PERSONAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 1016, 19 November 1917, Page 5

PERSONAL.

An Australian casualty list records the death in action of Pvt. W. Gregg, son of Mrs C. Gregg, of Danncvirke. Dr. Willis, of Fcikling, who has been at the front for the past two years, is on his wav back to New Zealand.

Mr M. A. Hunter, of Danncvirke, who was on tlie staff of the Bank of Australasia in Napier for some time, has been appointed bank manager at Mongonui. Messrs E. 11. Crabb and J. S. Munro leave for Dunedin to-day to represent St. Andrew's Church at the annual Presbyterian General Assembly. Sen r t It. L. Ross, who was awaidcd the Military Medal, is a son of Mrs It. Sexton of Tokomaru. Scrct. Russ went away with the Ninth Reinforcements and belonged to the artillery section. He enlisted from Kumeroa, where he is well known. Mr N. Harding, of New Plymouth, has been appointed town clerk of Patea. Mr Harding has been on the stall of the town dork at New Plymouth for several years. He was at Gallipoli with the Main Body, and later wa s invalided home. Archdeacon Ruddock, who has been confined to Ids bed for some lime past suffering from heart trouble and shock, as the result of a fall on a concrete path, is now able to sit up for a time each day (says the Napier Telegraph). It is hoped he may be able to leave his room this week.

The Wanganui Herald reports the death at Goffs (New South Wales) of Mr J. B. By bus. Deceased was for many years a storekeeper at Rata, on the Main trunk line, and left New Zealand some years ago for Australia, where he entered into partnership in a newspaper witli a nephew. The death is announced by cablegram from Paris of Auguste Rodin, the famous sculptor. He was l*>rn in Paris iu 1840, was a workman in the ateliers of Barye, and L'arrier-Belleuso from 1964 to 1870, and an associate of Van Rasborg (Brussels) from 1871 to 1877.

Mr John Jarvis, of Palmerston North, visited Christchurch last week to enquire into matters connected with the breach between the Wellington Champion Poultry Association and the North Island Poultry Association. An endeavour was made to heal tho breach between the two societies. Mr Jarvis is hopeful of success.

Lieut. A. C. Cameron, N.Z.F.A., reported wounded, is well known locally, having previous to Ills enlistment been on the-clerical stall' on the National Mortgage and Agency Company’s works at Longburn. lie went into camp as a n.c.o. in the Bth Reinforcements, and left as battery sergt.-major. In Egypt ho received sergeant’s stripes, and after serving some time in Franco joined the Officers’ Training ('orps iu England and sat for his commission. On being successful, ho rejoined his battery in France.

A London cable today announces the death from wounds received iu the recent fighting in Palestine of lion. Neil Primrose, M.P. Deceased was born in 1882 and was the younger son of the Earl of Rosebery He was educated at Eton and Oxford, 'and held a commission in the Racks Yeomanry. In the House of Com inoiis ho had represented Wisbech Division, Cambridge, as a Liberal, since 1910. He was Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Foreign Office in 1915. Ijc was married in 1915 to Lady Victoria Alice Louise Stanley, onlv daughter of tho Earl of Derby.

The dentil took place on Saturday of a respited citizen in the person of Mrs L. G. West, after a long illness. Ihe deceased laily, who was horn at Christchurch 46 years ago, was the second wife of Mr L. G. West; and a daughter of the late Mr Wvnu Greenwood, of Akaroa, and formerly of the Indian Civil Service. I lie late Mrs West was popularly known among Pii-ge circle of friends, who will extend their sympathy to the Borrowing relatives. Besides her husband, a daughter. . Lss O v West, and two sisters, are left to 1 ‘ xi l0 ; r loss. The only son, Gunner " Wo'l died shortly after the commencement of the war whilst ho was m camp at Awapuru. Appearing’ Thursday at C. and G.s there will be Clara Kimball Young, Olga Petrova. Enid Bennett. Lilian Walker and Bessie Barriscale, and one other movie .f,r Tho'c artistes have been “engaged” •« “' ii ' seeing.—Advt.

Soo Watson Bros.’ new display of dinner w „ro direct from the world’s loading makers- the latest and most artistic designs at low prices. Bros.. P.N.-Advfc.

FIRE IN CHRISTCHURCH.

THREE PEOPLE BURNED TO DEATH. OTIIEIIS SEVERELY IN J URED. (Per Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. Iff. Early this morning u lire broke out in a boarding house in Manchester street dear tho railway station, known as the Silvor Grid. The fire had a good hold when the alarm was given and the building was enveloped in flames on the arrival of tho lire brigade. Tho fire had disastrous results, three people being burned to death. T hoy were: F. W. Hatch, an elderly man. Mrs Elsie Stack, a young woman employ;d at the boarding house, and Thomas Smith, a young man employed at Skelton Frostick and Co.’s boot factory. Nine others were injured—Mrs John Pcrcival Smith, pue of the lessee of tho boarding house, severely burned and cut. her condition being critical; her husband, aged 40, severely cut on tho hand and wrist; William A lucent, aged 55, George William Spicer, aged 58, slightly burned; David Moore Arthur, aged 06, severely burned; Ted Gledhill, aged 23, severely burned and suffering from shock; William Lccney, aged 50, severely burned on the legs; Geo. Sullivan, aged 25, severely burned and cut on the neck: Henry Herbert Beer, severely burned and cut on tho face and body and suffering from slight shock. Tho only staircase, which was burnt, cut off escape to tho ground (loor, and the only means of escape then were a couple of fire escapes or through the front windows. Some inmates chose this dangerous method, landing on a glass verandah, and received injuries in this way. Men went frantic from fear and burns, and gruesome scenes were witnessed. Tho origin of tho fire is a complete mystery. About twenty poplo were .sleeping in the house, only a few escaping without injury of some kind. . Tho building was owned by L k Nathan’s trustees and insured for £1525.