PERSONAL.

North Otago Times, Volume CV, Issue 13937, 21 July 1917, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr J. X. Crawford, tho well-known international cricketer, who has beeu a resident of Dunedin for soil]? timc/lias enlisted, . ii. . '< A London cable message says that Sir Eric Geddes, who was recently appointed first Lord of the Admiralty in •the British Cabinet, has been appointed to the Privy Council. ■ ■ . '* Mi-s Jesssie Mackay, lately editor of '"the Canterbury Times, is visiting, the North Island. She will temporarily'fill a teaching appointment in Hawkes Bay, ■ I w By the demise of Mrs Falconer, • /of Allday Bay, whoso death was announced yesterday, North Otago loses a very old and respected" resident, the deceased lady having lived forty-seven years Sk New Zealand, the greater part,of which was spent in North Otago, ilrs Falconer, who was a daughter of Mv Jas. Howden, of Haddingnot, England, arrived in the colony in 1870, and by 'hc\ maiTiiijrf willi Mr Fnltonsf had four v m\> and four dawghtCT!*, who, with a large number of frirndii, are left,-to, mourn I heir loss,

We Imvi' viT-civoil Hie following let tot from Air .lames 'Kemp, of Ifampdoii: A' .mistake in regard to your report that. Rifleman Colin Kemp, No. 32859, J Company,' Nineteenth Mnforcemeuts, was killed in action on June 7 must have occurred. I have had no such official" word. The first report we got was that he was wounded on Juno" Bth, then last Holiday we received word he was missing since June 17th, .but no word,, that he was killed or believed killed, but just missing' so' far. We have still hope that we will surely receive better news later on. There has been so many different dates in regard to this matter,' that he might possibly still survive.