PERSONAL

Manawatu Times, Volume XL, Issue 13523, 6 October 1916, Page 5

PERSONAL

Mr E. L. Broad left for the Bay of i'ienty by the Main Trunk express this morning.

Major J. Mounsey, who, holds a responsible position in the Stores Department at Trentham Camp, is speeding a few days on leave in I'almerston.

Captain W. G. Smith, who has been on active service with the N.Z. Veterinary Corps in f jjpt, is returning to the Dominion, on duty, by the Faloona, which is expected to arrive at the Bluff shortly. The marriage took place at Napier on Wednesday of Miss Hilda May Herdman, fourth daughter of Mr J. Herdman, manager of the" Carterton gas-works, to Mr William Scott, of Palmerston North. The ceremony took place in the Napier Cathedral. Staff Sergeant-Major Butler, of the Palmerston North Defence Office, has been transferred to Wellington as Area Officer. Last nigirt SergeantMajor Butler was entertained by a large number of his friends, many references being made to the general popularity that he had enjoyed.. Among those JkilJed in action during the Somme offensive was Private G. H. Vaughan* Private Vaughan was a native of Palmerston North and was an >ex-pupil of the Palmerston North High School, he was only 18 years of age and was extremely popular among his school fellows. His next of kin is given in the casialty list as Mrs G. Havill (sister) Wellington.

At the annual festival of the Salvation Army last night, the Mayor (Mr J. A. Nash), moved a vote of sympathy with the widow and family of the late Mr J. Tremain'. Mr Nash said that the Salvation Army had sustained a great loss and that its sympathy waulr 1 go to the late Mr Tremain 's family in their hours of sorrow-

Mr M. Morrisoi, leaves for England to-day per s.s. Rjmutaka. Mr Morrison is visiting Engl .ad to see his son, who is an inmate of one of the Military Hospitals, near Lcndon. Private Morrison, went aw?y with the Mounted Rifle Brigade of the Main Body of the Expeditionary Force and saw service at Gallopoli. Mr Morrison has expressed his intention of making a special visit to all New Zealanders in hospital in England. Amongst those killed in action appears the name of Captain Douglas Playfair Eraser, aged twenty-eight, who was well-known in Stratford, having been for a short time engaged in the Strattford oihce of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. Captain Fraser was associated with the late Sergeant-Major Bonar, and was regarded as a very popular officer when in command of No. 95 Company, Stratford Senior Cadets. He left Stratford in February, 1914, to join his father in business at Timaru, .when he was appointed Lieutenant in the Transport Corps. —Stratford "Post." ■ *

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