PERSONAL ITEMS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 123, 26 May 1919, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

Intimation lias recently been received by Mr H, .S, Claughton that Ms youngest brother, Lieutenant Harold Claughton, of the Imperial Forces, reported missing some months ago by the British War Office, must now be accounted among (t those who have ' paid the supreme sacrifice. The late soldier, who was in practice as a lawyer in Vancouver. enlisted soon after the outbreak of war.

Engineer Sub-Lieutenant C. Graham, R.N.R., of Nelson, is returning by the Tofua, due about Wednesday next. His brother, Engineer Sub-Lieutenant W. Graham, returned to New Zealand about a fortnight ago. He was on the light cruiser Aphia, and Lieut. C. Graham on the P. and 0. Company’s Mantua, which was used as a transport.

Private Albert McNabb, son of Captain McNabb, of Riwaka, is returning to New Zealand on the 27th inst., by th© Pakeha. Private McNabb left New Zealand with the 27th Reinforcements.

Miss Rosina Buckman, the ex-New Zealand soprano, has been experiencing a great run of popularity at the Beecham Victory season of opera at Drury Lane Theatre. The season opened with a novelty in the shape of a British, Opera composed by a woman, a tribute, no doubt, to the part played by the women of the Empire in the war. ■ The opera was “The Boatswain’s Mate,” the music of which is by Dr. Ethel Smyth. Miss Buckman appeared in the leading role, as she did subsequently in Verdi’s “Aida” and other wellknown operas composed by masters of the Allied countries. The operas presented during the season included Mozart’s ever-popular ”Th© Marriage of Figaro.”

A Wellington Press Association message announces the death of Alex. Barrm, formerly Chairman of the Board oi Land Purcm-re Commissioners and Undersecretary of Crown Lands, aged 79,