PERSONAL ITEMS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 10 July 1915, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

Mr S. J. Goad lias- been appointed district agent for the 'Government National Provident Fund 1 at Nelson, vice Mr A. F. Wimsett, resigned'.

| Mr P. G. Moffatt, captain of .the Moi tueka Fir© Brigade, resigned last night, and First Foreman Arthur Knapp was ejected captain. Among the promotions of officers in the New Zealand Expeditionary. ,Forco, now '.serving; in the field aro:—To be lieutenants, 2nd Lieutenants 0. H. Mead., G. ,N. Taylor; audi D. C Chaytoiv' Sorgoant Norman J. Levieii (formerly of Nelson) has been promoted to the rarokl of 2nd lieutenant. Mr H. Saunders, proprietor of tho Empire Theatre, received a letter from his son,. Lieutenant H. Saunders, who is with the Main New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the {jallipoli Peninsula, describing the severe fighting' which followed tho landing, and stating that he was well. Ho mentions that ho was near Lieutenant Forsyth when he was killed, and that Private Littlejohn (son of Mr J. 'G<. Littlejohn, City Engineer) was slightly wounded by a .bullet which struck his cartridge pouch, endi glanced along his stomach. Mr H. T. Palmer, Brightwater, two or three weeks ago received notification! j from the Defence Department that his. i son, Private OH'. V. Palmer, had been •killed in action at tho, Dardanelles on 29th April. Yesterday Mr Palmer received a lettor from 'his son, datedi May I3Eh", saying lie was in action and quite, well. In. view of tho uncertainty which has thus nbeen created, a .lengthy telegram was despatched hjy Mr Wallace Snodgrassi (secretary to the Sick, and Wounded Fund) this morning to the Minister for Defence, asking that full inquiries bo made. Pri'vato H. P. „ Hopkins (Otago Battalion, killed in action) was a ,son of Mr A. P. Hopkins, of Papanui, Christchurch, and was 25 years of age. Ho was employed by the Christchurch Tramway Board as electrician', and was formerly ■employed by tho Canterbury Frozen Meat Company. He was educated at the Rangiora Boys' High School, and at Canterbury 'College. He was among tho first to volunteer for active service. Three brothers of tho late Private Hopkins are also on active ser-' vice—one holding mi commission in- the. Navy, while the other two are at Trcn.tharn. with the P.einforcements. Mr G.; P. .Hopkins, of Stoke, is a brother of the soldiers mentioned.