PERSONAL ITEMS

Nelson Evening Mail, 22 July 1916, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

Recently the death occurred at Nelson of Mr T. R. Walton, in his 70th year. Tie was one of the early settlors In the Masterton.. district, where he resided for a number of years. toeing schoolmaster at the Upper Plains. Settling lirv Palmerston int 1875, he started business as a storekeeper with Mr T. King in, the .Square, and closely :identirJeci h. : mself with the of The: town. He took an active part ini local affairs, and was a prominent Freemason', toeing one of the founders of the. Mana--watui Kilwinning Lodge. Tie resided in Naipier for a numtoer of years after t'hat, and. finally settled, rim iNelsoti with tods danghter. He leaves a. family of seven to mourn his.loss. The- sons are MessrsThomas Wait on (Afr.i-ca), and' Edward Walton (Pal.ir.er-ston), and -the daughters Mt s B. Richards and Ma's Cola (Nelson). Mil's White and Mrs Collett (Petone),' and Miss "Walton, (Otaki).

Rifleman R. 33. McKeohnie, 3rd Bat-, talion New Zealand Rifle Brigade,, who left with the 9th Reinforcement® -of Lord Liverpool's Own, and .was wounded in France, was horn' in DumednT. Ho i.s the youngest son of Pipe-Major John Mclveclmie, and was well known-as a ■ piper and dancer, 'having wop) champion- * ships in all parts of New Zealand.

Lance-Corpora.! William Alexander Johnston {wounded) is a son of Mr Ralph Johnston, foreman, .blacksmith: at the Hillside Workshops. Be was -born at Wanganni.'* He played football with various North Island teams, and .took a great interest in boxing. Before going to the fa-ont jhe was'a-. corporal. in. the Mounted ''Reserves, tout on Ms brother joining the infaaitry, he forfe;ted his stripes to get away with, his ■brother Percy, who was fighting by his side at the time he was wounded. . „

Private J. McPhee (killed) was the second son of Mr Jasu McPhee, a well-, known Rakauiroa (Poverty Bay) settler. He enlisted from, Taumaaiuhui, where he was engaged in farming operations. > He was a member of the Eighth. Rein-, forcements. Another of Mr i McPhee s sons accompanied the 12th Reinforce-, ments.- . ■ ■;. '■",,-. ■.".'■..

A military funeral was accorded • the late Trooper W. Peters, and took p'ace at Riwaka oh Thursday, the; body •• be-ing-brought from Talca-ka. Amongst those following the remains.were Territorials, returned soldiers, cadets, and representatives of the Recruitincr Association, the bearers being soldiers on leave from Trentham."'A. fithij* party was drawn from Territorials and' Cadets, and the Last Post was sounded. The burial service was' conducted by Revs. French and Newlands. ~

Mrs Hudson* of Tapawera, has been advised- that her son, Lieutenant Atho Hudson, has heen killed in- action; Lieu-. tenant Hudson, who- "was, a son of the; late Dr- Hudson, was for. some time a';' pupil at Nelson College.,' ; He entered the Waitaki Boys' High School. Oa-mara, in February. 1908: and left it in Decern-/ ■ber, l'9ll. r He took a prominent part infootball, swimming, boxing, and trai;c v athletics, showing up in all long-distance event?. He finished..up,.: at Waitald by taking the duxslnp. \ He was sixth on. the list of New Zealand. Junior Scholars, and made his mark in. :.. science at Victoria College, Wellington.. In order to enlist with the First Sa-; moan Contingent he broke off his JJniversity course, and on his return from , Samoa he joined the Ninth Reinforcements and proceeded-to the main theatre of the war. Out of sixty candidates fyr commissions, he topped'the list. ; He hud. the satisfaction of sitting for and winning both the B.Sc. degree and his. Senior Scholarship in Science .prior > to his departure from New Zealand. Jiv 1915 he was elected to the New Zealand, Rhodes Scholarship for that year. Thus a brilliant scholar, oi whom the Dominion mav well have felt proud, has given his life for his country. •