho Royal Flying Corps, has met with considerable success in his work. After qualifying as an aviator, he visited different parts of England as squadron equipment officer, an<l later ho was ordered to form new squadrons. He formed No. 63 squadron at Market Drayton, after the air raids on London were assuming big proportions, the force subsequently being transferred to Hertford. 22 miles south of london, in order to assist- in tlio defence of the city. Like other officers in the air service, Mr C larkson is anxious for active service in, Friaiice, but a .recent medical examination proved that his health was not quite as satisfactory as it should be, and ho lias since been allotted three months’ extra, work in England. Lieut. Clarkson, who is an old Palmerston High School boy, joined the ranks of the Benedicts after the war broke out. and his wife and son are residing in London with Mrs J. B. Clarkson. For tho public convenience the fourteen windows of Collinson and Cunninghame's have been numbered, and for show week all the contents are listed in the firm's advertisement on page 1 on this issue. These windows are a show in themselves, expressing the forethought and design of several weeks’ preparation. No visitor should miss them; each evening of show week they will be illuminated.—Advt.

Messrs Watson Bros., Ltd., are making a special feature of Thermos and Icy-Hot Flasks, and urge you to call and let them demonstrate the full worth of such reliable and useful goods.-^-Advt.