PERSONAL.

Manawatu Times, Volume XL, Issue 13790, 19 January 1918, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Scrgt.-Major Jeffries, of the Daunevirke Defence staff, has been transferred to Wellington.

Private G. 11. Wheeler, son of Mrs T. Wheeler, Longburn, is reported to have been wounded in action.

Mr C. E. Dempsey is gazetted Deputy Official Assignee at Palmerston North, vice Mr G. J. Scott, resigned. Lieut. J. G. Cliff McCulloch, Royal Naval Reserve, who was farming at Pohangiiia when war broke out, has been awarded the Croix do Guerre. Miss Guyloe, assistant at Moutoa school, has accepted a position at Waituna West, Miss Jessie McMurray has been appointed sixth assistant at the Foxton school, in place of Miss Rockell, who has accepted a transfer to another school.

Captain A. W. Soundy, of Dannevirkc, is reported in yesterday’s hospital report to be making good progress, though still dangerously ill. Major R. D. Hardie, of Palmerston North, is reported to bo seriously ill. Privates A. Nesbit (Woodvillc), W. Whittaker (Feilding), and D. S. Wood (Rongotea) are reported to be not severe cases. A pretty military wedding took place on January 9th at St. Mary’s Church, Karori (Wellington), the bride being Miss Ido dc Berri-Maroni (late of Foxton), and the bridegroom Mr J. W. McAllister (also late of Foxton). The marriage was solemnised by the Rev. G. Y. Woodward, vicar of St. Mary’s, and who was for some years vicar of All Saints’ Church, Foxton. Adjutant Boar, who has been in charge of the local Salvation Army Corps, is under orders to transfer to Dunedin, and leaves next week to takeup his new duties. He will be replaced by Commandant Dawkins, of Hastings. Ensign Charker also leaves next week to take up new duties in Wellington, having been appointed Dominion organiser for the Life-Saving Scouts, Lieut. L. P. Leary, M.C., R.F.A., has been in hospital in Bristol, having been wounded in the recent operations at Ypres. In addition to wounds, he was suffering from trench fever. Now, however, Lieut. Leary has recovered sufficiently to return to light duty, and he is at Woolwich, expecting to rejoin his brigade in France before the winter is over. Lieut. Leary is the eldest son of the late Mr R. Leary, of Palmerston North.

The marriage took place on November 24, at New Eoad Presbyterian Church, Woolwich, England, of Lieut. Walter . Frederick Kent - Johnston, R.A.F., eldest son of Mr and Mrs C. J. Kent-Johnston, of Auckland, but formerly of Foxton, and Agnes Gilmore, second daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Brown, of Spittal, Killearn. Lieut. Kent-Johnston went out with the Main Body attached to the Engineers, and received his commission in the field.

Dr Thacker, M.P., accompanied by Mrs Thacker, visited Palmerston yesterday and paid a visit to the Aw r apuni camp, the Esplanade, and other interesting places. Dr Thacker leaves for Napier to-day. He says he is going to take a strong hand in the Wellington North election, and will get in behind Mr Poison, the Independent-Liberal candidate. There will be some lively doings in Wellington City during the forthcoming campaign, Dr Thacker thinks. He says he has plenty of guns and ammunition and will bo quite unable to avoid it if somebody happens to get hurt.

The friends of Mr Joe Thompson, who left Palmerston a few years ago to work in the China Inland Mission at Ningpo, will regret to hear of his eldest son’s death in December. Mr Thompson is in a district where bands of robbers have been terrorising farmers and villagers recently owing to the unsettled condition of the country. Mrs Thompson’s brother, Cpl. Hardisty, of this town, recently gave his life for his country in France. An important and lucrative position as interpreter for a battalion of Chinese coolies under contract to the British Government for work on the western front was offered Mr Thompson diiring the past year, but 1

Mr Thompson felt it his primary duty to remain in charge of his station at Ninghaihsicn.

Mr and Mrs J. R. Stansell celebrated their golden wedding at Lyall Bay on Wednesday last, when there was a large gathering of relatives and friends. Mr and Mrs Stansell are well known in this district, Mr Stansell having been twice Mayor of Poston, and having been in business also in Shannon for some years, where he took an energetic part in the development of the district. He arrived in New Zealand in 1858, Mrs Stansell, whose maiden name was Miss Cecilia Popplcwell, having arrived seven years earlier. The family circle numbers 17 children and 18 grandchildren. One son was killed in the war, and another goes to the front shortly. Messrs J. R. G. Stansell (Levin), W. F. Stansell (schoolmaster at Halcombe), and A. J. Stansell (Palmerston North) are sons; Mrs Vickers (Levin), and Mrs Lodge (Ashburton, late of Levin), are daughters.

Another of New Zealand’s pioneer settlers has passed away in the person of Mr T G. Graham, of Alexandra Street, Palmerston North, who died afc his residence on Thursday. The late Mr Graham was born in Gloucestershire. England, in 1820. and in another week would have been 89 years of age. Ho was a student of the London University, where he matriculated. He held a position in the Bank of New Zealand, and as an officer bank he resided for periods in Now Ply* mouth. Wanganui, and Wellington. He retired from business about sixteen years ago and finally settled in Palmerston North. The late Mr Graham leaves widow, five children, seventeen grandchildren. and one great-grandson to mourn their loss. The sons are Mr Walter Graham (of Palmerston North), and Mr Percy Graham (of East Coast); while the daughters are Mcsdames Harris (Wellington), Cook (Petone), and Grove (Tawhatai, Ekctahuna). Deceased was an elder of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church.

120 yards of Jap. matting has been damaged by water along one edge at Collinson and Cunningliame’s, so the sale price is 4d though regularly Is Sd; a little work will make this matting as good as ever. A few table covers are Toft, the colours not good, but prices so low that they’ll soon go; 60 by 60, was 16s 6d. now Gs lid; 60 by 70, was 245, now' 10s 6d: 60 by 70, was 2Ss 6d, now' 12s ffilA